Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/transactionsofwo1970worc RDLL DF MEMBERS AND BY-LAWS □ F THE Worcester County Horticultural Society WORCESTER, MASS. 197D BY-LAWS WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (Adopted at the Annual Meeting on December 7, 1967 ) ARTICLE I Name and Location The name of this society shall be Worcester County Horti- cultural Society. Its principal office shall be in the City of Worcester, Massachusetts. ARTICLE II Purpose This society shall be operated as an educational organ- ization for the purpose of advancing the knowledge and science of horticulture and related subjects. ARTICLE III Membership Sec. 1. The members of this society shall be: Life, Individual, Family, Institutional or such other classes of membership as may be established by the Board of Trustees from time to time. Any persons or institutions interested in the purpose of the society shall be eligible for membership. Sec. 2. Membership contributions for the various classes of member- ship shall be as established by the Board of Trustees from time to time. Sec. 3. Life Members shall include persons who are life members at the date of adoption of these By-Laws and any other member who makes a life membership contribution as set by the Trustees. Sec. 4. Individual Members shall be those persons who make annual membership contributions as set by the Trustees. Sec. 5. Family Members shall be those persons living in one household consisting of one family who make annual membership contri- butions as set by the Trustees and who receive only one mailing for the family. Sec. 6. Institutional Members shall be any corporation, association, club, society, school, college or other institution which makes an annual contribution as set by the Trustees. Sec. 7. Every adult Life, adult Individual, adult Family and every Institutional Member shall be entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting or any other meeting of the society. Sec. 8. Notices of annual membership contributions shall be sent to all but Life Members with the notice of the call of the Annual Meeting of the society. Any member to whom such notice is sent who shall fail to make the required membership contribution by the following February first shall be considered as delinquent and a second notice shall be sent to each such member. Any such member who fails to make payment within thirty (30) days after mailing of a second notice shall be automatically dropped from membership. - 2 - Sec. 9. Any member of the society guilty of any breach of the rules or of conduct reflecting discredit on the society may be expelled by two-thirds vote at any meeting of the Board of Trustees provided that said member shall have written notice of all complaints against him, her or it at least twenty (20) days before action is taken. ARTICLE IV Meetings Sec. 1. The Annual Meeting of the society shall be held on the first Thursday in December. Sec. 2. All meetings of the society shall be called by giving not less than one week's notice to each member by mail so far as their addresses may be known. Special meetings of the society may be called by the President, a majority of the Board of Trustees, or upon the written request of fifteen (15) members of the society. Thirty (30) or more members eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. ARTICLE V Officers Sec. 1. The officers of the society shall be a President, three (3) Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, an Executive Director, the elected members of the Board of Trustees and such other officers as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary or advisable. The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall be elected annually by ballot by the members at the Annual Meeting and shall hold office for one (l) year and until their successors are elected. Vacancies in any office may be filled by the Board of Trustees until the next Annual Meeting. No President or Vice-President shall hold office for more than five (5) consecutive annual terms. Sec. 2. The President and the Vice-Presidents shall discharge the usual duties of their respective offices and such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Trustees. The President shall be a member of all committees ex-officio. Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall have and may exercise the powers and duties commonly incident to this office. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the funds and securities of the society and when necessary or proper endorse the same for deposit and collection and deposit the same to the credit of the society in such banks or de- positories as the Board of Trustees may designate and to pay out and dispose of the same under the direction of the Finance Committee. The Treasurer shall keep accurate books of account, which shall always be open to inspection of the Trustees and shall render to the members of the society annually, and to the Trustees whenever they require, a statement of the accounts and financial condition of the society. If required by the Board of Trustees, the Treasurer shall give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, in such sum or sums and with such surety or sureties as the Board may direct. Sec. 4. The Secretary shall keep records of all business transacted at the meetings of the society, of the Trustees and of the admission of members. The Secretary shall give notice of meetings of the society and of the Trustees to the respective members thereof and shall notify the persons chosen to office in the society of their election. - 3 - Sec. 5. The Executive Director of the society shall be elected by the Board of Trustees and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Executive Director shall be the executive officer of the society and, subject to the instructions of the Board, shall be responsible for the general operation of the society. The Ex- ecutive Director shall attend all regular meetings of the society, the Trustees and standing committees, so far as possible, and shall prepare agendas for the annual and special meetings of the members and for the meetings of the Trustees. The Executive Director shall supervise the services of all employees and shall supervise all ex- penditures. The Executive Director shall carry out the policies of the Exhibit Committee and the Trustees in organizing and conducting exhibits and shall carry out the policies of the Building Committee and the Trustees with regard to the use of Horticultural Hall. In co-operation with the Finance Committee, the Executive Director shall prepare the annual budget for adoption at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees. ARTICLE VI Board of Trustees Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees shall consist of the President, the Vice-Presidents, The Treasurer, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary and a Board of Trustees of not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty-six (36) other members. Sec. 2. Elected members of the Board of Trustees shall normally be elected to serve for three (3) year terms. No elected member shall serve for more than two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms. The Trustees elected at any Annual Meeting shall be elected for three (3) years or such shorter length of term as will cause the term of office of approximately one-third of the members of the Board to expire each year. Sec. 3. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the second Thursday in December, March, June and September. Special meetings may be called by the President or on written request of five (5) members of the Board. Sec. 4. Notice of all meetings of the Board shall be mailed to each member of the Board at least seven (7) days prior to the date of any meeting. Sec. 5. Ten (10 ) members or one-third of the total Board membership, whichever is less, shall constitute a quorum. Sec. 6. The Board of Trustees shall have the general direction, control and management of the property, business and affairs of the society except such as are to be exercised exclusively by the members. The Board of Trustees may from time to time delegate any of its powers to such Committees, officers or agents as it may see fit in the ordinary course of the activities of the society. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Finance Committee and a Building Committee from the membership of the Board and shall elect an Exhibit Committee, a Library Committee, a Personnel Committee, a Public Relations Committee, an Experimental Orchard and Fruit Committee, a Scholarship Committee and a Youth Committee, the members of which need not necessarily be members of the Board. The Board of Trustees may from time to time elect or appoint such other committees as may be deemed necessary or advisable. - 4 - Sec. 7. Any Trustee who has served as a Trustee for not less than three (3) years may be elected an Honorary Trustee at an Annual Meeting of the members of the society. An Honorary Trustee shall hold office for the remainder of his or her life unless re-elected an active Trustee or removed for good and sufficient cause by vote of the members of the society. An Honorary Trustee may resign at any time by sub- mitting a written resignation to the Secretary. Honorary Trustees shall not be voting members of the Board of Trustees. Election as an Honorary Trustee shall impose no obligations on persons accepting the position other than to support the purposes of the society through a continuation of their interest in such purposes. ARTICLE VII Committees Sec. 1. Executive Committee The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the Vice- Presidents, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the chairmen of the standing committees and such other Trustees as the President, with the consent of the Board of Trustees, may appoint. Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Executive Committee shall, except as otherwise pro- vided by law and by these By-Laws, have and exercise all of the powers of the Board of Trustees during the intervals between meetings of the Board. All actions of the Executive Committee shall be considered for ratification or confirmation at the next succeeding meeting of the Board of Trustees. Sec. 2. Exhibit Committee The Exhibit Committee shall consist of twenty-one (21) members of the society, seven (7) members thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to serve for a three (3) year term. Subject to the general control and supervision of the Trustees, the Exhibit Committee shall annually conduct one or more exhibitions of flowers, fruits or vegetables and make all arrange- ments therefor, including the appointment of sub-committees. The Exhibit Committee may establish premiums and provide for awarding the same. The total premiums awarded shall not exceed the amount budgeted by the Trustees therefor. Sec. 3. Finance Committee The Finance Committee shall consist of three (3) members of the Board of Trustees, one member thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to serve for a three (3) year term. Subject to the general control and supervision of the Trustees, the Finance Committee shall have charge of the finances and investments of the society and shall authorize the Treasurer to in- vest and reinvest for the benefit of the society and shall present to the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees a budget for all expenditures by the society. The Finance Committee shall render to the members of the society annually and to the Trustees whenever they require, a report on the investments of the society. Sec. 4. Library Committee The Library Committee shall consist of at least six (6) members of the society, two (2) members thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. The Library Committee shall annually ap- point a Librarian. The Library Committee shall adopt and enforce - 5 - such regulations as may have been approved by the Trustees for the operation of the Library. The Librarian, acting with the supervision and approval of the Library Committee, shall have charge of all books, drawings, engravings, herbaria and other articles pertaining to the Library and shall attend to the purchase, recording, cataloging, arranging, binding, delivering and receiving of books. Sec. 5. Building Committee The Building Committee shall consist of the Executive Director ex-officio and three (3) members of the Board of Trustees, one member thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. The Building Committee, subject to the general control and supervision of the Trustees, shall have the care and oversight of the land and buildings and other tangible personal property of the society located at the corner of Elm and Chestnut Streets in Worcester, Massachusetts, except the contents of the Library. Sec. 6. Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee shall consist of three (3) members of the society, one member thereof to be elected each year at the Annual Meeting of the society to serve for a three (3) year term. No member of the Nominating Committee shall serve more than two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms. The Nominating Committee shall nominate one or more candidates for each office, to be filled at the Annual Meeting of the society. The Nominating Committee shall file such nominations with the Secretary at least one (l) month before the Annual Meeting. The Secretary shall, immediately upon receiving such nominations, post the same in some public place in the society's building. Nominations for any office to be filled at the Annual Meeting of the society, in addition to those made by the Nominating Committee, may be made by papers signed by fifteen (15) or more members of the society deposited with the Secretary at least two (2) weeks before the Annual Meeting. The Secretary shall, immediately upon receiving such nominations, post the same in some public place in the society's building. The Nomi- nating Committee shall also nominate one or more candidates for each standing committee position to be filled at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees. Sec. 7. Personnel Committee The Personnel Committee shall consist of at least six (6) members ■ of the society, two members thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. Sec. 8. Public Relations Committee The Public Relations Committee shall consist of at least three (3) members of the society, one member thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. Sec. 9. Experimental Orchard and Fruit Committee The Experimental Orchard and Fruit Committee shall consist of at least three (3) members of the society, one member thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. The committee shall have charge of the Experimental Orchard of the society, the distribution of scions and the distribution of fruit for educational purposes. - 6 - Sec. 10. Scholarship Committee The Scholarship Committee shall consist of at least six (6) mem- bers of the society, two (2) members thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. Sec. 11. Youth Committee The Youth Committee shall consist of at least nine (9) members of the society, three (3) members thereof to be elected each year at the organizational meeting of the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of three (3) years. At least one member of the committee elected each year shall be under twenty (20) years of age. Sec. 12. Duties of Committees Except as specifically set forth in these By-Laws, Committees shall have such duties as may be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Trustees. ARTICLE VIII Finance Sec. 1. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of December in each year. Sec. 2. The monies of the society shall be deposited in the name of the society in such bank or banks as the Board of Trustees shall desig- nate. Funds shall be drawn only by checks or orders signed by such officers as the Board of Trustees shall designate. Sec. 3. The books of the society shall be audited annually by a public accountant. Sec. 4. No part of any earnings or assets may benefit any private person or individual other than by payment of reasonable compensation to employees and the normal carrying out of the educational purposes of the society. No part of the activities shall consist of carrying on propoganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. In the event of dissolution of the society, all assets remaining after the payment of all liabilities shall be paid over to educational in- stitutions located in Massachusetts which are exempt under Section 501 (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 195^, or the corresponding pro- visions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law. ARTICLE IX Amendments These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present at any meeting of the society provided that notice shall have been mailed or given to each member with the call for the meeting that the subject of amending the By-Laws was to come before the society at that meeting. No amendment may be made which affects the educational status of the society or affects the disposition of assets on dissolution to an educational income-tax-exempt organization. - 7 - ROLL OF MEMBERS of the WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY This Roll of Members contains the names of all those known to be living at the time of publication. LIFE MEMBERS The date before the name indicates the year of election to membership. Date Name Residence 1958 A Abbott, Alden W. Auburn Abbott, Frank L. Saxton's River, Vermont 1926 Adshead, Allen W. Auburn 1927 Adshead, Mona Auburn 1926 Adshead, Phillip R. Auburn 1957 Akelaitis, Vincent J. Worcester 1949 Akeley, Mrs. Carroll C. Auburn 1956 Allaire, Albert E. Millbury 1935 Allen, Robert J. no address 1935 Anderson, Alton R. New City, New York i960 Anderson, Mr. & Mrs. Gosta Shrewsbury 1958 Andersson, Mr. & Mrs. K. Gosta A. Northboro 1901 Andrews, Miss Harriet B. no address 1950 Arms, Mrs. Clarence S. Worcester 1955 Arnberg, Miss Noreen no address 1957 Asselta, Michael F. Shrewsbury 1947 Averka, John C. Auburn 1926 B Baker, Mrs. George W. Auburn 1948 Baldwin, Mrs. Charles E., Jr. Darien, Conn. 1936 Ball, Miss Genevieve K. Worcester 1944 Ballard, Miss Agnes W. Palm Beach, Florida 1944 Banning, Arnold Whitinsville 1952 Barnard, Mrs. Walter E. Chester Depot, Vermont 1963 Barrington, Mrs. Laurence Worcester i960 Bartlett, Asa Worcester i960 Bartlett, Mrs. Shirley F. Lancaster 1959 Bathgate, David Marden Maine 1943 Batty, James Edwin Auburn 1908 Bazeley, William A. L. Uxbridge i960 Belden, Fred N. Hatfield 1954 Bemis, Richard Spencer 1959 Bennett, Richard L. Hull 1969 Bennett, Mrs. Robert E. Worcester 1958 Benoit, Armand A. Worcester 1926 Benoit, Mrs. Paul Fisherville I960 Benoit, Dr. & Mrs. Noe N. Millbury 1938 Berg, Herbert E. Sutton 1936 Best, Robert B. Fitchburg 1915 Bigelow, Palmer W. , Sr. Harwichport 1967 Bigelow, Palmer W. , Jr. Northboro 1931 Bill, Miss Lucy S. Worcester 1916 Blodget, Chester B. Leominster - 8 - Date Name Residence 1958 Bobick, Charles i960 Borgatti, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony A., Jr. 1948 Borggaard, Howard L. 1928 Bostock, Arthur W. I967 Bowditch, Robert S. i960 Bowker, Bradley Thayer 1935 Bowker, Mrs. Charles W. i960 Bowker, Dudley F. i960 Bowker, Gordon Abbott 1930 Bowker, Harold S. 1931 Bowker, Mrs. Harold S. 1953 Boyden, Kenneth E. 1930 Breed, Ralph C. i960 Breed, Mrs. Ralph C. 1965 Brenner, Mrs. Walter 1953 Bretholtz, Mrs. Nathan 1949 Brigham, Dr. Harold K. i960 Brigham, Miss Ruth 1958 Bright, Mrs. William E. , Jr. i960 Broderick, Mrs. Thomas P. 1952 Brotherton, Lewis R. 1947 Brotherton, Mrs. Lewis R. 1946 Broughton, Joseph H., Jr. 1959 Brown, Frederick D. 1944 Bruce, Lyscom A. 1960 Bryant, Miss Nellie J. i960 Bucinskas, Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. i960 Buck, Mr. & Mrs. David M. i960 Bucko, Charles V. 1950 Bucko, Mrs. Charles V. i960 Burton, Mrs. Alfred W. 1957 Bush-Brown, Robert 1951 Butler, Mrs. E. Claire 1908 Butler, George C. 1959 Butler, Mrs. Gordon S. 1930 Butler, Nathan R. 1947 Byram, Joseph G. C 1949 Campbell, Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. i960 Campbell, Mr. & Mrs. Eldridge E. 1928 Campbell, James 1948 Carberry, Mrs. Joseph P. 1955 Carlson, Mrs. Arthur L. i960 Carmody, Mrs. John T. B. i960 Carr, Clarence J. 1928 Cary, Roland P. i960 Caswell, Mrs. Harold A. i960 Cederlund, Howard A. 1921 Chamberlain, Sumner P. 1955 Chambers, Chester M. i960 Chambers, Mrs. John B. 1950 Channin, Harvie E. G. 1952 Charron, Mrs. Roy C. 1966 Chase, Mrs. Clarence 1946 Christenson, William 1949 Ciborowski, Henry J. 1940 Claflin, Carlton F. 1958 Clarke, Dr. Burdick G. I960 Clough, Mrs. John P. Worcester Shrewsbury Worcester Leicester Worcester Worcester Worcester Millbury Littleton Worcester Worcester South Hadley Clinton Clinton Worcester Worcester Worcester Wilbraham Worcester Framingham Center Worcester Worcester Brookfield Webster Worcester Worcester Auburn Worcester Jefferson Jefferson W. Boylston Shrewsbury Worcester Southbridge Worcester Worcester Riverside, Conn. Worcester Shrewsbury No. Attleboro Worcester Groton Long Point, Conn. Petersham Auburn Shrewsbury Holden Upton Worcester Worcester Cold Springs, Minn. Worcester New Brunswick, N. J. Wilkinsonville Worcester Worcester Shrewsbury Peoria Heights, 111. Worcester - 9 - Date Name Residence 1948 Coe, Mrs. Jefferson W. 1957 Comins, Mrs. Edward I. 1944 Comstock, Mr. & Mrs. George E. 1967 Constantian, Dr. Harold M. 1937 Conti, Attilio E. 1932 Converse, Mrs. Myron P. 1953 Conwell, Dr. Russell A. 1938 Cook, Mrs. George 1952 Cooper, Miss Caroline M. 1909 Creswell, Albert I960 Croft, Marshall 1957 Cross, Mrs. Ralph U. i960 Crouch, Mrs. Everett 1958 Crowell, Mrs. Sumner F. 1954 Cummings, Joseph F. 1958 Cutting, Mrs. Edward E. 1966 Cutting, Miss Hazel C. 1970 Christ enson, Mr. Harry G. D 1927 Dahlquist, Ragna A. 1965 Dalbeck, Mrs. Donald H. , Sr. 1968 Dalbeck, Mr. Donald H., Sr. i960 Dana, Donald B. i960 Dana, Douglas P. 1970 Daniels, Mrs. F. Harold 1909 Davenport, S. Lothrop 1946 Davenport, Mrs. S. Lothrop 1955 Davis, Mrs. Harry R. 1938 Davis, Jonathan i960 Davis, Robert S. 1948 Davis, Warren G. i960 Dearborn, Richard W. 1959 Deering, Mrs. George E., Sr. 1951 DeMallie, Gardener G. 1969 DeMallie, Mrs. Gardener G. 1916 Denny, Mrs. E. Arthur 1958 Derby, Mrs. Berna C. 1951 Dewey, Mrs. Charles N. 1944 Dewey, F. Henshaw, Jr. 1959 Dickerman, Stuart B. 1960 Dickinson, Miss Alice H. 1959 Dickinson, Bert K. 1946 Dickinson, Mrs. Bert K. 1959 Dickinson, Pamela Sue 1960 Dunham, Mr. & Mrs. Chester M. 1904 Dunn, Mrs. Milton I. 1927 Durell, Mrs. Bertram i960 Dutram, Leo J. E 1956 Easterbrook, Ralph i960 Eastman, Mrs. Arthur G. 1951 Eaton, Louise Sprague 1920 Edwards, Robert I. 1965 Elgh, Ralph E. 1955 Ellis, James L. 1953 Ellis, Mrs. Walter E. 1970 Endicott, Mrs. George Worcester Scottsdale, Arizona Worcester Worcester Clinton Worcester Northboro Leominster East Orleans Worcester Worcester Oxford Grafton Southboro Rutland Cherry Valley Worcester Worcester Holden Holden Worcester Bridgewater Worcester No. Grafton No. Grafton Worcester Sterling Junction Sterling Junction Worcester Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Leominster Worcester Worcester Spencer Worcester Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Northboro Dudley Worcester Worcester Lenox Rutland Daytona Beach, Florida Rutland - 10 - Date Name Residence 1968 Erskine, Mrs. Linwood M. Worcester 1954 Erskine, Linwood M., Jr. Paxton 1966 Erskine, Mrs. Linwood M., Jr. Paxton i960 Erwin, Miss Mary E. Worcester 1964 Ephraim, Sheldon S. Worcester F 1959 Fairbrother, Elwood L., Jr. Worcester 1954 Farnum, Hanford A. Princeton, N. J. 1946 Fischer, Charles A. 1960 Fiske, Ronald C. Northboro 1948 Fitman, Mae Holden 1952 Fitzgerald, Elmer S. Leominster i960 Fitzgerald, Mrs. John M. Worcester 1923 Flagg, Richard A. Holden 1939 Fleming, Mrs. Edward H. Orlando, Florida 1967 Fletcher, Mrs. Paris Worcester i960 Foxhall, Harry M. Worcester 1959 Fraim, Mrs. Irving W. Waltham 1955 Freeman, Robert L. Dedham * 1963 Frew, Donna W. Brookfield 1969 Frisch, Miss Rose Worcester 1950 Fulder, Mrs. Gerda 1959 Fuller, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Holden 1958 Fuller, Mr. & Mrs. Merton W. Boylston G i960 Gannon, John Worcester 1955 Gardner, Mrs. Robert W. Cincinnati, Ohio 1947 Garside, Mr. & Mrs. Maurice E. W. Boylston 1955 Gaskell, David C. Leicester 1900 Gates, Dr. Burton N. Worcester 1959 Gebelein, Mrs. George C, Jr. Grafton 1969 Gifford, Dr. Richard 0. ' Worcester 1967 Gifford, Mrs. Richard 0. Worcester 1958 Gilkerson, Mrs. Howard A. Northboro 1950 Gilman, Bradley B. Seminole, Florida 1959 Glass, Johnston Worcester 1960 Golanka, Mrs. Frank Holden i960 Golanka, Miss Mildred Holden 1915 Goodale, Aaron W. Boylston 1940 Goodale, Aaron, Jr. Pittsfield 1944 Goodnow, Miss Helen E. Santa Barbara, Cal . i960 Gould, Miss Mary Earle Worcester 1954 Gow, Samuel T. Worcester 1951 Granger, Mrs. J. D. Warren 1969 Granger, Miss Josephine Worcester 1914 Greene, Mrs. Henry J. Winter Park, Florida i960 Greenlay, Miss Ruth P. Worcester H 1959 Haburay, Joseph K. Westboro 1960 Hagerstrom, Mrs. Agnes A. Worcester i960 Hale, Miss Ruth Worcester 1958 Hall, Mrs. Elizabeth W. G. - 11 - Date Name Residence 1934 Hamilton, Ormond i960 Hammond , Harold Holden 1954 Handy, Allan R. Wo"PP PT> 1956 Handy, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest F. llw _L v_l CT L 1 1928 Hansen, Ernest Holden 1945 Hardy, Herbert C. Wore est er 1969 Harkness, Mrs. Ann Rutland 1910 Harlow, Mrs. Ernest A. i960 Harney, Miss Marion Wor c es t er 1930 Harold, Raymond P. W. Boylston 1938 Harper, Earl T. Worcester 1947 Harrington, Mrs. Francis A. Wore ester 1929 Harrington, Frank C. Worcester 1963 Harrington, Frank L., Sr. Worcester 1963 Harrington, Mrs. Frank L., Sr. Wore ester 1965 Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Wore ester i960 Harris, J. Edmond Worcester 1937 Harrison, H. Lincoln Worcester 1937 Harrison, Mrs. Harry Holden 1928 Haskell, Charles L. Wore est er 1950 Hassett, Charles J. Worcester 1953 Hassett, Mrs. Charles J. Worcester i960 Hassett, Mrs. James Millbury 1939 Haverty, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis H. Worcester 1951 Heald, Mrs. Roger N. Worcester 1970 Heald, Miss Sally Worcester 1951 Heath, Mrs. Frank R., Jr. Auburn 1935 Heberton, Mrs. Robert M. Chatham 1959 Herron, Edward E. , Jr. Auburn i960 Herron, Mrs. Edward E., Jr. Auburn 1963 Herron, John Worcester 1967 Hess, Robert G. Wore ester 1940 Hess, Mrs. Robert G. Wor c es t er 19^6 Heywood, Mrs. Chester D. Worcester 19^4 Higgins , Mrs. John W. Worcester 1955 Higgins, Mrs. Milton P. Worcester * 1967 Hill, Miss Deborah W. Brookfield * 1967 Hill^ Miss Martha W. Brookfield * 1968 Hill, Miss Patricia W. Brookfield 1958 Hixon, Allen Loring Simsbury, Conn. 1949 Hixon, Mrs. Allen W. Worcester 1958 Hixon, Allen W., Jr. Simsbury, Conn. 1958 Hixon, George G. I960 Hodge, Mr. & Mrs. William W. Worcester 1959 Hodgkinson, Lewis A. Oakham I960 Hodgkinson, Mrs. Lewis A. Oakham I960 Hokanson, Ronald L. Worcester I960 Hokanson, Russell C. Worcester 1897 Holland, Frank H. Shrewsbury 1959 Holm, Mr. & Mrs. Carl G. Millbury 1957 -1- y ^> 1 Holm, Timothy Webster 19^6 Holmes, E. Russell, Jr. Worcester I960 Worcester 1894 Holton, Mrs. Harry W. Holden I960 Hopkins, Mrs. Walter F. Holden 1959 •*-y Jy Horne, Andrew G. Holden 1967 J. y w | Howie, Mrs. Sam Millis 1902 Howland, Clarence J. No. Brookfield 1930 Huey, Archibald J. Worcester I960 Hunt, Ethel Granville 1928 Hunt, Harold B. Holden 1939 Hunt, Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Worcester - 12 - Dare Name Residence I960 Hurlburt, Mrs. H. Waite Worcester 1969 Hurlburt, Miss Pamela Worcester 1969 Hurlburt, Miss Susan Worcester 1959 Hutchins, Everett Worcester 1937 Illingworth, Professor Robert S. 1948 Inman, Miss Marjorie 19^8 Ireland, William D. i960 Isley, Mrs. George H. 1916 Ives, Lester A. Barre Princeton Brunswick, Maine Worcester Worcester I960 1931 I960 1959 1947 1950 1943 1959 1958 1966 1945 Jefferson, Mrs. Howard B, Jeppson, Mrs. George N. Miss A. Regina Arthur H. Johnson, Mrs. George H. Johnson, Robert A. Johnson, Stanley W. Jones, Mrs. Mahan Jones, Roy W., Sr. Josephs, Mrs. Burrill N. Josselyn, Ned 0. Johnson, Johnson, Worcester Brookfield Worcester Holden Sterling Leicester Holden So. Hadley Sterling Jet Worcester Florida K i960 Kallio, Mrs. Fred 1958 Kaneb, Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. 1957 Karl son, G. Andrew 1948 Keegan, Mrs. Ward G. 1952 Keenan, John F. 1954 Keith, Mrs. Joseph L. , 3rd 1948 Kelley, Mrs. John B. i960 Kelsey, Mr. & Mrs. Seth L. 1940 Kemp, Mrs. Howard W. 1938 Keown, Arthur D. 1953 Keown, Mrs. Arthur D. 1955 Keyes, Mrs. Edwin J. 1928 King, Charles W. 1932 King, Roger E. 1935 Kinney, Miss Lucinda 1909 Kinney, Robert F. i960 Kinney, Mrs. Robert F. 1949 Kinsel, Miss Edith G. i960 Knepper, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Y. 1952 Knight, Harold N. 1967 Knight, Kenneth H. 1958 Knowlton, Bernard N. 1959 Knowlton, Mrs. Harold W. 1960 Konisky, Mrs. Anthony 1955 Kovar, Mrs. Edward H. 1946 Kron, Mrs. Edward A. Worcester Worcester Worcester Shrewsbury Leicester Westport Worcester Greenville, Del Shrewsbury Wilkinsonville Wi lkins onvi 1 1 e Dennis Auburn Charlton Worcester Worcester Worcester Northboro Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Auburndale Millbury Auburn Northboro - 13 - Date Name Residence 1951 Lambert, Richard B. i960 Lane, Mrs. Richard S. 1957 Langer, Mrs. Herbert 19^5 Lanson, Raino K. f 1959 Lapierre, Mrs. Helen 1959 Larson, Thure 1960 Larsson, Carl W. 1958 Lawler, Miss Evelyn W. i960 Leary, Mr. & Mrs. Wesley ' i960 Leclaire, Dr. Ernest F. 1956 Leclaire, Mrs. Ernest P. 1958 Ledoux, Mrs. Juliette A. 1958 Lincoln, Mrs. Daniel W. 19^8 Lindgren, Olaf T. 1954 Lindquist, Miss Anna P. 1955 Ljungberg, Mrs. David G. 1955 Llewellyn, Mrs. A. B. 19^1 Lochhead, Mrs. John 1951 Lodding, Mrs. Marjorie W. 1966 Lojko, Waldren P. 1957 Long, Rev. S. Burman 1970 Longstreet, George H. i960 Longstreet, Mrs. George H, i960 Lowell, Miss Charlotte R. 1939 Lowell, Mrs. James B. i960 Lundin, Mrs. Greta Sterling Jet. Worcester Oxford Chile, S.A. W. Brookfield Whitinsville Paxton Worcester Oxford Oxford Worcester Worcester Ayer Westminster, Cal. Dennis Holden St. Petersburg, Pla Worcester No. Grafton Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester M 1952 Mahn, Burl en i960 Manchester, Mrs. Emily B. 1954 Mangold, Mrs. Winifred 1962 Markert, Miss Jane 1954 Marsh, Austin L. 1944 Marston, R. Lisle 1920 Martin, DeForest E. 1920 Mason, Mrs. Sydney R. 1966 Massie, Walter W. i960 Masters, Mr. & Mrs. John A. 1956 Matheson, Rev. Malcolm 1958 Matis, John, Sr. 1956 McDonough, Mrs. Martin B. 1954 McGoldrick, Robert P. i960 McGrath, Mrs. James H. 1937 Mcintosh, Mrs. Harry R. i960 McLain, Mr. & Mrs. Glenn T. i960 McLain, Glenn Thomas, Jr. i960 McLain, James Richard i960 McPartland, Mrs. Frank J. 1953 McQuaid, Mr. & Mrs. Frank E 1935 Merritt, Mrs. Ralph N. S. i960 Mickelson, David M. 1926 Midgley, Malcolm C. 1951 Midgley, Mrs. Malcolm C. 1966 Miles, Benjamin F. , II i960 Miller, Earle C. 1938 Miller, Dr. Erwin C. 19^6 Milliken, Mrs. David J. 1958 Mills, Frank Sherborn Worcester Worcester So. Amherst Torrington, Conn, Shrewsbury Worcester Whitinsville Wrentham Holden Winter Park, Fla. Holden Worcester Westboro Millbury Worcester Holden Holden Holden Worcester Spencer Lake Worth, Fla. Worcester N. Largo, Fla. N. Largo, Fla. Millbury Worcester Worcester Northboro Worcester - 14 - Date Name Residence 1950 Mills, Homer 0., Jr. Holden 1963 Milton, Robert C. Worcester 1948 Milton, Mrs. Robert C. Worcester 19^4 Mistark, S. James Grafton 1916 Mitchell, James no address 1955 Mitchell, John F. Shrewsbury 1955 Mitchell, Mrs. John F. Shrewsbury 1956 Mitchell, Mrs. William N. Worcester 1969 Molder, Mr. Joseph C. Worcester 1968 Molder, Mrs. Joseph C. Worcester 1958 Monette, Richard A. Spencer I960 Moore, Mrs. Arthur R. No . Grafton 195^ Moore, George J., Jr. Wilbraham 1955 Moore, George J., Sr. Holden 1958 Moore, Robert Edwin Morton Grove, 111. I960 Moreau, Elsie G. Worcester 1920 Morey, William E. Bennington, Vt. 1926 Morgan, Mrs. Charles F. Worcester 1956 Morgan, Mrs. Frank M. Middletown, N. Y. 19^1 Morgan, Mrs. Myles Worcester 1956 Morgan, Mrs. Weld Worcester I960 Morin, Miss Mabel Millbury 1958 Morris, Thomas T. Hubbardston 1968 Morrison, Mrs. James M. Worcester 1958 Morse, Mrs. Carroll Worcester 1949 Morton, Mrs. G. Myron Worcester 1958 Morton, Mrs. Stanley R. Worcester 1956 Murphy, Robert S. Northboro 1958 N Nadeau, Russell W. Webster 1965 Najarian, Arsen Pax ton I960 Najeb, Mohammed H. no address 1957 Nash, Mrs. Everett C. Worcester 1956 Nason, Mrs. Forrest C. No. Grafton I960 Nassikas, Mrs. Lewis A. Worcester 1965 Nehrling, Arno Needham Heights 1946 Nelson, Gustaf C. Worcester 1964 Nelson, Mrs. Peter A. Sutton i960 Nelson, Warren R. Clinton 1898 Newell, Mrs. Albert F. Holden 1966 Noble, Miss Susan Jane Westminster 1932 Nourse, Ralph Boothby Sterling 1949 0 Oliver, Miss Sarah I. Worcester 1957 Olson, Mrs. Stanley Holden 1957 O'Mara, Arthur J. Millbury 1957 O'Mara, Mrs. Arthur J. Millbury 1967 O'Mara, Michael Millbury 1953 O'Neil, Mrs. Vincent Shrewsbury i960 O'Reilly, Mrs. Bernard Oxford 1944 Ottoson, Carl Albin Holden 1939 Ottoson, Mrs. Carl A. Holden - 15 - Date Name Residence G. , Jr. H, 1955 Pacevicz, John 1925 Parker/ Miss Katherine V. 1955 Parker, Wallace R. 1950 Patt, Mrs. Hermann i960 Patt, Mary Ann 1938 Pearsons, Horace R, 1953 Perednia, Casper J. 1955 Perkins, Dwight A. 19% Perkins, Frederick i960 Perry, Amy Rose 1920 Persons, Mrs. Charles A. 1955 Peters, Mrs. Irving L. 1930 Peterson, Mrs. Frank M. 1947 Peterson, Howard R. 1952 Peterson, Joseph H. 1959 Pettes, Charles Bacon 1960 Phelan, Mrs. Evelyn M. 1959 Phelon, Arthur N. 1951 Phillips, Norwell A. 1932 Phillips, Ruth 1969 Pierpont, Mr. & Mrs. Harlan T, 1968 Ploof, Frances 1962 Ploof, Jan 1968 Ploof, Susan 1958 Plumley, H. Ladd 1951 Plumley, Mrs. H. Ladd 1909 Porter, Dr. James P. 1953 Posson, Mrs. Catherine 1946 Pride, George H. 1950 Proctor, Edwin W. 1950 Proctor, Mrs. Warren G. 1959 Purrington, Philip M. Jr, Worcester Boston W. Boylston W. Brookfield W. Brookfield Chambersburg, Pa, Shrewsbury Worcester Middletown, R.I. Worcester Grafton Worcester Worcester Oxford Holden No . Grafton W. Chatham Worcester W. Boylston W. Brookfield W. Brookfield W. Brookfield Worcester Worcester Worcester Weston Northboro Jaffrey, N. H. Grafton R i960 Rader, Mrs. Carol E. Southboro 1959 Reed, A. Bradford E. Dennis 1957 Reynders, John F. Worcester 1964 Reynders, Mrs. John F. Worcester 1967 Rice, Mrs. Albert W. Worcester 1963 Rice, Rosemary Warren 1956 Rice, Stanley I. Worcester 1967 Richardson, Robert L. Warren i960 Richardson, Irving Northboro 1947 Rimbach, Francis L. Pacific Grove, Cal 1946 Rinne, Mrs. John E. Worcester 1947 Ritter, Ernest Hard wick 1924 Robb, Peter Whitinsville 1952 Robert, Mrs. Aurore L. Worcester i960 Robinson, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Worcester i960 Robinson, Mrs. Roger W. Grafton 1926 Rochette, Mrs. Joseph E., Sr. Worcester 1952 Rockwell, Miss Edith S. Worcester i960 Rogers, Paul E. Charlton i960 Ross, Miss Helen Rossley, Archibald T. Worcester 1959 Worcester 1958 Roszko, Constantine A. Worcester 1957 Rudnickas, Mrs. Frances B. Millbury - 16 - Date Name Residence S 1957 Salo, Richard V. Sutton 1946 Salter, Mrs. Dorothy L. Worcester 1959 Sandberg, Stanley A. Grafton 1958 Sandberg, Mrs. Stanley A. Grafton 1959 Sauer, Edward W. Brookfield 1910 Sawyer, Mrs. I. Ellsworth 1966 Sawyer, William H. Holden 1957 Schofield, Edmund A. Worcester i960 Scott, Mrs. Elmer T. Worcester 1959 Sears, Mrs. James A. i960 Shenette, Mrs. Henry Worcester 1969 Shepard, David Warren 1967 Shepard, Debra Warren 1959 Sherburne, Mrs. Edwin 1967 Shoemaker, Robert C. Holden i960 Shustak, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Holden 1958 Simone, Thomas Worcester i960 Small, Miss Rena 0. Worcester 1957 Smiley, Mr. & Mrs. Ray G. Sterling 1944 Smith, Gordon H. 1952 Smith, Mrs. Howard P. Providence, R.I. 1926 Smith, Miss Laura G. Worcester 1903 Snow, Mrs. Edward L. Worcester i960 Southwick, Mrs. Albert B. Leicester 19^9 Spencer, Rae M. Marblehead 1929 Sperry, Clair John W. Leicester 1958 Squier, Dean Stapor, Peter S. Worcester 1947 Worcester i960 Starbard, Lloyd Warren Holden i960 Staughton, Mrs. L. W. Shrewsbury i960 Stearns, Mrs. Frederick No. Eastham 1954 Stephen, Mrs. William C. Worcester 1943 Stevens, Miss Esther P. So . Grafton 1957 Stimson, Mrs. Virginia C. Holden 1953 St. Lawrence, Clarence A. Needham Heights 1944 Stoddard, Robert W. Worcester 1951 Stoddard, Mrs. Robert W. Worcester 1949 Strang, J. Hubert, Jr. Sterling Jet. i960 Strout, Edward Auburn 1943 Stubblebine, Albert D. Worcester i960 Sumner, Mrs. Warren Ellis Essex, Conn. 1969 Surprenant, Mrs. Albert W. Boylston 1956 Swan, Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Holden i960 Sweet, Mrs. Elizabeth Graves Easthampton i960 Sweetser, Mrs. Chauncey E. Worcester 1947 Swift, Mrs. Willard E. West Falmouth 1951 Symonds, Richard N. Worcester 1952 Taft, Mrs. Clarence W. 1929 Taft, Mrs. William W. 1955 Talbot, Augustus i960 Talbot, Mrs. Everett W. 1958 Taylor, Mrs. Harrison G. i960 Taylor, Harrison G. , Jr. i960 Taylor, Mrs. Lucien 1968 Terry, Bruce Worcester Oxford Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Dover Brookfield - 17 - Date Name Residence 1955 Tessier, Mrs. Ernest F. 1938 Thayer, E. Sumner 1938 Thayer, Dr. Rockwood H. 19^7 Thies, Prof. Wilbur H. 1949 Tidman, John P., Jr. 1956 Tiemeyer, James 19^5 Tilton, Henry 0. 1944 Todd, William i960 Tolman, Miss Olive 1957 Tomajan, William H. 193^ Trask, Miss G. Hazel 1942 Travers, Thomas J. 1959 Treutler, Wo If hard R. 1948 Truchon, Nellie I. 1959 Tufts, Mr. & Mrs. Donald I. 1954 Turnbull, Arthur A. 1949 Turner, Charles W. 1966 Turner, Lily Southbridge No . Grafton Worcester Amherst Grafton Boylston Worcester Cotuit Worcester Worcester Sterling Jet Worcester Worcester Grafton Sterling Amherst Worcester U 1968 Urquhart, Duncan H. West Boylston 1944 vaughan, H. Sidney 1926 Verry, Mrs. Irving H. Amherst Worcester 1970 Wakefield, Mrs. G. Kennard Milton 1943 Walcott, Mrs. Helena Barre 1956 Walker, Henry C. Upton 1947 Walker, Mrs. Oakley C. Worcester 1929 Wall, Roy H. Worcester i960 Walsh, Mrs. John W. Worcester 1959 Warren, Miss Elizabeth Worcester 1956 Wassell, Mrs. Allen D. Worcester 1896 Watson, Mrs. John W. 1957 Webber, Edgar E. Worcester 1945 Webster, Louis A. Walnut Creek, Cal . 1959 Weeks, Mrs. Albian 1955 Wells, Mrs. Roy A. Worcester i960 Wesson, Miss Cynthia M. Cotuit 1952 Westwell, Mrs. James Sturbridge 1929 Wetherbee, Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. 1967 Whipple, Mrs. Robert J. Worcester i960 White, Edwin T. Millbury i960 White, Eric T. Millbury 1959 White, George Avery, Jr. Holden i960 Whitehead, Ernest P. Worcester 1954 Whitehead, Mrs. Richard D. Auburn 1927 Whitehouse, Mrs. Evangeline D. i960 Whiting, Alfred N. W. Boylston 1900 Whittum, Miss Ellie H. Worcester i960 Wilder, Eugene F. Sterling i960 Williams, Miss Gertrude E. Worcester i960 Winchester, C. Harry Auburn 1932 Winslow, Rex P. Oxford - 18 - Date Name Residence 1935 Winter, Leslie E. i960 Wood, Mrs. Gordon H. 1950 Wood, William H. 1962 Woodis, Raymond 1955 Woodward, Mrs. Guy F. i960 Woodward, Miss Ruth L. 1966 Wright, Mrs. E. Stanley Worcester Worcester Clinton No. Brookfield Worcester Worcester Shrewsbury i960 Young, Mrs. Arthur 0, 1955 Young, Cecil L. 1950 Young, Mrs. Cecil L. Worcester Worcester Worcester 1950 Zimber, Carl 1949 Zimmerman, Henry A. 1954 Zuromskis, Joseph G. Auburn Shrewsbury MEMBERSHIP AWARDS * A special award is made from time to time to those who have won first prize three years in succession in our Children's Garden Contest. This award is Life Membership in the society, winners being indicated in the list above by an asterisk *. 1970 INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Beaman Oak Garden Club Colonial Garden Club Grafton Garden Club Hudson Garden Club Merry Weeders Garden Club Pleasant Valley Country Club Shrewsbury Garden Club Weston Nurseries Worcester Garden Club West Boylston Marlboro Grafton Hudson Worcester Sutton Shrewsbury Hopkinton Worcester - 19 - 1970 ANNUAL MEMBERS Any person may become a society member by making an annual contribution of $5.00 or more. For a complete list of the contributors to the society, see the transactions which are printed each year. FAMILY MEMBERS Name Residence Abbott, Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Worcester Alden, Mr. & Mrs. Hollis E. Worcester Anderson, Mr. & Mrs. Albert, Jr. Holden Auchmoody, Mr. & Mrs. John E. Fiskdale E Bachrach, Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Bacon, Mr. & Mrs. S. Edwin Bascom, Mr. & Mrs. Nathan T. Beals, Mr. & Mrs. Philip C. Brown, Dr. & Mrs. Chester W. Brustlin, Mr. & Mrs. Harry G. Burgess, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Butler, Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Worcester Shrewsbury Worcester Southboro Worcester W. Boylston Shrewsbury Worcester Calkins, Mr. & Mrs. Nelson M., Canton, Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Carl et on, Dr. & Mrs. William T. Carlson, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph G. Cecil, Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Coates, Mr. & Mrs. B. Austin Colton, Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cook, Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Jr Cushman, Mr, Cutting, Mr, & Mrs. & Mrs. Robert Merritt E . Rutland Worcester Worcester Holden Worcester Auburn Sutton Worcester Worcester So. Barre D Davis, Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Worcester Dewey, Mr. & Mrs. F. Henshaw, Jr. Worcester Donahue, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Worcester Drawbridge, Mr. & Mrs. George N. Spencer E Eich, Dr. & Mrs. Frank Westboro Eisnor, Edward B. & Mrs. Mary A. Leicester Erickson, Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Auburn Estabrook, Mr. & Mrs. Allen L. Paxton Ewer, Mr. & Mrs. John C. Princeton - 20 - Name Residence Pales, Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Fay, Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Fitton, Mr. & Mrs. Carl B. Fogg, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Earl Franklin, Mr. & Mrs. John P. Freeman, Mr. & Mrs. Howard G. Worcester Sterling Jet Holden Worcester Worcester Worcester G Goddard, Mr. & Mrs. George Win. Plainville Goldsberry, Dr. & Mrs. John J., Sr. Worcester Gooch, Mr. & Mrs. Horace Worcester Gordon, Mr. & Mrs. Albert A., Ill Paxton Gow, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Worcester Grahame, Mr. & Mrs. Orville F. Worcester Green, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Worcester Gustafson, Mr. & Mrs. 0. Vincent Worcester Guterman, Dr. & Mrs. Burte Worcester H Hare, Dr. & Mrs. Weston Harrower, Mr. & Mrs. Norman Haselton, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Heywood, Mr. & Mrs. Philip B. Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Warren I. Hight, Dr. & Mrs. Donald Hirtle, Mr. & Mrs. 0. Leigh Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Huff, Mr. & Mrs. Irvin H. Oxford Fitchburg Paxton Worcester Shrewsbury Paxton Worcester Worcester Lunenburg Isham, Mr. & Mrs. William E. Paxton Jennison, Mr. & Mrs. William B. Holden Jeppson, Mr. & Mrs. John Worcester Josti, Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Worcester Kelly, Mr. & Mrs. Bartow Fitchburg Kilgour, Mr. & Mrs. Vernon E. W. Boylston Kinnicutt, Mr. & Mrs. Roger, Jr. Worcester Lapierre, Mr. & Mrs. Armand J, Layport, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Quinebaug, Conn, W. Boylston - 21 - Name Residence M Malo, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Calvin A, Means, Dr. & Mrs. Blanchard W, Milton, Mr. & Mrs. David S. Mirick, Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Morse, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard J. Mountain, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Whitinsville Auburn Brookfield Princeton Princeton Worcester Worcester Neylon, Harrison L. & Miss Elizabeth Worcester O'Connell, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Revere Worcester Petersen, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Peterson, Mr. & Mrs. C. Raymond & Mrs. Harold G. & Mrs. Philip A. Pettit, Mr. & Mrs. William 0., Jr, Phillips, Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Powers, Mr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Prouty, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Prunier, Mr. & Mrs. Louis Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Southboro Worcester Holden Charlton Quinn, Misses Maude B. & Marion C. Worcester Rand, Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Leominster Reid, Mr. & Mrs. H. Layton Paxton Richardson, Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. W. Boylston Riley, Mr. & Mrs. Chapin Worcester Roberts, Misses Ruth M. & Doris M. Worcester Sargisson, Mr. & Mrs. Duane T. Schlaikjer, Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Sharfman, Mr. & Mrs. Norman L. Sherer, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph F. , Jr Sherr, Mr. & Mrs. Carl P. Smiley, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Spooner, Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Stolk, Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Stone, Mr. & Mrs. David B. Sylvester, Mr. & Mrs. Allan B. Barre Princeton Worcester Holden Worcester Sterling Grafton No. Brookfield Hudson Worcester Rochdale - 22 - Name Residence T Taylor, Mr. & Mrs. Harrison G. , Jr. Worcester Wassail, Mr. & Mrs. Allen D. Watts, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Wells, Mr. & Mrs. Durbin H. Whipple, Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wilke, Mr. & Mrs. Otto A. Wivagg, Mr. & Mrs. David E. Wondolowski, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Worcester Athol Sturbridge Worcester Worcester Holden Worcester SINGLE MEMBERS Adam, Mrs. John, Jr. Akeley, Carroll C. Allen, Mrs. Charles A. Arms, Miss Isabel K. Ashey, Mrs. Harold Astion, Phillip N. Marlboro Auburn Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester B Bain, Isabelle M. Barmby, Mrs. John N. Bartlett, Ralph J. Bates, Andrew J. Becker, Mrs. Robert M. Bellew, Mrs. Jack M. Bennett, Mrs. John D. , Sr. Berkeley, Philip Lewis Bernard, Norman P. Bernat, Mrs. William A. Berry, Mrs. Gordon Beyer, Bertrand Bigelow, Mrs. Edward B. Blake, Mrs. F. Turner, Jr. Blanchard, Mrs. L. Russell Boal, Mrs. Howard W. Booth, Mrs. Howard M. Borger, Mrs. Henry C. Brightman, Mr. Louis E. Buckingham, Mrs. H. Paul Buckley, Mrs. John Z. Burbank, Mrs. 0. Frank, Jr. Burguet, Mrs. Jacques Butler, Gordon Samuel Butler, Mrs. I. F. Butler, Marion I. Butler, Walter G. Worcester Webster Worcester Worcester Worcester Boylston Princeton Shrewsbury W. Upton No . Grafton Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Southbridge Worcester Leicester Winter Park, Florida Worcester Worcester Paxton Worcester Worcester Sutton Worcester Holden - 23 - Name Residence Carr, Mrs. Homer D. Chadwick, John S. Christman, Miss Alice R. Chute, Mrs. Oliver S. Clark, Mrs. Curtis M. Clifford, Edward L. Coe, Mrs. Philip F. Coghlin, John W. Coghlin, Mrs. John W. Cohen, Mrs. Morris Colby, Clarence E. Cooper, Mrs. Benjamin, Jr, Cowan, Mrs. Fairman C. Cowan, Mrs. James, Jr. Cristy, Miss Edna V. Crocker, Mrs. Douglas Curtis, John W. Worcester Holden Worcester Milton Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Leominster Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Fitchburg Worcester D Dahlstrom, Mrs. Winifred E. Dean, Mrs. David L. Densmore, Miss Elizabeth Dewey, Mrs. Francis H., Ill Dillon, Luke A. Downes, William A. Drayton, Blaise Dresser, Miss Louisa Duffy, Mrs. Ralph E. W. Boylston Worcester Princeton Holden Worcester Mystic, Conn, Worcester Worcester Worcester Easter, Mrs. Walter Errickson, Mrs. Ambrose P. Westboro Worcester Faugno, Jerry J. Favretti, Rudy J. Fechheimer, Mrs. Paul R. Ferguson, Mrs. Melvin C. Fiske, Mrs. John Fittz, Paul H. Foote, Mrs. Dorothy Foster, Mrs. Francis E. Fowler, Mrs. Theodore Freelander, Mrs. I. Robert Freeman, Mrs. Julian S. Fregans, Mrs. Frank M. Brookf ield Storrs, Conn, Worcester Walt ham Petersham New Salem Worcester Holden Upton Worcester- Worcester Worcester - 24 - Name Residence Gemmer, Conrad D. Gilson, Mrs. Henry L Goodchild, Mrs. Harry M. Goss, William R. Greeno, Mrs. David F. Grenier, Mrs. Raymond Grosvenor, Mr. Raymond P. Gurney, Mrs. R. W. , Sr. Gustafson, Mr. Harold V. E. Rutherford Worcester Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Manchaug Worcester Worcester Sutton Worcester H Harold, Mrs., Raymond P. Harrington, Mrs. Maybelle Harris, Benjamin C. Harris, Mrs. J. Edmond Harris, Mrs. Richard H. Hartwell, Mrs. Harold Hastings, Mrs. Lewis A. Heald, Mrs. Richard A. Himmelman, Asaph Himottu, Waino E. Hitchcock, Mrs. John H. Hoffman, Curtis P. Holmstrom, Mrs. Andrew B. Hopkins, Walter F. Horgan, James T. Home, Mrs. Archie J. Hosmer, Mrs. Humphrey B. Howe, Frederic W. , Jr. Hurlburt, H. Waite F. W. Boylston Worcester Worcester Worcester Grafton Worcester Grafton Worcester Hudson Gardner Princeton Marlboro Worcester Holden Worcester Shrewsbury Holden Worcester Worcester Illingworth, Chapin W. Worcester Johnson, Mrs. Alden P. Johnson, Mrs. Ann A. Johnson, Mrs. Russell Jolliff, Charles Jones, Mrs. Kenneth S. Worcester Sterling Northboro Holden Shrewsbury K Kelsey, Darwin P. Kesseli, Mrs. Herbert J. Kinnicutt, Mrs. Roger Knight, Mrs. Harold N. Knowlton, Mrs. Elliott B. Kranich, Mrs. Wilmer L. Kressler, Dr. Augusta H. Kruckas, Anthony Sturbridge Worcester Worcester Worcester Holden Worcester Worcester Worcester - 25 - Name Residence Labossiere, Mrs. Alfred N Lamson, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Lane, Mrs. Warren C.3 Sr. Langley, Roger Lapierre, Miss Linda Larson, Mrs. A. Raymond Larson, Mrs. Richard B. Lasell, Mrs. John W. Lebeaux, Reuben Leno, James P. LeVeen, Edward P., Jr. Levine, George Levine, Mrs. George Lewis, Mrs. James H. Lincoln, Daniel W. Shrewsbury Worcester Leicester Barre Spencer Worcester Worcester Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Warren Leicester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester W. Boylston M Macarchuk, Mrs. John MacKay, Mrs. Ralph H. Maher, Edward C. Malchisky, Edward Manks, Miss Dorothy S. Massey, Mr. Robert K. Massey, Mrs. Robert K. McCabe, Mrs. George E. McKee, Mrs. Robert C. McPherson, Mrs. Donald D, Meduski, Russell D. Mercer, Mrs. Charles S. Milton, Mrs. Stanley B. Minor, Ernest A. Mitchell, Mrs. William L« Mix, Mrs. Donald G. Morgan, Mrs . Paul Morgan, Mrs. Peter S. Morgan, Mrs. Philip M. Mosher, Wendall E. Rutland Holden Worcester Sturbridge Cambridge Holden Holden Worcester Holden Pax ton Worcester Northboro Worcester Wilkinsonville Worcester Worcester Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Belmont N Nagle, Miss Mary E. Nalewajk, Mrs. Joseph M. Nason, Forrest C. Nason, Paul C. Neal, Miss Dorothy G. Nelson, Greta A. Newton, Mrs. Lawrence I. Noble, Mrs. Fraser Novia, Mrs. George Worcester Webster No. Grafton Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Auburn Westminster W. Boylston Ordway, Miss Louise C. Worcester Osterberg, Mrs. Harold Sturbridge - 26 - Name Residence Palmer, Richard G. Patton, Mrs. Alson C. Pauquet, Mrs. Roger A. Percival, Mrs. Don R. Peterson, Mrs. Betty C. Peterson, Stellan Pleasure, M. Joseph Poulin. Frank W. Paxton Worcester Boylston Northboro Paxton Brookfield Shrewsbury Leominster Rampsi, Mrs. John T. Ramsey, Mrs. Webster K. Reed, Mrs. Alden Rich, Daniel Catton Richardson, Mrs. Daniel B, Ringe, Albert Fogge Ritter, Mrs. Ernest Robarge, Emerson Rockwood, Mrs. George I. Rommel, Mrs. John D., Jr. Ross, Miss Marion Rourke, Mrs. Leo G. Russell, Robert Rutman, Abe Holden Holden Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Hardwick Worcester Worcester Paxton Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Sanders, Mrs. Robert G. Sanford, Mrs. Alice Sarty, Miss Harriet E. Sawicki, Victor W. Schrader, Mrs. Arthur F. Seligman, Miss Sadie A. Senter, Howard Sepavich, Mrs. Victor Seville, Mrs. Joseph S. Sharfman, Mrs. Ethel B. Sheldon, Mrs. William Shepard, Guy H. Shepherd, Mrs. James Shoemaker, Mrs. Robert C. Simonatis, Mrs. Alexander G, Sistare, Mrs. Donald W. Small, Mrs. Luther C. Smithy Mrs. Channing S. Smith, Mrs. Harold W. Smith, Miss Mary Alice Smith, Wayne C. Sower, Robert W. Spaulding, Mrs. C. Jerry Spear, Mrs. Ivan M. Standish, Mrs. Clairmont B. Stanton, Mrs. Kenneth Stinson, Mrs. Thomas B. Stratton, Mrs. Albert L. Struckus, Edward J. Sullivan, M. Joseph Spencer No. Brookfield Worcester Rutland Dudley Worcester Lancaster W. Boylston Worcester Worcester Webster Holden Westboro Holden Princeton Paxton Worcester Worcester Holden Worcester Palmer Worcester Worcester Worcester Spencer Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Newport, R. I. - 27 Name Residence Taft, Clarence W. Temple, Mrs. Herman F. Thomas, Miss Mildred C. Tomajan, Mrs. John S. Tucker, Mrs. Carroll Turner, Mrs. Richard G. Worcester Upton Worcester Worcester •Worcester Worcester Vanderbrug, Aleck Vassar, Miss Linda Whitinsville Millbury W Waite, Mrs. Howard E. Warburton, Mrs. Prank Weiss, Mrs. Edwin T. , Jr. Wellington, Mrs. Richard K. Wellington, Richard K. Wells, Mrs. George B. Wheeler, Mrs. William A. Whitney, Mrs. Richard Wiberg, Mrs. Roy 0. Wilcox, Robert L. Wile, Mrs. Robert Wilkin, Mrs. John L. Wilkinson, Herbert N. Wooten, Mrs. Benjamin A. W. Boylston Westboro Worcester Worcester Worcester Charlton City Worcester Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Oakham . Sturbridge Westboro Princeton Zitowitz, Mrs. Leon R. Worcester - 28 - SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS Offered by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 1971 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL TELEPHONE: 752-4274 Young people are invited to exhibit at all shows. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1971 RICHARD V. SALO PRESIDENT FREDERICK D. BROWN VICE-PRESIDENTS PALMER W. BIGELOW SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD 0. GIFFORD ARNOLD BANNING HONORARY SECRETARY & DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. 1971 Carroll Akeley John Auchmoody Edward Clifford Mrs. Ralph Cross Mr. John Curtis Donald Dalbeck, Sr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Wesley T. Leary Gustaf C. Nelson Paul Rogers Mrs. Stanley Sandberg TRUSTEES 1972 Richard Bemis Mrs. Katherine Brotherton Mrs. George Drawbridge Mrs. Irving Fraim Ernest Hansen Raymond Harold Robert G. Hess Arthur D. Keown Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mrs. Arthur O'Mara 1973 Mrs. Clarence Arms Herbert E. Berg Albert A. Gordon, III Mrs. Frank L. Harrington Mrs. Roger N. Heald Lewis Hodgkinson Edmund V. Mezitt S. James Mistark Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen George H. Pride Duane T. Sargisson Mrs. Clairmont B. Standish HONORARY TRUSTEES Mrs. Myron F. Converse Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Mrs. William W. Taft Richard A. Flagg Leslie E. Winter Howard L. Borggaard George J. Moore, Sr. JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WILD FLOWERS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES ASSOCIATE JUDGE Mrs. Webster K. Ramsey Mrs. Majorie W. Lodding Lewis A. Hodgkinson Rockwood Thayer Alden Miller Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Clairmont Standish Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg NOMINATING COMMITTEE Mrs. Roger N. Heald LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex Off. Everett Hutchins Arthur D. Keown Mrs. E. A. Denny Miss Majorie Inman Palmer W. Bigelow, Chr. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Duane T. Sargisson Mrs. Allen Estabrook Carroll M. Abbott, Chr. Waldren P. Lojko SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Clairmont Standish Mrs. Lewis R. Brotherton Mrs. Richard W. Mirick Mrs. Richard 0. Gifford Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Sr., Chr. Mrs. Marjorie Lodding LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. Roger N. Heald Paul Rogers Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. Gordon Butler EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE S. Lothrop Davenport, Chr. Arthur D. Keown S. James Mistark Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Arthur J. O'Mara, Chr. FINANCE COMMITTEE Robert G. Hess John Curtis Howard L. Borggaard, Chr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Paul Rogers Mrs. Robert C. Milton Ernest Hansen Donald H. Dalbeck, Sr., Chr. PERSONNEL COMMITTEE S. James Mistark Arthur J. O'Mara John E. Auchmoody Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen, Chr Mrs. Robert C. Jarvis PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert Milton Blaise Drayton Walter Hopkins Mrs. Paul Fechheimer Mrs. Geo. Longstreet, Chr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Jack M. Bellew Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. Charles R. Fay Mrs. Martin McDonough Mrs. J. Wondolowski Mrs. C. Standish Roger Langley Mrs. Robert Milton Gustaf Nelson S. Lothrop Davenport HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Paul R. Fechheimer Mrs. Albert Gordon, III Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. Humphrey Hosmer Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt, Jr. EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Paul Rogers, Chr. Merritt Cutting James McLain Thomas Simone Arthur Turnbull Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Richard Monette John Reynders Mrs. Roger A. Pauquet Mrs. C. R. Petersen Mrs. H. Ladd Plumley Mrs. C. J. Spaulding Mrs. Robert P. Wile Richard Bemis Richard Salo Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Mrs. Clarence Chase Edward Sauer Mrs. Samuel Howie Mrs. Jack Bellew Mrs. Clairmont Standish, Chr Robert Smiley Michael O'Mara YOUTH COMMITTEE Richard Bemis S. Lothrop Davenport Mary Calkins Debbie Hill Mrs. Louis Prunier Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mrs. Curtis Clark, Chr. GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood Erskine, Jr. Ernest Hansen GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Bernard Knowlton, Chr. Mrs. John Carmody RULES MUST BE READ CAREFULLY GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Strict conformity to the Regulations and Rules will be ex- pected and required, as well for the benefit of exhibitors as for the convenience of the Officers of the Society. 2. Every Exhibit entered in a class of named varieties should be correctly named. 3. All articles offered for premiums must remain within the Hall throughout the hours of Exhibition, unless special permission for their removal shall be granted by the Committee on Exhibition, etc. 4. No person shall make more than one entry of the same va- riety under the same number. 5. The Judges may correct, before the close of any Exhibition, awards made by them, if satisfied that such were erroneous. 6. The cards of Exhibitors competing for premiums shall be re- versed and remain so until after premiums are awarded. 7. Competitors are expected to conform strictly to the condi- tions under which articles are invited. Evasion or violation of them may be reported to the Trustees for future disqualification of the offender. 8. In all Exhibits of Roses, minimum length of stem to be 6 inches except Flower Arrangement, Miniatures and Shrub Roses. 9. All articles for exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock unless otherwise speci- fied. Otherwise they will be ruled out. Between 12:30 and 2 o'clock the Hall will be in exclusive charge of the Committee on Arrangements and Exhibitions. Open to the public from 2 to 8:00 o'clock, unless otherwise noted. 10. Competition for premiums is open to everyone, and it is strictly required that all specimens offered for exhibition shall have been grown by the competitors, for at least two (2) months previous to the date of exhibition, except no restriction as to the grower is stated in schedule. The same potted plants and Educational Exhibits may be shown only once for premiums. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 11. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the ex- clusive charge of the Judges and Committee of Arrangements, and not even the owners will have liberty to remove them until the Exhibition is closed, and no sale of Exhibition Fruit, Flowers or Vegetables shall be made in the building. All articles on a one-day show to be removed by the next day - unless that day falls on a Saturday or Holiday. 12. Where a certain number of quantity of Plants, Flowers, Fruits or Vegetables is designated in the schedule, there must be neither more nor less than that number or quantity of specimens shown; and in no case can other varieties than those named in the schedule be substituted. 13. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens and may correct any errors that they think were without deliberate purpose. 14. The Committee on Arrangements has power to change the time of exhibition for any article, if an earlier or later season ren- ders such change desirable. 15. All articles offered for exhibition including baskets of mixed flowers, should be correctly named. Indefinite appelations such as "Pippin", "Sweeting", "Greening", etc., will not be considered as names. Any person exhibiting the same variety of Fruit or Vege- table, under different names or exhibiting as grown by himself Flowers, Fruit or Vegetables grown by another, thereby violating the object and rules of the Society, may be debarred from com- peting for the Society's premiums until reinstated. 16. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to their mode of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and examinations, if requested. 17. In all exhibitions of Cut Flowers for competition, the num- ber of blooms, clusters, sprays or spikes shown is not restricted ex- cept that it is expected the exhibitor shall use only a sufficient number to make a well-balanced display. All shall be of one color and of one variety in the same vase, except Displays, Vases, Bas- kets, Standards or otherwise specified in the schedule. The Judge will consider the quality of the flowers rather than the quantity. 6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 18. The Judges may subdivide classes if conditions warrant. 19. l^f The Judges are authorized by the Trustees to invite the assistance of competent and discreet persons in the discharge of their duties. ^ 20. No Judge shall require anything of competitors respecting their Exhibits which is not distinctly specified in the schedule. 21. The decision of the Judges shall be final. 22. In Table Decorations, Collections and Displays of Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, Vases and Baskets, where the numher of Ex- hibits exceeds the number of premiums offered, the Judge may award prizes to any worthy Exhibits not receiving a premium. 23. All premiums that are not claimed within one year after the close of the official year will be forfeited to the Society. 24. U.P. Hedrick's "Fruits of New York" and S.A. Beach's "The Apples of New York" will guide the Judge of Fruits in his decisions upon matters at issue. Pan American Plant Company and Yoder Brothers, Inc. catalogues to be used for Chrysanthemums by the judges. 25. No artificial plants, flowers or foliage preserved or altered by any process shall be exhibited at any show of this Society, except for a special purpose and with the consent of the show manage- ment. 26. While the Society will take reasonable precautions for the safety of the property of exhibitors, it will be responsible in no case for any loss or damage that may occur. SPECIAL RULES 1. Exhibitors should have all specimens correctly and legibly named, notice of which will be taken by the Judges in awarding the premiums. 2. While it is expected that Exhibitors will take pains to correctly name their Ex- hibits, the Judges will not exclude an Exhibit for mistake in nomenclature. 3. In all Exhibits of Lilies, the pollen may be removed. 4. In all Exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club Leaflet may be shown. Wild Flowers under cultivation may not be shown in this class. A. At no time shall the Exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. B. Ask the Secretary for leaflet of the Hadwen Botanical Club showing flowers not to be exhibited. By vote of the Trustees, all entries must be made by Exhibitor to the Assistant Secre- tary and all cards made out by her or her assistants, except Single Spike Classes. Blank Tags are available in the office. Seedlings may be exhibited at any show and will receive appropriate recognition. 