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This and all other crops of vegetables were grown abso- 

 lutely free from weeds, but as the weeding is done by the 

 patients, which cost nothing, our fellow farmers need not 

 feel that we are reflecting upon them by stating this fact. 

 Doubtless the crop was aided by it however. 



By accident, the sowing machine cast more seed than 

 was intended, six pounds per acre were sown ; in this in- 

 stance it proved fortunate, as the fourteen cords of first 

 quality manure, which doubtless was sufficient to cany 

 the crop through, and with the addition of sixteen hundred 

 pounds of Bradley's fertilizer per acre, insured ample sup- 

 ply of plant food for this enormous crop. Under some 

 circumstances that large quantity of seed would have been 

 disastrous. A large portion of the crop would have been 

 much under size. A photograph of the whole crop as it 

 laid upon the ground may be found in the accompanying 

 statement. To see the crop before pulling, in continuous 

 rows of onion piled up one upon another, some of the top 

 ones were crowded up three or four inches from the ground, 

 was a sight worth going miles to see. 



The committee saw with much satisfaction the various 

 crops of vegetables on their two visits, in their early 

 growth and when ready for the harvest, and were sur- 

 prised at the uniform success of all of them ; for we us- 

 ually expect more or less failures, and we learn that this 

 success is due to the skill and good judgment of Ettord 

 Tassinari, who has for several years been known to mem- 

 bers of the committee as a florist who has shown great skill 

 in artistic designs with which the grounds about the Hos- 

 pital have been decorated, and this year he has surpassed 

 his previous efforts. The two lions made up of growing 

 sedums are wonderful specimens of artistic gardening. 

 We would also especially commend his successful manage- 

 ment of the rose and pink culture in the greenhouses. For 

 detailed accounts of these crops we urge a careful study 

 of statements attached to this report. 



