1912-13] REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 15 



I have a few memorandums of this season's shows, which I 

 thought would be of interest to its members. 



I kept during the season a record of entries made at each show. 



The total number of entries on Fruit being 490 and 375 

 awards given. 



The total number of entries on Vegetables 520 and 425 

 awards given. 



The total number on Flowers,720 entries and 490 awards given. 



Over 400 entries being made where no awards were given; 

 230 on flowers, 115 on fruit, 95 on vegetables. 



The flowers have taken up $859.00 of their appropriation 

 and our chrysanthem show for to-morrow calls for $291.00, this 

 will make our premium on flowers amount to $1,150.00. 



On fruit we have used up $891.00, and to-morrow's show calls 

 for $28.00, which will leave a balance of about $80.00. 



The vegetables have a balance of $40.00. 



We have had a very fine showing of flowers this season, our 

 first show, in March, was large and we had quite a lot of specials 

 during the summer such as Pgeonias, Gladiolus. Sweet peas, 

 and the Rose day was the largest in the history of the Society. 

 I remember on one day the call for cut flowers brought out 

 thirteen entries alone. 



For my part I cannot see how we are to grow any larger on 

 our Flower shows if the appropriations are not made larger. 

 I think the schedule could remain about the same, but I think 

 there should be an appropriation made for a surplus, to be 

 given to our special calls. I cannot see how we can have 

 special days, unless we have funds to work with, as the regular 

 calls of the schedule will use up all that is offered for prizes. 



A few things of interest during the year was our visit to 

 Bayard Thayer's, South Lancaster, and our visit to H. R. Kin- 

 ney's Farm. Our 70th anniversary in March, and our Winter 

 Meetings which had over 1,300 attendance. 



LEONARD C. MIDGLEY, Secretary. 



