14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1870. 



A new seedling, called the Hunter Peach, of superior merit, was exhibited 

 by Mr. James Cruickshanks, of Chelsea. 



The other exhibitors were John 6. Hey wood, Mrs. 0. K. Earle, Mrs. Simeon 

 Clapp, and Mrs. James S. Robinson, all of Worcester. 



0. B. Had wen, exhibited nectarines. 



QUINCES. 



Three plates of Quinces were offered. We award : 

 For the best twelve Orange Quinces, Newell Wood, of Millbury $3 00 



And recommend payment of a gratuity of one dollar to William Howe, of 

 Millbury, and the same amount to Adams Foster, for their single plates of the 

 Orange variety. 



Mr. F. I. Kinney exhibited a-seedling red raspberry in fruit, and a seedling 

 strawberry. 



Respectfully submitted, 



EDWIN CONANT, Chairman. 



REPORT ON PLANTS, FLOWERS, &c. 



George E. Francis, Chairman; Johx Mii/roN Earle, Clarendon Har- 

 ris, Charles Richardson, D. S. Messinger, Henry Woodward, C. Willard 

 Hamilton, and Henry A. Marsh, Worcester. 



The Committee congratulate the Society that the contributors ot Plants and 

 Flowers, having triumphed in the contest with the drought, have filled every 

 available stand and table and nook and corner of this great hall. If there is a 

 little falling off in the quality of the cut flowers, the loss is more than made 

 up by the increased number, variety, size and beauty of the Plants, and by a 

 large and very fine contribution of flowers, plants and bouquets from the 01m 

 Brothers, of Springfield. Oar Society will always welcome such choice pro- 

 ductions. 



In awarding the premiums for collections of exotic plants, the committee 

 found the same difficulty that has been in the way of their predecessors, namely, 

 that the different sets of plants had very unequal advantages of position ; the 

 most desirable space in the body of the hall having been given to the largest 

 contribution, while other plants, well worth the seeing had to be crowded into 

 the background. 



In the belief that one chief object of this Society is to offer the fairest possi. 

 ble field for competition, the committee recommend that in future the rule 

 which governs in all other departments, be applied also to plants : that all en- 

 tries in the same class, which comply with the regulations of the Society, shall 

 be placed, as far as possible, side by side, with equal advantages of position, so 

 that the public can examine and compare, as well us the judges. 



