44 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES, 



AWARDING PREMIUMS FOR 1851. 



In submitting the following report, your Committee have the pleasure to 

 say, that the vegetables exhibited through the season have been in quality 

 fully equal to any of previous years. The quantity, perhaps, has not been 

 quite so extensive as at some former seasons. 



The Committee wish to refer the seedling potatoes, Nos. 14, 15, and S3, 

 exhibited by S. W. Cole, and the seedling potatoes exhibited by Martin 

 Davis, of Sterling, to the future committee for the Society's Gold Medal, 

 as offered in the Society's prospective premiums subsequently to the year 

 1846. 



The Committee beg also to report that, in their opinion, the value of the 

 new seedling potatoes does not depend so much on the size or appearance, 

 as on the quality for mealiness and solidity, which, in this latter, means 

 freedom from water, smaller potatoes being oflen of better quality, in this 

 respect, than those of larger size and fair appearance. 



Asparagus. — For the earliest and best, not less than three bunches, 



to J. Crosby, #3 00 



Beets. — For the best (pure blood beet,) during the season, not less 



than twelve roots, to J. B. Moore, . . . . 3 00 

 Broccoli. — For the best three heads, to J. Lovett, 2d, . .5 00 



Beans. — For the best and earliest peck of string beans, to J. Nugent, 3 00 

 For the best and earliest Lima beans, not less than two quarts, 



to J. Gordon, 3 00 



For the best and earliest variety of shell beans, to J. Crosby, . 3 00 

 Cabbage. — For the best Drumhead cabbage, during the season, not 



less than three heads, to A. D. Williams & Son, . . 5 00 



For the second best, to J. Mann, Jr., . . . . 3 00 



For the best Savoy cabbage during the season, not less than 



three heads, to J. Mann, Jr., . . . . . 3 00 



Carrots. — For the best exhibited, to J. Mann, Jr., . . . 2 00 

 Cauliflowers. — For the best and largest, during the season, not 



less than three Heads, to J. A. Kenrick, . . . 5 00 



For the second best, to J. Crosby, . . . . 3 00 



Celery. — For the best and largest blanched, not less than six roots, 



to J. Crosby, . . . . . . . 5 00 



Corn. — For the best and earliest Sweet corn, not less than twelve 



ears, to J. Crosby, . . . . . . 3 00 



For the second best, to J. Mann, Jr., . . . . 2 00 



Cucumbers. — For the best pair under glass, previous to the first 



Saturday of June, to T. Needham, . . . . 5 00 



For the best and earliest of open culture, to J. Crosby, . 3 00 



Egg Plants. — The best display during the season, to F. Webster, . 5 00 



For the second best, to J. Mann, Jr., . . . . 2 00 



Lettuce. — For the best six heads, before the first Saturday in July, 



to J. Crosby, . . . . . . . 3 00 



