48 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EEPOET OF THE CO}DIITTEE ON VEGETABLES, 



For the YeaPw 18G7. 



BY C. N. BRACKETT, CHAIRMAN. 



Tlic Standing Committee on Vegetables beg leave to ofler the follow- 

 ing Keport of their doings for the year now closing: 



Previous to the opening of the Ilall, Gratuities were awarded for 

 forced Vegetables to the following contributors: 



February 2. To E. A. Brackett, for Hybrid Cucumbers. 

 Josiah Crosby, for Tennisball Lettuce. 

 Walter Eussell, for do. 



Anthony Hatch, for do. 



Walter Russell, for Radishes and Lettuce. 

 Josiah Crosby, for Tennisball do. 



George Hill, for very line White Spine Ciicumbers. 

 C. N. Brackett, for Keyes' Tomatoes. 

 J. B. Moore and Walter Russell, for line Asparagus, 

 and James Comley, for Mushrooms. 

 The growing of eai-ly Vegetables, under glass, seems to be more and 

 more becoming an object of interest with cultivators; its successful 

 practice requiring not only great skill, but also considerable scientific 

 knowledge, and for this reason is worthy of, and should receive, the en- 

 couragement of the Society, and your Committee, entertaining these 

 views, would recommend, as early as practicable, that suitable Priaes be 

 offered for this object. 



The number of contributions to the Weekly Exhibitions, during the 

 season, the Committee regret to say, were not so numerous as last year; 

 yet, from the superior character of the specimens shown, and the ab- 

 sence of coarse and inferior varieties of ordinary appearance, as too 

 often seen on former occasions, the weekly shows have been in this re- 

 spect particularly interesting, plainly showing an increasing interest in 

 this department, and that more attention is being paid to the selection 

 of varieties, as well as to their careful cultivation. 



The attention of your Committee has been called, during the season, 

 to several new varieties of Vegetables, which have been on exhibition 

 for the first time, among which we notice the following varieties of the 

 Tomato :— " Maupay's Superior," " Foard," " Eureka " and " Boston 

 Market," some of which may be considered as quite promising; but as 

 new varieties should be received with some caution, and the past season 



