88 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, 



FOR THE YEAR 1869. 

 BY C. N. BRACKETT, CHAIRMAN. 



The Standings Committee on Vegetables for the year 1869, having 

 performed the duties assigned them, respectfully submit the following 

 report : 



The past season has been a remarbably favorable one for the produc- 

 tions of this department, and, judging from the quality and variety of 

 the specimens offered for competition, no previous year has been supe- 

 rior to that just passed. 



Your committee are also pleased to state that the number of contrib- 

 utors to this department of the Society, during the past season, has 

 been increased, and quite a number of active w^orking members have 

 been added to our list of exhibitors. 



Should the coming season prove as favorable a one as the past, the 

 committee may reasonably ex^ject, that with the extra inducement now 

 offered by the Society in the liberal increase of the amount appropriated 

 for premiums and gratuities, to witness a corresponding degree of inter- 

 est manifested by contributors, in their endeavors to make the exhibi- 

 tions, both during the season and at the Anniial, as full and interesting 

 as possible. 



Previous to the opening of the Hall choice samples of forced vegeta- 

 bles were, from time to time, placed on the table in the library room, 

 during the winter and early spring months, all of which were well 

 grown and of a superior quality, bearing ample evidence of care and 

 skill in their cultivation. 



Gratuities were awarded as follows : 



January 16. To Andx'ew F. Allen, for very fine specimens of Celery. 

 February 6. " Josiah Crosby, for Tennisball Lettuce, first of 

 the season. 

 " 13. " Josiah Crosby, for Celery and Lettuce. 

 " " " James Comley, for Prince Albert Rhubarb, very 



fine. 

 " 20. " Josiah Crosby, for Lettuce. 

 March 27. " James Comley, for Mushrooms. 

 " " " Walter Russell, for Lettuce. 



