ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Secretary of the Worcester County Horticultural Society. 



fo The Members Of The Worcester County Horticultural Society : 



In his Annual Keport for 1875, your Secretary informed you that 

 'your co-operation has been solicited by the United States Cen- 

 ' TENNIAL Commission. AVhat precise shape, such co-operation can 

 ' assume, your Secretary is unable, at present, to state. It has occurred 

 ' to him, however, that you might in the event of a discontinuance of the 

 ' Annual Autumnal Exhibition, propose premiums for Fruits that 

 ' have originated within the County, in amount sufficient to compel the 

 ' production of the very best specimens. Those specimens that gained the 

 ' premiums should become the property of the Society, to be exhibited at 

 ' the proper time in Philadelphia. The County need not be ashamed of 

 ' its parentage of the Holden Pippin, the Hubbardston Nonesuch; or, as 

 ' suggested by our President, the Sterling. And, in this presence, may I 

 ' not add also, among pears, Earle's Bergamot ? Should you conclude to 

 ' comply with the request of the Commission, it might be well to act in 

 ' connection with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. A display by 

 ' ourselves alone would be meagre, even if space could now be secured ; 

 ' but it w^ould, doubtless, in aid of that venerable Society, help achieve 

 ' something for the fame and name of our ancient Commonwealth." 

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