1971 ] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 7 Definition of Terms Amateur: An amateur is defined as a grower raising plants or flowers for pleasure and not for sale and who does not usually enter into the regular scheduled classes. Clone (Clon): Group, variety or variation of plants propagated by asexual or vegetative parts. Such races may not "come true" from seed. The horticul- tural varieties of roses, apples, oranges, strawberries and carnations are clones; also the cultivated forms of day I i I ies and plantain-lily (hosta or funkia) that do not produce seeds. Clone or clon is a horticultural rather than a taxono- mic term. Collection: An assemblage of a number of kinds or varieties of flowers, plants, fruits and/or vegetables in one exhibit, the specific number and sorts of which should be regulated by the flower show schedule. Quality, variety, rarity, effectiveness and range of the particular group as well as horticultural per- fection are considered in judging collections. Size of collection, without other qualifications, is unimportant. Display: The term generally used for a group of flowers, fruits and/or vege- tables, sometimes plants, covering a definite space or containing a definite number of specimens, or both, arranged to create an artistic effect. It is judged both for quality of materials and artistic effect. The term should be used rather than "collection" where artistic effect is stressed. Kind: Genus. Type. The Royal Horticultural Society considers that for horticultural exhibitions and for general gardening use two terms only are necessary to designate plant material: Kind and variety. This ruling has much to recommend it. Kinds are such separate genera as peaches, apples, plums; peas, carrots, cabbages; roses, chrysanthemums, phloxes. Different types of the same genus are also considered as kinds for exhibition purposes: as snap beans and lima beans, dark grapes and white grapes. Their rule book says: "As a general rule, for the purposes of exhibiting, all natural genera are kinds, and all variations within a genus are varieties". They make some exceptions which do not apply especially to us. Variety: Variety as generally used in flower shows is a horticultural term used to designate a named species, hybrid or other horticultural development of a genus. Example: Golden Queen Tomato. See also kind. Used botanically, it is a division of a species, as Campanula Carpatica alba. Here Campanula is the genus, telling us that it is one of the bellflowers. Carpatica is the species, indicating that this particular group comes from the Carpathian mountains and alba (meaning white) is the variety name. 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 SCALE OF POINTS Cut Flowers and Wild Flowers — Quality of blooms (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 20 Number of Varieties 15 Properly named 1 5 Lilies — Size and color of bloom 35 points Number of perfect flowers and buds on stem 35 Arrangement 15 Properly named 15 Baskets, Standards and Displays — Quality (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 35 Variety 15 Collections — Quality (including condition and value) 45 points Arrangement 25 Variety 30 " Table Decoration — Design 20 points Relation 20 Color 20 " Perfection 20 Condition 5 Distinction 15 Table Decoration — Special Occasion or Title — Design 20 points Relation 15 Color 10 " Perfection 10 Suitability 15 Condition 15 Distinction 15 Flower Arrangements — Design 20 points Color 10 " Suitability 20 " Distinction 15 Originality 10 Condition 25 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The following is a list of the Special Funds of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the income of which is devoted to the purpose stated. The date prefixed to each indicates the year in which the fund was established. 1888 - Francis Henshaw Dewey Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for the purchase of books. 1898 - Williams Eames Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for the promotion of apple culture. 1906 - Frederick A. Blake Fund - $1,000.00 Income only to be used in providing Medals to be awarded to the originators of new varieties of Fruits or Flowers, preference always being given to residents of Worcester County. In case that the Worcester County Horticultural Society does not find occasion to award Medals for New Fruits or Flowers, the said income may be used for special premiums for Orchids or other choice Greenhouse Plants and Flowers. 1907 - Obadiah Brown Hadwen Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1922 - Edwin Draper Fund - $300.00 Income to be used for prizes for Horticultural exhibitions held under the direction of said Society. 1924 Miss Frances Clary Morse Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1939 - The Coulson Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1943 -G. A. Bigelow Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for meritorious garden grown exhibits of Roses. 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 1955 - Chandler Bullock Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Small Fruits. 1957 - Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1958 - Samuel T. and Anna N. W. Hobbs Fund - $5,000.00 Income to be used for the promotion of children's interest in Horticulture. 1959 - Edward Winslow Lincoln Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1967 - National Association of Gardeners - $1,000.00 Worcester Chapter 80% of income to be used for scholarships. 1968 - Cook - Davey Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for new varieties of Fruits or for the Scholarship Fund. 1970 - ElouiseS. Knight Memorial Fund - $1000.00 Income to be used to promote the interest of children in Horticulture, especially by means of Cash Awards for ex- hibits. 1970 - Gerald Fales Memorial Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for tomatoes, gladioli, roses or for general purposes of the society. 1970 - The Thayer Fund - $2,000.00 Income to be used for prizes to encourage young people in the raising of fruit, particularly apples and pears, or for scholarships. ★ * ★ SPECIAL AWARDS 1969 - William T. Merrifield Award Bronze Medal "For an exhibit of outstanding merit or interest" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1970 - George B. Slater Award Silver Medal "For a distinguished exhibit" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1970 - Paul Whitin Award Silver Medal — Awarded to an exhibit which, in the opinion of the Judges, has special educational merit. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 11 SPRING EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MR. PAUL ROGERS, Chairman MR. THOMAS SIMONE MRS. RICHARD MIRICK Opening: Friday, March 5 - 3 to 9 P.M. Saturday, March 6-9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Sunday, March 7 - 1 to 9 P.M. Monday, March 8-9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Tuesday, March 9-9 A.M. to 5 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 A.M. Friday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first 6 grades. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two Bowls. One bowl will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by Judges. The other bowl will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. GARDEN DISPLAYS: - No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet. $800.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $700.00 will be available each. Ml Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 1 5 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. "Prize money for Garden Displays I, II, or III above is based approximately upon $2.00 per square foot. For example, a 400 foot display at $2.00 per square foot makes a top prize money of $800.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded for that display will be 90% of $800 or $720. If another display receives 80 points he will receive 80% of $800 which is $640.00. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Two special awards will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the Judges. An exhibitor may receive only one of these special awards. 1. For excellence in design and consistency silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard. 2. For excellence in suitability and quality of plant material silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Higgins. SPECIAL DISPLAYS: IV - Plant Displays - Commercial $300.00 V - Plant Display - Non-Commercial Outstanding specimen plants not more than three 75.00 VI - Cut Flowers 75.00 VII - African Violets and related plants No. 1 Display - not over 25 square feet —50.00 may be used No. 2 Display - not over 15 square feet —50.00 may be used No. 3 Three Specimen Plants 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 VIII - Carnations 75.00 IX - Fruit 200.00 X - Spring Bulbs: 1. One 8-inch pot Daffodils, Hyacinths or Tulips 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 2. One pot other Spring Bulbs 5.00 4.00 XI - Vegetables $100.00 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 13 XII - Table Settings: 1. Theme: "Children's Parties" Number of place settings optional. Accessories may be used to emphasize chosen theme. For your theme, take your inspiration from fairy tales, games, nursery rhymes, etc. Tables are limited, so please call or write if you are interested - at least 3 weeks in advance. $75.00 may be used for prizes. 2. Children's Tables The same as above. Scale of points by which tables will be judged. XIII - Arrangements — using shrubs, evergreens, foliage and large leaves (no flowers). Native or tropical material permitted. Arrangement in container, urn or large vase suitable for pedestal. Prizes to be awarded. Notify the office at least one week in advance. Not for competition. For florists only. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND Educational Exhibits: No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 No. 3 - Club or group. No. 4 - Adults 21 or over $100.00 may be used for prizes. Overall design Compatibility and condition Perfection of the arrangement Distinction and originality Conformance to schedule 30 points 20 points 20 points 20 points 10 points Worcester and Worcester County Garden Clubs Exhibit "VEST POCKET PARKS" WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY IRIS EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION I of the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY COMMITTEE: MRS. FRANK WARBURTON, Chairman MR. & MRS. H. LADD PLUMLEY MR. WAINO HIMOTTU MRS. IRVING FRAIM Saturday - June 5 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Specimen Color Classes: one spike entry. Must be named — More than one entry may be made in these classes but not of the same variety and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. They are numbered to agree with American Iris Society Color Classification (1966) in order to facilitate its use. Refer to it for complete description of classes. Classes with no known examples have been omitted. The following color class numbers apply to each of the eight major sections. No. 1 (1W, 1C) White self 2.00 1.00 No. 2 (1T) Warm white self 2.00 1.00 No. 3 (2V) White ground plicata marked violet 2.00 1.00 No. 4 (2B) White ground plicata marked blue 2.00 1.00 No. 5 (2Y, 20, White ground plicata marked yellow, 2R) red or orange 2.00 1.00 No. 6 (4V, 4B) White standards, violet or blue falls 2.00 1.00 No. 7 (4Y, 40) White standards, yellow or orange falls 2.00 1.00 No. 8 (6P, 6L) Violet self, pale or light 2.00 1.00 No. 9 (6F, 6D) Violet self, full or dark 2.00 1.00 No. 10(8) Violet bitone 2.00 1.00 No. 11(9) Violet bicolor 2.00 1.00 No. 12(10) Violet or purple blend 2.00 1.00 No. 1 3 (1 1 P, 1 1 UBIue self, pale or light 2.00 1 .00 No. 14 (11F,11D)Blue self, full or dark 2.00 1.00 No. 15(13) Blue bitone 2.00 1.00 No. 16(14) Blue bicolor 2.00 1.00 1971] I SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 No. 17 (16P) Yellow self, pale 2.00 1.00 No. 18 (16L) Yellow self, light 2.00 1.00 No. 19 (16F) Yellow self, full 2.00 1.00 No. 20 (17V) Yellow ground, plicata marked violet or purple 2.00 1.00 No. 21 (170, 17R) Yellow ground plicata marked orange or red 2.00 1.00 No. 22 (18) Yellow bitones 2.00 1.00 No. 23 (19W) Yellow bicolor, standards yellow, falls white 2.00 1.00 No. 24 (19V, 19B) Yellow bicolor standards yellow, falls violet, blue or purple 2.00 1.00 No. 25 (190, 19R) Standards yellow, falls orange or red 2.00 1.00 No. 26 (20) Yellow blend 2.00 1 .00 No. 27 (21 P,21 L) Orange self, pale or light 2.00 1.00 No. 28 (21F) Full orange self 2.00 1.00 No. 29 (23) Orange bitone 2.00 1.00 No. 30 (24) Orange bicolor 2.00 1.00 No. 31 (25) Orange blend (brown) 2.00 1.00 No. 32 (26P) Red self, pale (true pink) 2.00 1.00 No. 33 (26L,26F) Light red or full red self 2.00 1.00 No. 34 (26D) Red self, dark 2.00 1.00 No. 35 (28,29) Red bitone or bicolor 2.00 1.00 No. 36 (30) Red blend 2.00 1.00 SECTIONS - I Tall Bearded Iris II Border Bearded Iris III Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris IV Intermediate Bearded Iris V Miniature and Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris VI Arilbreds VII Apogon VIII Species 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Best in Show — Seedlings — No. 44 Tall bearded, one stalk. Each exhibitor may make more than one entry in this class but not more than 5. Must be exhibi- tor's own hybrid. To be judged for the American Iris Society's Exhibition Certificate by all AIS Judges present and for the Worcester County Horticultural Society's Certificate. No. 45 Other than tall bearded, one stalk. To be judged as for class 44. Displays — No. 46 Display of Siberian Iris, preferably named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 47 Display, commercial. S50.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate as an outstanding or valuable commercial display. No. 48 Display, non-commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 49 Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Iris growing, hy- bridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate. Special Awards of The American Iris Society Section Certificate and Rosette will be awarded to the winner of the most blue ribbons in each of the above sections. The American Iris Society's Silver Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the most blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the second-largest number of blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The Best Specimen of Show (Queen of Show) Rosette may be awarded to the one best specimen of the show selected from the specimen classes in Sections I through VIM in the horticultural division. Japanese Flower Arrangement — No. 50 Using any type of Iris. No restrictions as to grower, may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $3.50. $25.00 THE COULSON FUND Table Decoration - "July 4th Table" A. Buffet table for four. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize C. Children — Same as above $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00 $10.00 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 Cut Flowers — some Iris requested — No. 51 Display, 24 square feet 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 52 Small display, 12 square feet 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 This number is intended for the growers who do not compete in call for large displays during the year. Potted Plants - No. 53 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 54 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Lupines — No. 55 Vase 3.00 2.00 Aquilegia — No. 56 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 G. A. BIGELOW FUND Roses — D. E. Vase H. P. roses, not over ten blooms Vase H. T. roses, not over ten blooms 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 Peonies - No. No. 57 Vase of Herbaceous 58 Vase of Tree 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 Any other Perennials — Vase No. 59 Other than bulbs 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Amateur Class — No. 60 Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 61 Ten vases - no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 - See special rules of Wild Flowers on Page 6 - Asparagus, two bunches, 12 specimens each - No. 62 Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one-half peck — No 63 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 18 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Radish, two bunches, six per bunch — No. 64 Any named variety 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 Rhubarb, twelve stalks — No. 65 Linnaeus 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 66 Victoria 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 67 New Varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Lettuce, six heads — No. 68 Boston Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onions — No. 69 Scallions, two bunches, six each 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 70 Recent introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 71 $10.00 may be used for prizes. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 19 ROSE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. ARTHUR O'MARA - Co-Chairmen MR. & MRS. CARROLL AKELEY MR. & MRS. VINCENT BUCINSKAS Thursday - June 17 - Open from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. From among the young ladies of Worcester County, our 1971 Rose Queen will be selected. 3:30 P.M. Crowning Roses (See Rule 8) - No. 100-Twelve blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 101 -Six blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 102-Twelve blooms of named varieties H. T. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Special Prizes MISS FRANCES C. MORSE FUND F. Six blooms of named varieties of H. T. roses, outdoor culture. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Prize Rose — not confined to exhibitors of Worcester County. Ribbons will be awarded — First, Second, Third No. 103-H. T., red and red blend, one bloom No. 104-H. T., pink and pink blend, one bloom No. 105-H. T., yellow and yellow blend, one bloom No. 106-H. T.f white, one bloom No. 107-H. T., orange, one bloom No. 108-H. T., any other color No. 109-Floribundas, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 10-Floribundas, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 1-Floribundas, yellow and yellow blend, main stem No. 1 1 2-Floribundas, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 3-Floribundas, white, one main stem 20 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 No. 1 14-Shrub Roses, any named variety No. 1 1 5-Grandif lora, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 1 6-Grandiflora, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 7-Grandif lora, yellow and yellow blend, one main stem No. 1 18-Grandiflora, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 19-Grandiflora, white, one main stem No. 120-Any other species or variety No. 121 -Best seedling Best Roses in the Show — King, Queen & Princess, Special Recognition In the "Prize Rose" classes No. 100 through No. 130, the rose must be a named variety, the minimum length of stem shall beat least six inches and the rose offered for exhibition shall be from a bush grown by the exhibitor for at least two months previous to the date of exhibition. No. 122-H. T. (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon No. 1 23-Floribundas (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon — Use Jackson-Perkins and Conard-Pyle Catalogues — No. 1 24-Collection of cut roses, at least six varieties. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 125- Vase of Floribundas 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 1 26- Vase of Grandif loras 3.00 2.00 1 .00 No. 127-Vase H.P. roses, not to exceed 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 128- Vase H.T. roses, not exceeding 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 129-Display of cut climbing roses. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 130-Basket of roses 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 No. 131 - Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Rose growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. G. A. BIGELOW FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Moonlight and Roses" G. Using a crescent design of roses and your choice of foliage. No restriction as to grower. $30.00 may be used. Highest prize — $3.50. Table Decoration — "Gift of Roses" No. 132-Your choice of table for two. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00. No. 133-Children — Same as above. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00. Delphinium — No. 134-One Vase, not more than 3 spikes. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 21 Peonies — No. 135-Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Lilies — No. 136-Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Aquilegia — No. 137-Bowl or Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Foxglove — No. 138-Vase, not more than 3 spikes 4.00 3.00 2.00 Sweet William — No. 139-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pinks (Dianthus) - No.140-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Any other Perennial — No. 141-Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class - No. 142 -Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named - No. 143-Ten vases, no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Potted Plants - No. 144 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 145 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Special Prizes OBADIAH BROWN HADWEN FUND Hardy Cultivated Flowers and Shrubs, to be named — H. Display of outdoor varieties 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 24 square feet CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Strawberry, twenty-four berries — r. Howard No. 17 3.00 2.50 j. Sparkle 3.00 2.50 K. Robinson 3.00 2.50 L. Catskill 3.00 2.50 M. Jersey Belle 3.00 2.50 N. Vesper 3.00 2.50 O. Midland 3.00 2.50 22 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 No. 146-Any other varieties. $10.00 may be used. No. 147-Four pint baskets of strawberries, any variety 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 1 48-Display not over 1 2 square feet. $1 5.00 may be used. Cherry, one quart — No. 149-Any named sweet variety. $5.00 may be used. No. 150-Any named sour variety. $5.00 may be used. Fruit — No. 151 - Any other variety. $5.00 may be used for prizes. COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) P. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled 4.00 3.00 Beets - No. 152-Two bunches, six in each 2.50 2.00 Peas, one-half peck — No. 153-World's Record 2.50 2.00 No. 154-Any other variety 2.50 2.00 No. 155-Display at least four named varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 156-Golden Acre 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 157-Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Lettuce, six heads named — No. 158-lceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 159-Any other variety or loose leaf 2.50 2.00 1.50 Chard - No. 160-Six plants 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 161-Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 162-$10.00 may be used for prizes. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 23 in cooperation with the NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL LILY GROUP LILIES AND DELPHINIUM EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MRS. VIRGINIA HOWIE - Chairman MR. ARTHUR TURNBULL MRS. CONSTANCE THAYER MR. MERRITT CUTTING Thursday - July 15 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. CLASS A - SINGLE STEMS OF NAMED HYBRID CLONES. Division I — Asiatic Hybrids Hybrids and cultivars derived from such species as L. amabile, L. bulbi- ferum, L. cernuum, L. concolor, L. dauricum, L. davidii, L. leichtlinii, L. pumilum and L. tigrinum. a. Upright flowers — (as Enchantment — Rosabelle) b. Outward facing (as Corsage - Connecticut Lass) c. Pendant (as Talisman - Connecticut Yankee) Division II — Martagon Hybrids (as Brocade - Port Wine) Division III- American Hybrids (as Constance - Shuksan) Division IV- Trumpet Hybrids a. Trumpet form — outward facing c. Bowl shaped b. Trumpet form — pendant d. Sunburst Divisions may be further subdivided at the discretion of the Judges to provide for color variations i.e. Division V — Aurelians (Sunburst or Corona types) Division VI— Oriental Hybrids Contains hybrid cultivars or hybrids of L. auratum, L. japonicum, L. rubellum, L. speciosum, and to include any of their crosses with L. henryii. a. Bowl shaped and flat faced (as Crimson Dream - Imperial Crimson) b. Recurved (Jamboree - Black Beauty) LILIUM 1. White 2. Pink 3. Yellow 4. Green 5. Bicolor 6. Apricot 7. Purple 24 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 CLASS B - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS Not necessarily grown from seed by the exhibitor. Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS C - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS GROWN FROM SEED BY THE EXHIBITOR Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS D - ALL TRUE SPECIES AND THEIR BOTANICAL FORMS. Each variety to be judged separately. CLASS E - DISPLAY - COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS F - DISPLAY - NON-COMMERCIAL No other flowers may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS G - EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY $75.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS H - BASKET OF LILIES Other foliage permitted. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS I - VASE OF LILIES Other foliage permitted 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Competitive classes are open to all providing the lilies are grown by, or under the control of, the exhibitor. First, second and third Prize Ribbons will be awarded by the New England Regional Lily Group in each Division. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Award — Best unnamed seedling spike from Class C. Bronze Medal. Worcester County Horticultural Society Award — For best spike of a named clone. To be chosen from Class A entries. Awarded by Armand A. Benoit - Silver Bowl for best display, non-commercial. Winner may keep bowl for current year. * * * Flower Arrangement - "Pairing Off" No. 200 - Containers suitable for a mantel. True lilies used. No res- triction as to grower. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize — $3.50. Table Decoration — "Formal or Semi-formal Tea" No. 201 - Place settings for four. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 25 No. 202 - Children — Same as above. $35.00 to be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00. Delphinium — No. 203 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - No. 204 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind — (Other than Lilies) — No. 205 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Non-Hardy Bulbs or Tubers — No. 206 - Vase. $5.00 may be used. Vase of Roses (See Rule 8) - Not over 12 Blooms — No. 207 - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Cut Flowers — No. 208 - Display 24 square feet 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 209 - Display 12 square feet 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 210 - Eight vases 6.00 5.00 4.00 Herbs - No. 211 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class - No. 212 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Potted Plants - No. 213 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Cherry, one quart - No. 214 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, Black Cap one pint — No. 215 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Raspberry, one pint — No. 216 - Early varieties, named. $5.00 may be used. No. 217 - Latham 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 218 - Taylor 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 219 - Any other red variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 220 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used. No. 221 - Display not over 12 square feet. $1 0.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches - No. 222 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. 26 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — Q - Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 R - Cultivated, new varieties. $7.50 may be used. S - Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 oooseuerry, one quari — Nn 223 - Anv nampd varieties $10 00 No. 224 - New varieties. $5.00 Blackberry, one quart — No. zzb - Any variety. it>o.uu Display of Small Fruit, two or more varieties — Mo OOP. - <£9R HO ma\/ ho i icpH fnr nri7Pc InO. ZZO »J>ZO.UU llldy UtJ UbcU IUI pilZ-ca. Beets, twelve specimens — No. 227 - Any named variety o Rn z.ou 2.00 1.50 1.00 Carrots, two bunches - six in each — No. 228 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Beans, Snap, one-half peck — No. 2z» - breen rod z.ou 2.00 1.50 1.00 Mn o on _ Wav IMU. ZoU VVdA 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 231 - Hybrid type, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 232 - Standard type, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cabbage, three specimens — No. 233 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce, six heads — No. 234 - Iceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 235 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Summer Squash, three specimens - No. 236 - Yellow 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 237 - Green 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 238 - Any other type 2.00 1.50 1.00 Pea, one-half peck - No. 239 - Telephone type 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 240 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Tomato, twelve Specimens — No. 241 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1971 ] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 27 Spinach, one-half peck — No. 242 - New Zealand 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 243 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 244 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables - No. 245 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. Market Basket of Vegetables — No. 246 - $30.00 may be used. Highest prize not over $3.50. 28 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY in cooperation with REGION 4 of THE AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY HEMEROCALLIS (DAYLILIES) EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MR. GEORGE H. PRIDE, Chairman MR. WAINO HIMOTTU MRS. IRVING FRAIM MRS. PETER MARKHAM MRS. JAMES H. SHEPHERD Saturday - July 24 - 1 to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $200.00 for the premiums awarded on this list. Hemerocallis ( Day lilies) - No. 300 - Display - Commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 301 - Display - Non-commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 302 - Collection of six named varieties. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Specimen Color Classes, one spike entry. Must be namad — More than one entry may be made in these classes, providing each entry is a different variety, and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. Large Flowered Section (Flower over 41/2 inches in diameter) — No. 303 - Light yellow and lemon 2.00 1.00 No. 304 - Medium yellow 2.00 1.00 No. 305 - Deep yellow or gold 2.00 1.00 No. 306 - Orange 2.00 1.00 No. 307 - Copper bronze 2.00 1.00 No. 308 - Polychrome blends light 2.00 1.00 No. 309 - Polychrome blends dark 2.00 1.00 No. 310 - Bicolor 2.00 1.00 No. 311 - Banded or eyed 2.00 1.00 No. 312 - Pale pink 2.00 1.00 No. 313 - Peach pink 2.00 1.00 No. 314 - Creamy Melon 2.00 1.00 1971 ] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 29 No. 31 5 - Cantaloupe Melon No. 316 - Pinkish Melon No. 317 - Rose No. 318 - Bright red No. 319 - Orange red No. 320 - Dark red No. 321 - Brown red No. 322 - Purple red No. 323 - Lavender shades 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 Dwarf (Normal Growth under 24 inches) — No. 324 - Any color Miniature (Flower less than 3 inches) — No. 325 - Any color Small Flowered (Flower between 3 inches and 4!4 inches) — No. 326 - Any color Spider Flowered (Exaggerated long thin flower parts) — No. 327 - Any color Double Flowered (6 or more petaloids should be present) — No. 328 - Any color Single Floret — No. 329 - Vase, This class is intended for very new and rare speci- mens - where the exhibitor would not wish to cut com- plete stalk. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Tetraploid (Proven) — No. 330 - Melon tones 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 No. 331 No. 332 No. 333 No. 334 Seedling — No. 335 Shades of Yellow Any other color National Popularity Poll Winner 5.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. Regional Popularity Poll Winner - 2.00 1.00 If different from National winner. Same award as for National winner. One entire scape, severed at base. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society's Certificate and Special Award Rosette of Ameri- can Hemerocallis Society. 30 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Specials — No. 336 Best Registered Introduced Class, single scape not to exceed 36". Each exhibitor may make no more than three en- tries. 5.00 To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Certificate and Special Award Rosette of American Hemer- ocallis Society. No. 337 - Best Registered Unintroduced Class — Requirements and awards as in previous class. 5.00 No. 338 - American Hemerocallis Society Achievement Award. Spec- ial A.H.S. Rosette awarded at show — Medal awarded later in year after all rules about registration of winning variety have been complied with. At least 3 scapes severed at the base of an undisseminated variety which may or may not be named and may or may not be registered and is at least 3 years old. This medal is offered to the originator, amateur or professional whether shown by originator or someone else. The award shall be made only to a new variety of adequate merit and distinc- tiveness as compared with existing varieties. No. 339 - Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Hemerocallis growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Cut Flower - No. 340 No. 341 Gladiolus — No. 342 No. 343 Display. Not over 18 square feet. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Basket, mixed, three or more kinds of flowers. 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Display (not to exceed 24 square feet). $40.00 may be used for prizes. Basket Gladiolus 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 G. A. BIGELOW FUND Roses T — Vase - not over 1 2 blooms (See Rule 8). $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Petunias No. 344 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 345 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 346 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 31 Lilies - No. 347 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Zinnias — No. 348 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 349 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 350 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms. 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 351 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Snapdragon — No. 352 - Vase, not more than 5 spikes. 2.00 1.50 1.00 Salpiglosis — No. 353 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Calendula — No. 354 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 355 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Phlox - No. 356 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Shasta Daisies - No. 357 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Perennial - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 358 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 359 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 360 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 361 - 10 Vases -no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 (See Special Rules of Wild Flowers on Page 6) Potted Plants - No. 362 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 363 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. 32 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Hanging Baskets — No. 364 - Foliage or flowering plants. $25.00 available for prizes Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 365 Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Begonia, Tuberous Rooted — No. 366 - Display. Use own foliage. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Easter Breakfast" No. 367 - No restriction as to grower. $25.00 may be used. Highest prize - $3.50. Cherry, one quart — No. 368 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, one pint — No. 369 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 370 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Gooseberry, one quart — No. 371 - Any named varieties. $10.00. Blackberry, one quart — No. 372 - Any variety. $5.00. Any New varieties of Small Fruit — No. 373 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Small Fruits, two or more varieties — No. 374 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 375 - Yellow Transparent 3.00 2.50 No. 376 - Lodi 3.00 2.50 No. 377 - Red Astrachan 3.00 2.50 No. 378 - New varieties. $7.00 may be used for prizes. No. 379 - Other early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Plum, twelve specimens — No. 380 - Early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Peach, twelve specimens, named — No. 381 - Any early white varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 382 - Any early yellow varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 33 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 383 - 6 specimens of tree fruits. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — W — Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1 .50 X — New varieties o.UU Z.OU o nn I .oU Y — Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 384 - Dwarf, any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, one-half peck — No. 385 - Kentucky Wonder 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 386 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 387 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Beets, twelve specimens — No. 388 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Carrots, two bunches, six in each — No. 389 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, for pickles — No. 390 - One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber — 3 specimens — No. 391 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 392 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 393 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 394 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — 3 specimens — No. 395 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 396 - Green variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 397 - Any other type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce — No. 398 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 399 - Any early variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 34 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Tomato, twelve specimens — No. 400 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 401 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 402 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 403 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables — No. 404 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 405 - Collection, named edible varieties. $25.00 may be used for prize's. No. 406 - Collection, named non-edible varieties. $25.00 may be used. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 35 YOUNG PEOPLE'S FLOWER SHOW AND GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MRS. WESLEY LEARY, Chairman MRS. CLAI RMONT STAN DISH MR. JAMES McLAIN MRS. CLARENCE CHASE Thursday — August 19 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The hall will be open at 6 P.M. the night before for any who wish to set up at that time. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, and Department of Agriculture Rosettes. Trophies and Rosettes to be awarded by the Norco Gladiolus Society. Baskets and Displays to be judged by the New England Gladiolus Socie- ty Basis. Quality and Condition 50 points Color Harmony 10 Distinctiveness 15 Arrangement of Flowers or Effectiveness Gladiolus — No. 500 - Display - Commercial. Baskets and Vases. No other flow- ers to be used. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 501 - Display of Artistic Arrangements of Gladiolus. No res- triction as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 502 - Display - Semi-Commercial. (Exhibitor sells flowers and/ bulbs but does not issue a catalog). Baskets and Vases. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 503 - Display - Non-Commercial. (Exhibitor does not sell flow- ers or bulbs). Basket and Vases. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 504 - Baskets, 20-25 spikes, one variety, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 505 - Basket, 20-25 spikes, two varieties, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 506 - Basket or Vase, 15-20 spikes, two varieties, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 No. 507 - Basket or Vase, 1 2-15 spikes, miniatures, one variety, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 508 - Basket or Vase of Seedlings, 12-15 spikes, one variety. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 509 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 300, 400, 500 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 510 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 100, 200 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 511 - Collection, five different Recent Introduction varieties (19 65-1968 inclusive), one spike to a vase, correctly named. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 512 - Seedling Class. One spike, properly labeled. Seedlings and undisseminated varieties will be shown as seedlings. More than one entry may be made by any exhibitor. Best Seedling will be awarded the Society Certificate of Merit and the New England Gladiolus Society Rosette. No. 513 - Open Color Class. One spike, each, properly labeled with Classification number, variety name, and name and address of the exhibitor. Special cards will be furnished by the Society. No. 514 - Recent Introduction Varieties (1965-1968 inclusive). One spike, properly labeled (see above). No. 515 - Novice Color Class. One spike, properly labeled. This class is open to any person who has never won a Blue Ribbon at any Gladiolus Show. No. 516 - Three Spike Open Class. Three spikes of one variety, prop- erly labeled and arranged attractively in containers. No. 517 - Three Spike Seedling awarded Department of Agriculture Rosette. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL INFORMATION TO AID EXHIBITORS Use North American Gladiolus Council Classifica- tion List. Stem length below bottom floret — 17 inches on 100 - 200 classes 20 inches on 300 - 400 - 500 classes 1971 ] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 37 The following size separations will be used in all classes: 100 - 200 Miniature and Small 300 Medium 400 Large 500 Giant First, Second and Third Prize Ribbons will be awarded in each class. ★ ★ * Members of the Committee will be glad to assist in the arrangements of the spikes and the placing of entries. Section Champion will be chosen from the Seedling Class - From each size 300-400-500 in the Recent Introduction Class — From the same sizes in the One Spike Open Color Class. From these Section Champions, a Grand Champion shall be chosen. Following like procedure with the 100-200 size, a Miniature Champion shall be chosen. Section and Division Champions will be awarded the Society Rosette. Grand Champions - Certificate of Merit. Flower Arrangements — No. 518 - "I Get Ideas" - No restriction as to grower, $30.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $3.50. Lilium — no other flowers to be used — No. 519 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. GERALD FALES FUND Roses — Z. Vase, not over 12 blooms (see Rule 8). $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 520 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 521 - Vase. $1 0.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class - No. 522 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. 38 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Hanging Baskets — No. 523 - Foliage or flowering plants. $25.00 available for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 524 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 525 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 526 - Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 527 - Gravenstein $3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 528 - Puritan 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 529 - Early Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 530 - New varieties. $10.00. No. 531 - Any other early variety. $10.00. No. 532 - Seedlings. $10.00. Crab Apple, twenty-four specimens — No. 533 - Any named variety. 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 534 - Japanese named variety. $10.00 No. 535 - European named variety. $10.00 Peach, twelve specimens, named — No. 536 - Any white variety. $10.00 No. 537 - Any yellow variety. $10.00 No. 538 - Any new variety. $10.00 No. 539 - Seedlings. $10.00 No. 540 - Display of three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Pear, twelve specimens — No. 541 - Early varieties. $7.50 may be used. Display of Fruit — No. 542 - Not to exceed 20 square feet. Two or more kinds. $35.00 may be used. Any other variety of Fruits — No. 543 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Fruit class for Amateurs — No. 544 - Six specimens of Tree Fruits. $10.00 may be used. Bean, Snap, one-half peck — No. 545 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 546 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 39 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 547 ~ Dwarf Bush, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1 00 Bean, Pole, one-half peck - No. 548 - String, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 549 - Any named Hybrid variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 550 - Any named Standard variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 551 - Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. GERALD FALES FUND Tomato, twelve specimens — A. Red, any named Standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 B. Red, any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1 .00 C. Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1 nn I ,uu Potato, twelve specimens — No. 552 - Cobblers 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 553 - Chippewa 2.50 2.00 1 .50 No. 554 - Any other named variety. 2.50 2.00 1 RO Pepper, twelve specimens — No. 555 - Any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — No. 556 - Hybrid, yellow, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 557 - Green varieties, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 558 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. New Vegetables — No. 559 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables -(not Commercial growers) - No. 560 - Display from home gardens to cover 1 5 square feet. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 561 - Collection, named edible varieties. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule 40 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY DAHLIA EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MR. WAYNE SMITH, Chairman MR. BERTRAND BEYER MR. ROGER LANGLEY MRS. MARTIN McDONOUGH Thursday - September 16 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Sale of Spring Flowering Bulbs — Benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Dahlia, varieties to be named — No. 600 - Display of Singles, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 601 - Display of Collarettes, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 602 - Display of Pompons, 10 Vases 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 603 - Display of Miniatures, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 604 - Display of Medium Cactus Variety, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 605 - Display of large semi-Cactus Variety, 10 Vases 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 606 - Display of medium semi-Cactus Variety, 10 Vases 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 607 - Display of Decoratives, large flower, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 608 - Display of medium Decoratives, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 609 - Display of Cactus, large flower, 5 Vases 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 610 - 10 Vases Decoratives, one flower in each. Large flower 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 611 - 5 Vases, semi-Cactus, one flower in each. Large flower 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 612 - Basket or Vase of large flowered. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 613 - Basket or Vase of Singles 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 614 - Basket or Vase of Pompons 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 615 - Basket or Vase of Cactus Varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 616 - Basket of assorted varieties of Dahlias 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 617 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Commercial 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 41 No. 618 - Display, not over 25 square feet. $30.00 to be used for prizes. Non-Commercial No. 619 - Best Vase of Recent Introduction. 1965 - 66 - 67 Introduction. Blue Ribbon No. 620 - Best Vase of New Variety introduced 1968 - 69 - 70. $5.00 may be used. Educational Exhibit — No. 621 - To cover any phase of Dahlia growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Best Bloom in the Show - Blue Ribbon From Classes 600 to 611 inclusive. THE COULSON FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Glory of our Holidays" — "Halloween" D. Autumn composition using the colors black and orange and your choice of accessory. No restriction as to grower. $30.00 may be used. Highest prize — $3.50. Table Decoration — "Tally Ho" No. 622 - Composition for an outdoor barbecue in autumn. Number of place settings optional, accessories required. No restric- tions as to grower. Dahlias preferred but any other suitable flower may be used. $30.00 available. Highest prize - $10.00. No. 623 - Children - Same as above. $35.00 to be used. Highest prize - $4.00. Roses — No. 624 - Collection of kinds and varieties named (number of kinds important). $40.00 to be used for prizes. Gladiolus, standard varieties — No. 625 - 10 Vases, one spike in a vase, to be named. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 626 - Basket 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 42 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 tUVVIIM UnMrtn pi imh ruiMU Begonia, tuberous rooted — E. Cut flowers in vases, not more than 20 vases. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Asters, large flowered, long stems — F. Vase of 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Asters, single or anemone — No. 627 - Vase, 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 628 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties - 5 vases, 5 stalks. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 629 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1 .00 No. 630 - Double French, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 631 - Single, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 632 - Any other, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1 .00 Petunias — No. 633 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 634 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 635 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Zinnias — No. 636 - Display. Mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 637 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No 638 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks- 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No 639 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms - 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Iris — No. 640 - Reblooming, one stem in a vase 2.00 1.00 No. 641 - Seedling one stem in a vase 3.00 2.00 Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 642 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 43 Perennial, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 643 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 644 - Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Wild Flowers — No. 645 - Appropriate container, artistic effect. $15.00 may be used for prizes. (See Special Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 6.) No. 646 - 10 vases, named, no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Herbs - No. 647 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 648 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Hanging Baskets — No. 649 - Foliage or flowering plants. $25.00 available for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 650 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — Ribbons awarded. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 651 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 652 - Red Gravenstein 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 653 - Milton 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 654 - Wealthy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 655 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 656 - Seedling varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 657 - Any other varieties. $7.50 may be used for prizes. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 658 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 659 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 Pear, twelve specimens — No. 660 - Bartlett 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 661 - Seckel 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 662 - New named varieties 3.00 2.50 No. 663 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 664 - Any Japanese variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 665 - Any European variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 666 - Any new varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. 44 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Peach, twelve specimens — No. 667 - Early Elberta 3.00 2.50 No. 668 - Any white variety 3.00 2.50 No. 669 - Any other yellow variety 3.00 2.50 No. 670 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 671 - Seedlings. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 672 - Display, three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used. Quince, twelve specimens — No. 673 - Orange 3.00 2.50 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 674 - 6 specimens of Tree Fruits. $10.00 may be used. Grape, three clusters — No. 675 - Fredonia 3.00 2.50 No. 676 - Seneca 3.00 2.50 No. 677 - Worden 3.00 2.50 No. 678 - Seedless variety 3.50 3.00 No. 679 - For other varieties - $10.00. No. 680 - New varieties - $10.00. No. 681 - Collection, not less than 5 varieties. 12.00 10.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 8.00 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) G. Recent Introduction - Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 Any other Variety of Fruits — No. 682 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Muskmelons, three specimens — No. 683 - Hybrid, named variety No. 684 - Orange flesh, named No. 685 - Green flesh, named Watermelon, three specimens — No. 686 - Midget Type No. 687 - Seedless, two specimens 2.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 688 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 45 Squash, Winter, three specimens No. 689 - Buttercup No. 690 No. 691 No. 692 No. 693 No. 694 No. 695 Blue Hubbard Golden Delicious Des Moines 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Butternut - Hercules 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Any other variety, named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Potatoes, twelve specimens — No. 696 - Any named variety. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 697 - Red No. 698 No. 699 Cauliflower — No. 700 Broccoli — No. 701 Savoy Any other variety Three specimens 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 1.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Three specimens Peppers, twelve specimens — No. 702 - Wonder type No. 703 - Squash type No. 704 - Any other named variety No. 705 - Display. $35.00 may be used. Tomatoes, red, twelve specimens — No. 706 - Rutgers or Marglobe type No. 707 - Hybrid variety No. 708 - Any other named variety No. 709 - Display. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, small-fruited, one quart — No. 710 - Any named variety. $7.00 may be used for prizes. Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 711 - Hybrid, named No. 712 - Any other variety Celery, six specimens — No. 713 - Summer Pascal No. 714 - Any other variety Onions, twelve specimens — No. 715 - Sweet Spanish No. 716 - Ebenezer 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 3.00 3.00 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.50 2.50 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 46 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Vegetables — No. 717 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 718 - Display of Vegetables, 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. No. 719 - Any other Vegetables (Kinds) Vegetable Class for Juniors — No. 720 - Two or more vegetable specimens grown by exhibitor — Prizes available. Mushroom, native — No. 721 - Collection of edible varieties — $25.00 may be used for prizes. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 47 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FALL EXHIBITION AND HARVEST FESTIVAL COMMITTEE: MR. PALMER W. BIGELOW, Chairman MRS. K. G. A. ANDERSSON MR. HOWARD L. BORGGAARD MR. RICHARD SALO Theme: "Gardens for Living" Friday - November 5 - 2 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 6-9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday- November 7 - 1 to 8:00 P.M. Monday - November 8-9 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1 1 o'clock Friday. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two bowls. One bowl will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by judges. The other bowl will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. Garden Displays: — No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet, $700.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $600.00 will be available each. Ill Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. 48 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. L/Ooiyi! qi i\j kj \ i o i o lc i i y 30 nni nt^ \J\J III Lo Suitability 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 15 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. "Prize money for Garden Displays I, II, or III above is based approximately upon $1.75 per square foot. For example, a 400 foot display at $1.75 per square foot makes a top prize money of $700.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded for that display will be 90% of $700.00 which figures $630.00. If another display receives 80 points, for example, he will receive 80% of $700.00 which is $560.00, etc." SPECIAL AWARD For Excellence in Design and Consistency — the Society's silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Sr. This special award will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the judges. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 49 Chrysanthemums — Commercial varieties — Catalogues of Pan American Plant Co. & Yoder Bros., Inc. — to be used by the Judges — No. 904 - Ten blooms, 10 vases, not less than 5 varieties — to be named. 12.00 10.00 No. 905 - Collection of 25 large blooms, long stems. 15.00 12.00 No. 906 - Pompons and Decoratives, display in vases, not more or less than 10 vases, 5 stems in each — named. 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 No. 907 - Single varieties, display in vases not more or less than 5 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.00 4.00 No. 908 - Anemones, display in vases, not more or less than 6 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.50 5.00 No. 909 - Three pots Chrysanthemums (not made up Specimens), well established. 15.00 10.00 No. 910 - One pot Chrysanthemums 5.00 3.00 Spray-type Chrysanthemums — Greenhouse grown — No. 911 - Six vases, 5 stems in each 3.50 3.00 Standard Commercial Varieties — No. 91 2- Chrysanthemums, vase of white. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 913- Chrysanthemums, vase of yellow. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 91 4- Chrysanthemums, vase of pink. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 915 - Any other color. 5.00 4.00 3.00 Note: Six flowers in each, one variety in each vase. Stems not less than two feet. Exhibition Varieties — No. 916 - Any variety 6.00 5.00 Note: Six flowers in a vase. Stems not less than two feet. No. 917 - Collection, 25 large blooms, long stems. 20.00 15.00 10.00 Chrysanthemums, not disbudded — No. 918- Basket of Pompons 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 919- Basket of Singles 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 920 - Basket of Anemones 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Note: Arrangement not to exceed 30 inches in width and 36 inches in height FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums, disbudded — H. Basket of Singles 6.00 5.00 4.00 I. Basket of Anemones 6.00 5.00 4.00 J. Basket of Fuji 6.00 5.00 4.00 Arrangement to be approximately 36 inches in width and 36 inches in height. 50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums — K. Best Bloom 4.00 3.00 2.00 L. Large flowers. Basket. $15.00 may be awarded for prizes. Special Exhibits — (Plants other than Chrysanthemums) — No. 921 - Commercial. $100.00 may be used for prizes. No. 922 - Home grown specimen plants, not over 24 square feet. Quality not quantity. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Carnations — No. 923 - Display, $50.00 available for prizes. African Violets and related plants — No. 924 - Commercial. $100.00 may be used for prizes. No. 925 - Semi-commercial class. $60.00 may be used for prizes. No. 926 - Non-commercial class. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 927 - Three Specimen Plants. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 928 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Table Decoration — "Beautiful and Bountiful" — "Thanksgiving Table" No. 929 - Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $75.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. No. 930 - Children — Same as above. $35.00 may be used. Highest prize - $4.00. Flower Arrangement — "New England" No. 931 - An expressive composition of dried materials. Niches to be used and cloth material background on part of niche. Highest prize — $3.50. Terrariums — No. 932 - Large - Containers must be over 18 inches but must not exceed 36 inches in any dimension. 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 933 - Small — Containers must not exceed 18 inches in any di- mension. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 934 - Children's Class. $10.00 may be used. Fern or Berry Globes — No. 935 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 936 - Children's Class. $5.00 may be used. Herbs - No. 937 - Display of dried material grown or collected from the wild by exhibitor. $25.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 51 SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND M. Educational Classes — No. 1 — Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 — Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 — Club or group exhibit. No. 4 — Adults 21 or over $100.00 may be used. Fruit Display — No. 938 - Must contain at least three or more kinds of fruit. No res- triction as to arrangement, not to exceed 30 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office two days in advance. ★ ★ ★ S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT AWARD A Silver Medal, given in honor of Mr. Davenport, will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an exhibition of apples to recognize particular merit or excellence in quality. ★ ★ ★ Apple Display — No. 939 - 50 square feet. $150.00 may be used for prizes. Apples, forty-nine specimens — No. 940 - Baldwin 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 941 - Mcintosh 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 942 - Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 943 - Cortland 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 944 - Macoun 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 945 - Golden Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 946 - Other named varieties. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 947 - Basket of Fancy Apples. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 948 - Basket of Fancy Pears. (Baskets furnished by the Society) 3.00 2.50 2.00 52 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Apples, twelve specimens — No. 949 - Baldwin 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 950 - Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 951 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 952 - Cortland 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 953 - Macoun 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 954 - Northern Spy 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 955 - R. I. Greening 3 00 2.50 2.00 No. 956 - Red Rome 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 957 - Sweet varieties 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 958 - New varieties. Introduced since 1940. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 959 - Old varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 960 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens - No. 961 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 962 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) N. