REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES. 71 



Mr. Bresee's collection of seedlings, six in nnniber, were the centre 

 of attraction. The unj^aralleled success which has crowned the efforts 

 of Mr. Bresee, in originating and introducing so many new and superior 

 vai'ieties from seed, has stimulated others in various sections of the 

 Country to like efforts, and, as a result, we have a host of new seedlings 

 introduced each year, Avith high-sounding names and glowing descrip- 

 tions of their many superior qualities, a large portion of which, we fear, 

 will, when weighed in the balance of public opinion, be found wanting. 

 What is to result from all this, time alone will tell ; of one thing we are 

 certain, that, in the end, the public is sure to be benefited. The Society's 

 Silver Medal was awarded Mr. Bresee for his fine collection of Seedling 

 Potatoes. 



The Early Rose is the favorite thus far, and at the Annual Exhibition 

 was to be found m the smallest collections. Taking into consideration 

 its many good qualities, and the lengthened period in which it retains 

 them, as a table Potato, from very early in the season until the time for 

 planting arrives again in the spring, it stands unrivalled by any other 

 variety, and Mr. Bresee is certainly entitled to the thanks of the com- 

 munity as its originator. 



Bresee's 'No. 4, or King of the Earlies, owing to the high price at 

 which the stock of this variety was held by its originator (fifty dollars 

 a tuber) has not been largely grown. Tested in a small way, your 

 Chairman found it to yield well, of good size, handsome appearance and 

 tine quality, but no earlier than the Rose, and more liable to be diseased. 

 Its merits must be decided by further trial. 



iN'o. 2, or Bresee's Prolific, is a late, or "Winter variety, requiring the 

 full season for maturing, very productive, not subject to disease, of 

 good quality, and worthy of general cultivation. 



No. 6, or Peerless, we consider the most promising of all the late 

 varieties originated by Mr. Bresee, and of the finest quality as a table 

 Potato. Very fine specimens of this Potato were exhibited by Mr. 

 Timothy Parsons at the Annual Exhibition, where they attracted partic- 

 ular notice. 



Among a collection of some fifteen or twenty new Seedling Potatoes, 

 from different sources, tested the past season by the Chairman, none 

 were found equal in quality and productiveness, or as free from disease, 

 as were Mr. Bresee's seedlings. 



Before closing our report, your committee would call the attention 

 of contributors to alterations in the Schedule of Prizes for the coming- 

 year. 



Annexed is a list of the Prizes and Gratuities awai'ded by your com- 

 mittee. 



C. N. BRACKETT, Chaimian. 



