478 Horticultural Operations for October. 



For the second best, to J. B. Moore, $8. 



For the third best, to A. D. Williams, #6. »^ 



For the fourth best, to Josiah Crosby, $4. 



For Mammoth squashes, largest and best, to Sydney B. Morse, Society's 



silver medal. 

 For the second best, to Hon. Daniel Webster, $3. 

 For pumpkins, largest and best, to B. V. French, Society's silver medal. 

 For the second best, to John Gordon, $3. 

 Gratuities. — To Mrs. S. W. Cole, for fine squashes, i$5. 



For very fine collection of potatoes, $5. 

 To A. D. Weld, for fine seedling potatoes, $3. 

 To B. Harrington, for fine potatoes, $3. 

 To Stone & Co., for collection of vegetables, $3. 

 To J. Gordon, for fine collection of squashes and vegetables, $3. 

 To J. B. Hathaway, for fine collection of vegetables, $5. 

 To J. Hyde & Son, for fine potatoes and other vegetables, #5. 

 To B. V. French, for egg plants and large collection of vegetables, $5. 

 To Messrs. Burr, for superior sweet corn, $5. 

 To A. McLennan, for very fine egg plants, $6. 

 To J. Stickney, for superior cauliflowers, $3. 



For collection of vegetables, 05. 

 To Jonathan Mann, for collection of vegetables, $5. 

 To Hovey &. Co., for variety of tomatoes, $3. 

 To P. Barnes, for White Egg plant and corn, $2. 

 To A. R. Pope, for Old Colony Sweet corn, $2. 

 To Hon. Daniel Webster, for celery and beets, $3. 

 To Sydney B. Morse, for variety of squashes and pumpkins, $3. 

 To E. M. Richards, for variety of squashes, $2. 

 To Nahum Stetson, for very fine tomatoes, $2. 

 To Chas. Stone, for very fine Black Spanish melons, $Q. 

 To A. Bowditch, for Lima beans, $2. 

 To John Hill, for large bulky melons, $1. ^ 



To A. W. Stetson, for squashes, #2. 

 To A. D. Williams, for squashes, $J2. 

 To Mrs. Page, for Snake cucumber and new variety of melons, $3. 



HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS 



FOR OCTOBER. 

 FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



The month of September has been cool, but unattended with any severe 

 frosts. The heavy and refreshing rains of the earlier part of the month 

 have added new vigor to vegetation, and trees which had suffered severely 

 are now putting out buds and blossoms, to the great injury of next year's 

 crop ; but while only a small number have thus been affected in this way, 

 others, bearing good crops, have been preatly benefited, and the fruit has 

 swelled up rapidly. 