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 WILLIAM EAMES FUND O. Roxbury Russet 3.00 2.50 2.00 P. Golden Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 Pears, twelve specimens — No. 963 - Bosc 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 964 - Anjou 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 965 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 966 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cranberries, Wild, one pint, no restrictions — No. 967 - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Fruits — No. 968 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1971 ] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 53 Nuts - grown in Worcester County — No. 969 - Display of edible nuts. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 970 - One pint of each or any of the following: Chestnuts, Butternuts, Black Walnuts Hickory, Filbert, Hartnuts, English Walnuts, etc. $15.00 may be used for prizes. HERBERT R. KINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD A bronze medal will be awarded at the discretion of the judges to an exhibitor of a vegetable or vegetables to recognize an exhibit of particular merit or excellence in quality or to recognize improvement by the exhibitor. Brussel Sprouts — No. 971 - Two one-quart baskets. 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Carrots, twelve specimens — No. 972 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Cauliflower — No. 973 - Three specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Celery, blanched, six specimens — No. 974 - Pascal Summer 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 975 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Onion, twelve specimens — No. 976 - White Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 977 - Red Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 978 - Ebenezer 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 979 - Yellow Danvers 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 980 - Any other variety. $8.00 may be used for prizes. No. 981 - Hybrid varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 982 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 983 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Parsnip, twelve specimens — No. 984 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Sugar Pumpkins — No. 985 - Three specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Field Pumpkins — No. 986 Two specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 54 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Squash, three specimens — No. 987 - Blue Hubbard 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 988 - Butternut. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 989 - Hercules type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 990 - Buttercup 2.50 2.00 1 en 1 .bU 1 1 .uu No. 991 - Table Queen Type 2.50 2.00 1 RO. 1 nn I .uu No. 992 - Jumbo Table Queen 2.50 2.00 1 50 1 00 No. 993 - Quality 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 994 - Waltham Butternut 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 995 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, twelve specimens — No. 996 - Purple Top Globe 2.00 1 1 nn I .uu Turnip, six specimens — No. 997 - Rutabaga or Swedish 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 998 - Green Mountain 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 999 - Katahdin 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1000 - Chippewa 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1001 - Sebago 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1002 - Kennebec 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1003 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1004 - Any other variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 New Vegetables — No. 1005 - Recent Introductions. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 1006 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Vegetables — No. 1007 - Market Baskets furnished by Society. Baskets to be so filled that it is possible to carry without contents falling off. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No prize over $3.50. No. 1008 - Display - not to exceed 24 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office two days in advance. Ornamental Gourds, Natural — No. 1009 - Display - not to exceed 15 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Field Beans — No. 1010 - Collection. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 55 Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — (May be set up the night before) Juniors, under 14 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Seniors - 14 to 19 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Juniors, under 14 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Seniors - 14 to 19 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. ★ ★ * Annual Meeting — Thursday — December 2, 1971 Premiums will be paid on or after the Annual Meeting — State Award Money will be sent out upon receipt of same. ★ ★ * THE LIBRARY OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY No. 1011 - No. 1012 - No. 1013 - No. 1014 - The Library Committee wish to call your attention to the Library and Reading Room, where the librarian is always ready to extend every facility possible to those in search of horticultural information. 56 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS Edwin W. Proctor, Chairman Mrs. Bertha G. Denny Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mrs. Fayre L. Nason, Librarian, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Miss Marjorie Inman LIST OF PERIODICALS FOR READING IN THE LIBRARY American Forests American Fruit Grower American Horticultural Magazine American Nurseryman American Rose Magazine Arnoldia Better Homes & Gardens Farm Journal Farm Technology Floral Magazine Florist Exchange Florists' Review Flower & Garden Flower Grower Food Marketing in New England Gardener's Chronicle Gardener's Forum Garden Journal of the N. Y. Botanical Club Hemerocallis Journal Horticultural Society of N. Y. Bulletin Horticulture House & Garden Landscape Architecture Market Growers Journal National Chrysanthemum Society National Geographic Magazine National Parks Magazine Natural History New England Homestead Norfolk Botanical Garden Organic Gardening & Farming P. H. S. News Plants & Gardens - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record Popular Gardening Professional Gardener Rhodora, Journal N. E. Botanical Club Successful Farming SCHEDULE OF PRIZES OFFERED TO CHILDREN by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 1971 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL Juniors and Seniors may exhibit in any of the regular exhibits of the Society 2 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 WILD FLOWER GUIDE The following list is recommended by the Hadwen Botanical Club as a guide which may help plant collectors who hope to display Wild Flowers at the Worcester County Horticultural Society Exhibits. Group I Not to be shown at any time. common name 1) Aletris farinosa Colic root 2) All orchids except #6 and 11 in Group II 3) Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly-weed 4) Casti I leja coccinea Painted-cup 5) Clematis verticillaris Purple Virgin's Bower 6) Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn 7) Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches 8) Epigaea repens Mayflower 9) Gentiana crinita Fringed Gentian 10) Linnaea borealis Twin Flower 11) Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 12) Orontium aquaticum Golden Club 13) Pentstemon (all) Pentstemon 14) Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron Group II Not to be pulled up; parts above the roots may be shown with moderation. common name 1) Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry 2) Actaea rubra Red Baneberry 3) Aquilegia canadensis Columbine 4) Calluna vulgaris Heather 5) Claytonia caroliniana Spring Beauty 6) Cypripedium acaule Pink Ladies' Slipper 7) Dentaria diphylla Toothwort 8) Genista tinctoria Genista 9) Gentiana andrewsii Closed Gentian 10) Gentiana linearis Narrow-leaved Gentian 11) Habenaria lacera Ragged Fringed Orchid 12) Hepatica americana Hepatica 13) Lilium canadense Canada Lily 14) Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily 15) Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant 16) Viola pubescens Yellow Violet Group III All others may be shown, but use judgment in picking. Never pick the last specimen. Flowers under cultivation are not classed as Wild Flowers. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 3 EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD Saturday, July 24 and Thursday, August 19, 1971 Horticultural Building, 30 Elm Street Prizes will be given for other meritorious exhibits. Competition is open to all children under two classes: Seniors — 14 through 20 years Juniors — under 14 years (age as of January 1 , 1971 ) Novice — Any child regardless of age who has never exhibited before. CHILDREN ARE FREE TO ENTER ANY OF THE CLASSES FOR ADULTS IF THEY SO ELECT. The exhibits of flowers and vegetables must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. All exhibits of flowers and vegetables on July 24 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. All exhibits on August 19 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 P.M. To facilitate setting up exhibits, a member of the Youth Committee will be on hand at Horticultural Hall the evening preceding each show from 7 to 9 P.M. All varieties of flowers and vegetables should be named. Each vase shall have two or more flowers except when otherwise specified. Artistic Arrangement of all flowers will be considered by the judges. In all exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club may be shown. Wild flowers under cul- tivation may not be shown in this class. (See Page 2) At no time shall the exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens. Premiums will be paid on or after September 15. State award money will be sent out upon its receipt. Vases, plates and everything necessary for the exhibition of the flowers and vegetables will be furnished by the Horticultural Society. See Pages 16 and 17 for dates of other Youth Exhibits. 1971 Robert Smiley- Mrs. C. Standish CHR Michael O'Mara YOUTH COMMITTEE 1972 Richard Bemis S. Lothrop Davenport Mary Calkins 1973 Deborah Hill Mrs. Louis Prunier Mrs. Arthur Schrader 4 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY JUNIORS Saturday, July 24 All articles must be in the hall by 12:00 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 1 to 7:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $200 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior list. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 1 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 2 - Artistic Flower Arrangement - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Cosmos — No. 3 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 4 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 5 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias — No. 6 - Double — Grandifloras (over 2V2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 7 - Double - Multif loras (under 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 8 - Single — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 9 - Single - Multif loras (under 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold — No. 10 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 1 1 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes. Gladiolus — No. 12 - Three vases, 1 spike in each to be named 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Calendula — No. 13 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 Snapdragon — No. 14 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — (One Kind) No. 15 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Perennial - No. 16 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 17 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension - To be shown on a mirror 2.00 1.50 3 @ 1.25 5 @ 1.00 Wild Flowers — Named — No. 18 - 5 vases, 3 stems — Each to be named $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 19 - Artistic arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) ELOUISES. KNIGHT FUND A. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables - No. 20 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 Beets - No. 21 - Five specimens. $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — No. 22 - Two specimens. $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 23-15 Pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 24 - 15 Pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Sweet Corn — No. 25 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 26 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Cabbage — No. 27 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 28 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 29 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 30 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable — No. 31 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Market Basket — No. 32 - Baskets furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 33 - One pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Novice Class — Novices may exhibit in any of the numbered classes in our Children's Exhibitions. Any entry made should be identified with the class number followed by the letter n. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 7 SENIORS Saturday, July 24 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:00 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Cut Flowers - No. 35 No. 36 Cosmos — No. 37 Zinnia — No. 38 No. 39 Marigold - No. 40 No. 41 Gladiolus — No. 42 Petunia — No. 43 No. 44 No. 45 No. 46 Calendula — No. 47 Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years ■ Display, not over 9 square feet 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 ■ Artistic Arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named Double — Grandifloras (over 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Double — Multifloras (under 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Multifloras (under 2/4 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 stem each Any Other Flower — No. 48 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Flowers on a Mirror — No. 49 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 50 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) — One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 51 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 52 - 5 vases, 3 stems each — To be named $10.00 may be used for prizes Table Settings - - "Patio" or "Picnic" ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND B. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water, glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes — 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 53 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 15 varieties 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets — NO. O** - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 , Summer Squash NO. DO _ Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 56 - 1 5 pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 57 - 15 pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 58 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 59 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 60 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cabbage — No. 61 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 62 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 Cucumber — No. 63 Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Onion — No. 64 Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 65 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 66 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 67 - One pint 1.50 1.00 .75 Novice Class — Novices may exhibit in any of the numbered classes in our Children's Exhibitions. Any entry made should be identified with the class number followed by the letter n. 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY JUNIORS Thursday, August 19 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior List. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 68 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 69 - Artistic Flower Arrangement -$8.00 may be used for prizes Cosmos — No. 70 - Vase Zinnia — No. 71 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 72 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each Petunia — 1.25 1.00 .75 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 73 - Double — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 74 - Double - Multif loras (under 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 75 - Single — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 76 - Single - Multifloras (under 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Marigold — No. 77 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1 stem each No. 78 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 $8.00 may be used for prizes 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 11 Calendula — No. 79 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1 .50 1 .00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — No. 80 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Gladiolus — No. 81 - Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Best Spike in the Class — Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette — No. 82 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize Ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Perennial — No. 83 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 84 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension — To be shown on mirror. $10.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 85 - Five vases, 3 stems each — To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 86 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers — Page 2) Herb Display — No. 87 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 88 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. _ , . _ ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — C. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 89 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.75 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Beets - No. 90 - Five specimens Summer Squash — No. 91 - Two specimens String Beans — No. 92 - 15 pods - Yellow No. 93 - 15 pods - Green Potato - No. 94 - Five specimens Sweet Corn — No. 95 - Five ears Tomato, ripe — No. 96 - Five specimens Carrots — No. 97 - Five specimens Cabbage — No. 98 - Two specimens Cucumber - No. 99 - Two specimens Green Peppers — No. 100 - Five specimens Onion — No. 101 - Five specimens Any Other Vegetable — No. 102 - $10.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 103 - Baskets furnished. $8.00 may be used for prizes $8.00 may be used for prizes $8.00 may be used for prizes $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 $10.00 may be used for pr izes Novice Class — Novices may exhibit in any of the numbered classes in our Children's Exhibitions. Any entry made should be identified with the class number followed by the letter n. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 13 SENIORS Thursday, August 19 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers — No. 104 No. 105 Cosmos - No. 106 Zinnia — No. 107 No. 108 Marigold — No. 109 No. 110 Gladiolus — No. 111 - Display - not to exceed 9 square feet - Artistic arrangement — - Vase 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named Best Spike in the Class 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - No. 112 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Petunia — No. 113 No. 114 No. 115 No. 116 Double — Grandifloras (over 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Double — Multifloras (under 214 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Grandifloras (over 2V2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Multifloras (under 2V2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1971 Calendula — No. 117 - Three vases, 3 stems each 1 .50 1 .00 .75 Any Other Flower — No. 118 - Three vases, 1 stem each — $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 119 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 120 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person — $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 121 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 122 - Five vases, 3 stems each To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes Herb Display No. 123 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 124 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For a Holiday" D. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance $30.00 may be used for prizes — 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 125 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 1 5 varieties. 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 126 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Summer Squash — No. 127 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 String Beans - No. 128 - 15 pods — Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 129 - 15 pods — Green $8.00 may be used for prizes 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 Potato - No. 130 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 131 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 132 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 133 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cabbage — No. 134 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 135 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Green Peppers — No. 136 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Onion — No. 137 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 138 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket - No. 139 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Novice Class — Novices may exhibit in any of the numbered classes in our Children's Exhibitions. Any entry made should be identified with the class number followed by the letter n. 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY GRAND HARVEST FESTIVAL Opening — Friday — November 5 — 2 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 6-9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday- November 7 - 12 to 8:00 P.M. Monday - November 8-9 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 o'clock Friday. Table Decoration — "Beautiful and Bountiful" - Thanksgiving Table No. 931 - Children. Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. Highest prize — $4.00. Terrarium — No. 935 - Large or small $10.00 may be used for prizes Fern or Berry Globes — No. 937 - Children's Class $5.00 may be used for prizes SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND I - EDUCATIONAL CLASSES No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group exhibit No. 4 - Adult - 21 and over $100 may be used for prizes Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — May be set up the night before. No. 1010 - Juniors, under 14 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1011 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1012 - Juniors, under 14 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1971] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 No. 1013 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Other children's classes will be held at the following shows of the Horticultural Society Iris Show Saturday - June 5, 1971 Rose Show Thursday - June 17, 1971 — Crowning of the 1971 Rose Queen — Lilies Show- Thursday - July 15, 1971 Dahlia Show Thursday - Sept. 16, 1971 SPRING EXHIBITION - MARCH 1971 SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. - EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group. No. 4 - Adults - 21 and over $125 may be used for prizes Transactions of Worcester County Horticultural Society Officers of the Year 1972 * -* + Reports of the Officers and Committee Year Ending November 3D„ 197'li '< 3D Elm Street, Worcester, Massachusetts TRANSACTIONS 197^ TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Officers, Trustees & Committee Members 2-3 Reports President . F. D. Brown 4 Finance Committee A. J. O'Mara 5 Treasurer J. F. Reynders 6 - 7-8 Contributors to the Society 9 - 10-11 Fruit Committee S. L. Davenport 12 Building Committee H. L. Borggaard 13 Exhibition Committee P. E. Rogers 14 Garden Tours H. T. Pierpont 15 Garden Awards B. N. Knowlton 15 Personnel Committee D. H. Dalbeck 16 Lecture Committee Mrs. F. L. Harrington 16 Hospitality Committee M. J. Longstreet 17 Scholarship Committee C. M. Abbott 18 Youth Committee Mrs. C. B. Standish 19 Library Committee E. W. Proctor 20 Membership 21 -22 Judge of Plants and Flowers L. A. Hodgkinson 23-24 Judge of Wildflowers M. W. Lodding 24 Judge of Flower Arrangements R. V. Salo 2:~ Judge of Vegetables R. A. Miller 26 Judge of Fruit R. H. Thayer, M.D. 27 Executive Director H. T. Pierpont 28 1 OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1972 PRESIDENT PALMER W. BIGELOW RICHARD V. SALO VICE PRESIDENTS PAUL ROGERS ARNOLD BANNING SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD HONORARY SECRETARY & DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. 1972 Richard Bemis Mrs. Katherine Brotherton Mrs. George Drawbridge Mrs. Irving Fraim Ernest Hansen Raymond Harold Robert G. Hess Arthur D. Keown Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mrs. Arthur O'Mara TRUSTEES 1973 Mrs. Clarence Arms Herbert E. Berg Albert A. Gordon, III Mrs. Frank L. Harrington Mrs. Roger N. Heald Lewis Hodgkinson Edmund V. Mezitt S. James Mistark Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen George H. Pride Duane T. Sargisson Mrs. Clairmont B. Standish Mr. 1974 Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. Armand Benoit Mr. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Curtis Clark Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Mrs. John Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James McLain Mrs. Richard Mirick Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert Stoddard Mrs. Robert Whipple HONORARY TRUSTEES Mrs. Myron F. Converse Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mrs. E Arthur Denny Mr. Edwin Proctor Richard A. Flagg Leslie E. Winter Howard L. Borggaard George J. Moore, Sr. COMMITTEES 1972 JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WILD FLOWERS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES ASSOCIATE JUDGE Mr. Richard V. Salo Mrs. Marjorie W. Lodding Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Dr. Rockwood Thayer Mr. Alden Miller Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Roger N. Heald, Chr. NOMINATING COMMITTEE Arthur D. Keown Mrs. Richard Mirick Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Frederick D. Brown, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight Mrs. E.A. Denny Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. T. Fowler 2 Duane T. Sargisson, Chr. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Allen Estabrook Mrs. Frank Harrington Mrs. Lewis R. Brotherton Mrs. Clairmont Standish, Chr. SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Richard W. Mirick Mrs. Richard O. Gifford Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. F.D. Brown Mrs. Roger N. Heald Paul Rogers LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. J. Edmond Harris, Chr. Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. Elliot Knowlton Mrs. Davis Milliken S. Lothrop Davenport, Chr. S. James Mistark Robert G. Hess, Chr. PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE Arthur D. Keown Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. FINANCE COMMITTEE John Curtis E. J. Malchisky Albert Gordon Raymond P. Harold Paul Rogers, Chr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert C. Milton Herbert E. Berg Arthur J. O'Mara, Chr. S. James Mistark PERSONNEL COMMITTEE John E. Auchmoody Mrs. H.W. Hurlburt William Goss Frank Harrington Mrs. Ivan Spear, Chr. Mrs. Myron F. Converse PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert Whipple Mrs. Robert C. Milton Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen Mrs. Robert Jarvis Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Paul Rogers, Chr. Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Merritt Cutting James McLain Richard Monette John Reynders Thomas Simone EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Arthur Turnbull Mrs. Jack Bel lew Richard Bemis Mrs. Clarence Chase Mrs. Samuel Howie Richard Salo Edward Sauer Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Harvie Channin Mrs. Robert Hess Carl Holm Wallace Parker Casper Perednia George H. Pride Emerson Ro barge Richard Bemis Mary Calkins S. Lothrop Davenport YOUTH COMMITTEE Mrs. Louis Prunier, Chr. Debbie Hill Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mark Hume James McLain Casper J. Perednia Mrs. George Longstreet, Chr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Martin C. Brooks Mrs. Gordon S. Butler Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. Mrs. John C. Ewer HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. John Connor Mrs. Charles R. Fay Mrs. Paul R. Fechheimer Mrs. Albert Gordon, III Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. H.W. Hurlburt, Jr. Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Roger Pauquet Mrs. H.L. Plumley Mrs. C.J. Spaulding Mrs. Edwin T. White Mrs. Robert P. Wile Mrs. Curtis Clark GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Chr. Warren Tucker Bernard Knowlton, Chr. Ernest Hansen GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mrs. John Carmody Isabel Arms Merritt Cutting 3 PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The past year has been an active one, our shows were excellent and well attended. The Harvest Festival had an interesting new arrangement , this time fruit was featured, particularly apples. The Arnold Arboretum had an excellent display of the fruit of the flowering crabapple trees, in the lobby, cider was made - over fifteen bushels of apples went through the press. The Children's Gardens were of high standard - so much so that a larger number of first prizes were awarded - more than are generally given, 131 awards were handed out. A new fund has been given - the Edward A. Bigelow Fund - the income to be used for prizes in the lily classes. It was established by Mrs. Edward A. Bigelow and her daughter, Mrs. Robert M. Heberton0 We can always use more prizes - money and funds with unspecified uses are a great help. Chestnut Street is now finished, but after many months of construction our library needs a good cleaning. Next May, the Arnold Arboretum is to celebrate its centen- nial and a distinguished group of botanists and horticulturists from all over the world are expected to attend. One of the acti- vities planned is a trip to Worcester to visit the Stoddard garden and to see our Hall and Library. A special show is being planned on Friday, May 26th, 1972, with native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants being featured. We hope to demonstrate to the group what an active society Worcester County has and what superior exhibitions we are able to put on. The Society is fortunate to have so many active members from the different fields of Horticulture. This is as it should be for orchardists, florists, vegetable gardeners and garden clubs all have much to contribute and it is due to their loyal support that the Society is in such excellent shape. Frederick D. Brown President 4 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Finance Committee met several times during the year with Mr. Hess, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Reynders, Mr. Pierpont and Mr. O'Mara present . Two meetings were held early in 1971. Mr. Thomas Sedgwick, Investment Officer for Mechanics National Bank, attended these meetings. The handling of investment funds was evaluated. After discussion by the committee, it was voted unanimously to give the Mechanics National Bank full authority, under the direction of Mr. Sedgwick, to make purchases or sales of stock for the Agency Account of the Society without prior approval by the committee - Mr. Sedgwick to confirm all transactions in writing to the com- mittee immediately after the completion of the transaction. The advisability of having the Front Street property ap- praised was investigated. Professional advice was sought, and it was deemed advisable to wait until a later date to do this. It was too soon after the opening of the Worcester Center to de- termine the effects of the Center on this property. The last meeting of the committee was held on November 29. At that time, the performance of the Agency Account was reviewed again. The committee was well satisfied with the progress and returns from the fund during the year and voted to continue the present program. Arthur J. O'Mara, Chairman Finance Committee 5 Schedule 1 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1971 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CURRENT FUND BALANCE, December 1, 1970 $l,6l4.48 OPERATING INCOME Rent - Front Street Real Estate $39,999.96 Rent - Horticultural Hall 521.50 Spring Show Admissions 4,541.00 Membership Fees 3,369.00 Restricted Fund Income (for prizes) 913.60 Other Income 384.17 Total OPERATING INCOME $49,729.23 ADD - Interest and Dividends earned on) Investments) 2,751 .10 Total INCOME 52,480.33 Total $54,094.81 DEDUCT - DISBURSEMENTS Operating Expenses from Schedule 2 $6l, 518.84 Other Disbursement: Interest and Dividends reinvested in) the Investment Account and Service ) Charges 2,751.10 Total DISBURSEMENTS 64,269.9^ EXCESS OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER INCOME, before special) ~ solicitation) ($10,175.13) CONTRIBUTIONS from Special Solicitation 11,674.84 CURRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE, November 30, 1971 to SCHEDULE 3 $1,499.71 6 Schedule 2 OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 31, 1971 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Salaries $26,704.96 Social Security Taxes 1,131.51 Retirement Fund Contributions 500.00 Light, Heat and Water 3,271.39 Building Repairs and Maintenance 9,638.16 Premiums Awarded (l) 8,838.65 Exhibition Expense and Premium Book 4,644.58 Children's Gardens 738.47 Experimental Orchard (net) (444.24) Library 972.37 Garden Committee and Lectures 248.92 Publicity and Public Relations 651.70 Insurance 1,596.44 Office Supplies and Telephone 1,215.84 Annual Report and Other Printing 778 . 17 Postage 688.45 Scholarships 600.00 Non-Budgeted Items (276.53) TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES TO SCHEDULE 1 $6l, 518.84 (l) For information purposes only, the State Department of Agriculture has made awards totaling $5,563.80 to our exhibitors in addition to those made by this Society. 7 STATEMENT OF CONDITION NOVEMBER 30, 1971 Schedule 3 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ASSETS NET CURRENT ASSETS CASH on Hand and in Bank $1,986.13 DEDUCT - Employee Taxes Payable (486.42) Net Current Fund Assets $1,499.71 INVESTMENTS The Mechanics National Bank Trust Dept. Common Stock (at Cost IO/3I/71) 130,100.79 (Market Value 1 1/2/7 1 $165,166.92 Retirement Fund (in Savings Account) 8,696.32 Society Funds (in Savings and Checking Ac . )l6,351 .68 Total Investment Fund Assets 155,148.79 RESTRICTED FUNDS Principal Amount (in Savings Bank) 17,300.00 Accumulated Interest (in Savings Bank) 4,946.65 Landscape Gardeners Scholarship Fund (In Savings Bank) 1,042 .40 Total Restricted Fund Assets 23,289.05 PLANT ASSETS Real Estate 508,467.00 Equipment 26,171 .16 Total Plant Assets 534,638.16 TOTAL ASSETS $714,575.71 RESERVES AND SURPLUS CURRENT FUND OPERATING SURPLUS from Schedule 1 $1,499.71 RESERVE FOR INVESTMENTS 155,148.79 RESERVE FOR RESTRICTED FUNDS 23,289.05 RESERVE FOR PLANT ASSETS 53^,638.16 TOTAL RESERVES AND SURPLUS $714,575.71 Respectfully submitted, John F. Reynders, Treasurer 8 Contributions to the Society of money has been received during 1971 from the following members and friends and are deeply appreciated. A. Akelaitis, Vincent J. Alden, George I. Trust Fund Alden, Mr. & Mrs. Hollis Allen, Mrs. Charles A . , II Arms, Mrs. Clarence S. Auchmoody, John E. Austin, Miss Gertrude B. Bain, Isabelle M. Baker, Peter B. Banning, Arnold Barrington, Mrs. Laurence Bartlett, Asa Bascom, Nathan T. Beals, Philip C. Beaman Oak Garden Club Bellew, Mrs. Mildred Benoit, Armand A. Bigelow, Mrs. Edward A. Blodget, Chester B. Booth, Mrs. Howard M. Borgatti, Anthony A., Jr. Borger, Mrs. Henry C. Borggaard, Howard L. Bowditch, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bretholtz, Mrs. Nathan Brown, Dr. Chester W. Bucinskas, Mrs. Vincent Buck, Mr. & Mrs. David M. Buckingham, Mrs. H. Paul Buckley, Mrs. John Z. Burbank, Mr. & Mrs. Prank Burguet, Mrs. Jacques J. Butler, Mrs. Doris B. Butler, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon S. Butler, Marion I. Byram, Joseph G. C. Calkins, Mr. & Mrs. Nelson, Jr. Carmody, Mrs. John T. Cary Bros. Nursery Christensen, William Clark, Mrs. Curtis M. Clifford, Edward L. Coates, Mr. & Mrs. Austin Coe, Mrs. Jefferson W. Coe, Mrs. Philip F. Coghlin, Edwin B. Coghlin, John W. Colton, Mr. & Mrs. James H. Converse, Mrs. Myron F. Coon, Mrs. James R. C. (continued) Cowan, Mrs. Fairman C. Cristy, Edna V. Crocker, Mrs. Douglas Cross, Mrs. Ralph Crowell, Mrs. Sumner F. Curtis, John W. Cutting, Mr. & Mrs. Merritt D. Dahlstrom, Winifred E. Daniels, Fred Harris Foundation Daniels, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Daniels, Mrs. F. Harold Davis, Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Deering, Mrs. George E. , Sr. DeMallie, Mr. & Mrs. Gardener Denny, Mrs. E. Arthur Dewey, Mrs. Charles N. Dewey, Frances S. Dickerman, Stuart B. Dickinson, Miss Alice Duffy, Mrs. Ralph E. E. Easter, Mrs. Walter Easterbrook, Ralph Eastman, Mrs. Arthur Ellsworth, Ruth H. & Warren Fund Englested, Mrs. John Erskine, Linwood M., Jr. F. Fales, Mrs. Gerald Fechheimer, Mrs. Paul R. Fittz, Paul H. Fletcher, Mrs. Paris Fowler, Mrs. Theodore Fraim, Mrs. Irving W. Fuller, Mrs. Andrew C. Fuller, George & Sybil Foundation Fuller, Mr. & Mrs. Merton W. G. Gifford, Mrs. Richard 0. Gleason, Dorothy M. Goodchild, Mrs. Harry M. Goodnow, Judson M. Goodspeed, Dr. & Mrs. Harry B. Gow, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Gow, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel T. Grahame, Mrs. Orville F. Guterman, Dr. & Mrs. Burte H. Hall, Winthrop G. Hansen, Ernest Harney, Marrlon Harold, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Harrington, Prank C. Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Prank Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Heald Foundation Heald, Mrs. Richard Heald, Mrs. Roger N. Heald, Sally Heberton, Mrs. Robert M. Hess, Mrs. Robert G. Heywood, Mrs. Chester D. Heywood, Mrs. Philip B. Higgins, Mrs. John W. Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Milton P. Hight, Dr. & Mrs. Donald Horgan, James Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Huff, Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Hurlburt, Pamela Hutchins, Everett Hutchins, Mrs. Charles W. Hutchins, Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. I. Illingworth, Chapin W. Illingworth, Robert S. Inman, Miss Marjorie Ives, Lester J. Jeppson, Mrs. George N. Jeppson, Mr. & Mrs. John Jeppson Memorial Fund Johnson, Mrs. Alden P. Josephs, Mrs. Burr ill N. K. Keith, Mrs. Joseph L., Ill Knight, Harold N. Knowlton, Mrs. Elliott B. Kopitz, Kurt L. Langley, Roger F. Lapierre, Mrs. John Lasell, Mrs. J. W. Lebeaux, Reuben Lewis, Mrs. Sylvia K. Lincoln, Mrs. Daniel W. Little, Miss Rachel G. Llewellyn, Mrs. A.B. Lodding, Mrs. Marjorie Longstreet, Mrs. George H. Lowell, Mrs. James B. M. Mahn, Burl en Manks, Dorothy S. Massey, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mercer, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Merry Weeders Garden Club Milton, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mistark, S. James Mitchell, William N. Mix, Mrs. Donald G. Molder, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Moore, Mr. Robert Edwin Moreau, Miss Elsie G. Morgan Foundation Morgan, Mrs. Myles Morgan, Mrs. Peter S. Morgan, Mrs. Philip M. Morgan, Mrs. Weld Morse, Mrs. Carroll Morton, Mrs. Stanley R. Mc. McElroy, Mrs. George S. Mcintosh, Mrs. Harry R. McKee, Mrs. William J., Jr. N. Nagle, Mary E. Najarian, Arsen Nelson, Mrs. Peter A. Nilsson, Mr. & Mrs. Mats Noble, Susan Jane 0. Olson, Mrs. Stanley H. O'Mara, Arthur J. Oxford Garden Club P. Pauquet, Suzanne F. Peairs, Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Perkins, Dwight A. Philips, Dr. & Mrs. Smith G. Piehler, Mrs. Edmund 0. Pierpont, Mr. & Mrs. Harlan T. Plumley, Mr. & Mrs. H. Ladd Prouty, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Proctor, Edwin W. Purrington, Philip R. Reed, Mrs. Alden Reynders, John F. Riley, Mr. & Mrs. Chapin Rockwell, Mrs. S. B. Rogers, Paul E. Rourke, Mrs. Leo G. Rutherford, Mr. R. J. 10 s. Salo, Richard V. Sanderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Sawyer, Mr. William H. Sheldon, Mrs. William Sherer, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph, Jr. Sherman, Margaret E. Trust Shoemaker, Robert C. Sistare, Mrs. Donald W. Small, Miss Rena 0. Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Smith, Wayne C. Spear, Dr. & Mrs. Ivan M. Stearns, Dorothy A. Steele, Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Stobbs, Russell M. Stoddard, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Surprenant Charitable Trust Swan, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Symonds, Richard N. T. Tarbox, Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Thies, Prof. Wilbur H. Tsuga Tree & Nursery Turner, Lily V. Vaughan, H. Sidney Verry, Harriet T. Von Laue, Mrs. Theodore W. Wakefield, Mrs. G. Kennard Walker, Henry C. Wassail, Mr. & Mrs. Allen Wellington, Mrs. Richard K. Wells, Mrs. George B. Wells, Mrs. Gregory Westboro Garden Club Whipple, Mrs. Robert White, Edwin T. Whitehead, Ernest P. White, George Avery, Jr. Wiggins, James R. Woolsey, Mr. & Mrs. John M., Jr. Worcester Co. 4-H Advisory Council Wright, Mrs. E. Stanley Z. Zellen, Mrs. Everett B. 11 REPORT OP THE FRUIT COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Again this year, the apple scion program was continued, we re- ceived about 100 orders and sent out over 1,000 scions. Varieties most in demand were the following: Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russet, Spitzenburg, Fameuse, Northern Spy and Ribston Pippin. At present, we have a great many requests for information about our 1972 scion program. The trees this season have made fine growth with most varieties having a plentiful supply of scion wood. The Sturbridge Village Preservation Orchard Project is de- veloping. The first fruit trees to be set in the orchard will be in the Spring of 1973, with more in 1974. About 100 trees will be ready in 1973 from the nursery at Sturbridge and Millers Nurseries in Canandaigua, New York. Mr. MIstark, this Pall, budded more stock at Sturbridge and we arranged with Millers nurseries to bud 50 more trees of 25 varieties. Mr. Mistark and I had the pleasure to visit the Miller Nurseries and found the trees, they are growing for us, in fine condition . The bud stick program was continued as usual. The fruit har- vest, this Fall, was plentiful and mostly of good quality in spite of some hail damage. This season, we had more requests for fruit for exhibits. We supplied the following: The Massachusetts Horticultural Society exhibit at the Boston City Hall with 30 varieties of apples that originated in Mass. -The Bryant Park Flower Show In New York City with about 40 varieties - ten cartons of 24 apples each were sent to the Sleepy Hollow Restoration Project of Tarry town, New York, for their exhibit - 3 specimens each of 30 varieties sent to the Up-State Medical Center at Syracuse, New York and a collection of old fruit varieties to decorate the apple tree in our November exhibition . Arrangements were made with Mr. Poulin to ship cartons of apples this Fall. As a result of the article in the October issue of the Yankee Magazine, we received over 200 requests for fruit of the old varieties. Due to limited supply of some varieties of fruit, we had to refuse some orders. This has been a most interesting year of our Fruit Program, a busy one, in fact too busy, with hundreds of letters, telephone calls, visitors, orders for fruit, many apple samples for identi- fication and letters of appreciation for the Worcester County Horticultural Society Fruit Program. Thus, I feel our Society has received, this year, more publicity all over the United States than ever before. S. Lothrop Davenport, Chairman Fruit Committee 12 REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society One year ago,, I reported to you that the roof over the auditorium had been repaired and was considered watertight. On the strength of that assurance, we had the ceiling repaired and painted. Our period of satisfaction was shortlived however, as a major leak developed necessitating a complete new roof at a cost of $7,140.00. We are stilled faced with the repair and painting of the damaged ceiling. In view of the high costs of this type of maintenance, it is our recommendation that a sum of money be set aside each year to create a fund for the eventual renewal of the 3 other sec- tions of the roof on this building which may require attention at any time now. The overhead door on the parking lot side of the building has been installed and has proven very satisfactory. The curtains that are used to darken the skylight in the main hall have been either repaired or replaced and some of the ropes used to operate them have been renewed. The halls on the first floor have been painted and the west- ern stairwell and cloakroom walls and ceilings have been washed. The Director's Room has been renovated, the walls, ceiling and curtains washed. The ceilings in the basement halls have been painted. The following is a list of projects for the future: 1. Repaint yellow divider lines in parking lot. 2. Brighten the outside of the Chestnut Street door. 3. Replace the vinyl covers on auditorium seats. 4. The upstairs meeting room should be renovated by washing walls, and ceiling and then painted if necessary. 5. The east stairwell must be painted after the walls have been washed. 6. We have performed the maintenance of our lovely garden this year but if any individual or group would care to sponsor this maintenance, it would be deeply appreciated. We would like, at this time, to express to our custodian, Ed Herron, our thanks for a very commendable job. Howard L. Borggaard, Chairman Building Committee After the meeting had adjourned, it was called to my attention that I had neglected to thank Gustaf Nelson for the hours of labor he had donated in creating the floral beauty that was in our garden and window boxes this year. For this oversight, I am sorry. Howard L. Borggaard 13 REPORT OF THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This past season your Society staged eight exhibition: Spring, Iris, Rose, Lily, Hemerocallis , Gladiolus, Dahlia, and the Fall Festival . May I ask a purely rhetorical question? How many of you at- tended all eight shows? Seven? Five? Three? There is no need to remind anyone here that for a society to remain viable it must have the active, involved support of its membership. Thanks are due the chairman of each show, who together with his committee worked long and well to brighten this hall with seasonal displays. Special thanks to judges and janitors, typists and hostesses for without their efforts the exhibitors 1 products would never have been seen. Mention should be made of our August 19th show - the Young Peoples Flower Show and Gladiolus Exhibition. This was a serious attempt to involve the youth in more than a peripheral way. It was a success. More young people exhibited than ever before - some seventy-five. It is hoped that this type of involvement can be sustained and expanded. It has been a pleasurable experience for me this past year to have been associated with so many enthusiastic, hard-working, happy people. Thank you. Paul E. Rogers, Chairman Exhibition Committee 14 GARDEN TOUR COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Garden Tour Committee met four times during the season planning four different trips for the members. These were all well attended and enjoyed. 1. May 19 - Visit to Arnold Arboretum where George H. Pride personally conducted 2 bus loads of members to see the flowering crab apples in full bloom and also lilacs and other flowering trees. Moving pictures of the visit were made. 2. June 22 - Visit to the lovely Rose Garden of Karl Jones , Barrington, Rhode Island. 3. July 20 - Visit to the Harvard Forest in Petersham and lovely greenhouses of the Crane Estate in Dalton, Mass. The begonias and hanging baskets were particularly spectacular . 4. September 21 - Visit to Old Sturbridge Village - here besides all the interesting colonial artifacts, members saw the developing Preservation Orchard which we are helping to build. Harlan T. Pierpont, -Jr. Executive Director REPORT OF GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This committee has been very active this year visiting, inspecting, and taking Kodachrome slides of gardens throughout Worcester County. This is the largest county in Massachusetts which necessitates travelling many miles to do justice to the work assigned to us. We have made perhaps one hundred fifty visitations in making this years selection of awards. Meeting and talking with these people while looking at their garden plantings is an excellent public relations project. Your committee, Mrs. John Carmody, Ernest Hansen and myself worked closely with President Brown and Executive Director Harlan Pierpont as we covered this district and decided on the awards. Three awards went to Municipalities, 5 awards to stores and industries, one to a church and 18 to large and small home gardens - making a total of 27 awards for 1971. On January 13, 1972, come and help us congratulate these win- ners at the award presentations and enjoy seeing the prize winning gardens . Bernard N. Knowlton, Chairman 15 REPORT OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Personnel Committee met September Js 1971 and reviewed working arrangements with the employees. The most helpful and loyal work of Mrs. Nason, Mr. Herron and Mr. Pierpont are important and deeply appreciated. Donald H. Dalbeck, Chairman Personnel Committee REPORT OF THE LECTURE COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Lecture Committee met four times , February , March, May and June to plan the program for the year 1971 - 1972. At the first meeting there was discussion as to how to increase attendance at the lectures, type of lectures, number, time and refreshments were considered. It was decided to reduce the number of lectures to four but hold meetings as before on the 3rd Thursday at 2 P.M. The first lecture was held on November l8th - Mrs. Edmund Dona gave an interesting talk and demonstration on "Holiday Decorations". The meeting was well attended and the audience enthusiastic about her many ideas and suggestions. The next three lectures sound equally delightful and in- formative . On January 20th - Mr. George Jung - "Some Famous Gardens Here and Abroad" On February 17th - Mr. Henry Waters - "An Apothecary and His Flowers " On April 20th - Mr. George H. Pride - "A Naturalist in the Galapagos Islands" The Lecture Committee would welcome any suggestions to make these afternoons even more instructive and enjoyable. Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. Edmund Harris Mrs. Roger N. Heald Mr. Paul Rogers Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Chairman Lecture Committee 16 REPORT OF HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society It is a pleasure to submit this, my second, annual report. Our industrious hospitality committee has provided hourly hostess coverage for all the exhibitions during 1971. Special mention should be made to Mrs. J. Edmond Harris and Miss Isabel Arms for their work on the Spring and Fall Shows, respectively. Mrs. Harris knows everybody, everywhere and did splendidly in reaching people for these duties for the 4-day Spring Show. Come Pall, Miss Arms went to work on out-of-town contacts and brought in several new helpers from the county as well as local- ly. She has also made a useful file with comments which will be a help to the next person who takes on this telephone job. Any volunteers? All members of this committee were responsible for coverage of the summer exhibits. Response to our calls has met with enthusiasm to work, and resulted in a number of new memberships. Asking couples seems to work' out well as both husbands and wives enjoy being involved, especially evenings and weekends. In January, we served tea to 50 or so guests who came to the Awards Committee program. November 5, we served 150 members and invited guests of the Horticultural Society who came to the preview of the Pall Harvest Show and enjoyed our offering of Sherry, cider, doughnuts and snacks while chatting with old and new friends in our beautiful library on a late Pall afternoon. I thank all who have helped make this a labor of love, and this includes just about everybody. Marguerite J. Longstreet, Chairman Hospitality Committee 17 REPORT OF SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The members of the 1971 Scholarship Committee were Mrs. Clairmont Standish, Mrs. Lewis R. Brotherton, Mrs. Richard W. Mirick, Mrs. Richard 0. Gifford, Mr. Waldren P. Lojko with Mr. Carroll M. Abbott serving as chairman. The Scholarship Committee, basing its selection of recipi- ents of scholarship awards on the four criteria set forth in the Rules and Regulations of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Scholarship Program: (a) Sincerity of Purpose; (b ) Fi- nancial Need; (c) Scholastic Record; (d) Interest in Horti- culture, chose five of the seven applicants for the 1971 the All five had demonstrated an especially high degree in horticulture. of awards interest From the $700 appropriated for 1971 Scholarships the following awards were made: Joseph Dymek Tom Prunier William King Peter Simone Richard Boulay Worcester Charlton New Braintree Worcester Worcester {)2 00.00 5)200.00 SIOO.OO SIOO.OO 5)100.00 In order to augment the Scholarship Fund, the Committee held a sale of Spring Bulbs on September 16 at the Dahlia Show. In as much as the bulbs did not arrive in time for that date, orders were taken to the amount of $350.00. The Committee sincerely appreciates the generosity of the Bigelow Nurseries which enabled it to realize a nice income for the Scholarship' Fund . The Committee is grateful to President Brown, Mr. Pierpont, Mrs. Nason, and Mr. Herron for their cooperation during the past year . Carroll M. Abbott, Chairman Scholarship Committee 18 REPORT OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The work with youth in the Horticultural Society program always has much that is interesting and gratifying. The Youth Committee met once during the year to review pro- grams of the past year and plan for the events of the 1971 season. Some new features added were: 1. Novice Classes 2. Table Decorations and Settings at all shows 3. Educational Exhibits at all shows 4. Classes for special type gardens in the garden contest Window-box gardens for Worcester children were continued for the second year. These have given pride and pleasure to many city children as well as prize money on awards day. The Novice Classes proved too confusing to all involved, with little added value, if any. The new committee for 1972 should carefully review this. It might be better to set up age classes instead, regardless of whether or not this was first time for exhibitor. Table Decorations had youth entries in all shows. This seems to be a delightful added attraction and should be encour- aged. Educational Exhibits offer interesting and valuable attrac- tions at all shows. Here young people are challenged to think of new ideas then put them to-gether as an exhibit for others to see. It is always amazing how many different ideas are developed at each show. We have already started to talk about Educational Ex- hibits - better Educational Exhibits for 1972 - especially for the one when the Worcester County Horticultural Society will have visitors from around the world at the May 26th Show. We want our guests to see some of the creative and imaginative horticultural work our young do . The Garden Contests continue to excite and interest many fc-H boys and girls and a few other young people. Encouraging them to experiment in growing different things helped to have some new types of gardens - one was herbs. The Garden Contests included flowers, vegetables, herbs, strawberries, gladioli, a ten acre field of sweet corn and many window boxes. Further encouragement is being given to the young people to try something new and different. As Mr. Davenport has often said at 4-H garden meetings - "try something new - what if you do fail - it's an education". Mrs. Evangeline D. Standish Chairman Youth Committee 19 REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Library Committee has met,, according to custom, every other Monday , except in summer and when winter weather interfered. We have reviewed new and gift books, gone over magazine subscription list, discarding some, and have selected certain books and magaz- ines for binding or rebinding. Each month there has been an ar- rangement of topical material in the display case. We are pleased that Mrs. Theodore Fowler of Upton and recent- ly Mr. Kenneth Knight of Worcester have joined our committee, a very welcome addition. This year has been outstanding for your Horticultural Library both in respect to books purchased and gifts, both in quality and quantity. One of the most unusual accessions was the gift of 22 large volumes of water colors of wild flowers painted over a period of many years by Dr. Charles C. Hayes and given to us by Miss Ruth Sherburne, who also gave three volumes of Britten and Brown's Flora. Another unusual gift came from Miss Marion Ross who, in addition to a valuable copy of House's Wild Flowers, pre- sented the Library with an autographed photograph of Luther Burbank, a relative, and also a goodly amount of material con- sisting of many letters, clippings, etc. pertaining to his life. These could be of considerable value to students doing research work concerning Luther Burbank and his accomplishments. In all our Library was enriched by l6l volumes of which 39 were purchased and 122 donated. The donors were: Estate of Miss Mary N. Allen Mrs. Robert G. Hess Mr. Frederick D. Brown Penna . Horticultural Society Miss Margaret K. Chapin Estate of Mrs. Harriet Persons Mrs. Jeff erson -W. Coe Mr. Edwin Proctor Mrs. Myron Converse Miss Marion Ross Mr. S. Lothrop Davenport Miss Ruth Sherburne Estate of Mrs. Herbert Emory Mrs. Josiah Stickney Mr. Louis Hall' Mrs. William A. Wheeler I would like to stress the value of the many gifts of books from members and friends of your Society. They serve to enrich greatly our present very valuable collection. I assure you that your Library Committee is very grateful. Horticulture in its broadest sense is more than the culture of a garden. It really concerns the growing world of plants, cultivated or wild, trees, orchards, fruits of all kinds and the environment which makes the growth of such vegetation possible. The dictionary may define the word as "the culture of a garden or orchard", but modern usage has broadened the meaning in many ways. Your Library Committee, in maintaining and increasing the present collection, prefers the broader interpretation. Edwin W. Proctor, Chairman Library Committee 20 MEMBERSHIP - 1971 During 1971, 124 members joined our Society, 116 Annual and 8 Life. We have lost by death 20, and 44 failed to renew. The present membership is 1 , 02 3 . Following are listed new members in 1971: Annual John Adam, Jr. Margaret L. Adams Mrs. Fred R. Angel Auburn Garden Club Roger H. Auger Miss Gertrude Austin Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Banks Mrs. Ralph S. Bartlett Mr. & Mrs. James F. Beard Bertha Blodget Mr. & Mrs. A . R. Booth, Jr. Mrs. Madeleine A. Boutelle Mr. & Mrs. A. Boutillette, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Martin C. Brooks Miss Norma E. Card Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf H. Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Harry G. Carlson Mrs. Anne Cole Dr. & Mrs. John J. Connor , Jr. Mrs. James R. Coon Helen Davidczyk Mr. & Mrs. E. Vernon Davis Anne Deslaurier Mr. & Mrs. Franklin C. Drake Mrs. John P. Dunn Joseph Dymek Mrs. Edward J. Fairbanks Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Ford James M. Fotiades Mrs. Harold L. Frost Miss Ora Gatti Mr. & Mrs. Irving A. Glavin Miss Dorothy M. Gleason Donald W. Goodnow Judson M. Goodnow Mrs . Jean Gray & Joanne Mrs. Mary Simonelli James A. Green Mrs. William W. Grose Suzanne C. Gustaf son Miss Elaine Haddad Rev. Winthrop G. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Alden J. Hay Miss Maureen Hayes Mrs. Crosby Hiss Mr. & Mrs. George L. Hogeman Mr. & Mrs. J. Philip Howard Mrs. Robert C. Jarvis Mrs. James H. Kelley, Jr. Marion & Helen Kenney Dr. & Mrs. John Koomey Mrs. Zina Latek Miss Betty C. Lawrence Mrs. Adelaide H. Leahy Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Loring Mrs. Robert E. Losert Mrs. Joseph Louzonis Mrs. Joyce Makela Mrs. Walter L. Mason Mr. & Mrs. George S. McElroy Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence McGourty Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. McKee, Jr. Mrs. James McMillan Mr. & Mrs. Robert Meola Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Mezitt Mr. & Mrs. R. Wayne Mezitt William N. Mitchell Mrs. Gretchen Moorey Mrs. John J. Moosey^II Mrs. Reginald A. Morrill Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Newcomb Mr. & Mrs. Francis W. Nims Oxford Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. L. W. Partridge Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Peairs Mrs. Chester E. Peterson Dr. & Mrs. Edmund 0. Piehler Mr. & Mrs. John P. Pierce Dr. & Mrs. F. A. Pualwan Ralph C. Reynolds Dr. & Mrs. Gordon B. Robbins Rev. & Mrs. Wallace W. Robbins Edith C. Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Francis M. Rhoten Alfred A. Rondeau, Sr. Mrs. Ellen Ruane Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rutherford Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Sanderson Mr. & Mrs. Laurens C. Seelye Robert B. Semple Mr. & Mrs. Wallace R. Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Anthony D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. J. DeWolfe Smith Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Smith Mrs. Richard C. Steele Russell M. Stobbs Mr. & Mrs. W. Philip Streeter 21 MEMBERSHIP (con Mr. & Mrs. Ervin A. Strong John F. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Tarbox Mr. & Mrs. George B. Taylor, Jr Paul R. Trudeau Tsuga Tree & Nursery Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Warren D. Tucker Mrs. Maurice E. Tuller Mr. & Mrs. Paul H. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Theodore VonLaue Life Miss Isabel Arms Henry Ciborowski Mrs. Francis L. Coe Blaise Drayton The following members have pas: Michael F. Asselta William A.L. Bazeley Robert Best Harold S. Bowker Clarence J. Carr Mrs . George Cook Mrs. Alice C. Davenport Herbert C. Hardy Stanley W. Johnson Daniel W. Lincoln William E. Morey Mrs. Albert F. Newell Mrs. Charles Persons Charles B. Pettes Helen Ross Augustus Talbot Nellie I. Truchon Richard K. Wellington Mrs. Gordon H. Wood Mrs. Arthur 0. Young inued ) Richard Wanerka David A. Westall Mrs. Richard Whittington Mr. & Mrs. David B. Williams Mrs. 0. Bradley Wood Dr. & Mrs. Howard L. Wylie Ernestine Young Miss Florence M. Young Mrs. Shirley A. Zollo Mrs. Aaron Goodale, III Mrs. Vincent 0. Gustafson Mrs. Carleton Knight , Jr. John F. Nordberg ed away since Annual Meeting 1970. Shrewsbury Uxbridge Fitchburg Worcester Auburn Leominster North Grafton Worcester Ho Id en Worcester Vermont Worcester Worcester Oxford Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester 22 REPORT OP THE JUDGE OP PLANTS & FLOWERS Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Having been in the hospital and thereafter convalescing , I had to miss some of our early season shows. So of a necessity this re- port reflects those shows attended by me. Award money stated as a lump sum for a particular call has always been difficult for judges to divide up ... difficult to de- cide what a top limit should be. For instance, if a call says that $100 is to be used for prizes, it should be stated what the Society has decided would be the amount to be awarded for the top place. Once this has been decided, the other entries would be easier to decide awards for. The top limit would not necessarily have to be given out, but it would serve the judges as a guide to where to start, moneywise. The "top money" guide would help all judges in all other categories ... fruits, vegetables, table settings, flower arranging, Special Exhibits, Educational Exhibits, etc., wherever a lump sum is declared. This guide of "top money" was used in the Plants & Flowers division this year and was immediately appreciated as a great help to the judges. This guide could be changed from time to time as calls at- tracted more exhibitors in some categories, and fewer in others. For instance, there appeared to be more Educational and Children's Educational entries this year, but with too little lump sum money for the total number of such exhibitors. I believe that too much lump sum money is used for the calls of African Violets ....