TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 71 



VEGETABLE COMMITTEE. 



The Committee on Vegetables, having attended to the duty of awarding 

 premiums for the year 1841, report as follows : — 



Asparagus — For the best Asparagus, a premium to Samuel 



Walker, of 5 00 



Lima Beans— Tor the best Lima Beans, a premium to E . Vose, of 3 00 



Celery — For the best Celery, a premium to S. C. Mann, of . 4 00 



Early Cucumbers — For the best Cucumbers, a premium to 



Hovey & Co., of . . . . . . 5 00 



Rhiibarh — For the best Rhubarb, a premium to S. Walker, of 5 00 



Squashes — For the best Squashes, a premium to A. D. Wil- 

 liams, of . . . . . . . 3 00 



Brussels Sprouts — For the best Brussels Sprouts, a premium to 



John Prince, of . . . . . 3 00 



$28 00 



For a number of articles on which premiums were offered, there were 

 no competitors j and the committee would respectfully recommend the fol- 

 lowing gratuities, for several fine specimens of vegetables which were 

 not included in the list of premiums offered by the Society, but for which 

 the committee are of opinion that the exhibitors deserve something more 

 than a notice in the Society's weekly reports. 



To the President of the Society, M. P. Wilder, for very large 



White Carrots, . . . . . 3 00 



To J. Lovett, 2d, for very fine specimens of Beets and Carrots, 3 00 

 To Alexander McLennan, for an extra large squash, weighing 



about 100 pounds, . . . . . . 3 00 



To F. R. Bigelow, for several new varieties of the Tomato, 3 00 



To J. L. L. F. Warren, for fine large asparagus, . . 2 00 



To John Hovey, for extra large Tomatoes, . . . 2 00 



To Marshal Tidd, for very early and fine shelled Beans, . 2 00 



To W. Mcintosh, for a bushel of very large and handsome 



Chenango Potatoes, exhibited at the annual exhibition, 2 00 

 To Otis Johnson, for a great variety of fine vegetables exhib- 

 ited at the annual exhibition, . . . 2 00 



$22 00 



Respectfully submitted, 



SAMUEL POND. Chairman 



