REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES. 97 



Report of the Committee on Vegetables, 



FOR THE YEAR 1870. 

 BY C. N. BRACKETT, CHAIRMAN. 



The Committee to whom was assigned the duty of awarding Pre- 

 miums and Gratuities on Vegetables, for the year 1870, beg leave to 

 submit the following Report: 



Previous to the Opening Exhibition, in June, choice sijecimens of 

 Vegetables (both forced and otherwise) were from time to time shown 

 by the following contributors, for which gratuities were awarded: 



January 22, very fine samples of Boston Market Celery were shown 

 by Josiah Crosby of Arlington. 



February 26, Walter Eussell exhibited well grown specimens of 

 Tennisball Lettuce and Long Scarlet Radishes, and Josiah Crosby, 

 Celery and Lettuce. 



March o, Lettuce by W. C. Strong and Josiah Crosby (varieties, 

 Tennisball and O'Keef,) and Mushrooms by Hovey & Co. 



March 26, by James Comley of Lexington, excellent specimens of 

 Prince of Wales Ehubarb, a highly colored and very handsome variety, 

 of sujjerior quality, and highly recommended for forcing. 



Same date, W. D. Philbrick and E. W. Wood of Newton, very fine 

 specimens of Victoria Rhubarb. 



April 16, George Hill of Arlington, remarkably fine White Spine 

 Cucumbers. 



May 14, J. Dawson, one pair Manchester Prize Cucumbers, fine. 



May 21, John B. Moore of Concord exhibited four bunches superb 

 Asparagus. Mr. Moore continues as usual to distance all competitors 



M. W. Chadbourn of Watertown, also, exhibited very fine samples 

 of Asparagus, considerably above the average. 



May 28, Hovey & Co., one pair Berkshire Prize Cucumbers. 



This brings us to the opening exhibition of the season, June 2, which 

 the Committee, by so arranging the schedule of prizes in this depart- 

 ment, endeavored to make as full and interesting as possible. 



This being prize day for Asparagus, Mr. J. B. Moore presented four 

 bunches for competition, and out of curiosity one bunch, containing 

 twelve stalks, was placed on the scales by the Committee, and found to 

 weigh 53 ozs. ; it is hardly necessary to add that it took the first prize. 