$225 for 4 calls is much too much even if it isn't all used; some of this could go to encourage exhibitors in the Educational calls . On the first page of each show listed in our Schedule of Premiums there should be printed the words in large type, "Have you read the rules, regulations and definitions?" We know that the front cover contains such an admonition, and that they are given prominently in the front of the book, but there should be a reminder on the page for each show. We had some trouble in judging the calls for Terrariums (932-934), and Fern or Berry Globes (935-936). It should be dearly defined in our official "Definition of Terms" exactly what we consider a Terrarium should be, and what a Fern or Berry Globe should be. We had entries in both categories which were the same in construction and plant materials ... in one call it was a Ter- rarium and in another call it was a Fern Globe. In other words, officially what differentiates a Terrarium from a Fern or Berry Globe or Bowl? It has been suggested that perhaps a Floor Committee might be formed to help the exhibitors with their various problems of getting set up. . .making sure they are using the correct call and that the calls of the same number are together; that annuals are being used where annuals are called for instead of perennials and vice versa; that labels are used; that exhibitors names are on; 23 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS ( ContinuedJ in other words helping as much as possible since some of our ex- hibitors are new at exhibiting or it may be their very first time We would like to see added under Rules & Regulations, that when judging is going on that exhibitors not be standing by their exhibits or otherwise hovering nearby. This is distracting to th judges . Now that I've got all the gripes off my chest, I do want to say that the quality of the plant materials over the last few years has been improving, especially among the children's ex- hibits. Also, it's good to see more and more Special Exhibits and Educational Exhibits being presented, as well as organized groups preparing exhibits. As beautiful as our Fall Shows are, this year's was unusual and outstanding. The different arrangement of the Main Hall was certainly appealing ... the apple tree with the old apple varieties was a nice added attraction. Our sincere thanks to everyone who has helped to make our shows such fine experiences. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Judge of Plants & Flowers REPORT OF JUDGE OF WILDFLOWERS Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The response to the call for exhibitors of wild flowers was about the same as previous years both as to number and persons exhibi- ting. There are still exhibits entered with inadequate names. I call attention to this with written comment but feel that more emphasis should be placed on names in all exhibits of our shows. It is through correct labelling that people learn. Again, the response to the Young People's shows was excell- ent. This is largely due to the enthusiasm and help given by Mrs. Standish and the 4-H groups. Our native flowers seem to strike a memory or response in everyone. It was particularly noticeable in the comments and interest of a group of visitors from Grafton State Hospital. Marjorie W. Lodding Judge of Wild Flowers 24 REPORT OF JUDGE OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Although the interest in table settings and arrangements was some- what limited during the summer shows , the tables of the exhibitors who entered indicated much thought and creative ability were in- volved in the fulfillment of the theme. Lack of interest and enthusiasm was evident by the number of arrangements that were displayed in the niches. I would suggest that the classes in flower arranging be resumed in the future to arouse more interest in arranging. Then., some calls could be scheduled specifically for the flower-arranging class at the summer shows. The competition would, undoubtedly, tend to en- courage many exhibitors to enter in this class. In the spring and fall shows, the flower arrangements in the niches might be effectively displayed in the room with the table settings. They would provide a colorful and appealing comple- ment to the tables. The splendid displays of art work by Mr. Daniel Farber at the fall show added tremendously to the effectiveness of the room in which the table settings and arrangements were dis- played. The colors in the pictures blended beautifully with the colors used on the tables. The children's tables and arrangements were worthy of praise . It is hoped that the number of children exhibiting in this cate- gory will continue to grow. I am most grateful to the other judges who willingly helped in judging the shows with me during the season. Richard V. Salo Judge of Flower Arrangements 25 REPORT OF VEGETABLE JUDGE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society While judging this year, I thought the following changes to the show codes might be advantageous. 1. I suggest cutting the number of specimens in head lettuce exhibits from 6 to 3. This would save considerable room on the table and three specimens should be plenty for a judge to make an evaluation. 2. I suggest that a summer squash class be added to the Dahlia Show. There were several entries placed under "other". There appeared to be plenty of entries to justify a class for summer squash (page 44 or 45 of this year's schedule). 3. I suggest that enough money be made available for every youngster who enters the show to receive some monetary award. This doesn't have to be a large sum, but we need to promote and stimulate young people entering the various classes. Further comments: It is my plan to again this year write an article, with a picture, for the Worcester County Farmer (the Extension Publica- tion) calling attention to the opportunities available to people through the Worcester County Horticultural Society shows. This article will be published in March and will reach about 3700 homes. Perhaps we can get more people to participate by giving suggestions on how to plan for entering the competition. The Worcester County Horticultural Society is to be com- mended for offering this wholesome activity to persons who are interested in practicing or furthering the art of Horticulture. R. Alden Miller Judge of Vegetables 26 REPORT OF FRUIT JUDGE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society It has been a great privilege to again serve as your fruit judge for 1971. In spite of inclement weather, coupled with a late Spring and Summer , the quality of early small fruits was very good, although the number of entries was somewhat diminished from previous years. Noticeable because of their absence in quantity were straw- berries, cherries, peaches and plums. As the season progressed, culture and growth began to catch up with itself, and with a real late growing Fall, our Autumn Show was most impressive. All fruits were well matured and the color index was extremely high. Outstanding exhibits during the year were blueberries, small fruit displays, apple display (which was awarded the S. Lothrop Davenport Meritorious Medal) and an extensive Worcester County grown nut display. Most appealing to the public eye was a real apple tree supporting numerous old fashioned named variety' apples created by our Experimental Orchard Committee. Another real eyecatcher was exhibited by the Arnold Arbore- tum of Harvard University. This consisted of many named flower- ing crabs and their fruits. All appeared good enough to eat, but I am sure the small fruits would be a great feast for bird life during the winter months. Thanks is expressed to Mr. Davenport, Mr. O'Mara, Mr. Borggaard, and Mr. Miller for their participation in judging fruits. May you all have a Happy Holiday season. Looking forward to another successful year for the Worcester County Horticultural Society in 1972. Rockwood H. Thayer, M.D. Judge of Fruit 27 REPORT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society As you have heard from the many reports of our judges and com- mittee chairmen, in every area our Society has been active and working to improve and expand our shows, our work with young people and civic beautif ica tion . More people have become involved in these activities, more children's gardens were developed in the county and many more box gardens for the city dwellers. Professionally led classes for our members in Landscape Gardening have been so well received that we have had to limit enrollment in the series, of which we had two this year. Due to popular demand another, more advanced course, is planned for next spring. Sign up early and avoid being disappointed. Another most popular and successful activity has been our series of 4 garden tours under the able leadership of Doris Clark and her wise partner Peggy Erskine. Do let us have your ideas and thoughts for tours you'd like us to plan for next year. The Society's interest in stimulating City Beautif ication has been most effective with several of our members, Mesdames Petersen and Milton and Messrs. Rogers and Nelson being asked to serve on the city's Horticultural Advisory Board. Under the prodding and eagle eye of these experts, the city common beautif ication has been completed and plans are under way for its professional main- tenance. One other very important assignment of this group is to stimulate complete renewal and beautif ication of Elm Park - the first public park in the United States, developed in the 187O1 under the leadership of Edward W. Lincoln - Secretary for many years of this Society. And of course, what is more important than our wonderful orchard of Old Apple Varieties] Today, as we plan to move to Old Sturbridge Village, it is apparent that this great work sponsored by the Society and directed for many years by Mr. Davenport, is world famous. If some of you have not seen the fine illustrated article on it in the October issue of "Yankee Magazine" - please g it - for it is very well done. In closing may I thank all for your willing help and interest in all our activities, which have made this job real fun. Parti- cularly, may I thank you, President Brown, for your time and guidance when needed. Under your presidency, our Society had ad- vanced to new heights of service to this community. Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Executive Director 28 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS Offered by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL TELEPHONE: 752-4274 Young people are invited to exhibit at all shows. Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1972 PRESIDENT PALMER W. BIGELOW VICE PRESIDENTS RICHARD V. SALO PAUL ROGERS ARNOLD BANNING SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD HONORARY SECRETARY & DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. 1972 Richard Bemis Mrs. Katherine Brotherton Mrs. George Drawbridge Mrs. Irving Fraim Ernest Hansen Raymond Harold Robert G. Hess Arthur D. Keown Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mrs. Arthur O'Mara TRUSTEES 1973 Mrs. Clarence Arms Herbert E. Berg Albert A. Gordon, III Mrs. Frank L. Harrington Mrs. Roger N. Heald Lewis Hodgkinson Edmund V. Mezitt S. James Mistark Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen George H. Pride Duane T. Sargisson Mrs. Clairmont B. Standish 1974 Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. Armand Benoit Mr. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Curtis Clark Mr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Mrs. John Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James McLain Mrs. Richard Mirick Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert Stoddard Mrs. Robert Whipple HONORARY TRUSTEES Mrs. Myron F. Converse Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mrs. E Arthur Denny Mr. Edwin Proctor Richard A. Flagg Leslie E. Winter Howard L. Borggaard George J. Moore, Sr. COMMITTEES 1972 JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WILD FLOWERS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES ASSOCIATE JUDGE Mr. Richard V. Salo Mrs. Marjorie W. Lodding Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Dr. Rockwood Thayer Mr. Alden Miller Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Roger N. Heald, Chr. NOMINATING COMMITTEE Arthur D. Keown Mrs. Richard Mirick Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Frederick D. Brown, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight Mrs. E.A. Denny Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. T. Fowler Duane T. Sargisson, Chr. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Allen Estabrook Mrs. Frank Harrington Mrs. Lewis R. Brotherton Mrs. Clairmont Standish, Chr. SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Richard W. Mirick Mrs. Richard O. Gifford Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. F.D. Brown Mrs. Roger N. Heald Paul Rogers LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. J. Edmond Harris, Chr. Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. Elliot Knowlton Mrs. Davis Milliken S. Lothrop Davenport, Chr. S. James Mistark Robert G. Hess, Chr. PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE Arthur D. Keown Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. FINANCE COMMITTEE John Curtis E. J. Malchisky Albert Gordon Raymond P. Harold Paul Rogers, Chr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert C. Milton Herbert E. Berg Arthur J. O'Mara, Chr S. James Mistark PERSONNEL COMMITTEE John E. Auchmoody Mrs. H.W. Hurlburt William Goss Frank Harrington Mrs. Ivan Spear, Chr. Mrs. Myron F. Converse PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert Whipple Mrs. Robert C. Milton Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen Mrs. Robert Jarvis Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Paul Rogers, Chr. Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Merritt Cutting James McLain Richard Monette John Reynders Thomas Simone EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Arthur Turnbull Mrs. Jack Bellew Richard Bemis Mrs. Clarence Chase Mrs. Samuel Howie Richard Sato Edward Sauer Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Harvie Channin Mrs. Robert Hess Carl Holm Wallace Parker Casper Perednia George H. Pride Emerson Robarge Richard Bemis Mary Calkins S. Lothrop Davenport YOUTH COMMITTEE Mrs. Louis Prunier, Chr. Debbie Hill Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mark Hume James McLain Casper J. Perednia Mrs. George Longstreet, Chr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Martin C. Brooks Mrs. Gordon S. Butler Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. Mrs. John C. Ewer HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. John Connor Mrs. Charles R. Fay Mrs. Paul R. Fechheimer Mrs. Albert Gordon, III Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. H.W. Hurlburt, Jr. Mrs. Charles Hutch ins Mrs. Roger Pauquet Mrs. H.L. Plumley Mrs. C.J. Spaulding Mrs. Edwin T. White Mrs. Robert P. Wile Mrs. Curtis Clark GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Chr. Warren Tucker Bernard Knowlton, Chr. Ernest Hansen GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mrs. John Carmody Isabel Arms Merritt Cutting RULES MUST BE READ CAREFULLY GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Strict conformity to the Regulations and Rules will be ex- pected and required, as well for the benefit of exhibitors as for the convenience of the Officers of the Society. 2. Every Exhibit entered in a class of named varieties should be correctly named. 3. All articles offered for premiums must remain within the Hall throughout the hours of Exhibition, unless special permission for their removal shall be granted by the Committee on Exhibition, etc. 4. No person shall make more than one entry of the same va- riety under the same number. 5. The Judges may correct, before the close of any Exhibition, awards made by them, if satisfied that such were erroneous. 6. The cards of Exhibitors competing for premiums shall be re- versed and remain so until after premiums are awarded. 7. Competitors are expected to conform strictly to the condi- tions under which articles are invited. Evasion or violation of them may be reported to the Trustees for future disqualification of the offender. 8. In all Exhibits of Roses, minimum length of stem to be 6 inches except Flower Arrangement, Miniatures and Shrub Roses. 9. All articles for exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock unless otherwise speci- fied. Otherwise they will be ruled out. Between 12:30 and 2 o'clock the Hall will be in exclusive charge of the Committee on Arrangements and Exhibitions. Open to the public from 2 to 8:00 o'clock, unless otherwise noted. 10. Competition for premiums is open to everyone, and it is strictly required that all specimens offered for exhibition shall have been grown by the competitors, for at least two (2) months previous to the date of exhibition, except no restriction as to the grower is stated in schedule. The same potted plants and Educational Exhibits may be shown only once for premiums. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 11. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the ex- clusive charge of the Judges and Committee of Arrangements, and not even the owners will have liberty to remove them until the Exhibition is closed, and no sale of Exhibition Fruit, Flowers or Vegetables shall be made in the building. All articles on a one-day show to be removed by the next day - unless that day falls on a Saturday or Holiday. 12. Where a certain number of quantity of Plants, Flowers, Fruits or Vegetables is designated in the schedule, there must be neither more nor less than that number or quantity of specimens shown; and in no case can other varieties than those named in the schedule be substituted. 13. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens and may correct any errors that they think were without deliberate purpose. 14. The Committee on Arrangements has power to change the time of exhibition for any article, if an earlier or later season ren- ders such change desirable. 15. All articles offered for exhibition including baskets of mixed flowers, should be correctly named. Indefinite appelations such as "Pippin", "Sweeting", "Greening", etc., will not be considered as names. Any person exhibiting the same variety of Fruit or Vege- table, under different names or exhibiting as grown by himself Flowers, Fruit or Vegetables grown by another, thereby violating the object and rules of the Society, may be debarred from com- peting for the Society's premiums until reinstated. 16. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to their mode of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and examinations, if requested. 17. In all exhibitions of Cut Flowers for competition, the num- ber of blooms, clusters, sprays or spikes shown is not restricted ex- cept that it is expected the exhibitor shall use only a sufficient number to make a well-balanced display. All shall be of one color and of one variety in the same vase, except Displays, Vases, Bas- kets, Standards or otherwise specified in the schedule. The Judge will consider the quality of the flowers rather than the quantity. 6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 18. The Judges may subdivide classes if conditions warrant. 19. The Judges are authorized by the Trustees to invite the assistance of competent and discreet persons in the discharge of their duties. 20. No Judge shall require anything of competitors respecting their Exhibits which is not distinctly specified in the schedule. 21. The decision of the Judges shall be final. 22. In Table Decorations, Collections and Displays of Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, Vases and Baskets, where the number of Ex- hibits exceeds the number of premiums offered, the Judge may award prizes to any worthy Exhibits not receiving a premium. 23. All premiums that are not claimed within one year after the close of the official year will be forfeited to the Society. 24. U.P. Hedrick's "Fruits of New York" and S.A. Beach's "The Apples of New York" will guide the Judge of Fruits in his decisions upon matters at issue. Pan American Plant Company and Yoder Brothers, Inc. catalogues to be used for Chrysanthemums by the judges. 25. No artificial plants, flowers or foliage preserved or altered by any process shall be exhibited at any show of this Society, except for a special purpose and with the consent of the show manage- ment. 26. No individual, group, or organization will be permitted to introduce into the building as part of a display, any material of a promotional or advertising nature without the expressed written permission of the Executive Director. 27. While the Society will take reasonable precautions for the safety of the property of exhibitors, it will be responsible in no case for any loss or damage that may occur. SPECIAL RULES 1. Exhibitors should have all specimens correctly and legibly named, notice of which will be taken by the Judges in awarding the premiums. 2. While it is expected that Exhibitors will take pains to correctly name their Ex- hibits, the Judges will not exclude an Exhibit for mistake in nomenclature. 3. In all Exhibits of Lilies, the pollen may be removed. 4. In all Exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club Leaflet may be shown. Wild Flowers under cultivation may not be shown in this class. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 7 A. At no time shall the Exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. B. Ask the Secretary for leaflet of the Hadwen Botanical Club showing flowers not to be exhibited. By vote of the Trustees, all entries must be made by Exhibitor to the Assistant Secre- tary and all cards made out by her or her assistants, except Single Spike Classes. Blank Tags are available in the office. Seedlings may be exhibited at any show and will receive appropriate recognition. Definition of Terms Amateur: An amateur is defined as a grower raising plants or flowers for pleasure and not for sale and who does not usually enter into the regular scheduled classes. Clone (C/on): Group, variety or variation of plants propagated by asexual or vegetative parts. Such races may not "come true" from seed. The horticul- tural varieties of roses, apples, oranges, strawberries and carnations are clones; also the cultivated forms of daylilies and plantain-lily (Hosta) that are not produced from seed. Clone or clon is a horticultural rather than a taxonomic term. Collection: An assemblage of a number of kinds or varieties of flowers, plants, fruits and/or vegetables in one exhibit, the specific number and sorts of which should be regulated by the flower show schedule. Quality, variety, rarity, effectiveness and range of the particular group as well as horticultural per- fection are considered in judging collections. Size of collection, without other qualifications, is unimportant. Display: The term generally used for a group of flowers, fruits and/or vege- tables, sometimes plants, covering a definite space or containing a definite number of specimens, or both, arranged to create an artistic effect. It is judged both for quality of materials and artistic effect. The term should be used rather than "collection" where artistic effect is stressed. Kind: Genus. Type. The Royal Horticultural Society considers that for horticultural exhibitions and for general gardening use two terms only are necessary to designate plant material: Kind and variety. This ruling has much to recommend it. Kinds are such separate genera as peaches, apples, plums; peas, carrots, cabbages; roses, chrysanthemums, phloxes. Different types of the same genus are also considered as kinds for exhibition purposes: as snap beans and lima beans, dark grapes and white grapes. Their rule book says: "As a general rule, for the purposes of exhibiting, all natural genera are kinds, and all variations within a genus are varieties". They make some exceptions which do not apply especially to us. Variety: Variety as generally used in flower shows is a horticultural term used to designate a named species, hybrid or other horticultural development of a genus. Example: Golden Queen Tomato. See also kind. Used botanically, it is a division of a species, as Campanula Carpatica alba. Here Campanula is the genus, telling us that it is one of the bellflowers. Carpatica is the species, indicating that this particular group comes from the Carpathian mountains and alba (meaning white) is the variety name. 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 SCALE OF POINTS Cut Flowers and Wild Flowers — Quality of blooms (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 20 Number of Varieties 15 Properly named 15 Lilies - Size and color of bloom 35 points Number of perfect flowers and buds on stem 35 Arrangement 15 Properly named 15 Baskets, Standards and Displays — Quality (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 35 Variety 15 Collections — Quality (including condition and value) 45 points Arrangement 25 Variety 30 " Table Decoration — Design 20 points Relation 20 Color 20 " Perfection 20 Condition 5 Distinction 15 Table Decoration — Special Occasion or Title — Design 20 points Relation 15 Color 10 " Perfection 10 Suitability 15 Condition 15 Distinction 15 Flower Arrangements — Design 20 points Color 10 " Suitability 20 Distinction 15 Originality 10 Condition 25 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The following is a list of the Special Funds of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the income of which is devoted to the purpose stated. The date prefixed to each indicates the year in which the fund was established. 1888 - Francis Henshaw Dewey Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for the purchase of books. 1898 - Williams Eames Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for the promotion of apple culture. 1906 - Frederick A. Blake Fund - $1,000.00 Income only to be used in providing Medals to be awarded to the originators of new varieties of Fruits or Flowers, preference always being given to residents of Worcester County. In case that the Worcester County Horticultural Society does not find occasion to award Medals for New Fruits or Flowers, the said income may be used for special premiums for Orchids or other choice Greenhouse Plants and Flowers. 1907 - Obadiah Brown Hadwen Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1922 - Edwin Draper Fund - $300.00 Income to be used for prizes for Horticultural exhibitions held under the direction of said Society. 1924 Miss Frances Clary Morse Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1939 - The Coulson Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1943 - G. A. Bigelow Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for meritorious garden grown exhibits of Roses. 1955 - Chandler Bullock Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Small Fruits. 1957 - Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1958 - Samuel T. and Anna N. W. Hobbs Fund - $5,000.00 Income to be used for the promotion of children's interest in Horticulture. 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 1959 - Edward Winslow Lincoln Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1967 - National Association of Gardeners - $1,000.00 Worcester Chapter 80% of income to be used for scholarships. 1968 - Cook - Davey Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for new varieties of Fruits or for the Scholarship Fund. 1970 - ElouiseS. Knight Memorial Fund - $1000.00 Income to be used to promote the interest of children in Horticulture, especially by means of Cash Awards for ex- hibits. 1970 - Gerald Fales Memorial Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for tomatoes, gladioli, roses or for general purposes of the society. 1970 - The Thayer Fund - $2,000.00 Income to be used for prizes to encourage young people in the raising of fruit, particularly apples and pears, or for scholarships. 1971 - Edward A. Bigelow Fund-$1 ,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1971 - George B. Slater Fund Income to be used for Silver Medal to be awarded 'Tor a distinguished exhibit" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. ★ * * SPECIAL AWARDS 1969 - William T. Merrifield Award Bronze Medal "For an exhibit of outstanding merit or interest" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1970 - Paul Whitin Award Silver Medal — Awarded to an exhibit which, in the opinion of the Judges, has special educational merit. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 11 SPRING EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. PAUL ROGERS, Chairman MRS. JACQUES BURGUET MR. JOHN MATIS Opening: Friday, March 10 - 3 to 9 P.M. Saturday, March 11-9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Sunday, March 12 - 1 to 9 P.M. Monday, March 13-9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Tuesday, March 14-9 A.M. to 5 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 A.M. Friday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first 6 grades. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two Bowls. One bowl will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by Judges. The other bowl will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. GARDEN DISPLAYS: - No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet. $800.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $700.00 will be available each. Ill Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged, Design and Consistency 30 points i itahi I it\/ Ri Oiialitv/ ouiiduiiiiy oi V-Zudiny OH nnintc zu points Charm and Atmosphere 1 5 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. "Prize money for Garden Displays I, II, or III above is based approximately upon $2.00 per square foot. For example, a 400 foot display at $2.00 per square foot makes a top prize money of $800.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded for that display will be 90% of $800 or $720. If another display receives 80 points he will receive 80% of $800 which is $640.00. ★ ★ * SPECIAL AWARDS Two special awards will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the Judges. An exhibitor may receive only one of these special awards. 1. For excellence in design and consistency silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard. 2. For excellence in suitability and quality of plant material silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Higgins. SPECIAL DISPLAYS: IV - Plant Displays - Commercial - 25 square feet $ 300.00 Notify office 1 week in advance. V - Plant Display — Non-Commercial — 15 square feet 75.00 Outstanding specimen plants not more than three Notify office 1 week in advance VI - Cut Flowers 75.00 VII - Gesneriads No. 1 Display - not over 25 square feet —50.00 may be used No. 2 Display - not over 15 square feet —50.00 may be used No. 3 Three Specimen Plants 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Notify office 1 week in advance VIII - Carnations 75.00 IX - Fruit 200.00 X - Spring Bulbs: 1. One 8-inch pot Daffodils, Hyacinths or Tulips 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 2. One pot other Spring Bulbs 5.00 4.00 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 13 XI - Vegetables $100.00 XII - Table Settings: 1. Theme: "Song Titles" Accessories may be used, emphasis on rhythm. Tables are limited, so please call or write if you are interested — at least 3 weeks in advance. $75.00 may be used for prizes. 2. Children's Tables The same as above. Scale of points by which tables will be judged. Overall design 30 points Compatibility and condition 20 points Perfection of the arrangement 20 points Distinction and originality 20 points Conformance to schedule 10 points XIII - Arrangements — using shrubs, evergreens, foliage and large leaves (no flowers). Native or tropical material permitted. Arrangement in container, urn or large vase suitable for pedestal. Prizes to be awarded. Notify the office at least one week in advance. Not for competition. For florists only. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. Educational Exhibits: No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 No. 3 - Club or group. $100 may be used for prizes XIV Educational Exhibits - Adults $50.00 may be used for prizes. Worcester and Worcester County Garden Clubs Exhibit NORTH AMERICAN GARDENS $200.00 14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY FLOWER SHOW in co-operation with REGION I of the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY and the Arnold Arboretum COMMITTEE: George H. Pride, Chr. Mrs. Alice Milton Frederick D. Brown John Reynders Mrs. Bernice Heald Paul Rogers Mrs. Eliza Hess Mrs. E. Standish Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. Helen Stoddard Mrs. Barbara Milliken Mrs. Bee Warburton Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. FRIDAY - MAY 26 - 3:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the judges by 12:00 noon. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $350.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Specimen Color Classes: one spike entry. Must be named — Ribbons More than one entry may be made in these classes but not of the same variety and more than one award may be given to the same exhibitor. SECTIONS - I Tall Bearded Iris II Border Bearded Iris III Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris IV Intermediate Bearded Iris V Miniature and Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris VI Arilbreds VII Apogon VIII Species The above sections may be divided into these types. Standards and falls matching; may be divided into white, yellow, orange, red, red-violet, violet, blue, green and black. Feathered or dotted markings on white or yellow back- ground, occasionally on backgrounds of other colors. Standards and falls of different tints or shades of the same color. Standards of one color, falls of any other color. Both standards and falls showing combinations of two or more colors. For color classes please refer to pages 18-19. a. Self. b. Plicata. c. Bitone. d. Bicolor e. Blend. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 No. 1 Seedlings — Any type Iris — one stalk. Each exhibitor may make more than one entry in this class but not more than 5. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for the American Iris Society's Exhibition Certificate by all AIS Judges present and for the Worcester County Horticultural Society's Certificate. Displays — Iris No. 2 Display of Tall Bearded Iris $25 avail. No. 3 Display of Border Bearded Iris $25 avail. No. 4 Display of Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris $25 avail. No. 5 Display of Intermediate Bearded Iris $25 avail. No. 6 Display of Miniature and Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris $25 avail. No. 7 Display of Arilbreds $25 avail. No. 8 Display of Apogon $25 avail. No. 9 Display of Species No. 10 Display, commercial, 3 or more types of Iris. $50.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate as an outstanding or valuable commercial display. No. 1 1 Display, non-commercial, 3 or more types of Iris. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 12 Educational Exhibit to cover any phase of Iris growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate. No. 13 Educational Exhibit to cover any phase of Horticulture Children's Class. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Special Awards of The American Iris Society Section Certificate and Rosette will be awarded to the winner of the most blue ribbons in each of the above sections. The American Iris Society's Silver Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the most blue ribbons in the Horticulutural Division. The American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the second largest numer of blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The Best Specimen of the Show (Queen of Show) Rosette may be awarded to the one best Specimen of the show selected from the specimen classes in Sections I through VIII in the horticultural division. No. 14 Flower Arrangement — Anniversary Using any type of Iris. No restrictions as to grower. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize — $3.50. Cut Flowers — some Iris requested — No. 15 Display, 24 sq. ft. 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 16 Small display, 12 sq. ft. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 This number is intended for the grower who does not compete in call for large displays during the year. 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Potted Plants - No. 1 7 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herb- No. 18 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Lupines — No. 19 Vase 3.00 Aquilegia — No. 20 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Peonies — No. 21 Vase of Herbaceous 3.00 2.00 No. 22 Vase of Tree 3.00 2.00 Spring Flowering Bulbs — $25.00 available No. 23 Display Any other Perennials — Vase No. 24 Other than bulbs 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Amateur Class — No. 25 Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — ribbons Wild Flowers, named — No. 26 10 Containers - no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 See special rules of Wild Flowers page 6 Rock Garden Plants - $25 00 availab|e No. 27 Display . , $25.00 available Gesnenads — No. 28 Display $25.00 available Hardy Trees and Shrubs - $25 00 avai|ab|e No. 29 Display „ . $25.00 available Pansies — No. 30 Display — 6 vases Asparagus, two bunches, 12 specimens each — No. 31 Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one-half peck — No. 32 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Radish, two bunches, six per bunch — No. 33 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 Rhubarb, 12 stalks - No. 34 Linnaeus 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 35 Victoria 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 36 New Varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Lettuce, 3 heads - No. 37 Boston Type 2.50 2.00 1 .50 Onions — No. 38 Scallions, two bunches, six each 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 39 Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other vegetables — kinds No. 40 $10.00 may be used for prizes. 18 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 IRIS EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION I of the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. H. LADD PLUMLEY, Chairmen MRS. IRVING FRAIM MR. WAINO HIMOTTU MRS. FRANK WARBURTON Thursday - June 8 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $150.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Specimen Color Classes: one spike entry. Must be named — More than one entry may be made in these classes but not of the same variety and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. They are numbered to agree with American Iris Society Color Classification in order to facilitate its use. Refer to it for complete description of classes. Classes with no known examples have been omitted. The following color class numbers apply to each of the eight major sections. No . 41 W White self. May be divided into white-white, cool white and warm white; or according to color of beard. No. 42 W2 White ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 43 W3 White with either standards or falls, or both, lightly tinted another color. No. , 44 W4 White bitone. Standards white, falls other color. No. 45 W5 White blend. Basically white blended pale tints of two or more other colors. No. 46 Y Yellow self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 47 Y2 Yellow ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 48 Y3 Yellow bitone. Standards and falls yellow of different tints and shades. No. 49 Y4 Yellow bicolor. Standards yellow, falls other color. No. 50 Y5 Yellow blend. Usually divides into pale, light, full and dark. No. 51 O Orange self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. The dark orange is brown. No. 52 02 Orange ground plicatas No. 53 03 Orange bitone No. 54 04 Orange bicolor. May be subdivided as PO/W, PO/RV etc. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 19 No. 55 05 Orange blend. May be divided into pale, light, full, dark. Most brown irises are in the dark blend class -5D0. No. 56 R Red self. May be divided into pale (true pink), light, full and dark. No. 57 R2 Red ground plicatas; markings of a different color. No. 58 R3 Red bitone. Both standards and falls red but of different tints or shades. No. 59 R4 Red bicolor. Standards red, falls of another color. No. 60 R5 Red blend. No. 61 RV Red-violet self, may be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 62 RV2 Red-violet plicata; plicata markings of another color. No. 63 RV3 Red-violet bitone. Both standards and falls violet, but of different tints and shades. No. 64 RV4 Red-violet bicolor. Standards red-violet, falls another color. No. 65 RV5 Red-violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 66 V Violet self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 67 V2 Violet plicata; markings of another color. No. 68 V3 Violet bitone. May be divided into PV/DV, FV/DV, etc. No. 69 V4 Violet bicolor. Standards violet, falls other color. No. 70 V5 Violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 71 B Blue self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 72 B2 Blue plicata. Ground color blue; markings of another color. No. 73 B3 Blue bitone. Both standards and falls blue, but of different tints and shades. No. 74 B4 Blue bicolor. Standards blue; falls of another color. No. 75 B5 Blue blend. No. 76 G "Green." No. 77 N "Black." No. 78 Three-and four-color irises, chiefly "variegata-plicatas." SECTIONS- V Miniature and Standard I Tall Bearded Iris Dwarf Bearded Iris II Border Bearded Iris VI Arilbreds III Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris VII Apogon IV Intermediate Bearded Iris VIII Species Best in Show — Seedlings — No. 79 Tall bearded, one stalk. Each exhibitor may make more than one entry in this class but not more than 5. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for the American Iris Society's Exhibition Certificate by all AIS Judges present and for the Worcester County Horticultural Society's Certificate. 20 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY No. 80 Other than tall bearded, one stalk. To be judged as for class 79. Displays — No. 81 Display of Siberian Iris, preferably named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 82 Display, commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate as an outstanding or valuable commercial display. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 83 Display, non-commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 84 Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Iris growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate. Special Awards of The American Iris Society Section Certificate and Rosette will be awarded to the winner of the most blue ribbons in each of the above sections. The American Iris Society's Silver Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the most blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the second-largest number of blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The Best Specimen of Show (Queen of Show) Rosette may be awarded to the one best specimen of the show selected from the specimen classes in Sections I through VIII in the horticultural division. Flower Arrangements — Using any type of Iris. No restrictions as to grower. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize — $3.50. 85 Temple Dancer — a Japanese Flower Arrangement 86 Blue Waltz — an arrangement using blue or purple iris. 87 Beachcomber — an arrangement using weathered wood. 88 Mini-Miss — an arrangement not to exceed 8" in any dimension. Please call office to reserve your niche. Sizes available: 18" tall x 18" wide, 6" wings 30" tall x 18" wide, 9" wings THECOULSON FUND Table Decoration — "Wedding Buffet" B. "Wedding Buffet" — Proper accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00 C. Children — Same as above $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00 1972] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 21 ROSE EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. ARTHUR O'MARA - Co-Chairmen MR. & MRS. CARROLL AKELEY MR. EDWARD CLIFFORD Thursday - June 22 - Open from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. From among the young ladies of Worcester County, our 1972 Rose Queen will be selected. 3:30 P.M. Crowning Roses (See Rule 8) - No. 100-Twelve blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 101 -Six blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 102-Twelve blooms of named varieties H. T. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Special Prizes MISS FRANCES C. MORSE FUND F. Six blooms of named varieties of H. T. roses, outdoor culture. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Prize Rose — not confined to exhibitors of Worcester County. Ribbons will be awarded — First, Second, Third No. 103-H. T., red and red blend, one bloom No. 104-H. T., pink and pink blend, one bloom No. 105-H. T., yellow and yellow blend, one bloom No. 106-H. T., white, one bloom No. 107-H. T., orange, one bloom No. 108-H. T., any other color No. 109-Floribundas, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 10-Floribundas, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 1-Floribundas, yellow and yellow blend, main stem No. 1 1 2-Floribundas, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 3-Floribundas, white, one main stem 22 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 No. 1 14-Shrub Roses, any named variety No. 1 1 5-Grandiflora, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 1 6-Grandiflora, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 7-Grandiflora, yellow and yellow blend, one main stem No. 1 1 8-Grandiflora, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 9-Grandiflora, white, one main stem No. 1 20-Any other species or variety No. 121-Best seedling Best Roses in the Show — King, Queen & Princess, Special Recognition In the "Prize Rose" classes No. 100 through No. 130, the rose must be a named variety, the minimum length of stem shall be at least six inches and the rose offered for exhibition shall be from a bush grown by the exhibitor for at least two months previous to the date of exhibition. No. 122-H. T. (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon No. 1 23-Floribundas (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon - Use Jackson-Perkins and Conard-Pyle Catalogues — No. 1 24-Collection of cut roses, at least six varieties. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 125- Vase of Floribundas 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 126- Vase of Grandifloras 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 127-Vase H. P. roses, not to exceed 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 128- Vase H.T. roses, not exceeding 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 129-Display of cut climbing roses. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 130-Basket of roses 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 No. 131 - Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Rose growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. G. A. BIGELOW FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Moonlight and Roses" G. Using a crescent design of roses and your choice of foliage. No restriction as to grower. $30.00 may be used. Highest prize — $3.50. Table Decoration — "Gift of Roses" No. 132-Your choice of table for two. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00. No. 133-Children — Same as above. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00. Delphinium — No. 134-One Vase, not more than 3 spikes. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 23 Peonies — No. 135-Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Lilies — No. 136- Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Aquilegia — No. 137-Bowl or Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Foxglove — No. 138-Vase, not more than 3 spikes 4.00 3.00 2.00 Sweet William — No. 139-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pinks (Dianthus) — No.140-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Any other Perennial — No. 141-Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class - No. 142 -Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 143-Ten vases, no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Potted Plants - No. 144 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 145 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Special Prizes OBADIAH BROWN HADWEN FUND Hardy Cultivated Flowers and Shrubs, to be named — H. Display of outdoor varieties 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 24 square feet CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Strawberry, twenty-four berries — I. Howard No. 17 3.00 2.50 J. Sparkle 3.00 2.50 K. Robinson 3.00 2.50 L. Catskill 3.00 2.50 M. Jersey Belle 3.00 2.50 N. Vesper 3.00 2.50 O. Midland 3.00 2.50 24 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 No. 146-Any other varieties. $10.00 may be used. No. 147-Four pint baskets of strawberries, any variety 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 1 48-Display not over 1 2 square feet. $1 5.00 may be used. Cherry, one quart — No. 149-Any named sweet variety. $5.00 may be used. No. 150-Any named sour variety. $5.00 may be used. Fruit - No. 151 - Any other variety. $5.00 may be used for prizes. COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (i.e., strawberry, cherries, etc.) P. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled 4.00 3.00 Beets - No. 152-Two bunches, six in each 2.50 2.00 Peas, one-half peck — No. 153-World's Record 2.50 2.00 No. 154-Any other variety 2.50 2.00 No. 155-Display at least four named varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 156-Golden Acre 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 157-Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Lettuce, three heads named - No. 158-lceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 159-Any other variety or loose leaf 2.50 2.00 1.50 Chard - No. 160-Six plants 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 161-Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 162-$10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables No. 163-Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 25 in cooperation with the NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL LILY GROUP LILIES AND DELPHINIUM EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. MERRITT CUTTING, Chairman MR. ARMAND A. BENOIT MRS. VIRGINIA HOWIE Thursday - July 13 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. LILIUM CLASS A - SINGLE STEMS OF NAMED HYBRID CLONES. Division I — Asiatic Hybrids Hybrids and cultivars derived from such species as L. amabile, L. bulbi- ferum, L. cernuum, L. concolor, L. dauricum, L. davidii, L. leichtlinii, L. pumilum and L. tigrinum. a. Upright flowers — (as Enchantment — Rosabelle) b. Outward facing (as Corsage - Connecticut Lass) c. Pendant (as Talisman - Connecticut Yankee) Division II — Martagon Hybrids (as Brocade - Port Wine) Division III- American Hybrids (as Constance - Shuksan) Division IV— Trumpet Hybrids a. Trumpet form — outward facing c. Bowl shaped b. Trumpet form — pendant d. Sunburst Divisions may be further subdivided at the discretion of the Judges to provide for color variations i.e. 1. White 5. Bicolor 2. Pink 6. Apricot 3. Yellow 7. Purple 4. Green Division V — Aurelians (Sunburst or Corona types) Division VI— Oriental Hybrids Contains hybrid cultivars or hybrids of L. auratum, L. japonicum, L. rubellum, L. speciosum, and to include any of their crosses with L. henryii. a. Bowl shaped and flat faced (as Crimson Dream - Imperial Crimson) b. Recurved (Jamboree - Black Beauty) 26 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 CLASS B - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS Not necessarily grown from seed by the exhibitor. Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS C - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS GROWN FROM SEED BY THE EXHIBITOR Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS D - ALL TRUE SPECIES AND THEIR BOTANICAL FORMS. Each variety to be judged separately. CLASS E - DISPLAY - COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS F - DISPLAY - NON-COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS G - EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY $75.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS H - BASKET OF LILIES Other foliage permitted. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS I - VASE OF LILIES Other foliage permitted 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Competitive classes are open to all providing the lilies are grown by, or under the control of, the exhibitor. First, second and third Prize Ribbons will be awarded by the New England Regional Lily Group in each Division. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Award — Best unnamed seedling spike from Class C. Bronze Medal. Worcester County Horticultural Society Award — For best spike of a named clone. To be chosen from Class A entries. Awarded by Armand A. Benoit — Silver Bowl for best display, non-commercial. Winner may keep bowl for current year. * * * Flower Arrangement — "Formal Arrangement" No. 200 —True lilies preferred. No restriction as to grower. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize — $3.50. Table Decoration - "Morning Coffee Party" No. 201 - Place settings for four. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 27 No. 202 - Children — Same as above. $35.00 to be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00. Delphinium — No. 203 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind — No. 204 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind — (Other than Lilies) — No. 205 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Non-Hardy Bulbs or Tubers — No. 206 - Vase. $5.00 may be used. Vase of Roses (See Rule 8) - Not over 12 Blooms - No. 207 - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Cut Flowers — No. 208 - Display 24 square feet 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 209 - Display 12 square feet 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 210 - Eight vases 6.00 5.00 4.00 Herbs - No. 21 1 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 212 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Potted Plants - No. 213 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Cherry, one quart — No. 214 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, Black Cap one pint — No. 215 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Raspberry, one pint — No. 216 - Early varieties, named. $5.00 may be used. No. 217 - Latham 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 218- Taylor 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 219 - Any other red variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 220 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used. No. 221 - Display not over 12 square feet. $10.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 222 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. 28 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND RliipKprrw nnp nint uiucuci i yf uiic yj 1 1 1 1 Q - Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 R - Cultivated, new varieties. $7.50 may be used. S - Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Gooseberry, one quart — No. 223 - Any named varieties. $10.00 No. 224 - New varieties. $5.00 Blackberry, one quart — No. 225 - Any variety. $5.00 Display of Small Fruit, two or more varieties — No. 226 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Beets, twelve specimens — No. 227 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Carrots, two bunches - six in each — No. 228 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Beans, Snap, one-half peck - No. 229 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 230 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 231 - Hybrid type, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 232 - Standard type, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cabbage, three specimens - No. 233 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce, three heads — No. 234 - Iceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 235 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Summer Squash, three specimens - No. 236 - Yellow 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 237 -Green 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 238 - Any other type 2.00 1.50 1.00 Peas, one-half peck - No. 239 - Telephone type 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 240 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Tomatoes, twelve Specimens — No. 241 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 29 Spinach, one-half peck — No. 242 - New Zealand 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 243 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 244 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables — No. 245 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. Market Basket of Vegetables — No. 246 - $30.00 may be used. Highest prize not over $3.50. 30 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HEME ROC ALL IS (DAYLILIES) EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION 4 of THE AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. GEORGE H. PRIDE, Chairman MRS. IRVING FRAIM MR. & MRS. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. & MRS. ALVAR MELIN MRS. PERCY I. MERRY MRS. JAMES H. SHEPHERD SATURDAY - JULY 22 - 1 to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $200.00 for the premiums awarded on this list. Hemerocallis (Daylilies) No. 300 — Display - Commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 301 — Display - Non-commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 302 — Collection of six named varieties. 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Specimen color classes, one spike entry. Must be named and introduced More than one entry may be made in these classes, providing each entry is a different variety, and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. Only hemerocallis foliage should be used with the following entries. A corresponding class will be set up in each case for tetraploids as well as diploid varieties from #303 to #330. Large Flowered Section (Flower over 4% inches in diameter) Ribbons No. 303 — Light Yellow and Lemon No. 304 — Medium yellow No. 305 — Deep yellow or gold No. 306 - Orange No. 307 — Copper Bronze No. 308 - Polychrome blends light No. 309 - Polychrome blends dark No. 310 - Bicolor No. 31 1 - Banded or eyed No. 312 - Pale pink No. 313 - True Pink No. 314 - Peach Pink No. 315 — Creamy Melon 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 31 No. 316 - Cantaloupe Melon No. 317 - Pinkish Melon No. 318 - Rose No. 319 - Bright Red No. 320 - Orange Red No. 321 - Dark Red No. 322 - Brown Red No. 323 - Purple Red No. 324 - Lavender Shades No. 325 - Purple Shades Dwarf (Normal Growth under 24 inches) - No. 326 - Any color Miniature (Flower less than 3 inches) — No. 327 - Any color Small flowered (Flower between 3 inches and 41/a inches) — No. 328 - Any color Spider Flowered (Exaggerated long thin flower parts) — No. 329 - Any color Double flowered (6 or more petaloids should be present) — No. 330 - Any Color Single Floret — No. 331 — Vase. This class is intended for very new and rare specimens - where the exhibitor would not wish to cut complete stalk. (Must be named and introduced variety) 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Specials — National Popularity Poll Winner No. 332 — Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society Regional Popularity Poll Winner No. 333 — If different from national winner. Same award as for National winner. Seedling — No. 334 — One entire scape, severed at base. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society's Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. 32 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Best Registered Introduced Class — No. 335 — Single scape not to exceed 36". To be selected by judges from classes 303 to 333. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemero- callis Society. Best Registered Unintroduced Class — No. 336 — Single scape not to exceed 36". To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. American Hemerocallis Society Achievement Award — No. 337 — Special A.H.S. Rosette awarded at show — Medal awarded later in year after all rules about registration of winning variety have been complied with. At least 3 scapes severed at the base of an undisseminated variety which may or may not be registered and is at least 3 years old. This medal is offered to the originator, amateur or professional whether shown by originator or someone else. The award shall be made only to a new variety of adequate merit and distinctiveness as compared with existing varieties. Educational Exhibit — No. 338 — To cover any phase of Hemerocallis growing, hybridizing, culture or classification; $40.00 may be used for prizes. Cut Flower - No. 339 - Display. Not over 18 square feet. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 340 - Basket, mixed, three or more kinds of flowers. 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Gladiolus — No. 341 - Display (not to exceed 24 square feet). $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 342 - Basket Gladiolus 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 G. A. BIGELOW FUND Roses — T - Vase - not over 1 2 blooms (See Rule 8). $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Petunias — No. 343 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 344 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 345 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 33 Lilies - No. 346 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Zinnias — No. 347 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 348 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No 349 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms. 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 350 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Snapdragon — No. 351 - Vase, not more than 5 spikes. 2.00 1.50 1.00 Salpiglosis — No. 352 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Calendula — No. 353 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual - one Kind - (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 354 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Phlox - No. 355 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Shasta Daisies - No. 356 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Perennial - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 357 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 358 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class - No. 359 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named - No. 360 - 10 Vases - no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 (See Special Rules of Wild Flowers on Page 6) Potted Plants - No. 361 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 362 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. 34 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Hanging Baskets — No. 363 — Foliage Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 364 — Flowering Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 365 Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Begonia, Tuberous Rooted — No. 366 - Display. Use own foliage. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Beach Party" No. 367 - No restriction as to grower. $25.00 may be used. Highest prize - $3.50. Cherry, one quart — No. 368 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, one pint — No. 369 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 370 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Gooseberry, one quart — No. 371 - Any named varieties. $10.00. Blackberry, one quart — No. 372 - Any variety. $5.00. Any New varieties of Small Fruit — No. 373 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Small Fruits, two or more varieties — No. 374 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 375 - Yellow Transparent 3.00 2.50 No. 376 - Lodi 3.00 2.50 No. 377 - Red Astrachan 3.00 2.50 No. 378 - New varieties. $7.00 may be used for prizes. No. 379 - Other early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Plum, twelve specimens — No. 380 - Early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Peach, twelve specimens, named — No. 381 - Any early white varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 382 - Any early yellow varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 35 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 383 - 6 specimens of tree fruits. