80 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1912-13 



Report on Vegetables 



Political parties rise and fall — two of them had theirs yester- 

 day — but agriculture and horticulture will never fall or fail, 

 and while we have many hard problems to solve they are natu- 

 ral and not artificial ones and in solving them we become more 

 efficient in business and richer in knowledge, we are not de- 

 pendent on the whims or passions of the people. The past sea- 

 son has not been without discouragement, but on the whole has 

 been more favorable than that of 1911. 



The usual interest has been manifested; but, as often happens, 

 the season and the schedule have been somewhat at variance 

 and some of the exhibitions have not been up to the usual 

 standard. Tomatoes were shown in great variety and ex- 

 cellence. 



The most surprising thing in the exhibitions occurred on Sept. 

 26, in the call for potatoes, when five premiums were offered and 

 only one exhibitor. As usual the collections of vegetables 

 and the Oct. exhibition were the leading features of the season 

 and reflected great credit on the exhibitors. 



The collection of squashes shown Oct. 10 by Mr. A. H. Sears, 

 the oldest member of the society, was very fine as was the dis- 

 play of flint corn by Mr. Walter D. Ross and for which a Had- 

 wen medal was worthily bestowed. 



CHARLES GREENWOOD, Judge. 



