WORCESTER COUNTY 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



For the Year Ending Nov. 1, 1898. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



To the Members of the 



Worcester County Horticultural Society : 



In presenting the Annual Report for this year, I desire to refer 

 to some of the conditions which have prevailed that are unusual, 

 and which have been beneficial to some varieties of Fruit, Flower 

 and Vegetable, and exceedingly detrimental to others. 



This season has been unusually long, nearly seven months 

 having passed without frost, and with an unusual amount of rain. 



The vegetables which have been exhil)ited have l)een unusu- 

 ally fine, and the number of exhibitors has largely increased; 

 this latter fact being true of every department which this Soci- 

 ety recognizes. 



We stated last year that our honored President showed Rhu- 

 barb of which twelve stocks weighed 22^ lbs., thinking it a 

 remarkable production, but this year he presents for our con- 

 sideration the same amount which weigh 24J lbs., and this is 

 but one of the many instances where vegetable growth has 

 eclipsed" all former records. 



The show of Strawberries, early in the season, was uneven, 

 and did not give promise of average size or quality, but later 

 on they proved as good as any that have heretofore graced our 

 tables. 



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