18 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1865. 



entries by forty contributors last year ; showing an increased entry of seventy- 

 nine, and a falling off of two contributors. Five of the Committee as originally 

 appointed have been engaged in the active performance of its duties, and 

 although their labors have not in all cases been free from difficulty, they have 

 been unanimous iu their conclusions. 



They have endeavored to be governed according to the Rule, by quality, 

 rather than by the number of varieties, merely, in awarding premiums for 

 collections, and have assigned for the largest and best collection of vegeta- 

 bles, for his fifty-one varieties, — 



To Sylvanus Sears, of Worcester, $8 00 



For the second largest and best, thirty varieties, to Daniel Tainter, of 



Worcester, 5 00 



For the third largest and best, forty-six varieties, to S. P. Champney, 



of Sauudersville, H 00 



These were all of them collections of such excellence, and in so different 

 ways that to particularize is almost invidious. The wonderful product of Mr. 

 Tainter's pumpkins, 306 lbs. from one seed, and his extraordinary water-melons 

 were unique features of especial note, while many of the vegetables of all three 

 competitors were of unusual merit. 



James T. Pike, of Worcester, exhibited 116 varieties, among which were a 

 large variety of beans and peas, and forty-two kinds of potatoes, and for this 

 latter extraordinary assortment, the Committee recommend a gratuity of $3 00, 

 and another gratuity of $1 00 to Eben F. Champney, of Sauudersville, a lad of 

 fourteen years old, for his fine assortment of thirty-eight varieties of vegetables. 



We award for the best three pure Canada Crook-neck Squashes, to D. Waldo 

 Lincoln, of Worcester, 1 00 



For the best three Marrow Squashes, to Lucius H. Rice, of Worcester, 1 00 



For the best three Hubbard Squashes, to S. Allen, of Shrewsbury, I 00 



No premium was awarded for best three mammoth squashes, there being no 

 such parcel sufficiently meritorious. 



For the best three Turban Squashes, to Charles Nash, of Worcester,... 1 00 



For the the best three Yokohama Squashes, to our Secretary, Edward 

 W. Lincoln, who exhibited seven of these rather novel vegetables,* 

 averaging a superior excellence in our local experience, 1 00 



M. M. Chaffin, of Worcester, produced three of the variety styled by 

 him Cracker Squash, and after some doubt as to the comparative merit of 

 this kind, the premium for the largest squash was awarded to him, 2 00 



For the second largest squash, to Elkanah Rich, of Worcester, 1 00 



Mr. Rich brought four large Marrows, but apparently not entirely pure. 



No sufKcient offerings were made of Celery or of Savoy Cabbages to 

 call for premiums. 



For the best three other Cabbages, we give the premium to Asa H. 

 Allen, of Shrewsbury, for his Drumheads, 1 00 



No Cauliflowers exhibited. 



For the best twelve ears of Sweet Corn, to Joseph Lovell of Worcester, 1 00 