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — W — Cultivated, named 3.00 i cn 2.50 i nn Z.00 1 .50 X — New varieties ^ nn 9 RO Z ,JU o nn z .uu 1 ^n Y — Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 384 - Dwarf, any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, one-half peck — No. 385 - Kentucky Wonder 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 386 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 387 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Beets, twelve specimens — No. 388 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Carrots, two bunches, six in each — No. 389 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, for pickles - No. 390 - One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber — 3 specimens — No. 391 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 392 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 393 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 394 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — 3 specimens — No. 395 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 396 - Green variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 397 - Any other type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce - 3 heads - No. 398 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 399 - Any early variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 36 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Tomatoes, twelve specimens — No. 400 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 401 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 402 - Recent introductions. S10. 00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables - (Kinds) No. 403 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables - No. 404 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 405 - Collection, named edible varieties. S25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 406 - Collection, named non-edible varieties. $25.00 may be used. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule ★ ★ ★ WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 37 YOUNG PEOPLE'S FLOWER SHOW AND GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MRS. CLAIRMONT STANDISH, Chr. MRS. WESLEY LEARY MR. JAMES Mc LAIN MRS. LOUIS PRUNIER Thursday — August 17 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The hall will be open at 6 P.M. the night before for any who wish to set up at that time. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, and Department of Agriculture Rosettes. Trophies and Rosettes to be awarded by the Norco Gladiolus Society. Baskets and Displays to be judged by the New England Gladiolus Socie- ty Basis. Quality and Condition 50 points Color Harmony 10 Distinctiveness 15 Arrangement of Flowers Effectiveness * ' Gladiolus — No. 500 — Display-Commercial. Baskets and Vases. No other flowers to be used. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 501 — Display of Artistic Arrangements of Gladiolus. No restric- tion as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 502— Display - Semi-Commercial. (Exhibitor sells flowers and/bulbs but does not issue a catalog). Baskets and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 503 — Display - Non-Commercial. (Exhibitor does not sell flowers or bulbs). Basket and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 504 - Baskets, 20-25 spikes, one variety, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 505 - Basket, 20-25 spikes, two varieties, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 506 — Basket or Vase, 15-20 spikes, two varieties, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 No. 507 - Basket or- Vase, 1 2-1 5 spikes, miniatures, one variety, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 508 - Basket or Vase of Seedlings, 12-15 spikes, one variety. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 509 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 300, 400, 500 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 510 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 100, 200 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 511 - Collection, five different Recent Introduction varieties (19 65-1968 inclusive), one spike to a vase, correctly named. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 512 - Seedling Class. One spike, properly labeled. Seedlings and undisseminated varieties will be shown as seedlings. More than one entry may be made by any exhibitor. Best Seedling will be awarded the Society Certificate of Merit and the New England Gladiolus Society Rosette. No. 513 - Open Color Class. One spike, each, properly labeled with Classification number, variety name, and name and address of the exhibitor. Special cards will be furnished by the Society. No. 514 - Recent Introduction Varieties (1968-1971 inclusive). One spike, properly labeled (see above). No. 515 - Novice Color Class. One spike, properly labeled. This class is open to any person who has never won a Blue Ribbon at any Gladiolus Show. No. 516 - Three Spike Open Class. Three spikes of one variety, prop- erly labeled and arranged attractively in containers. No. 517 - Three Spike Seedling awarded Department of Agriculture Rosette. SPECIAL INFORMATION TO AID EXHIBITORS Use North American Gladiolus Council Classifica- tion List. Stem length below bottom floret - 17 inches on 100 - 200 classes 20 inches on 300 - 400 - 500 classes 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 39 The following size separations will be used in all classes: 100 - 200 Miniature and Small 300 Medium 400 Large 500 Giant First, Second and Third Prize Ribbons will be awarded in each class. * ★ * Members of the Committee will be glad to assist in the arrangements of the spikes and the placing of entries. Section Champion will be chosen from the Seedling Class - From each size 300-400-500 in the Recent Introduction Class - From the same sizes in the One Spike Open Color Class. From these Section Champions, a Grand Champion shall be chosen. Following like procedure with the 100-200 size, a Miniature Champion shall be chosen. Section and Division Champions will be awarded the Society Rosette. Grand Champions - Certificate of Merit. Flower Arrangements — No. 518 - "As You Like It." — Emphasis on color. No restriction as to grower, $30.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $3.50. Lilium - no other flower to be used No. 519 - Collection - $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 520 - Vase - $15.00 may be used for prizes. GERALD FALES FUND Roses — Z. Vase, not over 12 blooms (see Rule 8). $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) — No. 521 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 522 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Dahlias — No. 523 — Container — $10.00 may be used for prizes. 40 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Amateur Class — No. 524 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Hanging Baskets — No. 525 Foliage Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 526 Flowering Plants -$20.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 527 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 528 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 529 - Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 530 - Gravenstein $3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 531 - Puritan 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 532 - Early Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 533 - New varieties. $10.00. No. 534 - Any other early variety. $10.00. No. 535 - Seedlings. $10.00. Crab Apple, twenty-four specimens — No. 536 - Any named variety. 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 537 - Japanese named variety. $10.00 No. 538 - European named variety. $10.00 Peach, twelve specimens, named — No. 539 - Any white variety. $10.00 No. 540 - Any yellow variety. $10.00 No. 541 - Any new variety. $10.00 No. 542 - Seedlings. $10.00 No. 543 - Display of three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Pear, twelve specimens — No. 544 - Early varieties. $7.50 may be used. Display of Fruit — No. 545 - Not to exceed 20 square feet. Two or more kinds. $35.00 may be used. Any other variety of Fruits — No. 546 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 41 Fruit class for Amateurs — No. 547 - Six specimens of Tree Fruits. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — A. Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 B. New varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 C. Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Snap, one-half peck — No. 548 - Wax z.ou Z.UU 1 cn I .OU No. 549 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 550 - Dwarf Bush, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Pole, one-half peck — No. 551 - String, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 552 - Any named Hybrid variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 553 - Any named Standard variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 554 - Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. GERALD FALES FUND Tomato, twelve specimens — D. Red, any named Standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 E. Red, any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 F. Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 555 - Cobblers 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 556 - Chippewa 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 557 - Any other named variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pepper, twelve specimens - No. 558 - Any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — No. 559 - Hybrid, yellow, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 560 - Green varieties, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 42 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 561 - $15.00 may be used for prizes. New Vegetables — No. 562 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables —(not Commercial growers) — No. 563 - Display from home gardens to cover 15 square feet. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 564 - Collection, named edible varieties. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 43 DAHLIA EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. BERTRAND BEYER, Chairman MR. ROGER LANGLEY MR. EMERSON ROBARGE MR. WAYNE SMITH Thursday - September 14 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Sale of Spring Flowering Bulbs — Benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Dahlia, varieties to be named - No. 600 - Display of Singles, 5 Vases, 3 Blooms per Vase No. 601 - Display of Collarettes, 5 Vases 3 Blooms per Vase No. 602 - Display of Pompons, 10 Vases 3 Blooms per Vase No. 603 - Display of Miniatures, 5 Vases 3 Blooms per Vase 4. No. 604 - Display of Medium Cactus Variety, 5 Vases No. 605 - No. 606 - No. 607 - No. 608 - No. 609 - No. 610 - No. 611 - No. 612 - No. 613 - No. 614 - No. 615 - Display of large semi-Cactus Variety, 10 Vases Display of medium semi-Cactus Variety, 10 Vases Display of Decoratives, large flower, 5 Vases 00 3.00 00 3.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 5.00 Display of medium Decoratives, 5 Vases Display of Cactus, large flower, 5 Vases 10 Vases Decoratives, one flower in each. Large flower 6 5 Vases, semi-Cactus, one flower in each. Large flower 4 Basket or Vase of large flowered. 5 Basket or Vase of Singles 5 Basket or Vase of Pompons 5 Basket or Vase of Cactus Varieties 5 00 3.00 00 3.00 00 3.00 00 5.00 .00 3.00 .00 4.00 .00 4.00 .00 4.00 .00 4.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 44 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 No. 616- Basket of assorted varieties of Dahlias 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 617 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 618 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Non-commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 619 - Display, not over 25 square feet. $30.00 to be used for prizes. Non-Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 620 - Best Vase of Recent Introduction. 1966 - 67 - 68 Introduction. Blue Ribbon No. 621 - Best Vase of New Variety introduced 1969 - 70 - 71. $5.00 may be used. Educational Exhibit — No. 622 To cover any phase of Dahlia growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Best Bloom in the Show — Blue Ribbon From Classes 600 to 611 inclusive. THE COULSON FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Halloween" G. Autumn composition using the colors black and orange and your choice of accessory. No restriction as to grower. $30.00 may be used. Highest prize — $3.50. Table Decoration — "Tally Ho" No. 623A- Composition for an outdoor barbecue in autumn. Number of place settings optional, accessories required. No restric- tions as to grower. Dahlias preferred but any other suitable flower may be used. $30.00 available. Highest prize- - $10.00. No. 623B- Children - Same as above. $35.00 to be used. Highest prize - $4.00. Roses — No. 624 - Collection of kinds and varieties named (number of kinds important). $40.00 to be used for prizes. Gladiolus, standard varieties — No. 625 - 10 Vases, one spike in a vase, to be named. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 626 - Basket 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 45 EDWIN DRAPER FUND Begonia, tuberous rooted — H. Cut flowers in vases, not more than 20 vases. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Asters, large flowered, long stems — I. Vase of 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Asters, single or anemone — No. 627 - Vase, 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 628 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties - 5 vases, 5 stalks. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 629 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1 .00 No. 630 - Double French, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 631 - Single, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 632 - Any other, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 Petunias — No. 633 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 634 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 635 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Zinnias — No. 636 - Display. Mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 637 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 638 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks - 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No 639 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms - 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Iris - No. 640 - Reblooming, one stem in a vase 2.00 1.00 No. 641 - Seedling one stem in a vase 3.00 2.00 Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 642 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 46 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Perennial, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 643 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 644 - Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Wild Flowers — No. 645 - Appropriate container, artistic effect. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. (See Special Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 6.) No. 646 - 10 vases, named, no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Herbs - No. 647 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 648 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Hanging Baskets No. 649A Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 649B Flowering Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 650 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 651 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 652 - Red Gravenstein 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 653 - Milton 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 654 - Wealthy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 655 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 656 - Seedling varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 657 - Any other varieties. $7.50 may be used for prizes. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 658 - Hyslop . 3.00 2.50 No. 659 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 Pear, twelve specimens — No. 660 - Bartlett 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 661 - Seckel 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 662 - New named varieties 3.00 2.50 No. 663 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 664 - Any Japanese, variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 665 - Any European variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 666 - Any new varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 47 Peach, twelve specimens — No. 667 - Early Elberta No. 668 No. 669 No. 670 No. 671 No. 672 Quince, twelve specimens No. 673 - Orange 3.00 2.50 2.00 Any white variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 Any other yellow variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Seedlings. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display, three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used. 3.00 2.50 2.00 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 674 - 6 specimens of Tree Fruits. $10.00 may be used. Grape, three clusters — No. 675 - Fredonia 3.00 2.50 No. 676 - Seneca 3.00 2.50 No. 677 - Worden 3.00 2.50 No. 678 - Seedless variety 3.50 3.00 No. 679 - For other varieties - $10.00. No. 680 - New varieties - $10.00. No. 681 - Collection, not less than 5 varieties. 12.00 10.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 8.00 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) J. Recent Introduction — Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 Any other Variety of Fruits — No. 682 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Muskmelons, three specimens — No. 683 - Hybrid, named variety No. 684 - Orange flesh, named No. 685 - Green flesh, named Watermelon, three specimens — No. 686 - Midget Type No. 687 - Seedless, two specimens 2.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 688 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 48 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Squash, Winter, three specimens — No. 689 - Buttercup 2.50 No. 690 - Blue Hubbard 2.50 No. 691 - Golden Delicious 2.50 No. 692 - Des Moines 2.50 No. 693 - Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 694 - Butternut - Hercules 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 695 - Any other variety, named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Potatoes, twelve specimens — No. 696 - Any named variety. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 697 No. 698 No. 699 Cauliflower — No. 700 Broccoli — No. 701 - Three specimens Red Savoy Any other variety Three specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 1.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 Peppers, twelve specimens — No. 702 - Wonder type No. 703 - Squash type No. 704 - Any other named variety No. 705 - Display. $35.00 may be used Tomatoes, red, twelve specimens — No. 706 - Rutgers or Marglobe type No. 707 - Hybrid variety No. 708 - Any other named variety No. 709 - Display. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, small-fruited, one quart — No. 710 - Any named variety. $7.00 may be used for prizes Sweet Corn, twelve ears - No. 711 - Hybrid, named 3.00 2.50 No. 712- Any other variety 3.00 2.50 Celery, six specimens — No. 713 - Summer Pascal No. 714 - Any other variety 1.00 .75 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 49 Onions, twelve specimens — No. 715 - Sweet Spanish 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 716 - Ebenezer 2.50 2.00 1.50 Squash, Summer, three specimens - 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 717 - Any Variety Vegetables — No. 718 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 719 - Display of Vegetables, 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. No. 720 - Any other Vegetables (Kinds) Vegetable Class for Juniors - No. 721 - Two or more vegetable specimens grown by exhibitor — Prizes available. Mushroom, native — No. 722 - Collection of edible varieties - $25.00 may be used for prizes. 50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FALL EXHIBITION AND HARVEST FESTIVAL COMMITTEE: MR. THOMAS SIMONE, Chairman MRS. K. G. A. ANDERSSON MR. HOWARD L. BORGGAARD MR. RICHARD SALO Friday - November 3 - 2 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 4-9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday - November 5 - 1 to 8:00 P.M. Monday - November 6-9 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1 1 o'clock Friday. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two bowls. One bowl will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by judges. The other bowl will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. Garden Displays: — No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet, $700.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $600.00 will be available each. Ml Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. Design and Consistency Suitability & Quality Charm and Atmosphere Color Harmony Seasonability Originality of design Correct Labelling 30 points 20 points 15 points 10 points 10 points 10 points 5 points 100 points 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 51 Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. "Prize money for Garden Displays I, II, or III above is based approximately upon $1.75 per square foot. For example, a 400 foot display at $1.75 per square foot makes a top prize money of $700.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded for that display will be 90% of $700.00 which figures $630.00. If another display receives 80 points, for example, he will receive 80% of $700.00 which is $560.00, etc." SPECIAL AWARD For Excellence in Design and Consistency — the Society's silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Sr. This special award will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the judges. Chrysanthemums — Commercial varieties — Catalogues of Pan American Plant Co. & Voder Bros., Inc. — to be used by the Judges — No. 904 - Ten blooms, 10 vases, not less than 5 varieties — to be named. 12.00 10.00 No. 905 - Collection of 25 large blooms, long stems. 15.00 12.00 No. 906 - Pompons and Decoratives, display in vases, not more or less than 10 vases, 5 stems in each — named. 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 No. 907 - Single varieties, display in vases not more or less than 5 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.00 4.00 No. 908 - Anemones, display in vases, not more or less than 6 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.50 5.00 No. 909 - Three pots Chrysanthemums (not made up Specimens), well established. 15.00 10.00 No. 910 - One pot Chrysanthemums 5.00 3.00 Spray-type Chrysanthemums — Greenhouse grown — No. 911 - Six vases, 5 stems in each 3.50 3.00 Standard Commercial Varieties — No. 91 2- Chrysanthemums, vase of white. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 913- Chrysanthemums, vase of yellow. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 914- Chrysanthemums, vase of pink. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 915- Any other color. 5.00 4.00 3.00 Note: Six flowers in each, one variety in each vase. Stems not less than two feet. Exhibition Varieties — No. 916 - Any variety 6.00 5.00 Note: Six flowers in a vase. Stems not less than two feet. No. 917 - Collection, 25 large blooms, long stems. 20.00 15.00 10.00 52 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Chrysanthemums, not disbudded - No. 918 - Basket of Pompons 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 919 - Basket of Singles 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 920 - Basket of Anemones 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Note: Arrangement not to exceed 30 inches in width and 36 inches in height. FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums, disbudded - K. Basket of Singles 6.00 5.00 4.00 L. Basket of Anemones 6.00 5.00 4.00 M. Basket of Fuji 6.00 5.00 4.00 Arrangement to be approximately 36 inches in width and 36 inches in height. FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums — N. Best Bloom 4.00 3.00 2.00 O. Large flowers. Basket. $15.00 may be awarded for prizes. Special Exhibits — (Plants other than Chrysanthemums) — No. 921 - Commercial. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Not over 50 square feet. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 922 - Home grown specimen plants, not over 24 square feet. Quality not quantity. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 1 week in advance. Carnations — No. 923 - Display, $50.00 available for prizes. Gesneriads — No. 924 - Commercial. $100.00 may be used for prizes. No. 925 - Semi-commercial class. $60.00 may be used for prizes. No. 926 - Non-commercial class. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 927 - Three Specimen Plants. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 928 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 53 Table Decoration — "Beautiful and Bountiful" — "Thanksgiving Table" No. 929 - Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $75.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. No. 930 - Children — Same as above. $35.00 may be used. Highest prize - $4.00. Flower Arrangement - "Autumn" No. 931 - To be composed of dried materials. Accessories may be used. Highest prize - $3.50. Terrariums — No. 932 - Large - Containers must be over 18 inches but must not exceed 36 inches in any dimension. 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 933 - Small - Containers must not exceed 18 inches in any di- mension. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 934 - Children's Class. $10.00 may be used. Fern or Berry Globes - No. 935 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 936 - Children's Class. $5.00 may be used. Herbs - No. 937 - Display of dried material grown or collected from the wild by exhibitor. $25.00 may be used for prizes. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND P. Educational Classes — No. 1 — Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 — Seniors - 14 through 20 years . ._ No. 3 — Club or group exhibit. $100.00 may be used. THE COULSON FUND Q. Educational Class — Adults $50.00 may be used. 54 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Fruit Display - No. 938 - Must contain at least three or more kinds of fruit. No res- triction as to arrangement, not to exceed 30 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office four days in advance. ★ ★ ★ S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT AWARD A Silver Medal, given in honor of Mr. Davenport, will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an exhibition of apples to recognize particular merit or excellence in quality. ★ ★ * Apple Display - No. 939 - 50 square feet. $150.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. Apples, forty-nine specimens — No. 940 Baldwin 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 941 Mcintosh 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 942 Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 943 Cortland 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 944 Macoun 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 945 Golden Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 946 Other named varieties. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 947 Basket of Fancy Apples. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 948 Basket of Fancy Pears. 3.00 2.50 2.00 (Baskets furnished by the Society) js, twelve specimens — No. 949 Baldwin 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 950 Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 951 Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 952 Cortland 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 953 Macoun 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 954 Northern Spy 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 955 R. I. Greening 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 956 Red Rome 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 957 Sweet varieties 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 958 - New varieties. Introduced since 1940. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 55 No. 959 - Old varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 960 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 961 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 962 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) R. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 WILLIAM EAMES FUND S. Roxbury Russet 3.00 2.50 2.00 T. Golden Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 Pears, twelve specimens — No. 963 - Bosc 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 964 - Anjou 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 965 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 966 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cranberries, Wild, one pint, no restrictions — No. 967 - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Fruits — No. 968 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Nuts — grown in Worcester County — No. 969 - Display of edible nuts. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 970 - One pint of each or any of the following: Chestnuts, Butternuts, Black Walnuts Hickory, Filbert, Hartnuts, English Walnuts, etc. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 56 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 HERBERT R. KINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD A bronze medal will be awarded at the discretion of the judges to an exhibitor of a vegetable or vegetables to recognize an exhibit of particular merit or excellence in quality or to recognize improvement by the exhibitor. Brussel Sprouts — No. 971 - Two one-quart baskets. 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Carrots, twelve specimens — No. 972 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Cauliflower - No. 973 - Three specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Celery, blanched, six specimens — No. 974 - Pascal Summer 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 975 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Onion, twelve specimens — No. 976 - White Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 977 - Red Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 978 - Ebenezer 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 979 - Yellow Danvers 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 980 - Any other variety. $8.00 may be used for prizes. No. 981 - Hybrid varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. .50 .50 .50 .50 Cabbage, three specimens — No. 982 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 983 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Parsnip, twelve specimens — No. 984 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Sugar Pumpkins — No. 985 - Three specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Field Pumpkins — No. 986 Two specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Squash, three specimens — No. 987 - Blue Hubbard 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 988 - Butternut. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 989 - Hercules type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 990 - Buttercup 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 991 - Table Queen Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 992 - Jumbo Table Queen 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 993 - Quality 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 57 No. 994 - Waltham Butternut 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 995 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, twelve specimens - No. 996 - Purple Top Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, six specimens — No. 997 - Rutabaga or Swedish 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 998 - Green Mountain 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 999 - Katahdin 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1000 - Chippewa 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1001 - Sebago 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1002 - Kennebec 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1003 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1004 - Any other variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 New Vegetables — No. 1005 - Recent Introductions. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) No. 1006 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Vegetables - No. 1007 - Market Baskets furnished by Society. Baskets to be so filled that it is possible to carry without contents falling off. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No prize over $3.50. No. 1008 - Display — not to exceed 24 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Ornamental Gourds, Natural — No. 1009 - DisDlav — not to exceed 15 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Field Beans — No. 1010 - Collection. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 58 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — (May "be set up the night before) No. 1011 - Juniors, under 14 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1012 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1013 - Juniors, under 14 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1014 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1015 — Vegetable Display — for Children. $15.00 may be used for prizes. ★ * * Annual Meeting - Thursday - December 7, 1972 Premiums will be paid on or after the Annual Meeting — State Award Money will be sent out upon receipt of same. ★ ★ * THE LIBRARY OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Library Committee wish to call your attention to the Library and Reading Room, where the librarian is always ready to extend every facility possible to those in search of horticultural information. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 59 COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS I'*™* *rown Co-Chairmen Edwin W. Proctor Mrs. Bertha G. Denny Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mrs. Fayre L. Nason, Librarian, Ex. Off. Kenneth Knight Everett Hutchins Mrs. Theodore Fowler Miss Marjorie Inman LIST OF PERIODICALS FOR READING IN THE LIBRARY American Forests American Fruit Grower American Horticultural Magazine American Nurseryman American Rose Magazine Arnoldia Farm Journal Farm Technology Floral Magazine Florist Exchange Florists' Review Flower & Garden Flower Grower Food Marketing in New England Gardener's Chronicle Gardener's Forum Garden Journal of the N. Y. Botanical Club Hemerocallis Journal Horticultural Society of N. Y. Bulletin Horticulture Landscape Architecture Market Growers Journal National Chrysanthemum Society National Parks Magazine Natural History Norfolk Botanical Garden Organic Gardening & Farming P. H. S. News Plants & Gardens - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record Popular Gardening Professional Gardener Rhodora, Journal N. E. Botanical Club Successful Farming SCHEDULE OF PRIZES OFFERED TO CHILDREN by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 1972 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL Juniors and Seniors may exhibit in any of the regular exhibits of the Society 2 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 WILD FLOWER GUIDE The following list is recommended by the Hadwen Botanical Club as a guide which may help plant collectors who hope to display Wild Flowers at the Worcester County Horticultural Society Exhibits. Group I Not to be shown at any time. common name 1) Aletris farinosa Colic root 2) All orchids except #6 and 11 in Group II 3) Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly-weed 4) Castilleja coccinea Painted-cup 5) Clematis vertici I laris Purple Virgin's Bower 6) Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn 7) Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches 8) Epigaea repens Mayflower • 9) Gentiana crinita Fringed Gentian 10) Linnaea borealis Twin Flower 11) Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 12) Orontium aquaticum Golden Club 13) Pentstemon (all) Pentstemon 14) Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron Group II Not to be pulled up; parts above the roots may be shown with moderation. COMMON NAME 1) Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry 2) Actaea rubra. Red Baneberry 3) Aquilegia canadensis Columbine 4) Calluna vulgaris Heather 5) Claytonia caroliniana Spring Beauty 6) Cypripedium acaule Pink Ladies' Slipper 7) Dentaria diphylla Toothwort 8) Genista tinctoria Genista 9) Gentiana andrewsii Closed Gentian 10) Gentiana linearis Narrow-leaved Gentian 11) Habenaria lacera Ragged Fringed Orchid 12) Hepatica americana Hepatica 13) Lilium canadense Canada Lily 14) Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily 15) Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant 16) Viola pubescens Yellow Violet Group III All others may be shown, but use judgment in picking. Never pick the last specimen. Flowers under cultivation are not classed as Wild Flowers. / WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD Saturday, July 22 and Thursday, August 17, 1972 Horticultural Building, 30 Elm Street • Prizes will be given for other meritorious exhibits. • Competition is open to all children under two classes: Seniors — 14 through 20 years Juniors — under 14 years (age as of January 1, 1972) CHILDREN ARE FREE TO ENTER ANY OF THE CLASSES FOR ADULTS IF THEY SO ELECT. • The exhibits of flowers and vegetables must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. • All exhibits of flowers and vegetables on July 22 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. All exhibits on August 17 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 P.M. To facilitate setting up exhibits, a member of the Youth Committee will be on hand at Horticultural Hall the evening preceding each show from 7 to 9 P.M. • All varieties of flowers and vegetables should be named. • Each vase shall have two or more flowers except when otherwise specified. Artistic Arrangement of all flowers will be considered by the judges. . In all exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club may be shown. Wild flowers under cul- tivation may not be shown in this class. (See Page 2) Your entry cards will be made out and ready for you if you mail in your list 4 days in advance. • At no time shall the exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. • The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens. . Premiums will be paid on or after September 15. • State award money will be sent out upon its receipt. • Vases, plates and everything necessary for the exhibition of the flowers and vegetables will be furnished by the Horticultural Society. • See Pages 16 and 17 for dates of other Youth Exhibits. YOUTH COMMITTEE 1972 Richard Bemis S. Lothrop Davenport Mary Calkins 1973 Deborah Hill Mrs. Louis Prunier Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mark Hume James McLain Casper Perednia 1974 4 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Saturday, July 22 All articles must be in the hall by 12:00 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 1 to 7:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $200 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior list. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 1 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 2 - Artistic Flower Arrangement - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Cosmos — No. 3 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 4 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 5 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias — No. 6 - Double — Grandifloras (over 2V2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 7 - Double - Multifloras (under 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 8 - Single — Grandifloras (over 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each No. 9 - Single - Multifloras (under 2M> inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold - No. 10 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 1 1 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes. Gladiolus - No. 12 - Three vases, 1 spike in each to be named 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Calendula — No. 13 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 Snapdragon — No. 14 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower - (One Kind) No. 15 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 16 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 17 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension - To be shown on a mirror 2.00 1.50 3 @ 1.25 5 @ 1.00 Wild Flowers — Named — No. 18 - 5 vases, 3 stems - Each to be named $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 19 - Artistic arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Setting - "Patio" or "Picnic" A. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. S30.00 may be used - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 20 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 Beets - No. 21 - Five specimens. $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — No. 22 - Two specimens. $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 23-15 Pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 24 - 15 Pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Sweet Corn — No. 25 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 26 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Cabbage — No. 27 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Carrots - No. 28 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 29 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 30 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable - No. 31 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Market Basket - No. 32 - Baskets furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 33 - One pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 7 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Saturday, July 22 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:00 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers - No. 35 No. 36 Cosmos — No. 37 Zinnia — No. 38 No. 39 Marigold — No. 40 No. 41 Gladiolus — No. 42 Petunia — No. 43 No. 44 No. 45 No. 46 Calendula — No. 47 Display, not over 9 square feet 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Artistic Arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named Double — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Double — Multifloras (under 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Multifloras (under 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Any Other Flower — No. 48 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 49 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 50 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — i\jo. b I Artistic arrangement. (See Rule on Wild Flowers $5.00 may be used for - Page 2) prizes No. 52 - 5 vases, 3 stems each — To be named $10.00 may be used for prizes - "Patio" or "Picnic" ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND B. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water, glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week ' n advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Veqetables — No. 53 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 1 5 varieties 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 54 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Summer Squash No. 55 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 56 - 1 5 pods - Yellow S8.00 may be used for prizes No. 57 - 1 5 pods - Green S8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 58 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 59 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 60 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cabbage — No. 61 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 Carrots — No. 62 - Five specimens Cucumber — No. 63 - Two specimens Onion — No. 64 - Five specimens Any Other Vegetable — No. 65 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 66 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 67 - One pint 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Thursday, August 17 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior List. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 68 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 69 - Artistic Flower Arrangement-$8.00 may be used for prizes Cosmos - No. 70 - Vase 1.25 1.00 .75 Zinnia — No. 71 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 72 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Petunia — No. 73 - Double — Grandifloras (over 2V2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 74 - Double — Multifloras (under 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 75 - Single — Grandifloras (over 2V2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 76 - Single - Multifloras (under 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold — No. 77 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 78 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $8.00 may be used for prizes 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 11 Calendula - No. 79 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — No. 80 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Gladiolus No. 81 - Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Best Spike in the Class — Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - No. 82 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize Ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Perennial — No. 83 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 84 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension — To be shown on mirror. $15.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 85 - Five vases, 3 stems each - To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 86 - A rtistic arrangement. $10.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers — Page 2) Herb Display — No. 87 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 88 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For A Holiday" C. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 89 - Display of vegetables — Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.75 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Beets - No. 90 - Five specimens Summer Squash — No. 91 - Two specimens String Beans — No. 92 - 15 pods - Yellow No. 93 - 15 pods - Green Potato - No. 94 - Five specimens Sweet Corn — No. 95 - Five ears Tomato, ripe — No. 96 - Five specimens Carrots — No. 97 - Five specimens Cabbage — No. 98 - Two specimens Cucumber — No. 99 - Two specimens $8.00 may be used for prizes $8.00 may be used for prizes $8.00 may be used for prizes $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Green Peppers — No. 100 - Five specimens Onion — No. 101 - Five specimens Any Other Vegetable — No. 102 - $10.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 103 - Baskets furnished. $10.00 may be used for prizes WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 13 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Thursday, August 17 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers - No. 104 No. 105 Cosmos — No. 106 Zinnia — No. 107 No. 108 Marigold — No. 109 No.110 Gladiolus - No. 111 No. 112 Petunia — No. 113 Display - not to exceed 9 square feet Artistic arrangement — Vase 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Best Spike in the Class — Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner No. 114 No. 115 No. 116 Double — Grandifloras (over 21/2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Double — Multifloras (under 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single — Grandifloras (over 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each Single - Multifloras (under 2Y2 inches in diameter) 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1972 Calendula — No.117 - Three vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.00 .75 Any Other Flower — No. 118 - Three vases, 1 stem each — $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 119 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial - No. 120 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person - $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 121 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 122 - Five vases, 3 stems each To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes Herb Display - No. 123 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 124 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For a Holiday" D. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 125 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 1 5 varieties. 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 126 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Summer Squash — No. 127 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 String Beans - No. 128 - 15 pods — Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 129 - 15 pods — Green $8.00 may be used for prizes 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 Potato - No. 130 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn - No. 131 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 132 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 133 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cabbage — No. 134 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 135 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Green Peppers — No. 136 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Onion — No. 137 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 138 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 139 - $5.00 may be used for prizes 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY GRAND HARVEST FESTIVAL Opening - Friday - November 3 - 2 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 4- 9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday - November 5 - 1 to 8:00 P.M. Monday - November 6-9 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 7 1 o'clock Friday. Table Decoration — "Beautiful and Bountiful" — Thanksgiving Table No. 931 - Children. Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. Highest prize — $4.00. Terrarium — No. 935 - Large or small $10.00 may be used for prizes Fern or Berry Globes — No. 937 - Children's Class $5.00 may be used for prizes SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND I - EDUCATIONAL CLASSES No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors — 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group exhibit Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — May be set up the night before. No. 1011 - Juniors, under 14 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No.1012 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1013 - Juniors, under 14 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1972] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 No. 1014 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1015 - Vegetable Display - Children $15.00 may be used for prizes. Other children's classes will be held at the following shows of the Horticultural Society Anniversary Show May 26, 1972 Iris Show Thursday- June 8, 1972 Rose Show Thursday- June 22, 1972 — Crowning of the 1972 Rose Queen — Lilies Show Thursday- July 13, 1972 Dahlia Show Thursday - Sept. 14, 1972 SPRING EXHIBITION - MARCH 1973 Free admission to exhibitors. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. - EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group. Transactions of Worcester County Horticultural Society Officers of the Year 1973 ★ * * Repdrts df the Officers and Committee Year Ending November 3D, 1972 3D Elm Street. Worcester. Massachusetts TRANSACTIONS 1973 TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers, Trustees & Committee Members Reports Finance Committee Treasurer Contributors to the Society Fruit Committee Building Committee Personnel Committee Exhibition Committee Garden Awards Lecture Committee Hospitality Committee Scholarship Committee Youth Committee Library Committee Membership Public Relations Committee Judge of Plants & Flowers Judge of Fruit Judge of Flower Arrangements Executive Director President Robert G. Hess John F. Reynders 5 8 S. James Mistark Paul E. Rogers Arthur J. O'Mara Paul E. Rogers Bernard N. Kn owl ton Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. George H. Longstreet Mrs. Evalgeline D. Standish Mrs. Olive L. Prunier Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Ivan M. Spear Lewis A. Hodgkinson Rockwood H. Thayer, M.D Richard V. Salo Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Pages 2 - 3 4 6 - 7 9-10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 - 24 25 26 27 28 20 1 OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1973 PRESIDENT PALMER W. BIGELOW, JR. VICE PRESIDENTS PAUL E. ROGERS ARNOLD BANNING EDWA RD CLI FFO RD SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD HONORARY SECRETARY & DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON 1973 Miss Isabel Arms Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Lewis Brotherton Mrs. Frank L. Harrington Mrs. Roger N. Heald Lewis Hodgkinson Edmund V. Mezitt S. James Mistark Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen George H. Pride Duane T. Sargisson Mrs. Clairmont B. Standish TRUSTEES 1974 Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. Armand Benoit Mr. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Curtis Clark Mr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Mrs. John Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James McLain Mrs. Richard Mirick Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert Stoddard Mrs. Robert Whipple 1975 Mr. Richard Bemis John Curtis Merritt Cutting Mrs. Leola Fraim Robert Hess Arthur Keown Majorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mr. Gustaf Nelson Mrs. Arthur O'Mara Emerson Robarge EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. HONORARY TRUSTEES Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Richard A. Flagg Howard L. Borggaard Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mr. Edwin Proctor Leslie E. Winter George J. Moore, Sr. COMMITTEES 1973 JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES WILD FLOWERS ASSOCIATE JUDGE Mr. Richard V. Salo Mr. Lewis Hodgkinson Dr. Rockwood Thayer Mr. R. Alden Miller Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Arthur D. Keown, Chr. NOMINATING COMMITTEE Mrs. Richard Mirick Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Frederick D. Brown, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mrs. Allen Estabrook LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. E. A. Denny Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Theodore Fowler M rs. Frank Harrington, Sr., Chr. Richard Bemis SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Richard Mirick, Chr. Mr. John Auchmoody Mrs. Richard O. Gifford Mr. Frederick Brown Mrs. Mrs. Gordon Butler, Chr. J. Edmond Harris LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. Elliot Knowlton Mrs. David Milliken Mrs. Louis Prunier Casper J. Perednia Paul Rogers Mrs. Stanley Morton 2 EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Richard Salo, Chr. Arthur Turnbull Mrs. Jack Bellew Richard Bemis Mrs. Clarence Chase Mrs. Samuel Howie Edward Sauer Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Mrs. Robert Hess Carl Holm Wallace Parker Casper Perednia George H. Pride Emerson Robarge Mrs. L. Brotherton Paul Shusas Rockwood Thayer Lewis Hodgkinson R. Alden Miller Howard Borggaard Arthur J. O'Mara Mrs. Louis Prunier, Chr. Debbie Hill Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt, Chr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Martin Brooks Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. Richard Hutchins YOUTH COMMITTEE Mark Hume James McLain Casper J. Perednia HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs, Chas. Fay Mrs. Paul Fechheimer Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Geo. Longstreet Mrs. Albert Jones Debbie King Mrs. E. Standish Debbie Shepard Mrs. H. L. Plumley Mrs. Edwin White Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. Mrs. Roger Pauquet Mrs. Robert P. Wile Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Curtis Clark. Chr. GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Warren Tucker GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Miss Isabel Arms, Chr. Alden Stone Marjorie Inman Merritt Cutting Russell Stobbs PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE S. Lothrop Davenport James Mistark John Curtis, Chr. Mrs. Robert C. Milton, Chr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Chr. Arthur D. Keown FINANCE COMMITTEE Duane Sargisson BUILDING COMMITTEE Herbert E. Berg PERSONNEL COMMITTEE John E. Auchmoody, Chr. William Goss Mrs. W. H. Hurlburt Frank Harrington E. J. Malchisky Mr. K. G. A. Andersson Robert Hess Thomas Simone Paul Rogers Mrs. Evangeline Standish PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Ivan Spear, Chr. Mrs. Robert Whipple Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Mrs. Myron Converse Mrs. J. Edmond Harris 3 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Our largest investment is the Front Street property, currently leased to the Newberry Company. This returns an income of $40,000 per year which represents four-fifths of our operating income ex- cept for the amount raised by our Director through special solicita- tion. Inasmuch as Newberry pays the real estate taxes, which this year totaled $29,857. plus the cost of repairs and maintenance, we would need approximately $75,000. in income to equal today's return. Mr. Pierpont reported to the trustees at our September meeting that the property was in good condition. With the building of Worcester Center, the new W.C.I.S. branch bank on Harrington corner and the Worcester County National Bank building, now under construction, our property should be more valuable - but a lot depends on business conditions when the lease expires, six years from next June (1979). The funds which are being invested for us by the Mechanics National Bank increased 15 per cent over a year ago and their last statement to us, dated October 13th, showed a total market value of $191,478. The recent market advance has added approximately $10,000. to that figure. The Finance Committee holds regular meetings with the bank's investment officer to evaluate their performance. This fund provides insurance that we will have a substantial asset to use if needed, when the time comes to seek a new tenant for the Front Street property. We have $17,269. in unrestricted funds, and $24,049. in restricted funds invested in savings banks. I would like to call your special attention to the fact that the Director raised $10,894. through special solicitation, thus enabling us to balance our budget. Eliminating one gift of $1,500., the balance of this sum came from 221 people, an average of approximately $42.00 - a tribute to his good work as well as the interest of many of our members . We regret the loss of the valued advice and counsel of our colleague on the committee, Mr. Raymond Harold. The vacancy caused by his death was not filled due to the nearness of the end of the fiscal year. Respectfully submitted, Robert G. Hess, Chairman Finance Committee 4 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1972 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Schedule 1 CURRENT FUND BALANCE, December 1, 1971 $1,499.71 OPERATING INCOME Rent - Front Street Real Estate Use of Horticultural Hall Spring Show Admissions Membership Fees Restricted Fund Income (For Prizes Interest Income Total OPERATING INCOME ADD - Interest and Dividends earned) on Investments ) TOTAL INCOME TOTAL $39,999.96 939.50 5,947.75 3,230.50 1,015.83 348.32 51,481.86 2,918.90 54,400.76 55,900.47 DEDUCT DISBURSEMENTS Operating Expenses from Schedule 2 $59,624.89 Other Disbursements: Interest and Dividends reinvested) in the Investment Account and ) Service Charges ) 2,918.90 Total DISBURSEMENTS EXCESS OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER INCOME (Before special Solicitation) 62,543.79 ($6,643.32) CONTRIBUTIONS (from Special Solicitation 10,894.00 CURRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE, November 30, 1972 to SCHEDULE 3 $4,250.68 5 Schedule 2 OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1972 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Salaries $26,588.02 Social Security Taxes 1,730.69 Retirement Fund Contributions 500.00 Light, Heat and Water 4,299.21 Building repairs and Maintenance 3, 803.97 Premiums Awarded (l) 9, 713.80 Exhibition Expense and Premium Book 3,727.16 Children's Gardens 846.31 Experimental Orchard (net) 584.25 Library 1,252.83 Garden Committee and Lectures 345.21 Publicity and Public Relations 87 . 06 Insurance 2,232.27 Office Supplies and Telephone 1,726. 08 Annual Report and Other Printing 745.02 Postage 858.81 Scholarships 700.00 Provision for Capital Repairs 1,000.00 Non-Budgeted Items 52.70 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES TO SCHEDULE 1 $59,624.89 (l) For information purposes only, the State Department of Agriculture has made awards totaling $5,777.00 to our exhibitors in addition to those made by this Society. STATEMENT OF CONDITION NOVEMBER 30, 1972 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Schedule 3 ASSETS NET CURRENT ASSETS Cash on Hand and in Bank $7,867.10 Deduct - Bnployee Taxes and Accounts Payable 3,6l6.42 Net Current Fund Assets $4,250.68 INVESTMENTS The Mechanics National Bank Trust Dept. Common Stock (At Cost 10/31/72) 135,016.11 (Market Value 10/13/72 $191,^78.22) Retirement Fund (in Savings Bank) 9,695.39 Society Funds (in Savings Banks) 17,269.27 Total Investment Fund Assets 161,980.77 RESTRICTED FUNDS Principal Amount (in Savings Bank) Accumulated Interest (in Savings Bank) Landscape Gardeners Scholarship Fund) (In Savings Bank) Total Restricted Fund Assets 17,770.00 5,225.49 1,053.95 24,049.44 PLANT ASSETS Real Estate Equipment Total Plant Assets 508,467.00 26,171.16 534,638.16 TOTAL ASSETS $724,919.05 RESERVES AND SURPLUS CURRENT FUND OPERATING SURPLUS from Schedule 1 RESERVE FOR INVESTMENTS RESERVE FOR RESTRICTED FUNDS $4,250.68 161,980.77 24,049.44 RESERVE FOR PLANT ASSETS TOTAL RESERVES AND SURPLUS 534,638.16 $724,919.05 7 Contributions to the Society have following members and friends and A. Abbott, Alden W. Adshead, Mona Alano, Mr. & Mrs. Carlo Allen, Mrs. Charles A., II Alden, George I. Trust Fund Anderson, Alton Arms, Mrs. Clarence S. Arms, Miss Isabel K. Auchmoody, Mr. & Mrs. John B. Baker, Peter B. Bartlett, Mrs. Asa Beals, Mr. Philip C. Beaman Oak Garden Club Benoit, Armand A. Benoit, Dr. & Mrs. Noe Bernadin, George F. Blodget, Chester B. Booth, Mrs. Howard M. Borgatti, Anthony A., Jr. Borger, Mrs. Henry C. Bowditch, Robert S. Bowes, Miss Frances P. Bretholtz, Mrs. Nathan Brotherton, Mr. & Mrs. L. Brown, Frederick D. Brown, Mrs. G. Trowbridge Buck, Mr. & Mrs. David M. Buckingham, Mrs. H. Paul Burguet, Mrs. Jacques J. Burrow, Dr. & Mrs. Jarrel Butler, Marion I. Byram, Joseph G. C. Calkins, Mr. & Mrs. N.M.,Jr. Campbell, Charles B. Canton, Mrs. Richard Carberry, Mrs. Joseph Carlson, Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf Carmody, Mrs. John Christensen, William Christman, Miss Alice R. Clark, Mrs. Curtis M. Clifford, Edward L. Coates, Mr. & Mrs. Austin Coe, Mrs. Jefferson Coe, Mrs. Philip F. Coghlin, Edwin B. Coghlin, Mr. & Mrs. John Collier, Mrs. Edmund Coon, Mrs. James R. Cowan, Mrs. Fairman C. been received during 1972 from the are deeply appreciated. Cristy, Edna V. Crocker, Mrs. Douglas Cross, Mrs. Ralph Curtis, John W. Cutting, Mr. & Mrs. Merritt D. Dahlstrom, Winifred E. Daniels, Fred Harris Foundation Daniels, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Daniels, Mrs. F. Harold Davis, Mr. & Mrs. Warren Dean Florists, Inc. Denny, Mrs. E. Arthur Dewey, Mrs. Charles N. Dewey, Mr. & Mrs. F. H. , Jr. Dickerman, Stuart B. Dickinson, Miss Alice Dik, Robert E. Doherty, Elaine F. Dowries, William A. Duffy, Mrs. Ralph E. E. Erskine, Linwood M., Jr. Ewer, Mr. & Mrs. John C. F. Fairbanks, Mrs. Edward J. Fales, Mrs. Gerald Fay, Mrs. Charles R. Fechheimer, Mrs. Paul R. Fittz, Paul H. Fletcher, Mr. & Mrs. Paris Fraim, Mrs. Irving W. Freeman, Mr. & Mrs. Howard G. G. Gifford, Mr. & Mrs. Richard 0. Glavin, Irving A. Gleason, Dorothy M. Goddard, Mrs. Robert H. Goldsberry, Dr. John J., Sr. Gooch, Mr. & Mrs. Horace Goodman, Herbert M. & Phyllis R. Charitable Trust Goodnow, Judson M. Gow, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Grahame, Mr. & Mrs. Orville F. Grosvenor, Raymond P. Gustafson, Harold V. Guterman, Dr. & Mrs. Burte H. Haburay, Joseph K. Hale, Ruth E. Hall, Winthrop G. Harold, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Harper, Earl T. Harrington, Frank C. Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Prank L. Harrower, Mrs. Harriet Harvard Garden Club Haskell, Charles L. Heald, Mrs. Richard Heald, Mrs. Roger N. Heberton, Mrs.' Robert M. Hess, Mrs. Robert G. Heywood, Mrs. Chester D. Heywood, Mrs. Philip B. Higgins, Bradley Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, Warren Hill, Mr. & Mrs. Oliver & Family Hodge, William W. Hodgkinson, Lewis A. Holton, Mrs. Darrell D. Horgan, James Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Howie, Mrs. Virginia Huff, Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Hurlburt, H. Waite Hutchins, Everett I. Inman, Miss Marjorie J. Jeppson, Mrs. George N. Jeppson, Mr. & Mrs. John Jeppson Memorial Fund Johnson, Arthur H. Jones, Dr. & Mrs. Albert, J. K. Keith, Mrs. Joseph L. , III Keown, Arthur D. Kinney, Azelda M. Kinney, Robert F. Knight, Mr. & Mrs . Harold N. Knowlton, Mrs. Elliott B. L. Lane, Mrs. Richard S. Langley, Roger F. Lasell, Mrs. J. W. Lebeaux, Reuben Leclaire, Mrs. Ernest F. LeVeen, Mr. & Mrs . Edward, Jr. Lewis, Mrs. Sylvia K. Lincoln, Mrs. Daniel W. Lindgren, Mrs. Dorothy F. Little, Miss Rachel G. Llewellyn, Mrs. A. B. Lodding, Mrs. Marjorie Loring, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Losert, Mrs. R. E. Lundin, Greta L. M. Macarchuk, Mrs. N. Mangold, Mrs. Wilfred J. Manks, Miss Dorothy S. Mason, Mrs. Sydney R. Massey, Robert Means, Dr. & Mrs. Blanchard W. Mercer, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Merrill, Mrs. Vincent Meyersohn, Mrs. Magda Milliken, Mrs. David J. Milton, Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Milton, Mrs. Stanley B. Mistark, S. James Mitchell, William N. Mix, Mrs. Donald G. Moore, Mrs. Arthur R. Moreau, Miss Elsie G. Morgan Foundation Morgan, Mrs. Myles Morgan, Mrs. Peter S. Morgan, Mrs. Philip M. Morgan, Mrs. Weld Morton, Mrs. Stanley R. Mulvey, Josephine N. Nagle, Mary E. Najarian, Mr. & Mrs. Arsen Northboro Garden Club 0. O'Mara, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. P. Parker, Miss Katherine V. Batrone, Charles L. Pauquet, Mrs. Roger Peairs, Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Pearson, Mr. & Mrs. Alfred K. Percival, Mrs. Don Perkins, Dwight A. Petersen, Mrs. C. Raymond Petter, Mrs. John B. Pettit, Mr. & Mrs. William, Jr. Philips, Dr. & Mrs. Smith G. Phillips, Al Pierpont, Mr. Harlan T. , Jr. 9 Plumley, Mr. & Mrs. H. Ladd Prouty, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Proctor, Edwin W. R. Reed, Mrs. Alden Rice, Mrs. Albert Rice, Rosemary Ringe, Albert Fogge Robertson, Edith C. Rutherford, Mr. & Mrs. R. J. S. Salisbury Mansion Assoc., Inc. Salo, Rivhard V. Sanderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Sargent, John A. Sargisson, Duane T. Seelye, Mrs. Laurens C. Sharfman, Mr. & Mrs. Norman Shearer, Mrs. William Shellabarger, Vifvan G. W. Sherman, Margaret E., Trust Shoemaker, Robert C. Sistare, Mrs. Donald W. Skeates, Mrs. Arthur J. Small, Miss Rena 0. Smith, Mrs. Channing S. Smith, Miss Laura G. Smith, Wayne C. Spear, Dr. & Mrs. Ivan M. Standish, Mrs. Evangeline Stanton, Mrs. Kenneth Stearns, Dorothy A. Steele, Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Stewart, James K. Stimson, Virginia C. Stinson, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Stobbs, Russell M. Stoddard Charitable Trust Stoddard, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Stratton, Mrs. Albert L. Surprenant, The Albert H. Charitable Trust T. Taft, Mr. & Mrs. Clarence W. Taylor, George B., Jr. Tessier, Mrs. Ernest Thies, Prof. Wilbur H. Thomas, Mildred C. Trask, Miss G. Hazel Tucker, Mr. & Mrs. Warren D. Turner, Lily V. VanDugteren, Mrs. Ann W. Wells, Mrs. George B. Wells, Mrs. Roy A. Weston Nurseries, Inc. Whipple, William J. Williams, Gertrude E. Worcester County 4-H Advisory Council Y. Young, Mr. & Mrs. Cecil 10 REPORT OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This past year has been the best year for our apple scion program. We received 128 orders and mailed out 2,075 scions. The greatest portion going to the state of Maine. The most popular varieties were Roxbury Russet and Esopus Spitzenburg. Again , we are receiving a great many requests for information about the 1973 Scion Program. The Poulins have made available scions for the 1973 season. The old variety orchard received a heavy pruning this past Spring and a heavy new growth of scion wood was made. The Sturbridge Village Preservation Apple Orchard Project will be further developed and over 100 varieties of old varieties will be planted as a joint venture with the Worcester County Horticultural Society. Plans are now underway for an Arbor Day planting taking place on Saturday, April 28, 1973. Mr. Davenport and Mr. Mistark made three trips this past summer to co-ordinate the tree growing program at Sturbridge. Miller Nurseries of Canandaigua, New York will deliver about 40 old varieties to augment the supply at Sturbridge. Last Fall, 11 bud stick orders were filled with 285 bud sticks being shipped. An exhibit of old apple varieties were shown at Philadelphia and a special medal award was received by our Society. It was noted that just 100 years ago, our Society won a Certificate for an exhibit of pears at the U.S. Centennial Commission exhibit in Pennsylvania. A State Award for a fine exhibit of old apple varieties at the Worcester Center last Fall was received. It should be noted that in a new book "Vegetables & Fruits" issued by the Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening devoted several pages to old apple varieties entitled "A New Interest in Old Time Apples" with an excellent picture of S. Lothrop Davenport. If this Society is to continue a scion program for 1973 without Mr. Davenport's participation, ways and means must be finalized not later than January 15, 1973. S. James Mistark, Chairman Pro tern 11 REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society On behalf of the Building Committee, it is my pleasure to report that your building continues to be in fine condition. The following areas have been painted: Outside trim by the parking lot All fire escapes and rails Two back halls and stairs The freight elevator The Ladies toilet on the first floor northeast side and the closet and toilet on first floor southeast side Utilizing a $6,000. grant from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, the southeast entrance and the northwest first floor toilets have been rebuilt for use by the handicapped. Effort has been expended to set up the east bay on the first floor as a Garden Club Room. Our continuing thanks to Ed Herron, who by performing all tasks equally well, maintains this building in prime condition. Paul E. Rogers Chairman Building Committee REPORT OF THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Personnel Committee held two meetings during the year. Salaries and work responsibilities of the employees were discussed. It was voted that tiob specifications be written for the positions of the Librarian and Custodian. The committee also voted to increase the amount of Blue Cross - Blue Shield coverage paid by the Worcester County Horticultural Society for Mr. Herron and Mrs. Nason. Vacation time for employees was reviewed and the Personnel Committee voted that a four-week vacation be allowed after fifteen years or more of service. The co-operation and splendid work of Mr. Herron, Mrs. Nason and Mr. Pierpont are sincerely appreciated. Arthur J. O'Mara Chairman Personnel Committee 12 REPORT OF THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This past season your Society staged the usual exhibitions: the Spring Show, Iris, Rose, Lily, Hemerocallis , Gladiolus, Dahlia Shows, and the Fall Festival. In addition, to commemorate the Arnold Arboretum's Centennial Celebration, a special Anniversary Flower Show was held on May 26, 1972. As part of the City of Worcester's 250th Celebration, a special exhibit of plants was displayed the week of September 18 to 23, 1972, at the Worcester Center. The Fall Festival, already unique as the only major Fall Flower Show in the northeast, became doubly so for us as it was held in the spacious Worcester Center. Planning, staging, and exhibiting at the show was a stimulating, exciting, confusing, exhausting ex- perience. As a vehicle to display our wares to the general public, it was splendid. It is estimated that upwards of 70,000 people viewed the show. Naturally our commercial exhibitors feel that large numbers of people seeing the exhibits make their time and money in- volvement worthwhile. Owing to vandalisms, confusion, and difficul- ties of staging, some of the fruit, flower, and vegetable exhibitors were not as pleased with the Center location. Our members as well as regular visitors sorely missed the Hall - lack of continuity, atmosphere, feeling of serenity were repeatedly mentioned. Also the amount of necessary walking, the crowds, and the voids in displays were noted. The general public loved the show, from the youngster who picked up an apple, to the Center employee who remarked that she "never realized how bleak the Galleria had been until it was filled with plants and flowers." The Worcester Center Associates were quite pleased with the show and would like it staged there next year. It is, I feel, the duty of the membership to give direction to the 1973 Exhibition Committee. What is your pleasure? Or better, what is your philosophy? For whom do we stage a show - the exhibitors, the membership, the general public? Two out of three? All of these? Special thanks to all those whose efforts made our ten exhibi- tions fun to stage, exciting to see, and a credit to our Society. Paul E. Rogers Chairman 13 REPORT OP GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This has been a very active year visiting, inspecting, fraternizing and taking Kodachrome slides of interesting garden plantings in our district. Worcester County stretches from the Rhode Island and Connecticut line north to New Hampshire. It is the largest county in our state and requires many miles of travel to cover and see it properly. Because of the excellent team work of this committee, we have made possibly one hundred fifty visitations and taken over 200 slides. These friendly visits are certainly an excellent way to build up good public relations for our Society. Your committee, Mrs. John Carmody, Ernest Hansen, Miss Isabel Arms, Merritt Cutting, Armand Benoit and myself working closely with President Bigelow and Executive Director Harlan Pierpont, have decided on the following 26 awards for 1972. 16 Private (Home Gardens) 5 Schools, Colleges, Museums, Churches 5 Industries On Thursday, January 11, 1973 at 2:00 P.M., come and help us congratulate these winners at the award presentation and enjoy seeing these gardens via projected slides. Bernard N. Kn owl ton Chairman 14 REPORT OF THE LECTURE COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The committee has met twice and there have been several consultations with the director to plan programs. A written survey was conducted last January and members and guests were given an opportunity to indicate their preference of sub- jects for the 1973 lectures. The committee has endeavored to plan the current series keeping in mind the preferences clearly indicated in the questionnaire. The first lecture, held on November l6th, was presented by Mr. Alfred Fordham of the Arnold Arboretum - those present enjoyed hearing about "Birds and Seed Dispersal." Many specimens of fruited shrubs and trees increased our knowledge of what the birds like. The next three lectures will be as follows: January l8th - Joseph Haburay - "Natchez Garden Pilgrimage" February 15th - Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. - "Ground Covers and Mulching" April 19th - Mrs. Roger Hallowell and Mrs. Henry Cate, Chairman of Flower Arrangements (Boston Museum of fine Arts) Another plan to stimulate an increase in society membership and lecture attendance was implemented this year. Garden Club Presidents and their members from the Worcester area including Hudson, Marlboro, Northboro were invited to join us at a coffee period one half hour prior to scheduled lectures. Those who re- sponded enjoyed the friendly atmosphere but we must confess the out of town members present were not overwhelming. The sociability and hospitality of coffee and sweets before the lecture was so ob- viously enjoyed by our "regular" attendants, it was decided to con- tinue the custom this year. Our committee extends its appreciation to Mr. Pierpont for his advice and direction and to Mrs. Nason and Mr. Herron for their assistance and courtesies. I am most grateful to the committee members who so willingly helped arrange programming and refreshments this year. Mrs. J. Edmond Harris, Chair. Mrs. Gordon S. Butler Mrs. Roger N. Heald Mrs. Elliot Knowlton Mrs. David J. Milliken Mr. Paul E. Rogers 15 REPORT OF THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Hospitality Committee functioned as usual by acting as hostesses themselves and getting others to cover all the shows during the year. The real challenge came when the Trustees decided to hold the Fall Harvest Festival at the new Worcester Center, and looked to us to provide hourly coverage at strategic points of the show for 8 J. days. This was done to the best of our ability, resulting in about 100 men and women giving well over 150 hours. The official information desk allowed us half its space, where our personnel reported in and got their assignments, one of them being right there to give out literature and explain member- ships, and obtaining a few. Polishing and selling apples seemed to be a pleasant involvement for both seller and buyers, netting us $120.00. It was great to be involved in such a thrilling project. For myself, in addition to working on the spot, the most fun was filling in the blank spaces on the master chart with the volunteers names as they came in. I might add that I also thoroughly enjoyed tearing up reams of notes to myself when it was all over. Marguerite J. Longstreet 'Chairman Hospitality Committee 16 REPORT OF SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Scholarship Committee met twice during the year. The first meeting was to review material sent out the previous year, to consider using the same or to make any changes for this year. Information concerning scholarships given by the Worcester County Horticultural Society was sent to schools and to the Worcester County Extension Service to make known to 4-H club members. Scholar- ship forms were sent to all interested, who requested them. Requests came in slowly so the committee did not review them until the middle of June, instead of in May. 10 Applications were received and were reviewed on the basis of - need, horticultural interests, and school grades. Recommenda- tions that came along with the applications helped the committee with its decisions. Five young people were awarded scholarships. One was for $300.00 and four were for $100.00 each. It is hoped that this scholarship fund may grow each year so that the society can give more and larger scholarships to deserving youth majoring in Horticulture or a related field of Horticulture. I'm sure all of us recognize that this field of knowledge is one of great importance for mankind, not only for now, but for the future . Evangeline D. Standish, Chairman Scholarship Committee 17 REPORT OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Working with the young people interested in our Society has been a particular joy for me in the past year. I have been fascinated by the plant world for many years and sharing this pleasure has been re- warding. One of the activities of the Youth Committee has been setting up the box garden program with Southern Worcester 4-H Club. 22 boxes (8"x48") were built, filled and planted with petunias. Mr. Gustaf C. Nelson and Mr. Wamback were a great help in this work. There is a new group of youngsters each year in this project with about 1/3 re- peating. This does introduce gardening and beautif ication to young- sters living in a very densely populated part of the city. We would like to have all boxes visible to the street but because of vandalism most gardens are protected on back porches. The garden contest has 150 entries. Of these, 30 were mini- gardens in Fitchburg. Through the efforts of 2 4-H leaders, Julia Wheeler and Marci Soini, a plot of land was cultivated for the pro- ject. They also hired a bus and brought the children to Worcester Center for the Awards Program and to see the Fall Flower Festival. Their program included nutrition and cooking. Good gardening and good nutrition go hand in hand. The gardeners enjoyed the friendly visit of Mr. S. L. Davenport and Mr. A. Huey, as they inspected and gave the gardens the final judging. Much appreciation is due them. Young people exhibited in all the shows possible. The quality of exhibits was good. Great improvement was also shown in the Table Settings. Educational Exhibits, particularly at the Anniversary Show were outstanding. Last year a series of evening meetings were held for young gar- deners. Topics discussed were: "What is in the Garden and Horticult- ural judging program for you" by the 4-H agents, Mrs. Standish and Mrs. Prunier; "Setting up an Educational Exhibit" by Paul Rogers; Preparing a Horticultural Demonstration by Edward Sauer and 4-H mem- bers; Gladiolus Culture by Al Croteau and Norco Society members, which was given at the 4-H center in Spencer. This was a rewarding series that we hope to continue with added topics. The Youth Committee met twice during the past year. Since the Society does offer so much to young people, I would recommend that we expand this committee by doubling the number of young people on it. I feel that it would make the committee more vital and effective. The committee now consists of 6 adults and 3 young people. I would like to express appreciation to the Worcester County Horticultural Society for the help and co-operation given to the 4-H Clubs of Worcester County. The programs strengthen each other and spreads the joys of the horticultural world. My sincere thanks in being able to serve. Olive L. Prunier, Chairman 18 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mr. President and members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Library Committee met frequently during the year, at which time we discussed the purchase of books and selection of magazines. The collections of periodicals in the stack room have been re- arranged and a permanent file has been established. In order to make room for new acquisitions, the book shelves in the stack room have been organized. We have joined the "Worcester Area Union List of Serials1' and 20 of our magazines will be listed there. In all, our library was enriched by 116 volumes of which 40 were purchased and 76 donated. The donors were: American Museum of Natural History Arnold Arboretum Frederick D. Brown Edward Colt Mrs. Myron Converse Stearns L. Davenport Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Harold D. Donohue Ernest Hansen Mrs. Roger N. Heald Mrs. Robert G. Hess Carl Holm Mrs. George McCabe Mrs. David J. Milliken Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard Mrs. Albert N. Stratton Because of the increased cost of books, we are limited in what we can purchase - any gift to the society would be appreciated. We are fortunate to have many new and interesting books and we hope that more members will take advantage of them and suggest to others that they also make use of our library. Frederick D. Brown Edwin W. Proctor Co-chairmen 19 MEMBERSHIP - 1972 During 1972, 162 members joined our Society, 155 Annual and 7 Life. We have lost by death 33, and 45 failed to renew. The present membership is 1,107. The largest total of members in the history of the Society. One boy was given a Life Membership by the Society for winning first place in the Garden Contest for three years in a row. Following are listed new members in 1972 : Annual Mr . & Mrs . Carlo Alano Mr. & Mrs. Dutton R. Alden, Jr. Mrs. Alicia M. Anger & Family Mrs. Mark S. Anschutz Mr. & Mrs. John C. Assad Mr. & Mrs. Edwin G. Bagley Mrs. Ernesta D. Ballard Mrs. Barbara joan Barbera Mrs. James Barringer Mr. Laurence W.L.Barrington Mr. & Mrs. Gardner E. Bell Mr. George F. Bernadin Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Borno Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Boucher Miss Frances P. Bowes Mr. & Mrs. G. Trowbridge Brown Mr. Paul Bruso Mr. & Mrs. A. G. Bullock Mrs. Frances Burns Dr. & Mrs. Jarrel G. Burrow Mr. & Mrs. Eldon S. Chapman Miss Isabella V. Choate Mrs. Ralph C. Choate Mrs. James F. Coakley Mr. Edwin B. Coghlin Mrs. Honey Cronin Mrs. Mary Cygielnik Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Damon Mrs. Dwight C. Daniels Mrs. Theodore Deitz Mr. & Mrs. Lucian J. Dembski Mr. Robert E. Dik Miss Elaine Doherty Mr. & Mrs. Donald V. Dolan Mrs . Edmund Dona Rev. Henry A. Donoghue Mrs. Michael C. Dowd Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Eagan. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Elliott Mrs. John Engelsted Mrs. Frederick L. Fish Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fleming Mr. Wayne H. Folger Mr. Harold C. Fortin Mr. Robert J. Frederico Miss Lydia Gage Mrs. William Gleason Mrs. Robert H. Goddard Mrs. Harold E. Goff Mrs. Frederic L. Good Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Goodale Mrs. Herbert Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Otis A. Goodrich Dr. & Mrs. Harry B. Goodspeed Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Gourd Mr. & Mrs. John W. Gray Mr. Philip Hack Miss Helen B. Hamill Mrs. Harold H. Hartwell Garden Club of Harvard Mr. & Mrs. Philip B. Heald Mrs . Mahlon Hoagland Mr. & Mrs. Martin Holmes & Fami] Mr. & Mrs. Warren H. Howard Mrs. Charles W. Hutchins Miss Doris E. Hutchinson Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Hutchins Mrs. Eli Jacobson Mrs. J. Herbert Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Albert R. Jones, Jr. Mr. George Jung Miss Susan Kallio Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kingsbury Mr. & Mrs. William W. Knight Mrs. Howard T. Knox Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Koski Miss Loretta M. Lefebvre Mr. Gordon E. Legge Mr. Peter A. Lisieski Mrs. Sheldon B. Lubin Mr. & Mrs. Rosslyn A. Lyell Mr. & Mrs. James G. Magay Mrs. Ann Maines Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Marsters Miss Ella McNamee Mr. & Mrs. Vincent N . Merrill Mrs. Magda Meyersohn Mr. Richard F. Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Milton S. Mulloy 20 MEMBERSHIP - 1972 (Continued ) Mrs. Josephine Mulvey Mrs. Arsen Najarian Mr. & Mrs. John M. Nelson New York Botanical Garden John F. Reed, Librarian Mr. & Mrs. Mats G. Nilsson Northboro Garden Club Mr. Stanley W. Norwood Mrs. Ronald D. Patch Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Perry Mrs. John B. Petter Dr. & Mrs. Smith G. Philips Mrs. Jean M. Prest Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Reidy Mrs. Blake Robinson Mrs. S. B. Rockwell Miss Marjorie E. Ronald Mr. & Mrs. Oscar R. Rudnick Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sargent Mrs. C. H. Sawers Mr. & Mrs. David W. Schoonmaker Mrs. Charles W. Seaver Mrs. William P. Shearer Mrs. Samuel Shellabarger Mrs. Harry Siff Mrs. Arthur F. Sisson Mrs. Arthur J. Skeates Mrs. Richard M. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Smith Mrs. Ruth M. Stacey Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Stepanski Stewart's Nursery, Inc. Mr. Kent Stowe Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Streeter Mr. M. F. Strogoff Mrs. Lawrence S. Student Mrs. Eva Tankis Florence E. Tellier Mrs. Albert Tipper Ruth Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Carleton J. Ulm Miss Edith M. VanBuskirk Mrs. A. J. VanDugteren Mr. & Mrs. Benno VonMayrhauser Mr. Don Walden Mrs. Harry W. Wallis Mrs. Stanley S. Warner Mr. Robert F. Weidman, Jr. Mrs. William G. Weinrich Mr. & Mrs. John S. Wells Westborough Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. William J. Whipple Mr. & Mrs. Leonard H. White Mrs. Edmund J. Whitehead Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Whitney Mr. James R. Wiggins Mrs. James T. Wilcox Madelin A. Wilmarth Winchendon Garden Club Mr. Arthur T. Winters Marion G. Woodcock Mr. & Mrs. Ralph W. Woolner Mr. & Mrs. John M. Woolsey, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wright Mrs. Mary P. Zollo Life "Edward L, H. Waite Raymond Clifford Hurlburt P. Harold Ronald Rich Dr. Augusta Kressler Mr. Bartow Kelly Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen Given by the Society) following members have passed away since Annual Meeting 1971 • Mrs. Edwin Bagley Miss Genevieve Ball Asa Bartlett Mrs . Gordon Berry Charles Bobick Mrs. Raymond Borno Mrs. Chas. Bowker Mrs. Wm. Bright Miss Nellie Bryant Mrs. Persis Carr Carlton F. Claflin Mrs. Walter Ellis •Mrs. Carl Erickson Dr. Burton Gates Miss Mary Gould Ernest F. Handy Raymond P. Harold Norman Harrower Mrs. John Higgins Chapin Illingworth Mrs. Howard Jefferson Roger E. King Olaf T. Lindgren Mrs. James Lowell Mrs. Robert Massey Mrs. Chas. F. Morgan Irving Richardson Miss Marion Ross Stephen Smith Mrs. Edward Snow Rae M. Spencer Mrs. John Tomajan Miss Ellie H. Whittum 21 REPORT OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Public Relations Committee worked primarily on the Spring Flower Show which was held this year from March 10th to 14th. Posters were made by the students at the Girls Trade School; poster cards were printed and distributed in Worcester and surrounding towns; 1,000 fliers were placed in schools and churches; 500 tickets were sold; two paid advertisements were in the Telegram and Gazette; an at- tractive new sign for Elm Street was made by Ed; and for the first time this year a display was set up in the Galleria at Worcester Center, with such success that the Center encouraged us to put on our shole Fall Show in this attractive new facility. A large banner, to be flown from a pole atop our building at the corner of Elm and Chestnut Streets, is being considered. A new bulletin board, at this location to publicize our activities, will be installed thanks to a generous gift from two members. Radio Stations WTAG, WNEB, WSRS and Channel 27 were most gener- ous with interviews and spot announcements. The Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette were most co-opera- tive and gave us superb publicity before and during the show. Mrs. Ivan M. Spear, Chairman 22 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS (Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society It's always a pleasure and an honor to judge at the Society's shows. Most gardeners will agree that this past season was a real tough one because of the wet weather. Many people, especially with i vegetable gardens, were completely and literally "washed out" several times. Others just gave up for this season. This condition, of 'course, was reflected in the quality and amounts of specimens brought : in for showing, particularly those things grown from seed. Since I this past season is "water over the dam", let's hope for a better growing season this coming year. Our Spring Show, coming when it does, and not too subjected to the vagaries of nature, was outstanding, I believe. I expect that there are many ways of looking at the Fall Ex- hibition and Harvest Festival in November .. .and I don't know how the [(members, Trustees, officials, exhibitors, and all others having to [do with the show feel, but I missed coming into the front door and standing in awe as the over-all impact of that whole main hall hits me each time. It wasn't there this time. It is not that the garden [exhibits were not their usual wonderful quality, but rather there were too many other distractions, background noise, and the area [too large to get the initial impact the show usually imparts. I I found myself having to look for the show, so to speak. Perhaps I'm being too critical. Also, perhaps, this may result in much more interest by the public in Horticulture, and more good publicity for I the Society and exhibitors. I don't know. Perhaps a concensus of opinions will emerge from this or the next Trustees' Meeting. Though there were many less exhibitors at the Fall Show, Mr. O'Mara and I spent much more time in judging due to the calls being spread over a much larger area. I feel that some calls in "out of the way" spots, as for instance in the bank, might have been missed by many of the viewers. Also, the large plant displays and some table settings may have been overlooked by the many and seen by re- latively few. It was good to see that some rearranging of division of money for some calls was affected. It made it much easier to judge and to allocate prize money. This we had mentioned in last year's judges' , report . I would like to repeat, however, last year's report's request: that we define what a terrarium is and what a fern or berry bowl is in order to separate the two calls into their proper places. We have thad what Mr. O'Mara and I call berry bowls in with what we think of las terrariums and vice versa. It should be straightened out with the Exhibitions Committee. And speaking of the Exhibitions Committee, I think that it would ibe a good idea if all judges were members of the Exhibitions Committee in order to get their observations and suggestions for changes, and jso as to keep the Exhibitions Committee informed of difficulties in 'judging. A case in point is on Page 16 of the Schedule of Premiums, 23 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS (Continued ) Call number 24, Any Other Perennials (other than bulbs), Vase. We had entries of vases of mixed perennials and entries of vases with only one kind of perennial in the same call. We think that it means several stalks of only one kind and species in each vase, not several kinds and species all in the same vase. But, obviously others inter- pret it both ways. The Exhibitions Committee could consult with judges on this sort of thing. Again, thanks from the judges of Plants and Flowers for the opportunity and pleasure of judging again this year, and for all the help given to us from all concerned, and particularly from Fayre Nason, our Society's "right hand girl." Lewis A. Hodgkinson Judge of Plants and Flowers 24 REPORT OF FRUIT JUDGE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society As we are all aware 1972 in Worcester County pollination and develop- ment of all outdoor growing things was greatly inhibited by inclement conditions. Fruit was no exception and throughout the season we were persistently embarrassed by seasonal fruits not being mature and ready for pre-dated shows. Perhaps, suffering most from these adversities were strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches, plums, and later in the season, grapes . At this time I wish to interject our appreciation to all ex- hibitors for their undying efforts to exhibit all possible, and to make the shows of Worcester County Horticultural Society a community success . Climaxing the Society's show season was our unprecedented autumn show at the Worcester Center. Here the Society did a mem- orable job. I was indeed happy to have a number of new exhibitors in fruit. A plate of Stayman apples, exhibited by Sterling Orchards, received the S. Lothrop Davenport Medal for recognition of merit and excellence in quality. Our Experimental Orchard again exhibiting a very extensive "old fashioned apples" received a State Rosette for its excellence. May I say thanks to all who helped in making 1972 a most en- joyable year in judging the exhibits of fruit. Rockwood M. Thayer, M.D. Judge of Fruit 25 REPORT OF JUDGE OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County The number of exhibitors entering the table and flower arrangement classes was smaller than in previous years. I hope that in 1973 there will be more entrants in these categories. However, the number of table arrangements at the Harvest Show was gratifying. The room in which the tables were displayed was not in a desirable location. Many persons who attended the show were not aware that there were any table displays because the room was remote from the other features of the show. We were very pleased to have the outstanding display of dried arrangements which Mrs. Lewis Brotherton entered in the Harvest Show. The visitors were most impressed with these very artistic and beautiful arrangements. We were most fortunate again to have the art displays of Mr. Daniel Farber as an added touch to the room with the tables. The pictures were most effectively arranged to blend with the colors used by the exhibitors. The children who entered table arrangements should be commended for their excellent work. They apparently profited by the comments and criticisms of the judges and the tables improved as the season advanced . I appreciate the help and assistance given to me by the other judges who very capably assisted me in judging at all the shows. Richard V. Salo Judge of Flower Arrangements 26 REPORT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society From the reports you have heard, you know this has been a fine year. But, we can't stand still - for if we do, you can be sure we'll soon be going backwards. This is a great Society - maybe today one of the strongest in Horticulture in the country, but we need to try out new ideas - reach out to new people if we are to grow. Taking our shows to the people, one might say - this is good. Yes, we have a beautiful Hall, a familiar and comfortable home - but I'm sure taking our Fall Show to the people - to Worcester Center where some 70,000 saw our work as compared to 3,000 here last Fall - was a constructive and healthy move. We're gratified that the Children's Garden Program has grown, particularly the box and mini-gardens for city dwellers as evidenced by the addition this year of 30 from Fitchburg. As you know, after showing our old varieties of apples two years in New York, this year we exhibited and won a special award at Philadelphia. How interesting that in 1876, almost 100 years ago, our Society won an award at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition for an exhibit of Pears: You may see a new bright banner flying from the top corner at Elm and Chestnut Streets to proclaim our activities and thanks to two members, a new bulletin board will be procured. And as we look ahead, we're working to improve and make the Chestnut Street entrance more inviting. This has been a great and rewarding year because of the interest and participation of our trustees, members and friends. To all who've worked on our committees, our judges and hostesses, many thanks. I do want to thank particularly Emerson Robarge for his time and help in setting up the big Fall Show, to Gus Nelson for his time and skill in helping tend our garden and prune our hedge, and to Barbara Ewer for many hours of careful keeping of our books - and of course, I want to thank Fayre Nason, confidante to all - efficient secretary and librarian - and to Ed Herron, finest of custodians, many thanks for his skillful handling and maintenance of our fine building. Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Executive Director 27 PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society I think the past year was a good year for our society. The most satisfying thing for me is to take note of the large number of our members who are really active in projects that deal with the quality of the environment. Garden Club ladies are down on their knees planting bulbs and annuals in town squares and around public buildings. These plantings not only dress up their home towns but serve as an inspiration to others. Some of our members are participating by getting involved in public works and park projects. The Youth Garden Program got a vast number of young people involved. In fact at our Youth Garden Award Program, we had a hall full of people at the Center. To introduce a young person to the joys of gardening can have a very far reaching impact on that person's life. Our society exposed itself to a great many people who may never have heard of us when we put on our Pall Show in the Galleria at the Worcester Center. Providing the apple trees for the Preservation Orchard in Sturbridge will certainly be something that will make us re- membered and known throughout the gardening world. Our Orchard Committee has worked hard and well. There is much to be done. As long as there are polluted streams and land spoiling waste disposal programs going on in your town be an activist to fight "ugly" and keep America green. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. President 28 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS Offered by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 1973 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL TELEPHONE: 752-4274 Young people are invited to exhibit at all shows. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1973 PRESIDENT PALMER W. BIGELOW, JR. VICE PRESIDENTS PAUL E. ROGERS A RNOLD B ANN I NG EDWA R D CL I FFO R D SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD HONORARY SECRETARY & DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON 1973 Miss Isabel Arms Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Lewis Brotherton Mrs. Frank L. Harrington Mrs. Roger N. Heald Lewis Hodgkinson Edmund V. Mezitt S. James Mistark Mrs. C. Raymond Petersen George H. Pride Duane T. Sargisson Mrs. Clairmont B. Standish TRUSTEES 1974 Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. Armand Benoit Mr. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Curtis Clark Mr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Mrs. John Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James McLain Mrs. Richard Mirick Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert Stoddard Mrs. Robert Whipple 1975 Mr. Richard Bemis John Curtis Merritt Cutting Mrs. Leola Fraim Robert Hess Arthur Keown Majorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mr. Gustaf Nelson Mrs. Arthur O'Mara Emerson Robarge HONORARY TRUSTEES Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Richard A. Flagg Howard L. Borggaard Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mr. Edwin Proctor Leslie E. Winter George J. Moore, Sr. COMMITTEES 1973 JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES WILD FLOWERS ASSOCIATE JUDGE Mr. Richard V. Salo Mr. Lewis Hodgkinson Dr. Rockwood Thayer Mr. R. Alden Miller Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Arthur D. Keown, Chr. Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Frederick D. Brown, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mrs. Allen Estabrook NOMINATING COMMITTEE Mrs. Richard Mirick LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Frank Harrington, Sr., Chr. Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard Mrs. E. A. Denny Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Theodore Fowler Richard Bemis SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Richard Mirick, Chr. Mr. John Auchmoody Mrs. Richard O. Gifford Mr. Frederick Brown . Mrs. Louis Prunier Casper J. Perednia Mrs, Mrs. Gordon Butler, Chr. J. Edmond Harris LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. Elliot Knowlton Mrs. David Milliken Paul Rogers Mrs. Stanley Morton EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Richard Salo, Chr. Arthur Turnbull Mrs. Jack Bellew Richard Bemis Mrs. Clarence Chase Mrs. Samuel Howie Edward Sauer Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Mrs. Robert Hess Carl Holm Wallace Parker Casper Perednia George H. Pride Emerson Robarge Mrs. L. Brotherton Paul Shusas Rockwood Thayer Lewis Hodgkinson R. Alden Miller Howard Borggaard Arthur J. O'Mara Mrs. Louis Prunier, Chr. Debbie Hill Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt, Chr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Martin Brooks Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. Richard Hutchins YOUTH COMMITTEE Mark Hume James McLain Casper J. Perednia HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Chas. Fay Mrs. Paul Fechheimer Mrs. J. Edmond Harris Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Geo. Longstreet Mrs. Albert Jones Debbie King Mrs. E. Standish Debbie Shepard Mrs. H. L. Plumley Mrs. Edwin White Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. Mrs. Roger Pauquet Mrs. Robert P. Wile Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Curtis Clark. Chr. GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Warren Tucker GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Miss Isabel Arms, Chr. Alden Stone Marjorie Inman Merritt Cutting Russell Stobbs PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE S. Lothrop Davenport James Mistark John Curtis, Chr. Mrs. Robert C. Milton, Chr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Chr. Arthur D. Keown FINANCE COMMITTEE Duane Sargisson BUILDING COMMITTEE Herbert E. Berg PERSONNEL COMMITTEE John E. Auchmoody, Chr. William Goss Mrs. W. H. Hurlburt Frank Harrington E. J. Malchisky Mr. K. G. A. Andersson Robert Hess Thomas Simone Paul Rogers Mrs. Evangeline Standish PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Ivan Spear, Chr. Mrs. Robert Whipple Mrs. Paul Schlaikjer Mrs. Myron Converse Mrs. J. Edmond Harris RULES MUST BE READ CAREFULLY GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Strict conformity to the Regulations and Rules will be ex- pected and required, as well for the benefit of exhibitors as for the convenience of the Officers of the Society. 2. Every Exhibit entered in a class of named varieties should be correctly named. 3. All articles offered for premiums must remain within the Hall throughout the hours of Exhibition, unless special permission for their removal shall be granted by the Committee on Exhibition, etc. 4. No person shall make more than one entry of the same va- riety under the same number. 5. The Judges may correct, before the close of any Exhibition, awards made by them, if satisfied that such were erroneous. 6. The cards of Exhibitors competing for premiums shall be re- versed and remain so until after premiums are awarded. 7. Competitors are expected to conform strictly to the condi- tions under which articles are invited. Evasion or violation of them may be reported to the Trustees for future disqualification of the offender. 8. In all Exhibits of Roses, minimum length of stem to be 6 inches except Flower Arrangement, Miniatures and Shrub Roses. 9. All articles for exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock unless otherwise speci- fied. Otherwise they will be ruled out Between 12:30 and 2 o'clock the Hall will be in exclusive charge of the Committee on Arrangements and Exhibitions. Open to the public from 2 to 8:00 o'clock, unless otherwise noted. 10. Competition for premiums is open to everyone, and it is strictly required that all specimens offered for exhibition shall have been grown by the competitors, for at least two (2) months previous to the date of exhibition, except no restriction as to the grower is stated in schedule. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 4 11. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the ex- clusive charge of the Judges and Committee of Arrangements, and not even the owners will have liberty to remove them until the Exhibition is closed, and no sale of Exhibition Fruit, Flowers or Vegetables shall be made in the building. All articles on a one-day show to be removed by the next day - unless that day falls on a Saturday or Holiday. 12. Where a certain number of quantity of Plants, Flowers, Fruits or Vegetables is designated in the schedule, there must be neither more nor less than that number or quantity of specimens shown; and in no case can other varieties than throse named in the schedule be substituted. 13. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens and may correct any errors that they think were without deliberate purpose. 14. The Committee on Arrangements has power to change the time of exhibition for any article, if an earlier or later season ren- ders such change desirable. 15. All articles offered for exhibition including baskets of mixed flowers, should be correctly named. Any person exhibiting the same variety of Fruit or Vegetable, under different names or ex- hibiting as grown by himself Flowers, Fruit or Vegetables grown by another, thereby violating the object and rules of the Society, may be debarred from competing for the Society's premiums un- til reinstated. 16. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to their mode of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and examinations, if requested. 17. In all exhibitions of Cut Flowers for competition, the num- ber of blooms, clusters, sprays or spikes shown is not restricted ex- cept that it is expected the exhibitor shall use only a sufficient number to make a well-balanced display. All shall be of one color and of one variety in the same vase, except Displays, Vases, Bas- kets, Standards or otherwise specified in the schedule. The Judge will consider the quality of the flowers rather than the quantity. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 18. The Judges may subdivide classes if conditions warrant. 19. r?r" The Judges are authorized by the Trustees to invite the assistance of competent and discreet persons in the discharge of their duties. 20. No Judge shall require anything of competitors respecting their Exhibits which is not distinctly specified in the schedule. 21. The decision of the Judges shall be final. 22. In Table Decorations, Collections and Displays of Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, Vases and Baskets, where the number of Ex- hibits exceeds the number of premiums offered, the Judge may award prizes to any worthy Exhibits not receiving a premium. 23. All premiums that are not claimed within one year after the close of the official year will be forfeited to the Society. 24. U.P. Hedrick's "Fruits of New York" and S.A. Beach's "The Apples of New York" will guide the Judge of Fruits in his decisions upon matters at issue. Pan American Plant Company and Yoder Brothers, Inc. catalogues to be used for Chrysanthemums by the judges. 25. No artificial plants, flowers or foliage preserved or altered by any process shall be exhibited at any show of this Society, except for a special purpose and with the consent of the show manage- ment. 26. No individual, group, or organization will be permitted to introduce into the building as part of a display, any material of a promotional or advertising nature without the expressed written permission of the Executive Director. 27. While the Society will take reasonable precautions for the safety of the property of exhibitors, it will be responsible in no case for any loss or damage that may occur. SPECIAL RULES 1. Exhibitors should have all specimens correctly and legibly named, notice of which will be taken by the Judges in awarding the premiums. 2. While it is expected that Exhibitors will take pains to correctly name their Ex- hibits, the Judges will not exclude an Exhibit for mistake in nomenclature. 3. In all Exhibits of Lilies, the pollen may be removed. 4. In all Exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club Leaflet may be shown. Wild Flowers under cultivation may not be shown in this class. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 6 A. At no time shall the Exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. B. Ask the Secretary for leaflet of the Hadwen Botanical Club showing flowers not to be exhibited. By vote of the Trustees, all entries must be made by Exhibitor to the Assistant Secre tary and all cards made out by her or her assistants, except Single Spike Classes. Blank Tags are available in the office. Seedlings may be exhibited at any show and will receive appropriate recognition. Definition of Terms Amateur: An amateur is defined as a grower raising plants or flowers for pleasure and not for sale and who does not usually enter into the regular scheduled classes. Clone (Clon): Group, variety or variation of plants propagated by asexual or vegetative parts. Such races may not "come true" from seed. The horticul- tural varieties of roses, apples, oranges, strawberries and carnations are clones; also the cultivated forms of daylilies and plantain-lily (Hosta) that are not produced from seed. Clone or clon is a horticultural rather than a taxonomic term. Collection: An assemblage of a number of kinds or varieties of flowers, plants, fruits and/or vegetables in one exhibit, the specific number and sorts of which should be regulated by the flower show schedule. Quality, variety, rarity, effectiveness and range of the particular group as well as horticultural per- fection are considered in judging collections. Size of collection, without other qualifications, is unimportant. Display: The term generally used for a group of flowers, fruits and/or vege- tables, sometimes plants, covering a definite space or containing a definite number of specimens, or both, arranged to create an artistic effect. It is judged both for quality of materials and artistic effect. The term should be used rather than "collection" where artistic effect is stressed. Kind: Genus. Type. The Royal Horticultural Society considers that for horticultural exhibitions and for general gardening use two terms only are necessary to designate plant material: Kind and variety. This ruling has much to recommend it. Kinds are such separate genera as peaches, apples, plums; peas, carrots, cabbages; roses, chrysanthemums, phloxes. Different types of the same genus are also considered as kinds for exhibition purposes: as snap beans and lima beans, dark grapes and white grapes. Their rule book says: "As a general rule, for the purposes of exhibiting, all natural genera are kinds, and all variations within a genus are varieties". They make some exceptions which do not apply especially to us. Variety: Variety as generally used in flower shows is a horticultural term used to designate a named species, hybrid or other horticultural development of a genus. Example: Golden Queen Tomato. See also kind. Used botanically, it is a division of a species, as Campanula Carpatica alba. Here Campanula is the genus, telling us that it is one of the bellflowers. Carpatica is the species, indicating that this particular group comes from the Carpathian mountains and alba (meaning white) is the variety name. ' WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 SCALE OF POINTS Cut Flowers and Wild Flowers - Quality of blooms (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 20 Number of Varieties 15 Properly named 15 Lilies — Condition 30 points Vigor 20 " Placement on Stem 20 Substance of flowers 10 Form of flowers 10 Color of flowers 10 Baskets, Standards and Displays — Quality (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 35 Variety 15 Collections — Quality (including condition and value) 45 points Arrangement 25 Variety 30 " Table Decoration — Design 20 points Relation 20 " Color 20 " Perfection 20 Condition 5 Distinction 15 Table Decoration — Special Occasion or Title — Design 20 points Relation 15 Color 10 " Perfection 10 Suitability 15 Condition 15 Distinction 15 Flower Arrangements — Design 20 points Color 10 " Suitability 20 " Distinction 15 Originality 10 Condition 25 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 8 SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The following is a list of the Special Funds of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the income of which is devoted to the purpose stated. The date prefixed to each indicates the year in which the fund was established. 1888 - Francis Henshaw Dewey Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for the purchase of books. 1898 - Williams Eames Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for the promotion of apple culture. 1906 - Frederick A. Blake Fund - $1,000.00 Income only to be used in providing Medals to be awarded to the originators of new varieties of Fruits or Flowers, preference always being given to residents of Worcester County. In case that the Worcester County Horticultural Society does not find occasion to award Medals for New Fruits or Flowers, the said income may be used for special premiums for Orchids or other choice Greenhouse Plants and Flowers. 1907 - Obadiah Brown Hadwen Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1922 - Edwin Draper Fund - $300.00 Income to be used for prizes for Horticultural exhibitions held under the direction of said Society. 1924 Miss Frances Clary Morse Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1939 - The Coulson Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1943 - G. A. Bigelow Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for meritorious garden grown exhibits of Roses. 1955 - Chandler Bullock Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Small Fruits. 1957 - Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1958 - Samuel T. and Anna N. W. Hobbs Fund - $5,000.00 Income to be used for the promotion of children's interest in Horticulture. 9 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 1959 - Edward Winslow Lincoln Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1967 - National Association of Gardeners - $1,000.00 Worcester Chapter 80% of income to be used for scholarships. 1968 - Cook - Davey Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for new varieties of Fruits or for the Scholarship Fund. 1970 - ElouiseS. Knight Memorial Fund - $1000.00 Income to be used to promote the interest of children in Horticulture, especially by means of Cash Awards for ex- hibits. 1970 - Gerald Fales Memorial Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for tomatoes, gladioli, roses or for general purposes of the society. 1970 - The Thayer Fund - $2,000.00 Income to be used for prizes to encourage young people in the raising of fruit, particularly apples and pears, or for scholarships. 1971 - Edward A. Bigelow Fund-$ 1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1971 - George B. Slater Fund Income to be used for Silver Medal to be awarded "For a distinguished exhibit" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS 1969 - William T. Merrifield Award Bronze Medal "For an exhibit of outstanding merit or interest" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1970 - Paul Whitin Award Silver Medal — Awarded to an exhibit which, in the opinion of the Judges, has special educational merit. 1972 - Sharfman Award Silver Bowl to winner of adult Table Setting Contest - Spring & Fall Shows - Winners name to be inscribed on large Silver Bowl retained at Hall, but which may be kept by anyone winning three times. A smaller bowl to winner each show. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 10 SPRING EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: RICHARD V. SALO, Chairman MRS. LEWIS BROTHERTON MRS. CURTIS CLARK MR. THOMAS SIMONE Opening: Friday, March 9 -3 to 9 P.M. Saturday, March 10-9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Sunday, March 11 - 1 to 9 P.M. Monday, March 12 - 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Tuesday, March 13 - 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 A.M. Friday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first 6 grades. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two Silver Trays. One tray will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by Judges. The other tray will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. GARDEN DISPLAYS: - No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet. $800.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $700.00 will be available each. Ill Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. 1 1 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability & Quality 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 15 points Color Harmony I u points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. "Prize money for Garden Displays I, II, or III above is based approximately upon $2.00 per square foot. For example, a 400 foot display at $2.00 per square foot makes a top prize money of $800.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded for that display will be 90% of $800 or $720. If another display receives 80 points he will receive 80% of $800 which is $640.00. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Two special awards will be giveYi for Garden Displays at the discretion of the Judges. An exhibitor may receive only one of these special awards. 1. For excellence in design and consistency silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard. 2. For excellence in suitability and quality of plant material silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Higgins. SPECIAL DISPLAYS: IV - Plant Displays - Commercial - 25 square feet $ 300.00 Notify office 1 week in advance. V - Plant Display — Non-Commercial — 15 square feet 75.00 Outstanding specimen plants not more than three Notify office 1 week in advance VI " - Cut Flowers 75.00 VII - Gesneriads No. 1 Display - not over 25 sq. ft. - 50.00 may be used No. 2 Three Specimen Plants 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 3 Gloxinia Display - not over 25 sq. ft. - 50.00 may be used Notify office 1 week in advance VIII - Orchids 100.00 IX - Fruit 200.00 X - Spring Bulbs: 1 . One 8-inch pot Daffodils, Hyacinths or Tulips 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 2. One pot other Spring Bulbs 5.00 4.00 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 12 XI - Vegetables $ 50.00 XII - Table Settings: 1. Theme: "Song Titles" Accessories may be used, emphasis on rhythm. Tables are limited, so please call or write if you are interested - at least 3 weeks in advance. $125.00 may be used for prizes. $12.00 Highest prize. 2. Children's Tables The same as above. $50.00 - $6.00 Highest prize. Scale of points by which tables will be judged. Overall design 30 points Compatibility and condition 20 points Perfection of the arrangement 20 points Distinction and originality 20 points Conformance to schedule 10 points XIII - Arrangements - using shrubs, evergreens, foliage and large leaves (no flowers). Native or tropical material permitted. Arrangement in container, urn or large vase suitable for pedestal. Prizes to be awarded. Notify the office at least one week in advance. $200.00 available - 1st prize not over $10.00 SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. Educational Exhibits: No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 No. 3 - Club or group. $175 may be used for prizes XIV Educational Exhibits - Adults $50.00 may be used for prizes. Worcester and Worcester County Garden Clubs Exhibit "GARDENING LESSONS" $200.00 13 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 IRIS EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION I of the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. H. LADD PLUMLEY, Co-chairmen MR. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. EMERSON ROBARGE MR. & MRS. CARL ULM MRS. FRANK WARBURTON Thursday, June 14 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Specimen Color Classes: one spike entry. Must be named — More than one entry may be made in these classes but not of the same variety and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. They are numbered to agree with American Iris Society Color Classification in order to facilitate its use. Refer to it for complete description of classes. Classes with no known examples have been omitted. The following color class numbers apply to each of the eight major sections. No. 1 W White self. May be divided into white-white, cool white and warm white; or according to color of beard. No. 2 W2 White ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 3 W3 White with either standards or falls, or both, lightly tinted another color. No. 4 W4 White bitone. Standards white, falls other color. No. 5 W5 White blend. Basically white blended pale tints of two or more other colors. No. 6 Y Yellow self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 7 Y2 Yellow ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 8 Y3 Yellow bitone. Standards and falls yellow of different tints and shades. No. 9 Y4 Yellow bicolor. Standards yellow, falls other color. No. 10 Y5 Yellow blend. Usually divides into pale, light, full and dark. No. 11 O Orange self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. The dark orange is brown. No. 12 02 Orange ground plicatas No. 13 03 Orange bitone No. 14 04 Orange bicolor. May be subdivided as PO/W, PO/RV etc. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 14 No. 15 05 * Orange blend. May be divided into pale, light, full, dark. Most brown irises are in the dark blend class - 5DO. No. 16 R Red self. May be divided into pale (true pink), light, full and dark. No. 17 R2 Red ground plicatas; markings of a different color. No. 18 R3 Red bitone. Both standards and falls red but of different tints or shades. No. 19 R4 Red bicolor. Standards red, falls of another color. No. 20 R5 Red blend. No. 21 RV Red-violet self, may be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 22 RV2 Red-violet plicata; plicata markings of another color. No. 23 RV3 Red-violet bitone. Both standards and falls violet, but of different tints and shades. No. 24 RV4 Red-violet bicolor. Standards red-violet, falls another color. No. 25 RV5 Red-violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 26 V Violet self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 27 V2 Violet plicata; markings of another color. No. 28 V3 Violet bitone. May be divided into PV/DV, FV/DV, etc. No. 29 V4 Violet bicolor. Standards violet, falls other color. No. 30 V5 Violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and No. 31 dark. B Blue self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 32 B2 Blue plicata. Ground color blue; markings of another No. 33 B3 color. DlUc DILOllc. DOlll bLdllQdraS dnu TallS UlUc, DUt OT No. 34 B4 HiffprprTt tintc and charlpc Ul 1 1 CI CI 11 11 II 10 u 1 IU ol IOUCO. Blue bicolor. Standards blue; falls of another color. No. 35 B5 Blue blend. No. 36 (j "Green." No. 37 N Black. No. 38 Three-and four-color irises, chiefly "variegata-plicatas." SECTIONS - V Miniature and Standard I Tall Bearded Iris Dwarf Bearded Iris II Border Bearded Iris VI Arilbreds III Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris VII Apogon IV Intermediate Bearded Iris VIII Species Best in Show — Seedlings — No. 39 Tall bearded, one stalk. Each exhibitor may mate more than one entry in this class but not more than 5. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for the American Iris Society's Exhibition Certificate by all AIS Judges present and for the Worcester County Horticultural Society's Rosette. 15 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY No. 40 Other than tall bearded, one stalk. To be judged as for class 79. Displays — No. 41 Display of Siberian Iris, preferably named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 42 Display, commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate as an outstanding or valuable commercial display. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 43 Display, non-commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 44 Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Iris growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate. Special Awards of The American Iris Society Section Certificate and Rosette will be awarded to the winner of the most blue ribbons in each of the above sections. The American Iris Society's Silver Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the most blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the second-largest number of blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The Best Specimen of Show (Queen of Show) Rosette may be awarded to the one best specimen of the show selected from the specimen classes in Sections I through VIII in the horticultural division. Flower Arrangements — May Waltzes Using any type of Iris. No restrictions as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize not over $5.00. No. 45 ValseTriste No. 46 Blue Danube No. 47 Merry Widow No. 48 Wedding Waltz No. 49 Waltz of the Fairies - a miniature arrangement No. 50 Waltzing Matilda Please call the office to reserve your niche. Sizes available: 18" tall or 30" tall Cut Flowers — some Iris requested — No. 51 Display, 24 sq. ft. 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 52 Small display, 12 sq. ft. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 This number is intended for the grower who does not compete in call for large displays during the year. THECOULSON FUND Table Decoration - "Wedding Buffet" (Color may be used) B. "Wedding Buffet" - Proper accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00 C. Children — Same as above $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00 1973] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 16 Potted Plants - No. 53 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herb - No. 54 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Lupines — No. 55 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Aquilegia — No. 56 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Peonies — No. 57 Vase of Herbaceous 3.00 2.00 No. 58 Vase of Tree 3.00 2.00 Spring Flowering Bulbs - $25.00 No. 59 Display Any other Perennials — Vase No. 60 Other than bulbs 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Amateur Class — No. 61 Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — ribbons Wild Flowers, named — No. 62 10 containers - no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 See special rules of Wild Flowers page 6 Rock Garden Plants — No. 63 Display $25.00 available Gesneriads — No. 64 Display $25.00 available Hardy Trees and Shrubs — No. 65 Display $25.00 available Pansies — No. 66 Display - 6 vases $25.00 available Asparagus, two bunches, 12 specimens each — No. 67 Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one half peck — No. 68 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Radish, two bunches, six per bunch — No. 69 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 17 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS [1973 Rhubarb, 12 stalks No. 70 Linnaeus 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 71 Victoria 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 72 New Varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Lettuce, 3 heads — No. 73 Boston Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onions — No. 74 Scallions, two bunches, six each 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 75 Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other vegetables — kinds (not otherwise listed) No. 76 $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1973] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 18 ROSE EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. V. BUCINSKAS, Co-Chairmen MR. & MRS. ARTHUR O'MARA MR. EDWARD CLIFFORD Thursday - June 28 - Open from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. From among the young ladies of Worcester County, our 1973 Rose Queen will be selected. 