8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1899. 



their beauty. There seems to have been but one remedy for 

 this evil, and that has been to spade up the grass carefully and 

 pick them out, for any chemical so far discovered that will kill 

 the grub will also kill the grass. 



On the 21st day of September — the same as last year — the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, to save their State bounty, 

 held a joint exhibition with us, and the display of fruits, flowers 

 and vegetables was creditable to the united societies ; but owing; 

 to the unfavorable weather the attendance was not as large as 

 it should have been. 



On the recommendation of your Secretary, the exhibitions 

 usually held in the month of October were all put into one 

 grand exhibition, which was held on the 12th day of October. 

 It was a success ; and in the opinion of our oldest members and 

 those who have been longest identified with our Society, it was 

 pronounced the finest display we ever had. We are indebted 

 to Mrs. J. C. Whitin and G. Marston Whitin for their beauti- 

 ful exhibit of Crotons, Caladiums, Pine Apples, Orchids and 

 Ferns ; and to Mr. Hermann F. A. Lange for his kindness in 

 making an elaborate display of palms and decorative plants. 



At one o'clock dinner was served by caterer C. S. Yeaw, at 

 which nearly one hundred sat down. President Hadwen made 

 a few remarks and stated that it was the fifty-fifth anniversary 

 of the first exhibition of the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society. His remarks were supplemented by remarks from 

 C. B. Knight, Samuel Hathaway, Nathaniel Paine, Calvin 

 Hartshorn, S. A. Burgess, H. B. Watts and your Secretary. 



In visiting many Grange and Farmers' Meetings during the 

 season I have heard a great deal said about the Sutton Beauty 

 apple. Everyone seems to want it who has not got it on his 

 place, and I offered to provide scions for such as desired. I 

 had calls for more than 300 setts, which have been distributed 

 in the southerly part of this county, in Norfolk county and to 

 some extent in Rhode Island ; and I desire to thank our Mr. 

 Geo. Calvin Rice for furnishing gratuitously the necessary 

 scions, and also Mr. E. M. Bruce of Leominster and David 

 Fiske of Grafton for samples of the fruit furnished me. I have 