3:30 P.M. Crowning Roses (See Rule 8) - No. 100-Twelve blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 101 -Six blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 102-Twelve blooms of named varieties H. T. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Special Prizes MISS FRANCES C. MORSE FUND D. Six blooms of named varieties of H. T. roses, outdoor culture. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Prize Rose - not confined to exhibitors of Worcester County. Ribbons will be awarded - First, Second, Third No. 103-H. T., red and red blend, one bloom No. 104-H. T., pink and pink blend, one bloom No. 105-H. T., yellow and yellow blend, one bloom No. 106-H. T., white, one bloom No. 107-H. T., orange, one bloom No. 108-H. T., any other color No. 109-Floribundas, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 10-Floribundas, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 1-Floribundas, yellow and yellow blend, main stem No. 1 1 2-Floribundas, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 3-Floribundas, white, one main stem 19 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 No. 1 14-Shrub Roses, any named variety No. 1 1 5-Grandiflora, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 1 6-Grandiflora, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 7-Grandiflora, yellow and yellow blend, one main stem No. 1 18-Grandiflora, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 19-Grandiflora, white, one main stem No. 120-Any other species or variety No. 121-Best seedling Best Roses in the Show - King, Queen & Princess, Special Recognition In the "Prize Rose" classes No. 100 through No. 1 21 , the rose must be a named variety, the minimum length of stem shall beat least six inches and the rose offered for exhibition shall be from a bush grown by the exhibitor for at least two months previous to the date of exhibition. No. 122-H. T. (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon No. 1 23-Floribundas (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon - Use Jackson-Perkins and Conard-Pyle Catalogues — No. 124-Collection of cut roses, at least six varieties. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 125-Vaseof Floribundas 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 1 26- Vase of Grandif loras 3.00 2.00 1 .00 No. 1 27-Vase H.P. roses, not to exceed 1 0 blooms 3.00 2.00 1 .00 No. 128- Vase H.T. roses, not exceeding 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 129-Display of cut climbing roses. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 130-Basket of roses 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 No. 131 - Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Rose growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. G. A. BIGELOW FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Ladies Luncheon" E. Using a design of roses and your choice of foliage. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize — $5.00. Table Decoration — "Anniversary Table" No. 132 - Your choice of table for two. No restriction as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00 No. 133-Children — Same as above. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00. Delphinium — No. 134-One Vase, not more than 3 spikes. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 20 Peonies — No. 135-Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Lilies — No.136-Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Aquilegia — No. 137-Bowl or Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Foxglove — No. 138-Vase, not more than 3 spikes 4.00 3.00 2.00 Sweet William - No. 139- Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pinks (Dianthus) — No.140-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Any other Perennial — No. 141-Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 142 -Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 143-Ten vases, no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Potted Plants - No. 144 - Display oi Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 145 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Special Prizes OBADIAH BROWN HADWEN FUND Hardy Cultivated Flowers and Shrubs, to be named — F. Display of outdoor varieties 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 24 square feet CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Strawberry, twenty-four berries — G. Howard No. 17 3.00 2.50 H. Sparkle 3.00 2.50 I. Robinson 3.00 2.50 J. Catskill 3.00 2.50 K. Jersey Belle 3.00 2.50 L. Vesper 3.00 2.50 M. Midland 3.00 2.50 21 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 No. 146-Any other varieties. $10.00 may be used. No. 147-Four pint baskets of strawberries, any variety 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 148-Display not over 12 square feet. $15.00 may be used. Cherry, one quart — No. 149-Any named sweet variety. $5.00 may be used. No. 150-Any named sour variety. $5.00 may be used. Fruit - No. 151 - Any other variety. $5.00 may be used for prizes. COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (i.e., strawberry, cherries, etc.) N. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled 4.00 3.00 Beets — No. 152 - Two bunches, 6 per bunch 2.50 2.00 Cabbage, Three specimens — No. 153 - Golden Acre 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 154 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Chard — No. 155 - Six plants 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce, three heads, named No. 156 - Iceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 157 - Any dther variety or loose leaf 2.50 2.00 1.50 Peas, one-half peck — No. 158- World's Record 2.50 2.00 No. 159 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 No. 160 - Display at least four named varieties $10.00 may be used for prizes Radishes, 2 bunches, 6 per bunch — No. 161 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Rhubarb, 12 stalks — No. 162 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Scallions, 2 bunches, 6 per bunch — No. 163 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 164 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — Kinds (not otherwise listed) No. 165 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables No. 166 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 22 in cooperation with the NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL LILY GROUP LILIES EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MR. EMERSON ROBARGE, Chairman MRS. RALPH THAYER MR. ERNEST STOKES Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. Friday - July 13 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - July 14 - 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. CLASS A - SINGLE STEMS OF NAMED HYBRID CLONES. Division I — Asiatic Hybrids Hybrids and cultivars derived from such species as L. amabile, L. bulbi- ferum, L. cernuum, L. concolor, L. dauricum, L. davidii, L. leichtlinii, L. pumilum and L. tigrinum. a. Upright flowers — (as Enchantment - Rosabelle) b. Outward facing (as Corsage - Connecticut Lass) c. Pendant (as Talisman - Connecticut Yankee) Division II - Martagon Hybrids (as Brocade - Port Wine) Division III- American Hybrids (as Constance - Shuksan) Division IV- Trumpet Hybrids a. Trumpet form — outward facing c. Bowl shaped b. Trumpet form — pendant d. Sunburst Divisions may be further subdivided at the discretion of the Judges to provide for color variations i.e. Division V — Aurelians (Sunburst or Corona types) Division VI— Oriental Hybrids Contains hybrid cultivars or hybrids of L. auratum, L. japonicum, L. rubellum, L. speciosum, and to include any of their crosses with L. henryii. a. Bowl shaped and flat faced (as Crimson Dream - Imperial Crimson) b. Recurved (Jamboree - Black Beauty) LILIUM 1. White 2. Pink 3. Yellow 4. Green 5. Bicolor 6. Apricot 7. Purple 23 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 CLASS B - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS Not necessarily grown from seed by the exhibitor. Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS C - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS GROWN FROM SEED BY THE EXHIBITOR Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS D - ALL TRUE SPECIES AND THEIR BOTANICAL FORMS. Each variety to be judged separately. CLASS E - DISPLAY - COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS F - DISPLAY - NON-COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS G - EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY $75.00 may be used for prizes. Competitive classes are open to all providing the lilies are grown by, or under the control of, the exhibitor. First, second and third Prize Ribbons will be awarded by the New England Regional Lily Group in each Division. EDWARD A. BIGELOW O. Basket of Lilies Other foliage permitted $25.00 may be used for prizes P. Vase of Lilies Other foliage permitted $5.00 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Award - Best unnamed seedling spike from Class C. Bronze Medal. Worcester County Horticultural Society Award - For best spike of a named clone. To be chosen from Class A entries. The Pauline M. & Armand A. Benoit Award Pewter Bowl for best display, non-commercial. Name to be inscribed on bowl. Bowl to be left at Society. ¥ * * Flower Arrangement - "Exotic Arrangement of Lilies" No. 200 -True lilies preferred. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $5.00 Table Decoration - "Morning Coffee Party" No. 201 - Place settings for four. No restriction as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $10.00. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 24 No. 202 - Children - Same as above. $35.00 to be used for prizes. Highest prize - $4.00. Delphinium — No. 203 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind — No. 204 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Other than Lilies) — No. 205 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial, one kind — No. 206 - Vase $20.00 may be used for prizes. Non-Hardy Bulbs or Tubers — No. 206 - Vase. $5.00 may be used. Cut Flowers — No. 208 - Display 24 square feet 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 209 - Display 12 square feet 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 210- Eight vases 6.00 5.00 4.00 Herbs - No. 211 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 212 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Potted Plants - No. 213 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Roses — Not over 12 blooms - Vase - See Rule 8 No. 214 - Floribundas $1 5.00 may be used No. 215- Grandifloras $1 5.00 may be used No. 216- Hybrid Teas $1 5.00 may be used No. 217- Any other $1 5.00 may be used Cherry, one quart — No. 218 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, Black Cap one pint — No. 219- Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Raspberry, one pint — No. 220 - Early varieties, named. $5.00 may be used. No. 221 - Latham 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 222 - Taylor 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 223 - Any other red variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 224 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used. No. 225 - Display not over 12 square feet. $10.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 226 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. 25 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — Q - Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 R.- Cultivated, new varieties. $7.50 may be used. S - Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Gooseberry, one quart — No. 227 - Any named varieties. $10.00 No. 228 - New varieties. $5.00 Blackberry, one quart — No. 229 - Any variety. $5.00 Display of Small Fruit, two or more varieties — No. 230 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Beets, twelve specimens — No. 231 - Any named variety Carrots, two bunches - six in each — No. 232 - Any named variety Beans, Snap, one-half peck - *No. 233 - Green Pod No. 234 - Wax Cucumber, three specimens — No. 235 - Hybrid type, named No. 236 - Standard type, named Cabbage, three specimens - No. 237 - Any variety Lettuce, three heads — No. 238 - Iceberg No. 239 - Any other variety Summer Squash, three specimens - No. 240 - Yellow No. 241 - Green No. 242 - Any other type Peas, one-half peck - No. 243 - Telephone type No. 244 - Any other variety Radishes - Two bunches, 6 per bunch No. 245 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Tomatoes, twelve Specimens — No. 246 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 26 Spinach, one-half peck — No. 247 - New Zealand 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 248 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) Not otherwise listed No. 249 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables — No. 250 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. Market Basket of Vegetables - No. 251 - $30.00 may be used. Highest prize not over $3.50. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HEMEROCALLIS (DAYLILIES) EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION 4 of THE AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. GEORGE H. PRIDE, Chairman MRS. IRVING FRAIM MR. & MRS. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. & MRS. ALVAR MELIN MRS. PERCY I. MERRY MRS. JAMES H. SHEPHERD MRS. EVANGELINE D. STANDISH SATURDAY - JULY 28 - 1 to 7:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 for the premiums awarded on this list. Hemerocallis (Daylilies) No. 300 — Display - Commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 301 — Display - Non-commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 302 — Collection of six named varieties. 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Specimen color classes, one spike entry. Must be named and introduced More than one entry may be made in these classes, providing each entry is a different variety, and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. Only hemerocallis foliage should be used with the following entries. Large Flowered Section (Flower over 4% inches in diameter) Ribbons No. 303 - Light Yellow and Lemon No. 304 — Medium yellow No. 305 — Deep yellow or gold No. 306 - Orange No. 307 — Copper Bronze No. 308 - Polychrome blends light No. 309 — Polychrome blends dark No. 310 - Bicolor No. 31 1 — Banded or eyed No. 312 - Pale pink No. 313 - True Pink No. 314 - Peach Pink No. 315 — Creamy Melon 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 28 No. 316- Cantaloupe Melon No. 317 - Pinkish Melon No. 318 - Rose No. 319- Bright Red No. 320 - Orange Red No. 321 - Dark Red No. 322 - Brown Red No. 323 - Purple Red No. 324 - Lavender Shades No. 325 - Purple Shades Dwarf (Normal Growth under 24 inches) — No. 326 - Any color Miniature (Flower less than 3 inches) — No. 327 - Yellow, any shade No. 328 - Any other color Small flowered (Flower between 3 inches and 41/2 inches) — No. 329 - Any color Spider Flowered (Exaggerated long thin flower parts) — No. 330 - Any color Double flowered (6 or more petaloids should be present) — No. 331 - Any Color Single Floret — No. 332 — Vase. This class is intended for very new and rare specimens - where the exhibitor would not wish to cut complete stalk. (Must be named and introduced variety) 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Specials — National Popularity Poll Winner No. 333 — Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society Regional Popularity Poll Winner No. 334 — If different from national winner. Same award as for National winner. Seedling - No. 335 — One entire scape, severed at base. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society's Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. 29 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Best Registered Introduced Class — No. 336 — Single scape not to exceed 36". To be selected by judges from classes 303 to 334. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemero- ca Mis Society. Best Registered Unintroduced Class - No. 337 — Single scape not to exceed 36". To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. American Hemerocallis Society Achievement Award — No. 338 — Special A.H.S. Rosette awarded at show — Medal awarded later in year after all rules about registration of winning variety have been complied with. At least 3 scapes severed at the base of an undisseminated variety which may or may not be registered and is at least 3 years old. This medal is offered to the originator, amateur or professional whether shown by originator or someone else. The award shall be made only to a new variety of adequate merit and distinctiveness as compared with existing varieties. Educational Exhibit — No. 339 — To cover any phase of Hemerocallis growing, hybridizing, culture or classification; $40.00 may be used for prizes. Cut Flower - No. 340 - Display. Not over 18 square feet. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 341 - Basket, mixed, three or more kinds of flowers. 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Gladiolus — No. 342 - Display (not to exceed 24 square feet). $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 343 - Basket Gladiolus 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 G. A. BIGELOW FUND Roses — T - Vase - not over 12 blooms (See Rule 8). $15.00 may be used for prizes. Petunias No. 344 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 345 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 346 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 30 Lilies — No. 347 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Zinnias — No. 348 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 349 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 350 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms. 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 351 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Snapdragon — No. 352 - Vase, not more than 5 spikes. 2.00 1.50 1.00 Salpiglosis — No. 353 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Calendula — No. 354 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 355 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Phlox - No. 356 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Shasta Daisies — No. 357 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Perennial - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 358 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial — One kind No. 359 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 360 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class - No. 361 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 362 - 10 Vases - no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 "(See Special Rules of Wild Flowers on Page 6) Potted Plants - No. 363 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 364 ■ Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. 31 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Hanging Baskets — No. 365 - Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 366 — Flowering Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 367 Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Begonia, Tuberous Rooted — No. 368 - Display. Use own foliage. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Graduation" No. 369 - No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00 Cherry, one quart — No. 370 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, one pint — No. 371 - Latham $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 372- Taylor $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 373- Any other red variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 374 - New Varieties $5.00 may be used No. 375 - Display not over 1 2 sq. ft. $1 0.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 376 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Gooseberry, one quart — No. 377 - Any named varieties. $10.00. Blackberry, one quart - No. 378 - Any variety. $5.00. Any New varieties of Small Fruit — No. 379 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Small Fruits, two or more varieties — No. 380 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Apple, twelve specimens - No. 381 - Yellow Transparent 3.00 2.50 No. 382- Lodi 3.00 2.50 No. 383- RedAstrachan 3.00 2.50 No. 384 - New varieties. $7.00 may be used for prizes. No. 385 - Other early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Plum, twelve specimens - No. 386 - Early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Peach, twelve specimens, named - No. 387 - Any early white varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 388 - Any early yellow varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 32 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 389 - 6 specimens of a tree fruit. Same variety. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — U. — Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 V. — New varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 W. - Wild, one quart 9 nn z.uu I .DU 1 nn I .UU Bean, bhell, one-halt peck — No. 390 - Dwarf, any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, one-half peck — M s-i ^Ql Isanti \A/nnHor IMO. Oi7 1 [Nell lULKy VVUI iUci 9 Rfi 9 00 C- .\J\J 1 RD 1 nn No. 392 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 393 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Beets, twelve specimens — No. 394 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Broccoli — Three specimens No. 395 - Any named variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 Cabbage — 3 specimens No. 396 - Any named variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 1 arrntc t\nir\ hi i nr hoc civ in mr-h Vsdiiuis, iwu tjuncrics, six in eacn — M.-t 907 — Anu namo/H wario+v/ iNO. oc7/ AAiiy iidiiicu vdi iciy 9 Rn 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, for pickles — imo. oyo - une-nait peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber — 3 specimens — No. 399 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 400 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 401 Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 No. 402 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — 3 specimens — No. 403 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 404 - Green variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 405 - Any other type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce — 3 heads — No. 406 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 407 - Any early variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 33 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Tomatoes, twelve specimens — No. 408 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 409 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables - No. 410 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables - Kinds (not otherwise listed) No. 411 - $1 0.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables - No. 412 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 413 - Collection, named edible varieties. S25. 00 may be used for prizes. No. 414 - Collection, named non-edible varieties. $25.00 may be used. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 34 YOUNG PEOPLE'S FLOWER SHOW AND GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MRS. CLAIRMONT STANDISH, Chairman MRS. LOUIS PRUNIER MRS. JAMES MAHONEY MR. JAMES McLAIN MR. WARREN C. BARTON Thursday — August 16 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The hall will be open at 6 P.M. the night before for any who wish to set up at that time. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, and Department of Agriculture Rosettes. Trophies and Rosettes to be awarded by the Norco Gladiolus Societ/. Baskets and Displays to be judged by the New England Gladiolus Socie- ty Basis. Gladiolus — No. 500 — Display-Commercial. Baskets and Vases. No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 501 — Display of Artistic Arrangements of Gladiolus. No restric- tion as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 502— Display - Semi-Commercial. (Exhibitor sells flowers and/bulbs but does not issue a catalog). Baskets and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 503 — Display - Non-Commercial. (Exhibitor does not sell flowers or bulbs). Basket and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 504 - Baskets, 20-25 spikes, one variety, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 505 - Basket, 20-25 spikes, two varieties, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 506 — Basket or Vase, 15-20 spikes, two varieties, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. Quality and Condition Color Harmony Distinctiveness Arrangement of Flowers Effectiveness 50 points 10 " 15 " 25 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 No. 507 - Basket or Vase, 12-15 spikes, miniatures, one variety, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 508 - Basket or Vase of Seedlings, 12-15 spikes, one variety. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 509 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 300, 400, 500 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 510 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 100, 200 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 511 - Collection, five different Recent Introduction varieties (19 65-1968 inclusive), one spike to a vase, correctly named. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 512 - Seedling Class. One spike, properly labeled. Seedlings and undisseminated varieties will be shown as seedlings. More than one entry may be made by any exhibitor. Best Seedling will be awarded the Society Rosette and the New England Gladiolus Society Rosette. No. 513 - Open Color Class. One spike, each, properly labeled with Classification number, variety name, and name and address of the exhibitor. Special cards will be furnished by the Society. No. 514 - Recent Introduction Varieties ( 1 969-1 972 inclusive). One spike, properly labeled (see above). No. 515 - Novice Color Class. One spike, properly labeled. This class is open to any person who has never won a Blue Ribbon at any Gladiolus Show. No. 516 - Three Spike Open Class. Three spikes of one variety, prop- erly labeled and arranged attractively in containers. No. 517 - Three Spike Seedling awarded Department of Agriculture Rosette. SPECIAL INFORMATION TO AID EXHIBITORS Use North American Gladiolus Council Classifica- tion List. Stem length below bottom floret - 17 inches on 100 - 200 classes 20 inches on 300 - 400 - 500 classes 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 36 The following size separations will be used in all classes: 100 200 Miniature and Small 300 Medium 400 Large 500 Giant First, Second and Third Prize Ribbons will be awarded in each class. * * * Members of the Committee will be glad to assist in the arrangements of the spikes and the placing of entries. Section Champion will be chosen from the Seedling Class - From each size 300-400-500 in the Recent Introduction Class - From the same sizes in the One Spike Open Color Class. From these Section Champions, a Grand Champion shall be chosen. Following like procedure with the 100-200 size, a Miniature Champion shall be chosen. Section and Division Champions will be awarded the Society Rosette. Grand Champions - Certificate of Merit. Flower Arrangements — No. 518 - "Your Own Thing" - Emphasis on color and design. No restrictions as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize $5.00. Lilium — no other flower to be used No. 519 - Collection - $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 520 - Vase - $15.00 may be used for prizes. GERALD FALES FUND Roses — X. Vase, not over 12 blooms (see Rule 8). $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) — No. 521 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 522 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial - One Kind No. 523 - Vase - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Dahlias — No. 524 — Container — $10.00 may be used for prizes. 37 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Amateur Class — No. 525 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Hanging Baskets — No. 526A Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No.- 526B Flowering Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 527 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 528 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 529 - Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 530 - Gravenstein $3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 531 - Puritan 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 532 - Early Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 533 - New varieties. $10.00. No. 534 - Any other early variety. $10.00. No. 535 - Seedlings. $10.00. Crab Apple; twenty-four specimens — No. 536 - Any named variety. 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 537 - Japanese named variety. $10.00 No. 538 - European named variety. $10.00 Peach, twelve specimens, named - No. 539 - Any white variety. $10.00 No. 540 - Any yellow variety. $10.00 No. 541 - Any new variety. $10.00 No. 542 - Seedlings. $10.00 No. 543 - Display of three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Pear, twelve specimens — No. 544 - Early varieties. $7.50 may be used. Display of Fruit — No. 545 - Not to exceed 20 square feet. Two or more kinds. $35.00 may be used. Any other variety of Fruits — No. 546 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 38 Fruit class for Amateurs — No. 547 - Six specimens of a Tree Fruit. - same variety. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — Y. Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Z. New varieties 3.00 2.50 z.UU 1 1 .bU A. Wild, one quart 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 Bean, Snap, one-half peck — No. 548 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 549 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 550 - Dwarf Bush, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Pole, one-half peck - No. 551 - String, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 Cabbage — Three specimens No. 552 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 553 - Any named Hybrid variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 554 - Any named non-hybrid variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 555 - Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. Cucumber, for pickles — No. 556 - One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 GERALD FALES FUND Tomato, twelve specimens — B. Red, any named Standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1 no 1 . VJVJ C. Red, any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 D. Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Onions - 12 specimens — No. 557 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 558 - Cobblers 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 559 - Chippewa 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 560 - Any other named variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 39 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Pepper, twelve specimens — No. 561 - Any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — JMo. 562 - Hybrid, yellow, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 563 - Green varieties, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) Not otherwise listed No. 564 - $15.00 may be used for prizes. New Vegetables — No. 565 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables —(not Commercial growers) — No. 566 - Display from home gardens to cover 1 5 square feet. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 567 - Collection, named edible varieties. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 40 DAHLIA EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. WAYNE SMITH, Chairman MR. BERTRAND BEYER MR. ROGER LANGLEY Thursday — September 13 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $400.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Sale of Spring Flowering Bulbs — Benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Dahlia, varieties to be named — No. 600 - Display of Singles, 5 Vases, 3 Blooms 4.00 3.00 2.00 per Vase No. 601 - Display of Collarettes, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 602 - Display of Pompons, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 603 - Display of Pompons, 10 Vases, 6.00 5.00 3.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 604 - Display of Miniatures, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 605 - Display of Decoratives, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 606 - Display of Decoratives, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 607 - Display of Decoratives, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 608 - Display of Decoratives, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 609 - Display of Semi-Cactus, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 610- Display of Semi-Cactus, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 611 - Display of Semi-Cactus, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 612- Display of Semi-Cactus, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 613- Display of Cactus, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 614 - Display of Cactus, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase 41 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 No. 615 - Display of Cactus, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 616- Display of Cactus, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 617- Basket or Vase of large flowered. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 618- Basket or Vase of Singles 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 619- Basket or Vase of Pompons 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 620 - Basket or Vase of Cactus Varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 621 - Basket of assorted varieties of Dahlias 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 622 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 623 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Non-commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 624 - Display, not over 25 square feet. $30.00 to be used for prizes. Non-Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 625 - Best Vase of Recent Introduction. 1966 - 67 - 68 Introduction. Blue Ribbon No. 626 - Best Vase of New Variety introduced 1 969 70 - 71 . $5.00 may be used. Educational Exhibit — No. 627 - To cover any phase of Dahlia growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. "COURT OF HONOR" Best Small Bloom in Show - From Classes 600 to 604 inclusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Best Decorative Bloom in Show - From Classes 605 to 608 inclusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Best Cactus Bloom in Show - From Classes 609 to 616 inclusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Highest Honor Bloom chosen from 3 Best Bloom Winner - State Award THE COULSON FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Sunset" sunset colors and your choice of accessory. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00. Table Decoration - "Bar-Be-Cue" No. 628 - Composition for an outdoor barbecue in autumn. Number of place settings optional, accessories required. No restric- tions as to grower. Dahlias preferred but any other suitable flower may be used. $50.00 available. Highest prize - $10.00. No. 629 - Children - Same as above. $35.00 to be used. Highest prize - $4.00. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 42 Roses - No. 630 - Collection of kinds and varieties named (number of kinds important). $40.00 to be used for prizes. Gladiolus, standard varieties — No. 631 - 10 Vases, one spike in a vase, to be named. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 632 - Basket 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 EDWIN DRAPER FUND Begonia, tuberous rooted — F. Cut flowers in vases, not more than 20 vases. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Asters, large flowered, long stems — G. Vase of 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Asters, single or anemone — No. 633 - Vase, 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 634 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties - 5 vases, 5 stalks. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 635 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 636 - Double French, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 637 - Single, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 638 - Any other, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 Petunias — No. 639 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 640 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 641 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Zinnias — No. 642 - Display. Mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks — 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 643 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 644 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks - 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 645 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms - 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 646 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 43 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Perennial, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 647 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial - One kind No. 648 - Vase $20.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 649 - Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Wild Flowers — No. 650 - Appropriate container, artistic effect. $15.00 may be used for prizes. (See Special Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 6.) No. 651 - 10 vases, named, no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Herbs - No. 652 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 653 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Notify Office 4 days in advance. Hanging Baskets No. 654 Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 655 Flowering Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 656 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — Ribbons awarded. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 657 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 658 - Red Gravenstein 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 659 - Milton 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 660 - Wealthy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 661 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 662 - Seedling varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 663 - Any other varieties. $7.50 may be used for prizes. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 664 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 665 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 Pear, twelve specimens — No. 666 - Bartlett 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 667 - Seckel 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 668 - New named varieties 3.00 2.50 No. 669 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens - No. 670 - Any Japanese. variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 671 - Any European variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 672 - Any new varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 44 Peach, twelve specimens — No. 673 - Early Elberta No. 674 - Any white variety No. 675 - Any other yellow variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 676 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 677 - Seedlings. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 678 - Display, three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used. Quince, twelve specimens — No. 679 - Orange 3.00 2.50 2.00 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 680 - 6 specimens of a Tree Fruit - same variety. $10.00 may be used. Grape, three clusters — No. 681 - Fredonia 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 682 - Seneca 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 683 - Worden 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 684 - Seedless variety 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 685 - For other varieties - $10.00. No. 686 - New varieties - $10.00. No. 687 - Collection, not less than 5 varieties. 12.00 10.00 8.00 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) H. Recent Introduction - Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 Any other Variety of Fruits — No. 688 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Muskmelons, three specimens — No. 689 - Hybrid, named variety No. 690 - Orange flesh, named No. 691 - Green flesh, named Watermelon, three specimens — No. 692 - Midget Type No. 693 - Seedless, two specimens 2.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.50 ° no 2.L 2.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 694 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 45 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Squash, Winter, three specimens — No. 695 - Buttercup 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 696 - Blue Hubbard 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 697 - Golden Delicious 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 698 - Des Moines 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 699 - Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 700 - Butternut - Hercules 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 701 - Any other variety, named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Potatoes, twelve specimens — No. 702 - Any named variety. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 703 - Red 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 704 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 705 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Carrots - Two bunches - 6 in each — 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 706 - Any named variety Cauliflower — No. 707 - Three specimens 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber - Three specimens — No. 708 - Three specimens Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. Broccoli — No. 709 - Three specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Peppers, twelve specimens — No. 710 - Wonder type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 711 - Squashtype 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 712- Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 713 - Display. $35.00 may be used. Tomatoes, red, twelve specimens — No. 714 - Rutgers or Marglobe type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 715.- Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 716 - Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 717 - Display. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, small-fruited, one quart — No. 718 - Any named variety. $7.00 may be used for prizes. Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 719- Hybrid, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 720 - Any other named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 - non-hybrid variety. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 46 Celery, six specimens — No. 721 - Summer Pascal 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 722 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Egg Plant - Two specimens — No. 723 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onions, twelve specimens — No. 724 - Sweet Spanish 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 725 - Yellow Globe Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 Squash, Summer, three specimens - 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 726 - Any Variety Vegetables — No. 727 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 728 - Display of Vegetables, 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. No. 729 - Any other Vegetables (Kinds) Not otherwise listed $15.00 may be used. Vegetable Class for Juniors — No. 730 - Two or more vegetable specimens grown by exhibitor — Prizes available. Mushroom, native — No. 731 - Collection of edible varieties - $25.00 may be used for prizes. 47 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FALL GARDEN EXHIBIT WORCESTER CENTER GALLERIA COMMITTEE: MR. RICHARD BEMIS, Chairman MR. EDMOND R. COLBY MR. EDWIN R. YOUNG, JR. Friday - October 19, 1973 through Saturday - October 27, 1973 Hours: 9:30 to 9:30 every day Sunday - 12 M - 6 P.M. All gardens must be in place and ready for inspection by the judges by 1 1 o'clock Friday. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,200.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and a silver tray. The silver tray will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by judges. Garden Displays: — No restriction as to grower. I. Each display will occupy 350 sq. ft. $600.00 will be available to each The first five exhibitors to sign up at Horticultural Hall can be accepted. Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability & Quality 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 15 point Color Harmony 10 point Seasonability 10 point Originality of design 10 point Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Prize money for Garden Displays I. above is based approximately upon $1.75 per square foot. For example, a 350 foot display at $1.75 per square foot makes a top prize money of $600.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded 90% of $600.00 or $540.00. SPECIAL AWARD For Excellence in Design and Consistency - the Society's silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Sr. This special award will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the judges. 1973] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 48 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 4 to 7. COMMITTEE: MR. PAUL E. ROGERS, Chairman MRS. K. G. A. ANDERSON MR. HOWARD L. BORGGAARD MR. WALLACE PARKER MR. ROBERT RUSSELL Friday - November 9 - 2 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 10 - 9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday - November 11 - 1 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1 1 o'clock Friday. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $600.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and a silver tray. The silver tray will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. Christmas Trees — 6' to 8' height range — Fresh cut - to be placed in water or balled. No. 901 - Spruce 10.00 8.00 5.00 No. 902 - Fir (including balsam) 10.00 8.00 5.00 No. 903 - Pine 10.00 8.00 5.00 Chrysanthemums — Commercial varieties — Catalogues of Pan American Plant Co. & Yoder Bros., Inc. - to be used by the Judges — No. 904 - Ten blooms, 10 vases, not less than 5 varieties — to be named. 12.00 10.00 No. 905 - Collection of 25 large blooms, long stems. 15.00 12.00 No. 906 - Pompons and Decoratives, display in vases, not more or less than 10 vases, 5 stems in each — named. 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 No. 907 - Single varieties, display in vases not more or less than 5 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.00 4.00 No. 908 - Anemones, display in vases, not more or less than 6 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.50 5.00 No. 909 - Three pots Chrysanthemums (not made up Specimens), well established. 15.00 10.00 No. 910 - One pot Chrysanthemums 5.00 3.00 49 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS [1973 Spray-type Chrysanthemums — Greenhouse grown - No. 91 1 - Six vases, 5 stems in each 3.50 3.00 Standard Commercial Varieties — No. 912 - Chrysanthemums, vase of white. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 913- Chrysanthemums, vase of yellow. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 914 - Chrysanthemums, vase of pink. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 915 - Any other color. 5.00 4.00 3.00 Note: Six flowers in each, one variety in each vase. Stems not less than two feet. Exhibition Varieties — No. 916 - Any variety 6.00 5.00 Note: Six flowers in a vase. Stems not less than two feet. No. 917 - Collection, 25 large blooms, long stems. 20.00 15.00 10.00 Chrysanthemums, not disbudded — No. 918- Basket of Pompons 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 919- Basket of Singles 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 920 - Basket of Anemones 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Note: Arrangement not to exceed 30 inches in width and 36 inches in height. FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums, disbudded — I. Basket of Singles 6.00 5.00 4.00 J. Basket of Anemones 6.00 5.00 4.00 K. Basket of Fuji 6.00 5.00 4.00 Arrangement to be approximately 36 inches in width and 36 inches in height. FREDERICK _A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums — L. Best Bloom 4.00 3.00 2.00 M. Large flowers. Basket. $15.00 may be awarded for prizes. Special Exhibits — (Plants other than Chrysanthemums) — No. 921A - Commercial. $75.00 may be used for prizes. 75 sq. ft. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 921 B - Commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. 50 sq. ft. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 922 - Home grown specimen plants, 24 square feet. Quality not quantity. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 1 week in advance. 1973] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 50 Carnations — No. 923 - Display, $50.00 available for prizes. Gesneriads — No. 924 - Commercial. $100.00 may be used for prizes. No. 925 - Semi-commercial class. $60.00 may be used for prizes. No. 926 - Non-commercial class. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 927 - Three Specimen Plants. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 928 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Table Decoration — Christmas Table - "Elegance" No. 929 - Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $75.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. No. 930 - Children — Same as above. $35.00 may be used. Highest prize - $4.00. Flower Arrangement — "Till and Toil" No. 931 — To be composed of dried materials. Accessories may be used. Highest prize - $5.00 $50.00 Wreaths - 16" frame - No. 932 - Fresh Material to be used. See Rule No. 25. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Door Swag — No. 933 - See Rule No. 25. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Terrariums — Includes Fern and Berry Globes No. 934 - Large - Containers must be over 18 inches but must not exceed 36 inches in any dimension. 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 935 - Small — Containers must not exceed 18 inches in any di- mension. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 936 - Children's Class. $10.00 may be used. Herbs - No. 937 - Display of dried material grown or collected from the wild by exhibitor. $25.00 may be used for prizes. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND N. Educational Classes — No. 1 — Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 — Seniors - 14 through 20 years . ._ No. 3 — Club or qroup exhibit. $100.00 may be used. 51 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS [1973 THE COULSON FUND 0. Educational Class — Adults $50.00 may be used. Fruit Display - No. 938 - Must contain at least three or more kinds of fruit. No res- triction as to arrangement, not to exceed 30 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Off ice four days in advance. ★ ★ * S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT AWARD A Silver Medal, given in honor of Mr. Davenport, will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an exhibition of apples to recognize particular merit or excellence in quality. ★ ★ ★ Apple Display — No. 939 - 50 square feet. $150.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. Apples, forty-nine specimens — No. 940 - Baldwin 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 941 - Mcintosh 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 942 - Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 943 - Cortland 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 944 - Macoun 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 945 - Golden Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 946 - Other named varieties. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 947 - Basket of Fancy Apples. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 948 - Basket of Fancy Pears. 3.00 2.50 2.00 (Baskets furnished by the Society) Apples, twelve specimens — No. 949 - Baldwin 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 950 - Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 951 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 952 - Cortland 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 953 - Macoun 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1973] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 52 No. 954 - Northern Spy 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 955 - R. 1. Greening 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 956 - Red Rome 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 957 - Sweet varieties 2.50 2.00 1 .50 No. 958 - New varieties. Introduced since 1940. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 959 - Old varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 960 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 961 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 962 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) P. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 WILLIAM EAMES FUND Q. Roxbury Russet 3.00 2.50 2.00 R. Golden Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 THE THAYER MEDAL A Silver Medal will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an outstanding plate of Pears. Pears, twelve specimens — No. 963 - Bosc 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 964 - Anjou 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 965 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 966 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cranberries, Wild, one pint, no restrictions — No. 967 - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Fruits — No. 968 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Nuts — grown in Worcester County — No. 969 - Display of edible nuts. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 970 - One pint of each or any of the following: Chestnuts, Butternuts, Black Walnuts Hickory, Filbert, Hartnuts, English Walnuts, etc. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 53 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 HERBERT R. KINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD A bronze medal will be awarded at the discretion of the judges to an exhibitor of a vegetable or vegetables to recognize an exhibit of particular merit or excellence in quality or to recognize improvement by the exhibitor. Brussel Sprouts — No. 971 - Two one-quart baskets. 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Carrots, twelve specimens — No. 972 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Cauliflower — No. 973 - Three specimens 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Celery, blanched, six specimens — No. 974 - Pascal Summer 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 975 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onion, twelve specimens — No. 976 - White Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 977 - Red Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 „50 No. 978 - Ebenezer 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 979 - Yellow Danvers 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 980 - Any other variety. $8.00 may be used for prizes. No. 981 - Hybrid varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 982 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 983 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Parsnip, twelve specimens — No. 984 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Sugar Pumpkins — No. 985 - Three specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Field Pumpkins — No. 986 Two specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Squash, three specimens — No. 987 - Blue Hubbard 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 988 - Butternut. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 989 - Hercules type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 990 - Buttercup 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 991 - Table Queen Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 992 - Jumbo Table Queen 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 993 - Quality 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 54 No. 994 - Waltham Butternut 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 995 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, twelve specimens - No. 996 - Purple Top Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, six specimens — No. 997 - Rutabaga or Swedish 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens - No. 998 - Green Mountain 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 999 - Katahdin 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1000 - Chippewa 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1001 - Sebago 2.00 1.50 1 .00 .50 No. 1002 - Kennebec 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1003 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1004 - Any other variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 New Vegetables — No. 1005 - Recent Introductions. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetables — (Kinds) Not Otherwise Listed No. 1006 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Vegetables — No. 1007 - Market Baskets furnished by Society. Baskets to be so filled that it is possible to carry without contents falling off. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No prize over $3.50. No. 1008 - Display - not to exceed 24 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Ornamental Gourds, Natural — No. 1009 - DisDlav — not to exceed 15 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Field Beans — No. 1010 - Collection. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 55 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — (May be set up the night before) No. 1011 - Juniors, under 14 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1012 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1013 - Juniors, under 14 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1014 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1015 - Vegetable Display - for Children. $15.00 may be used for prizes. ★ * ★ Annual Meeting - Thursday - December 6, 1973 Premiums will be paid on or after the Annual Meeting - State Award Money will be sent out upon receipt of same. * ★ * THE LIBRARY OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Library Committee wish to call your attention to the Library and Reading Room, where the librarian is always ready to extend every facility possible to those in search of horticultural information. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 56 COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS Frederick Brown Co.Cnairmen Edwin W. Proctor Mrs. Bertha G. Denny Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mrs. Fayre L. Nason, Librarian, Ex. Off. Kenneth Knight Everett Hutchins Mrs. Theodore Fowler Miss Marjorie Inman LIST OF PERIODICALS FOR READING IN THE LIBRARY American Forests American Fruit Grower American Horticultural Magazine American Nurseryman American Rose Magazine Arnoldia Farm Technology Florist Exchange Florists' Review Flower & Garden Flower Grower Gardener's Forum Garden Journal of the N. Y. Botanical Club Hemerocallis Journal Horticultural Society of N. Y. Bulletin Horticulture Landscape Architecture Market Growers Journal National Chrysanthemum Society National Parks Magazine Natural History Norfolk Botanical Garden Organic Gardening & Farming P. H. S. News Plants & Gardens - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record Successful Farming SCHEDULE OF PRIZES OFFERED TO CHILDREN by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For ihc voar 1973 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL Juniors and Seniors may exhibit in any of the regular exhibits of the Society 2 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 WILD FLOWER GUIDE The following list is recommended by the Hadwen Botanical Club as a guide which may help plant collectors who hope to display Wild Flowers at the Worcester County Horticultural Society Exhibits. Group I Not to be shown at any time. common name 1) Aletris farinosa Colic root 2) All orchids except #6 and 11 in Group II 3) Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly-weed 4) Cast i lleja coccinea Painted-cup 5) Clematis vertici Maris Purple Virgin's Bower 6) Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn 7) Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches 8) Epigaea repens Mayflower 9) Gentiana crinita Fringed Gentian 10) Linnaea borealis Twin Flower 11) Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 12) Orontium aquaticum Golden Club 13) Pentstemon (all) Pentstemon 14) Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron Group II Not to be pulled up; parts above the roots may be shown with moderation. COMMON NAME 1) Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry 2) Actaea rubra Red Baneberry 3) Aquilegia canadensis Columbine 4) Calluna vulgaris Heather 5) Claytonia caroliniana Spring Beauty 6) Cypripedium acaule Pink Ladies' Slipper 7) Dentaria diphylla Toothwort 8) Genista tinctoria Genista 9) Gentiana andrewsii Closed Gentian 10) Gentiana linearis Narrow-leaved Gentian 11) Habenaria lacera Ragged Fringed Orchid 12) Hepatica americana Hepatica 13) Lilium canadense Canada Lily 14) Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily 15) Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant 16) Viola pubescens Yellow Violet Group III All others may be shown, but use judgment in picking. Never pick the last specimen. Flowers under cultivation are not classed as Wild Flowers. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 3 CHILDREN'S EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD Saturday, July 28 in conjunction with the HEMEROCALLIS SHOW, and August 16 with the GLADIOLUS SHOW. Prizes will be given for other meritorious exhibits. Competition is open to all children under two classes: Seniors — 14 through 20 years Juniors — under 14 years (age as of January 1, 1973) CHILDREN ARE FREE TO ENTER ANY OF THE CLASSES The exhibits of flowers and vegetables must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. All exhibits of flowers and vegetables on July 28 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. All exhibits on August 16 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 P.M. To facilitate setting up exhibits, a member of the Youth Committee will be on hand at Horticultural Hall the evening preceding each show from 7 to 9 P.M. All varieties of flowers and vegetables should be named. Each vase shall have two or more flowers except when otherwise specified. Artistic Arrangement of all flowers will be considered by the judges. In all exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and ill of the Hadwen Botanical Club may be shown. Wild flowers under cul- tivation may not be shown in this class. (See Page 2) At no time shall the exhibit contain more than one-third from Group M. Your entry cards will be made out and ready for you if you mail in your list 4 days in advance. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens. Premiums will be paid on or after September 15. State award money will be sent out upon its receipt. Vases, plates and everything necessary for the exhibition of the flowers and vegetables will be furnished by the Horticultural Society. See Pages 16 and 17 for dates of other Youth Exhibits. FOR ADULTS IF THEY SO ELECT. YOUTH COMMITTEE 1973 1974 1975 Deborah Hill Mrs. Louis Prunier Mrs. Arthur Schrader Mark Hume James McLain Casper Perednia Debbie King Debbie Shepard Mrs. E. Standish 4 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Saturday, July 28 All articles must be in the hall by 12:00 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 1 to 6:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed S200 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior list. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Fiowers — No. 1 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 Artistic Flower Arrangement - S5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 2 Cosmos — No. 3 Zinnia — No. 4 No. 5 Petunias — No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1 stalk each Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold — No. 9 No. 10 Gladiolus — No. 11 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes. Three vases, 1 spike in each to be named Calendula — No. 12 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 Snapdragon — No. 13 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — (One Kind) No. 14 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 15 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 16 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension - To be shown on a mirror 2.00 1.50 3 @ 1.25 5 @ 1.00 Wild Flowers - Named - No. 17 - 5 vases, 3 stems - Each to be named $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 18 - Artistic arrangement S8.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Setting — "Patio" or "Picnic" A. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. S30.00 may be used - 1st Prize not over S5.00. Vegetables - No. 19 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 Beets - No. 20 - Five specimens. S8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 21 - Green - $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 22 - Yellow - $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 23 - 15 Pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 24 - 15 Pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Sweet Corn — No. 25 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe «- No. 26 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 27 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Cabbage — No. 28 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 29 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 30 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 31 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable - No. 32 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Market Basket — No. 33 - Half peck basket furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 34 - One pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 7 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Saturday, July 28 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:00 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers — No. 35 - Display, not over 9 square feet 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 36 - Artistic Arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes Cosmos - No. 37 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 38 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 39 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Marigold - No. 40 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 41 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Gladiolus No. 42 - Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 1.50 1.00 .75 Petunias — No. 43 - Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each No. 44 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each No. 45 - Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Calendula — No. 46 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Any Other Flower — No. 47 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 48 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 49 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) — One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 50 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 51 - 5 vases, 3 stems each — Tn hp namprl ^ID 00 ma\/ hp ii<;pH fnr nri7P<; TaKlo Qot+innc — rdllU Ul r ILillL ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND B. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water, glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 52 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 15 varieties 3 50 3 00 2 50 Beets - No. 53 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 54 - Green- 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 55 - Yellow- 1.50 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 56 - 15 pods - Yellow S8.00 may be used for prizes No. 57 - 15 pods - Green S8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 58 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn - No. 59 - Five ears 1 50 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe - No. 60 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 61 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cabbage - No. 62 - Two specimens 1-50 1.00 .75 ",973 I SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 Carrots — No. 63 - Five specimens Cucumber — No. 64 - Two specimens Onion — No. 65 - Five specimens Any Other Vegetable — No. 66 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket - No. 67 - Half peck basket furnished Edible Wild Berry - No. 68 - One pint 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 $5.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.00 .75 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Thursday, August 16 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior List. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 68 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 69 - Artistic Flower Arrangement-$8.00 may be used for prizes Cosmos — No. 70 - Vase 1.25 1.00 .75 Zinnia — No. 71 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 72 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias No. 73 - Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 74 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 75 - Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold — No. 76 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 77 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $8.00 may be used for prizes 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 11 Calendula — No. 78 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — No. 79 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Gladiolus — No. 80 - Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Best Spike in the Class - Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - No. 81 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize Ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Perennial — No. 82 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 83 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension — To be shown on mirror. $15.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 84 - Five vases, 3 stems each — To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 85 - Artistic arrangement. $10.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers — Page 2) Herb Display — No. 86 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 87 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For A Holiday" C. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 88 - Display of vegetables — Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.75 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1 1 973 Beets - No. 89 - Five specimens $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 90 - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 91 - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 92 - 15 pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 93 - 15 pods — Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 94 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 95 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 96 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 97 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Carrots — No. 98 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Cabbage — No. 99 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Cucumber — No. 100 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Green Peppers — No. 101 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 102 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable — No. 103 - $10.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 104 - Half peck basket furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 105 - One Pint . 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 13 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Thursday, August 16 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers - No. 104 No. 105 Cosmos — No. 106 Zinnia — No. 107 No. 108 Marigold — No. 109 No.1 10 Gladiolus — No. 111 - Display — not to exceed 9 square feet - Artistic arrangement — Vase Petunia No. 113 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 75 75 75 .75 75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Best Spike in the Class - Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette — No.1 12 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 No. 114 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 No. 115 - Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .75 .75 .50 .50 .50 14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1973 Calendula — No. 116 - Three vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.00 .75 Any Other Flower — No. 117 - Three vases, 1 stem each — $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 118 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 119 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person — $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 120 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 121 - Five vases, 3 stems each To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes Herb Display - No. 122 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 123 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. S10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For a Holiday" D. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 124 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 1 5 varieties. 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 125 Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Summer Squash - Two specimens No. 126 - Green- 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 127 - Yellow- 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 128 - 1 5 pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 129 - 15 pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 Potato - No. 130 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 131 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 132 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 133 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 134 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cabbage - No. 135 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 136 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Green Peppers — No. 137 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Onion — No. 138 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 139 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — Half peck basket furnished No.140 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 141 - One Pint 1.50 1.00 .75 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW Opening Friday November 9 - 2 to 6:00 P.M. (members on Saturday - November 10 - 9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday - November 11 - 12 to 5:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 7 7 o'clock Friday. Table Decoration — Christmas Table — "Elegance" No. 930 - Children. Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $35.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. Highest prize - $4.00. Terrarium — No. 936 " Large or small $10.00 may be used for prizes SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND N - EDUCATIONAL CLASSES No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group exhibit No. 4 - 4-H Public Presentation - must be related to Horticulture (production, marketing or artistic use of fruits, vegetables, flowers or other ornaments; landscaping) November 10, Saturday at 2:30 in Library - $35.00 available Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — May be set up the night before. No. 1011 - Juniors, under 14 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No.1012 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1013 - Juniors, under 14 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. S10.00 may be used for prizes. 1973] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 No. 1014 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1015 - Vegetable Display - Children $15.00 may be used for pri/es. Other children's classes will be held at the following shows of the Horticultural Society IrisShow Thursday - June 14, 1973 Rose Show Thursday - June 28, 1973 - Crowning of the 1973 Rose Queen - Lilies Show Friday and Saturday - July 1 3 & 1 4 1 973 Dahlia Show Thursday - September 1 3, 1 973 SPRING EXHIBITION - MARCH 1974 Free admission to exhibitors. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. - EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group No. 4 - 4-H Public Presentation - must be related to Horticulture (production, marketing or artistic use of fruits, vegetables, flowers or other ornaments; landscaping) Saturday at 2:30 in Library - $35.00 available Junior Class - 3-7 min. top prize $10.00 Senior Class - 5-10 min. top prize $5.00 Transactions of Worcester County Horticultural Society Officers of the Year 1974 * * * Reports of the Officers and Committee YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1973 30 ELM STREET, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS TRANSACTIONS 1974 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Officers, Trustees & Committee Members 2-3 Memorial to Stearns L. Davenport 4 President Falmer W. Bigelow, Jr. 5 Fruit Committee S. James Mistark 6 Lecture Committee Mrs. Gordon S. Butler 6 Finance Committee John W. Curtis 7 Treasurer John F. Reynders 8 -9-10 Contributors to the Society 11 - 12 - 13 Ga rd en Awa rd s Isabel K. Arms 14 Hospitality Committee Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt 15 Public Relations Committee Mrs. Ivan M. Spear 15 Library Committee Edwin W. Proctor 16 Membership 17 - 18 Judge of Plants & Flowers Lewis A. Hodgkinson 19 Judge of Flower Arrangements Richard V. Salo 20 Judge of Fruit Rockwood H. Thayer, M.D. 21 Judge of Wild Flowers Mrs. Virginia Howie 22 Youth Committee Mrs. Olive L. Prunier 23 Judge of Vegetables R. Alden Miller 24 Executive Director Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. 24 OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1974 PAUL E. ROGERS PRESIDENT PALMER W. BIGELOW, JR. VICE-PRESIDENTS ARNOLD BANNING SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. EDWARD CLIFFORD 1974 Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. Armand Benoit Mr. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Curtis Clark Mr. Lonwood M. Erskine, Jr. Mrs. John Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James McLain Mrs. Richard Mirick Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert Stoddard Mrs. Robert Whipple TRUSTEES 1975 Mr. Richard Bemis Mr. John Curtis Mr. Merritt Cutting Mrs. Leola Fraim Mr. Robert Hess Mr. Arthur Keown Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mr. Gustaf C. Nelson Mrs. Arthur O'Mara Mr. Emerson Robarge 1976 Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Miss Isabel Arms Mr. Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Roger Heald Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. S. James Mistark Mr. Wallace Parker Mr. H. Ladd Plumley Mr. George H. Pride Mrs. Olive Prunier Mr. Duane T. Sargisson HONORARY TRUSTEES Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mr. George J. Moore, Sr. Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Mr. Edwin W. Proctor Mr. Leslie E. Winter JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES ASSOCIATE JUDGE ASSOCIATE JUDGE Richard V. Salo Lewis Hodgkinson S. James Mistark R. Alden Miller Mrs. Virginia Howie Dr. Rockwood Thayer COMMITTEES 1974 NOMINATING COMMITTEE 1974 1975 1976 Mrs. Richard Mirick, Chr. Mrs. Robert Stoddard Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. LIBRARY COMMITTEE Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Mrs. E. A. Denny Frederick D. Brown, Chr. Everett Hutchins Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Kenneth Knight Mrs. Theodore Fowler MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Frank Harrington, Chr. Richard Bemis Richard V. Salo Mrs. Roma Josephs SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE John Auchmoody, Chr. Mrs. Louis Prunier Mrs. K. G. A. Andersson Frederick D. Brown Casper J. Perednia Arthur O'Mara LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. Elliot Knowiton Paul Rogers, Chr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. Marjorie W. Lodding Mrs. Stanley Morton Mrs. George B. Wells Mrs. Robert Hess Carl Holm Wallace Parker Casper Perednia George H. Pride Emerson Robarge Richard V. Salo, Chr. EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Lewis Brotherton Lewis Hodgkinson R. Alden Miller Arthur J. O'Mara Paul Shusas Rockwood Thayer Alton Anderson Paul Banks Mrs. Samuel Howie Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Robert Milton Michael O'Mara YOUTH COMMITTEE Mark Hume Debbie King Mark Firmin James McLain Debbie Shepard Cynthia Rogers Casper J. Perednia, Chr. Mrs. Evangel;ne Standish Mrs. Olive Prunier Joseph Dymek Mrs. John Ewer, Chr. Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. H. C. Borger Mrs. Martin Brooks Mrs. Jarrel Burrow Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. John Connor Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Gardener DeMallie Mrs. Charles Fay Mrs. J. E. Harris Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Richard Hutchins Mrs. Albert Jones, Jr. Mrs. Roger Kinnicutt Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. William MacLeod Mrs. Andrew C. Marsters Mrs. Robert Pauquet Mrs. Harlan Pierpont, Jr. Mrs. H. Ladd Plumley Mrs. Edwin White Mrs. Robert P. Wile GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Warren Tucker Mrs. Curtis Clark Chr. GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Miss Isabel Arms, Chr. Miss Marjorie Inman Bernard Knowiton James McLain John Auchmoody Merritt Cutting Miles Prunier PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE Arthur Keown, Chair. E. J. Malchisky James Mistark Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. K. G. A. Andersson FINANCE COMMITTEE Duane Sargisson Robert G. Hess John Curtis, Chr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Herbert E. Berg, Chr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Roger Heald PERSONNEL COMMITTEE William Goss, Chr. Paul Rogers Herbert Berg Frank Harrington Mrs. Evangeline Standish Mrs. Roger Heald PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Fairman Cowan, Chr. Mrs. Myron Converse Mrs. Edward Bernier Mrs. Ivan Spear Mrs. Ronald Patch Mrs. Charles Kingsbury MEMORIAL TO STEARNS LOTHROP DAVENPORT December 10, 1885 - September 21, 1973 When cur beloved member, Stearns Lothrop Davenport died September 21, 1973, the Worcester County Horticultural Society lost a faith- ful friend. For sixty-four years he had served the society. Mr. Davenport was born in North Grafton on December 10, 1885 and lived in that town most of his life. He worked his way through Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, now called the University of Massachusetts, by picking up leaves that fell to the floor of the greenhouse until he was promoted to trimming the grapevines. He later taught agriculture at the college and at Essex County Agricultural School. Mr. Davenport held an honorary degree in horticulture from Boston University. Under the sponsorship of the Worcester County Horticultural Society he re-introduced s at his Creeper Hill Orchard, old varieties of American apples that were almost extinct. At the time of his death his orchard contained more than one hundred kinds of apples that hai once flourished in the United States. The orchard was open to the public as an "Apple Tree Museum". He became internationally known by sending apple scions to Holland, Denmark, Switzerland and other parts of the world. He enjoyed working with the 4-H boys and girls and he judged their gardens every summer for many years. He rewarded first prize winners with chestnut trees grown in his orchard. Nut trees were his second love. "Stearnie" as he was affectionately called by the young people who worked for him was a true horticulturist. He always carried material concerning the Horticultural Society which he frequently distributed to anyone who seemed the least bit in- terested - a modern-age "Johnny Appleseed". He developed and patented several apples, one named Davey another Jean, for his oldest daughter. He was an authority on apple identification and samples were sent to him from universities, growers, home owners, and hybridizers. His was a rare knowledge going back eight decades in fruit growing. He received the gold medal of the Worcester Counth Horti- cultural Society after serving as secretary for twenty-five years. Other offices he held in the society were Vice-President, Trustee and Judge of Fruit. His name appeared frequently in the list of winners at the society's flower and vegetable shows. It was with great satisfaction that he saw the transfer of the old apple varieties orchard from North Grafton to Old Sturbridge Village, where they will be perpetuated and kept alive for future generations. The orchard is a living monument to his life's work. 4 PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The past year has seen considerable activity and participation in the society's programs by our members. I believe this, probably more than any other thing, keeps us healthy and purposeful. Our hats are off to you who chair and serve on these many committees. These committees and their activities are the society. They are the side of us that is visible and keeps us moving. Keep up the good work. By no_ means, however, do I wish to sound com- placent and suggest that all is fine, let's keep doing it the same old way, etc., etc. Some time back, we all felt that more members were needed to provide a stronger base for the society. We lose a few and gain a few but have not made the kind of gains that we sought. This is an area that we must take another look at and give thought to. That is not the only area we need to take a hard look at - I seriously doubt if the hours that our doors are open are at all geared to the convenience of the people we wish to serve and attract. I would welcome your thoughts and suggestions soon on this matter. The Preservation Orchard at Sturbridge Village has become a reality and is well tended and in good hands. We are known wide- ly for our part in this project and I'm thankful Mr. Davenport was with us to see this come about. The continuity of this endeavor I feel is now assured. I think it would be fitting if this body would formally ask Sturbridge Village if they would name this the S. L. Davenport Preservation Orchard. I am always mindful of the large part our Front Street property plays in our financial picture and aware that this in- come may not always be there. I asked Harlan to sit down with Stewart Oakes of the Worcester Downtown Developement Corporation and acquaint him with our situation - primarily I wanted them to have a feel for our program, our needs and our contribution to the community. I know this was done. Again thank you from us all for your contributions that en- abled us to have a balanced budget this year. The Daffodil Show for the New England Region will be held in .our hall in early May (usually in Boston). We are proud to host this show and look forward to seeing many new faces. The Harvie Channin Educational Fund for Worcester County youths has been launched and is growing. We hope it continues to do so and I'm sure we can do some real good with it. I thank you one and all and our staff at the hall for your help and co-operation this past year. Falmer W. Bigelow, Jr. President 5 REPORT OF FRUIT COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The past year has again been a banner year for the sale of apple scions. Over 150 orders were processed and 2,320 scions and 136 bud sticks were mailed throughout U.S.A. and England. Old apple variety interest is running very high and a great many requests for information relative to the scion and bud stick program were mailed out. Many letters have been received and answered pertaining to our old apple preservation orchard program . The Poulins have topworked twenty (20) of the old trees to their choice of apple varieties but leaving a good portion of the old variety on each tree for scion wood and the Poulins have again made available scion and bud wood for the 197^ season. The Sturbridge Preservation Orchard will have a good part of the scion wood available by 1976. By Arbor Day, April 28, 1973, one hundred thirty two fruit trees consisting of 66 old varieties of apples had been planted including two Davey trees at Old Sturbridge Village Preservation Orchard. Miller Nurseries have ready 100 more trees budded for our village orchard to be planted in the Spring of 197- and 1975. Old Sturbridge Village have installed 1^97 linear feet of chain link fencing enclosing the Preservation Orchard. It is with deep sorrow that I report the passing of a dear personal friend and a staunch friend of the society, Mr. S. Lothrop Davenport. He passed away on September 21, 1973 while working at his hobby, gardening. His contribution to the horticultural field is immeasurable. S. James Mistark, Member Fruit Committee REPORT OF THE LECTURE COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The committee has met twice to discuss and plan programs with the Director . It was decided to concentrate our efforts and finances on quality speakers, with few in number. The coffee hour was recommended to be continued at 1:30 P.M. before the lecture period, as it was felt to be so popular last year . 6 The committee feels publicity is very important for the lecture attendance, and shall send out cards, as was done for the last series, to many garden clubs. A decision was made to omit the fall lecture. The programs will be as follows: January 17 - Mrs. Elaine Auchmoody "Flower Gardens & Waterfalls in Pour Continents" February 21 - Dr. Richard Schultes - Harvard "The 12 Plants that Feed Mankind" March 21 - New Arnold Arboretum Movie with Dr. Richard A. "Poisonous Plants" Howard as speaker April 18 - George H. Pride "Good Plant Companions" Our committee extends its appreciation to Mr. Pierpont for his wise counseling and assistance, and Mrs. Nason's work. I wish to thank my committee members for their support. Mrs. Gordon S. Butler, Chairman Lecture Committee REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Finance Committee met frequently during the course of the last year to review the investment portfolio and other related matters. Messrs Robert Hess, John Reynders, Duane Sargisson and the Chairman met with Mr. Pierpont and, frequently, with Mr. Thomas Sedgewick of Mechanics National Bank as Manager of the portfolio. Individual investments have been frequently reviewed and, despite the bad year in the stock market investments with a tax cost of $152,400 were valued at $175,000 on October 31, 1973. "Income is being reinvested to increase the total value of this as rapidly as possible against the day when the Front Street building might no longer be paying its present rent. The Finance Committee has also reviewed the various savings accounts and has made transfers to higher interest rates wher- ever possible. John W. Curtis, Chairman Finance Committee 7 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 197 3 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Schedule 1 OFERATING INCOME Rent - Front Street Real Estate Use of Horticultural Hall Spring Show Admissions Membership Fees Restricted Fund Income (For Prizes) Interest Income Total OFERATING INCOME Add-Interest ana Dividends Earned on Investments ) TOTAL INCOME DEDUCT - DISBURSEMENTS Operating Expenses from Schedule 2 Other Disbursements: Interest and Dividends reinvested) in the Investment Account and ) Service Charges Total DISBURSEMENTS $39,999.96 858.00 5,900.75 4,932.75 1,088.88 515.17 53,295.51 2,1^3.98 $61,291.68 2 ,143. $55,439.49 63,^35.66 EXCESS OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER INCOME (before Special Solicitation) CONTRIBUTIONS (from Special Solicitation) ($7,996.17) 10. 044. 09 EXCESS OF CURRENT YEAR INCOME OVER DISBURSEMENTS $2 , 047 . 92 CURRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE, December 1, 1972 4,250, CURRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE, November 30, 1973 to SCHEDULE 3 298.60 8 OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1973 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Schedule 2 Salaries Social Security Taxes Retirement Fund Contributions Light, Heat and Water Building Repairs and Maintenance Premiums Awarded (l) Exhibition Expense and Premium Book Children's Gardens Experimental Orchard (net) Library Garden Committee and Lectures (net) Publicity and Public Relations Insurance Office Supplies and Telephone Annual Report and Other Printing Postage Scholarships Provision for Capital Repairs Non -Budgeted Items TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES TO SCHEDULE 1 $26,607.00 1,925.95 1,100.00 4,435.48 3,358.21 9,007.40 4,303.91 621.19 (122.58) 1,182.42 (194.34) 27.06 2,676.16 1,728.14 1,176.14 750.29 695.00 1,000.00 1,014.25 $61,291.68 (l) For information purposes only, the State Department of Agriculture has made awards totaling $5,604.74 to our exhibitors in addition to those made by this Society. 9 STATEMENT OF CONDITION November 30, 1973 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Schedule 3 ASSETS NET CURRENT ASSETS Cash on Hand and in Bank Deduct - Employee Taxes and Accounts pay- able Net Current Fund Assets INVESTMENTS The Mechanics National Bank, Trust Dept. Common Stock (at Cost 10/31/73) (Market value 10/31/73 $175,138.00) Retirement Funds fin Savings Bank) Society Funds (In Savings Bank) Total Investment Fund Assets RESTRICTED FUNDS Principal Amount (in Savings Bank) Accumulated Interest (in Savings Bank) Landscape Gardeners Scholarship Fund (In Savings Bank) Total Restricted Fund Assets PLANT ASSETS $9,929 3,631 92 32 152,309.32 ,298.60 11,431 14,280 46 89 178,021.67 17,770 5,540 00 00 1,065.96 24,375.96 Real Estate Equipment Total Plant Assets 508,467 26,171 00 16 TOTAL ASSETS RESERVES AND SURPLUS CURRENT FUND OPERATING SURPLUS from Schedule 1 RESERVE FOR INVESTMENTS RESERVE FOR RESTRICTED FUNDS RESERVE FOR PLANT ASSETS 534,638.16 $743,334.39 $6,298.60 178,021.67 24,375.96 534,638.16 TOTAL RESERVES AND SURPLUS $743,334.39 10 Contributions to the Society have the following members and friends A. Adshead, Mona Ahlin, Mr. & Mrs. Wilson E. Alden, George I. Trust Fund Alden, Mr. & Mrs. Hollis E. Allen, Mrs. Charles A., II Anderson, Alton Andersson, Mr. & Mrs. K.G.A. Auchmoody, Mr. & Mrs. John B. Baker, Peter B. Barrows, Ronald D. & Friends and Neighbors Beals, Mr. Philip C. Bell, Mr. Gardner Bemis, Richard Benoit, Armand A. Bigelow, Palmer W. , Jr. Blodget, Chester B. Booth, Mrs. Howard M. Borgatti, Mr. & Mrs. A., Jr. Borggaard, Howard L. Bowditch, Mr. Robert S. Brenner, Mrs. Amy Bretholtz, Mrs. Nathan Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Martin C. Browchuk, Mr. & Mrs. Roman Brown, Frederick D. Brown, James P., Jr. Bucinskas, Mrs. Vincent Buck, Mr. & Mrs. David M. Buckingham, Mrs. H. Paul Burguet, Mrs. Jacques J. Butler, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon S. Butler, Marion I. Byram, Joseph G. C. Campbell, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Carberry, Mrs. Joseph P. Carmin, H. I. Carmody, Mrs. John Christensen, William Christman, Miss Alice R. Clifford, Edward L. Coates, Mr. & Mrs. Austin B. Coe, Mrs. Jefferson W. Coghlin, Edwin B. Connor, Dr. & Mrs. John, Jr. Converse, Mrs. Myron F. Cowan, Mrs. Fairman C. Cristy, Edna V. Crocker, Mrs. Douglas Cross, Mrs. Ralph been received during 1973 from and are deeply appreciated. Curtis, Blanche C. & Fred L. Cutting, Miss Hazel Cutting, Mr. & Mrs. Merritt D. Dahlstrom, Mrs. Winifred E. Daniels, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Daniels, Fred Harris Foundation Daniels, Mrs. F. Harold Davenport, S. Lothrop Davis, Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Dawson, Mrs. J. Douglas Deering, Mrs. George E., Sr. Dewey, Mrs. Charles N. Dickerman, Mr. & Mrs. Stuart B. Dowden, Miss Vera M. Duffy, Mrs. Ralph E. E. Easterbrook, Ralph Ellsworth, The Ruth H. & Warren A. Fund Erskine, Linwood M. , Jr. F. Fales, Mrs. Gerald Faugno, Jerry Fittz, Paul H. Fletcher, Mrs. Paris Fowler, Mrs. Theodore Freeman, Mr. & Mrs. Howard G. Fuller, Mr. & Mrs. Merton W. Fuller, George F. & Sybil H. Foundation G. Garside, Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Gleason, Dorothy M. Goddard, Mrs. Robert H. Gooch, Mr. & Mrs. Horace Goodspeed, Dr. & Mrs. Harry B. Gow, Mrs. Ralph F. Griffith, Mr. & Mrs. Louis E. Grosvenor, Raymond P. Guillette, Mrs. France Guterman, Dr. & Mrs. Burte H. Haburay, Joseph K. Hall, Winthrop G. Hansen, Ernest Harney, Marlon Harper, Earl T. Harrington, Frank C. Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Prank L. Harrower, Mrs. Harriet G. Hartwell, Mrs. Harold H. Harvard Garden Club Heald Foundation Heald, Mrs. Richard A. Heald, Mrs. Roger N. Heberton, Mrs. Robert M. Hess, Mrs. Robert G. Heywood, Mrs. Chester D. Heywood, Mr. & Mrs. Philip B. Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, Warren Hight, Dr. & Mrs. Donald Hodge, Mr. & Mrs. William W. Hodgkinson, Lewis A. Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Howie, Mrs. Samuel Huff, Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Hutchins, Everett I. Illingworth, Robert S. Inman, Miss Marjorie Ireland, Mrs. William D., Jr. Isham, William E. Ives, Lester J. Jeppson Memorial Fund Johnson, Mrs. Alden P. Johnson, Arthur H. K. Kallio, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Keenan, John F. Keenan, Mr. & Mrs. John, Jr. Keith, Mrs. Joseph L., Ill Knight, Mr. & Mrs. Harold N. Knowlton, Bernard N. Knowlton, Mrs. Elliott B. Kruckas, Anthony J. L. Lapierre, Mrs. John Lasell, Mrs. John W. Leb ea ux , Reub en Leclaire, Mrs. Ernest F. Lewis, Mrs. Sylvia K. Lincoln, Mrs. Daniel W. Little, Miss Rachel G. Ljungberg, Florice F. Llewellyn, Mrs. A. B. Longstreet, Mrs. George H. Loring, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. M. Macarchuk, Mrs. Norma Mahn, Burl en Mangold, Mrs. Wilfred J. Manks, Miss Dorothy S. Manoogian, Harry M. Mason, Mrs. Sydney R. Matis, John, Sr. Mattson, Mrs. Aino Mercer, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mikoloski, Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Milton, Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Mitchell, Mr. & Mrs. John F. Mix, Mrs. Donald G. Monette, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Morgan, Mrs. Myles Morgan, Mrs. Philip M. Morgan, Mrs. Weld Morgan - Worcester, Inc. Morse, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Muir, Francis D. Mc. McCargo, Mrs. William T. N. Nagle, Mary E. Najarian, Mr. & Mrs. Arsen Nelson, Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf Norwood, Mrs. Stanley W. 0. Ober, Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Oliver, Mrs. Henry E. Oliver, Miss Sarah I. Ormond, Miss Helen C. P. Parker, Mrs. John A. Parker, Miss Katherine V. Patton, Mrs. Alson C. Peltola, Miss Elvi Perkins, Dwight A. Petter, Mrs. John B. Pettit, Mr. & Mrs. William, Jr. Phelan, Mrs. Evelyn M. Philips, Dr. & Mrs. Smith G. Piehler, Dr. & Mrs. Edmund 0. Pierpont, Mr. Harlan T. , Jr. Pitkanen, Mrs. Charles J. Plumley, Mr. & Mrs. H. Ladd Prouty, Mr. & Mrs. Richard 12 R. Reed, Mrs. Alden 1 Rice, Mrs. Albert 1 Rice, Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. 1 Richardson, Mr. & Mrs. E. E. 1 Robarge, Emerson N. 1 Robertson, Edith C. 1 Rogers, Paul E. 1 Ryan, Mr. & Mrs. Frank 1 1 S. Sanderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Sargent, John A. Saunders, Mr. & Mrs. Carleton Semple, Robert B. Sharfman, Mr. & Mrs. Norman : Sherer, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph, Jr. ', Sherman, Margaret E. , Trust Shoemaker, Robert C. Shrewsbury Garden Club Simon e, Thomas Sistare, Mrs. Donald W. Sisson, Mrs. Arthur F. Skeates, Mrs. Arthur J. Small, Miss Rena 0. Smith, Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Smith, Wayne C. Standish, Mrs. Evangeline Stapor, Peter S. Stearns, Dorothy A. Stewart, James K. Stinson, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Stobbs, Russell M. Stoddard Charitable Trust Stoddard, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Surprenant, The Albert H. Charitable Trust T. Tarbox, Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Taylor, Mr. & Mrs. Harrison G. , Jr. Terry, Bruce Tessier, Mrs. Ernest Thayer, Dr. Rockwood H. Thies, Prof. Wilbur H. Thomas, Mildred C. Trask, Miss G. Hazel "Tucker, Mr. & Mrs. Warren D. Tuller, Mr. & Mrs. Maurice E. Turner, Lily W. Wehenkel, Mr. Walter C, Jr. West, Mrs. William G. Weston Nurseries, Inc. Whipple, Mrs. Robert Whipple, William J. White, George Avery, Jr. Whitehead, Ernest P. Whitney, Mrs. Daniel F. Whitney, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Williams, Gertrude E. Williams, Mr. & Mrs. John H. Worcester Co. 4-H Advisory Council Wright, Mrs. E. Stanley Wylie, Dr. & Mrs. H. Lee Y. Young, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin R., Jr. Z. Zimmerman, Henry A. Zuromski, Joseph G. 13 REPORT OF GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This year the Garden Awards Committee has kept the cameras busy. Slides have been taken in over 20 communities from Athol, Prince- ton and Lancaster to Auburn, Charlton and many areas in between. We made new friends for the society as we spotted colorful gardens and explained what the society does when we had obtained permission to photograph. We made 2 group trips - one to Petersham where we were skill- fully piloted to a number of choice gardens by Mrs. John Carmody, former committee member. The other three car pilgrimage went through numerous side streets of Worcester, almost unknown to us previously, where we photographed small colorful areas tucked away in pocket size yards. The rest of our travels were indivi- dual . Your committee: Mr. Merritt Cutting, Mr. Alden Stone, Miss Marjorie Inman, Mr. Russell Stobbs and I, together with Mr. Pierpont, have viewed over 300 slides and have decided on thirty awards for 1973. 19 Private home gardens, large and small 4 Outstanding vegetable gardens in this do-it yourself type summer 4 Commercial enterprises 3 Civic groups - Colleges, Libraries, Churches A number of excellent gardens will be revisited next year when the season of best flowering permits. Plans for next summer are, of course, uncertain until gas rationing indicates how far afield we can travel. Perhaps we can develop neighborhood groups in various towns who will submit slides of gardens they consider worthy. Or we might publicize at the Spring Flower Show a system where interested gardeners might sub- mit slides they had taken of their own or neighbors' gardens. We will welcome any suggestions to make the Garden Awards a more meaningful activity if travel by the committee is limited. We would like much more activity related to the youth and 4-H awards . On Thursday, January 24, at 2:00 P.M. please come and share the color of summer flowers as we present the awards and show the gardens with slides. Since summer in January by no means an actuality, an alternate blizzard date will be Thursday, January 31st at 2:00 P.M. Isabel K. Arms, Chairman Garden Awards Committee 14 REPORT OF THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Hospitality Committee numbered twenty-two willing ladies who acted as hostesses for the Spring Flower Show and the exhibits held throughout the summer. At the Dahlia Show in the fall, they took orders for the spring bulbs as well. The Garden Exhibit at the galleria was covered for eight days by the committee and other friends of the society. They were helpful in distributing the Newsletter to anyone interested and answered questions about the society. In November, the Annual Sherry Party was held in the Library the opening day of the fruit and vegetable show and several members helped to make it a very festive occasion. My thanks to all members of the committee. Dorothy C. Hurlburt, Chairman Hospitality Committee REPORT OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Public Relations Committee worked primarily on the Spring Flower Show which was held this year from March 9th to 13th. Posters were made by students at the Girls Trade School; poster cards were printed and distributed in Worcester and surrounding towns; 1,000 fliers were placed in schools and churches; a display was set up in the galleria at Worcester Center. A new banner and bulletin board have been in use this year to publicize our activities . Radio Stations WTAG, WNEB, WSRS and Channels 4 and 27 were most generous with interviews and spot announcements. The Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette have been most co-operative and have given us superb publicity for the entire - year. Mrs. Ivan M. Spear, Chairman Public Relations Committee 15 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society During the year 1973, the Library Committee met in the spring and in the fall. There were 186 books added to the collection of which 68 were purchased, 108 were donated, and 10 are on loan from the Conant Free Library in Sterling. 26 magazines were subscribed to. The committee is grateful to Mrs. Robert G. Hess for her generous gift of 100 excellent books. 57 of these were put on the shelves, the remainder, which were duplicates, are to be sold the proceeds of which go toward the purchase of special books. Other people who have donated to the Library are: Amaryllis Society Frederick D. Brown Camellia Society Edward Colt Mrs. Myron F. Converse S. Lothrop Davenport Mrs. Richard Mirick Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Mrs. Robert Stoddard The committee is most grateful to them. We are pleased to receive gifts of books. Our policy is to sell the duplicates thereby creating with the proceeds a special fund for special library purchases. The committee urges the membership to make greater use of the Library and to encourage their friends to do likewise. We have an excellent collection of reference books which should be more used. Edwin W. Proctor Frederick D. Brown, Co-chairmen Library Committee 16 During 1973, 58 members joined our Society, 52 Annual and 6 Life. We have lost by death 22, and 91 failed to renew. The present membership is 1,052. Two boys were given Life Membership by the Society for winning first place in the Garden Contest for three years in a row. Following are listed new members in 1973: Annual Mr. & Mrs. Ernest F. Aubuchon Mrs. Karl T. Benedict Miss Patricia E. Bigelow Mrs. Herve A. Boissonneault John D. Boomer Mrs. Paul Bottis, Jr. Daniel A. Bundza Mrs. Marion J. Burlingame Nathan Chandler Mrs. Harold B. Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Crawford Paul Dickman Mrs. Jeremiah T. Donoghue Miss Vera M. Dowden Mr. & Mrs. Leo M. Evangelista Patrick L. Fadden Mrs. Everett G. Fletcher Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Flynn Mr. & Mrs. James M. Gibson Miss Gertrude L. Goodlight Mrs. France F. Guillette Mrs. Sumner Hay ward Mrs . John Hoffman Mrs. William D. Ireland, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. H. Darius James Peter Johnson Howard W. Kemp Mrs. Frank A. Koenig Mr. & Mrs. James G. Little Allister F. MacDougall Weikko Mackie Mr. & Mrs. Robert MacKinnon Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Manoogian Miss Jeanette J. Mcintosh Mrs. Charles Moran Mother M. Anthony O'Carm Helen C. M. J. Ormond Edward A. 0' Toole, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold P. Parker Mrs. John A. Parker Charles L. Patrone Miss Helga E. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. John Piccolomini Walter T. Pulsifer Mr. & Mrs. Toivo D. Rosvall Wilko Savela Dr. & Mrs. George Saxton Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Stewart Tatnuck Garden Group Mrs. Gladys M. Tourtellotte Robert R. Weihing Ms. Virginia E. Williams Life Mr. H. I. Carmin Walled Lake, Michigan Mr. Allen L. Estabrook Paxton, Mass. Mrs. Lewis Hastings Grafton, Mass. Mr. John Jeppson Worcester, Mass. Mrs. John Jeppson Worcester, Mass. Mrs. Frank Warburton Westboro, Mass. Mark Firmin Worcester, Mass. (Given by the Society) Mark Pitisci Barre, Mass. (Given by the Society) 17 MEMBERSHIP 1973 (Continued ) The following members have passed away since the 1972 Annual Meeting : Bertha Blodget Lewis R. Brotherton Harvie E. G. Channin Mrs. Philip F. Coe Stearns L. Davenport Mrs. Annie M. Dunn Richard A. Flagg Mrs. J. D. Granger Ruth P. Greenlay Harold Gustafson Mrs. Raymond P. Harold Mrs. Harry Harrison Mrs. George N. Jeppson Roy W. Jones Mrs. John B. Kelley Mrs. Howard W. Kemp Mrs. Herbert Langer George H. Longstreet Austin L. Marsh Frank Mills Mrs. Irving H. Verry Mrs. Cecil L. Young Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester No. Grafton Worcester Worcester Warren Worcester Worcester West Boylston Holden Worcester Sterling Worcester Shrewsbury Oxford Worcester Torrington, Conn Worcester Worcester Worcester 18 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society How does one say that it's always a pleasure and an honor to judge at this society's shows but by using different words which mean the same thing ... because last year I said, "It's always a pleasure and an honor to judge at the society's shows," and I've been trying to come up with a way of saying it which would ex- press it even better . . . but there is no way. I also mentioned in my last year's report that, "Most gardeners will agree that this past season was a really tough one because of the wet weather." I guess I can stand to repeat this also. Perhaps it wasn't quite as wet, but not much less. Such weather early in the season always raises havoc with our early exhibitions . I am glad that we don't have our big Spring Flower Show at the galleria. I think that the impact of this show in the small- er area of our own Horticultural Hall is far greater than having it "lost" in the galleria. Perhaps I'm becoming set in my ways, but I still feel that none of our big shows should be at the galleria. Other smaller shows might work out fine there, but I think that the identification of the Horticultural Society with what people are viewing at the galleria is almost completely lost. There should be absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind when they are attending an exhibit that the Worcester County Horti- cultural Society is sponsoring or putting on the attraction. I'm afraid we lose our identity at the galleria. Time will tell, I suppose. Mr. Arthur O'Mara and myself in judging Terrariums are still trying to figure out what the society's definition of a terrarium is. We've mentioned this in the past two annual reports and wish that the Exhibitions Committee would put in a definition into the premium book. We're getting all kinds of things being offered as terrariums and berry bowls. We also question whether or not we need an Amateur Class. This I think we should take up with the Exhibitions Committee to find out why we have one because it usually attracts some very poor specimens. It almost appears that this is where things end up rather than being thrown out. On Page 16 of this year's premium book, under Any other .Perennials - Vase, No. 60 - Other than bulbs, we feel that this call should read to include Biennials also since this call usually has biennials entered under it anyway. Also on the same page under call No. 63, Display Rock Garden Plants, a decision should be made by the Exhibitions Committee as to whether or not this call should be only the Plants or would their blooms suffice? We have had both entered in the same call. And on that same page under Pansies, No. 66 - Display, 6 vases, we feel that $25.00 is too much money for this call. There are very few entries in this class. And six vases are really not necessary ... three would be sufficient and specify number of blooms. 19 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS (Continued ) On Page 30 under Perennial, One Kind - No. 358, and Biennial, One Kind - No. 359, we feel that the biennial call should get more money than the perennial call since more biennials are always entered than perennials. Let us all hope for good early season weather next year so our first few shows will prosper. This will result in more enthusiasm for gardening among the novices and buoy them up to more and better gardens and, hopefully, more and better entries in our shows. This is a time of particular appreciation for growing things among our young people and everything we can do to encourage it should be explored. It's going to take a good many young gardeners to ever replace one Stearnie Davenport. We're really going to miss him. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Judge of Plants & Flowers REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The interest in flower and table arrangements was very dis- appointing during the past year. The spring show seemed to stimulate some interest in these areas, but the number of entries in the summer shows was very limited. Whenever possible, we should try to encourage members of the society to display their talents in arranging flowers. The children were more enthusiastic than the adults in entering table arrangements. Many of their tables were excellent, and they should be commended for their efforts. The silver bowl, offered by Sharfman Jewelers for excellence in table arrangements, is very much appreciated by both the society and the recipients. The display of Christmas arrangements at the Holiday Show was very attractive. With the holiday season approaching, I think they offered many ideas for home decorations. I appreciate the help given to me by other judges who generously offered their time and capable assistance to me in judging at the shows. Richard V. Salo Judge of Flower Arrangements 20 REPORT OF FRUIT JUDGE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society As the year 1973 draws to a close we can look back on some very fine shows. Again, weather conditions were not in the best interests of the fruit grower, and this resulted in an over all diminution in the crop. However, what we lacked in quantity was as usual made up in quality. Outstanding exhibits during the year were strawberries, raspberries, blueberries (the wild crop being the best in years) cherries were in short supply as were peaches and plums. There was a goodly exhibit of gooseberries. Grapes were not plentiful evidenced in diminished exhibits. Apple exhibits were good, while pears were apparently in short supply. Our nut exhibit was outstanding. The Silver Medal in honor of Mr. Davenport for exhibition of apples went to Keon Orchards at the Holiday Show. The Thayer Silver Medal for best exhibition of pears was withheld by the judges at the Holiday Show, and it was their opinion that the medal be awarded at our September Show because it was considered there would be more varieties to choose from. At our recent Holiday Show it was most fitting and proper that the southern section of the foyer be devoted in remembrance of our friend and benefactor, Mr. S. Lothrop Davenport. Gracing the wall was his oil portrait, while surrounding same on a table beneath were the numerous apples developed by him at Creeper Hill Orchard. Our Society and the world at large has lost a very special person. Friend, Teacher, Philosopher, Judge, Researcher, and a genius in his chosen work, he will long be remembered as one of the greatest Pomologists of the Twentieth Century. I would again like to thank Mr. Howard L. Borggaard, Mr. Lewis Hodgkinson, Mr. Alden Miller and Mr. Arthur O'Mara for their capable assistance in helping me to carry out my assignments as Judge of Fruit. Rockwood H. Thayer, M.D. Judge of Fruit 21 REPORT OF WILD FLOWER JUDGE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society With the energy crisis filling our thoughts today, and seeming to take precedence over almost everything else, ecology may be in for a bad time. Wildf lowers seem qute unimportant in the face of unemployment, cold houses, and food and energy shortages. But wildflowers are one of the small pleasures still left to brighten our days and cheer our outlook. Wildflowers are free. Wildflowers are everywhere ... even in vacant city lots... there is hardly a one of us who couldn't gather 5 or 10 varieties during a short walk. Yet, during the year 1973 there were, at the most, only 3 exhibitors in the class of 10 vases. In the class for wildf lower arrangements many more participated .. .and that is gratifying because it demonstrates how beautifully wildflowers lend them- selves to home decoration. Even in the arrangements for table settings and other artistic classes, wildflowers were used in- geniously. And the children (bless their hearts]) taxed my arithmetic to the utmost to try to distribute $5.00 in prizes amongst 20 or more participants. They realize the value of wildflowers! Young people are invited to exhibit at all our shows... but perhaps they aren't aware of this... or maybe they are reluctant to compete with experienced grownups. Please pass the word along that they are more than welcome .. .wanted and needed]! In the past ... .aside from the artistic arrangements that show the adaptability of wildflowers to decoration... exhibitions have been limited to collections of 10 vases. Some of our ex- hibitors .... Hazel Cutting and her brother Merritt . . . have altered tradition at times by making up exhibits showing the many varieties of one species ... which makes for a more educational presentation . Next -year there will be opportunity for more of this sort of thing. The Exhibition Committee has decided to schedule educa- tional exhibits at all the shows .... on any phaze of horticulture. Wildflowers... and ecology in general . . . offer many possibilities for such educational demonstrations. If I should be asked for any recommendations they would be: 1. Encourage young people.. your own or neighbors .. to exhibit in all the adult shows. 2 . Use the marvelous new books in our WCHS Library for identification. Remember ... Latin names are important.... recognized the world over. 3. Buy a copy of the best book of all for identification PETERSON'S FIELD GUIDE TO WILDFLOWERS... fcr yourself or a favorite youngster. Virginia Howie Judge of Wildflowers 22 REPORT OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Youth Committee met twice during the past year. As was re- commended last year, the size of the committee will be doubled by having our last year's committee remain for another year and adding three young people. Young people participated in greater numbers in programs and shows offered by the society. Flowers, vegetables, arrange- ments and table settings were all of high quality. The box garden program had 22 participants with most at south Worcester. The others were at St. Mark's youth program. The boxes are not getting enough exposure as most are placed in back yards . The Garden Award Program attracted 120 4-H club members. The gardens were judged by Mr. Archibald J. Huey and the late Mr. S. Lothrop Davenport. Six gardens were judged as having a perfect score and two young people received Life Membership in the society for having a perfect garden for three consecutive years. They were Mark Firmin of Worcester and Mark Pitisci of Barre. The young people appreciate the encouragement of the judges. They do remember Mr. Davenport fondly. I would like to express the appreciation to the Worcester County Horticultural Society for the help and co-operation given to the 4-H clubs of Worcester County. The two programs strengthen each other and promote a love of the plant world in young people. It has been my pleasure to serve on the Youth Committee. Olive C. Prunier, Chairman Youth Committee REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society During 1973, new yellow lines were painted in the parking lot to show spaces for cars. Edward Herron did the painting with a special machine loaned to us by Holy Cross College. The lines are spaced wider than before to accomodate present day cars. The walls of both stairways have been painted as well as the coat room - good job by Ed Herron. A lovely new rug Is now in the Library donated by our good neighbor, First Federal Savings and Loan Bank. Installation and padding were at our expense. Alice Milton, Chairman Building Committee 23 REPORT OF JUDGE OF VEGETABLES Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society I really appreciate the opportunity of judging at Horticultural 1 Hall and enjoy the fellowship of the staff and judges. I believe the shows are unique and offer those attending a change of pace. Each year I use the same schedule of premiums for all the shows and I mark suggestions to be included in this report. I have just thumbed through both the children and adult schedules and find no comments listed to pass on. I'm sure the vegetable show is not perfect, but apparently nothing is very far out of line or I would have made note of it. Increasing entries appears to be the only point of concern I would suggest as a judge. Frankly, I'm at a loss to suggest how this might be done. In the past, I have tried to get one article in the Worcester County Farmer telling of the show and suggesting non-professional vegetable growers enter the competition. This has not apparently made any difference. If anyone attending the Annual Meeting has any suggestions for the vegetable section or "the judge ", please let me know. R. Alden Miller Judge of Vegetables REPORT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr. President and Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society There is little more I can add to the very fine reports you have heard today from our officers, committee chairmen and judges other than to thank each one of them for their part in making 1973 so successful. This year we staged nine excellent Exhibitions. Next year, with the addition of the New England Regional Daffodil Show, May 8 and 9, we may have ten. Despite the fuel shortage, every- one is eager to do his best and our Spring Show is filled. For the first time the famous acacias of the Stone Estate in Marion are coming to Worcester for the Spring Show, which promises to make this a milestone. This past year we are pleased to report that the society was classified by the I.R.S. as a "publicly supported foundation". This was largely made possible by the generosity and wide spread giving of support by many of you members. Thank you and if any of you have occasion to consider Memorial Gifts or Bequests, please remember your Horticultural Society. Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Executive Director 24 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS Offered by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 19? % THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL TELEPHONE: 752-4274 Young people are invited to exhibit at all shows. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1974 PAUL E. ROGERS PRESIDENT PALMER W. BIGELOW, JR. VICE-PRESIDENTS ARNOLD BANNING SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD TREASURER JOHN F. REYNDERS LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY MRS. FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. EDWARD CLIFFORD 1974 Mr. John Auchmoody Mr. Armand Benoit Mr. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Curtis Clark Mr. Lonwood M. Erskine, Jr. Mrs. John Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James McLain Mrs. Richard Mirick Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert Stoddard Mrs. Robert Whipple TRUSTEES 1975 Mr. Richard Bemis Mr. John Curtis Mr. Merritt Cutting Mrs. Leola Fraim Mr. Robert Hess Mr. Arthur Keown Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mr. Gustaf C. Nelson Mrs. Arthur O'Mara Mr. Emerson Robarge 1976 Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Miss Isabel Arms Mr. Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Roger Heald Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. S. James Mistark Mr. Wallace Parker Mr. H. Ladd Plumley Mr. George H. Pride Mrs. Olive Prunier Mr. Duane T. Sargisson HONORARY TRUSTEES Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mr. George J. Moore, Sr. Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Mr. Edwin W. Proctor Mr. Leslie E. Winter JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES ASSOCIATE JUDGE ASSOCIATE JUDGE Richard V. Salo Lewis Hodgkinson S. James Mistark R. Alden Miller Mrs. Virginia Howie Dr. Rockwood Thayer COMMITTEES 1974 1974 Mrs. Richard Mirick, Chr. NOMINATING COMMITTEE 1975 Mrs. Robert Stoddard 1976 Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Frederick D. Brown, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight Mrs. E. A. Denny Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Theodore Fowler MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Frank Harrington, Chr. Richard Bemis Richard V. Salo Mrs. Roma Josephs SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE John Auchmoody, Chr. Mrs. Louis Prunier Mrs. K. G. A. Andersson Frederick D. Brown Casper J. Perednia Arthur O'Mara LECTURE COMMITTEE Mrs. Elliot Knowiton Paul Rogers, Chr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. Marjorie W. Lodding Mrs. Stanley Morton Mrs. George B. Wells EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert Hess Carl Holm Wallace Parker Casper Perednia George H. Pride Emerson Robarge Richard V. Salo, Chr. Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Lewis Brotherton Lewis Hodgkinson R. Alden Miller Arthur J. O'Mara Paul Shusas Rockwood Thayer Alton Anderson Paul Banks Mrs. Samuel Howie Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Robert Milton Michael O'Mara YOUTH COMMITTEE Mark Hume James McLain Casper J. Perednia, Chr. Debbie King Debbie Shepard Mrs. EvangeTne Standish Mark Firmin Cynthia Rogers Mrs. Olive Prunier Joseph Dymek Mrs. John Ewer, Chr. Mrs. H. W. Hurlburt Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. H. C. Borger Mrs. Martin Brooks Mrs. Jarrel Burrow Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. John Connor Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Gardener DeMallie Mrs. Charles Fay Mrs. J. E. Harris Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Richard Hutchins Mrs. Albert Jones, Jr. Mrs. Roger Kinnicutt Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. William MacLeod Mrs. Andrew C. Marsters Mrs. Robert Pauquet Mrs. Harlan Pierpont, Jr. Mrs. H. Ladd Plumley Mrs. Edwin White Mrs. Robert P. Wile GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Warren Tucker Mrs. Curtis Clark Chr. GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Miss Isabel Arms, Chr. Miss Marjorie Inman Bernard Knowiton James McLain John Auchmoody Merritt Cutting Miles Prunier PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE Arthur Keown, Chair. E. J. Malchisky James Mistark Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. K. G. A. Andersson FINANCE COMMITTEE Duane Sargisson Robert G. Hess John Curtis, Chr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Herbert E. Berg, Chr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Roger Heald PERSONNEL COMMITTEE William Goss, Chr. Paul Rogers Herbert Berg Frank Harrington Mrs. Evangeline Standish Mrs. Roger Heald PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Fairman Cowan, Chr. Mrs. Myron Converse Mrs. Edward Bernier Mrs. Ivan Spear Mrs. Ronald Patch Mrs. Charles Kingsbury RULES MUST BE READ CAREFULLY GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Strict conformity to the Regulations and Rules will be ex- pected and required, as well for the benefit of exhibitors as for the convenience of the Officers of the Society. 2. Every Exhibit entered in a class of named varieties should be correctly named. 3. All articles offered for premiums must remain within the Hall throughout the hours of Exhibition, unless special permission for their removal shall be granted by the Committee on Exhibition, etc. 4. No person shall make more than one entry under the same number, except classes where ribbons are called for or unless otherwise stated in the schedule. 5. The Judges may correct, before the close of any Exhibition, awards made by them, if satisfied that such were erroneous. 6. The cards of Exhibitors competing for premiums shall be re- versed and remain so until after premiums are awarded. 7. Competitors are expected to conform strictly to the condi- tions under which articles are invited. Evasion or violation of them may be reported to the Trustees for future disqualification of the offender. 8. In all Exhibits of Roses, minimum length of stem to be 6 inches except Flower Arrangement, Miniatures and Shrub Roses. 9. All articles for exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock unless otherwise speci- fied. Otherwise they will be ruled out.< Between 12:30 and 2 o'clock the Hall will be in exclusive charge of the Committee on Arrangements and Exhibitions. Open to the public from 2 to 8:00 o'clock, unless otherwise noted. 10. Competition for premiums is open to everyone, and it is strictly required that all specimens offered for exhibition shall have been grown by the competitors, for at least two (2) months previous to the date of exhibition, except no restriction as to the grower is stated in schedule. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 4 11. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the ex- clusive charge of the Judges and Committee of Arrangements, and not even the owners will have liberty to remove them until the Exhibition is closed, and no sale of Exhibition Fruit, Flowers or Vegetables shall be made in the building. All articles on a one-day show to be removed by the next day - unless that day falls on a Saturday or Holiday. 12. Where a certain number of quantity of Plants, Flowers, Fruits or Vegetables is designated in the schedule, there must be neither more nor less than that number or quantity of specimens shown; and in no case can other varieties than those named in the schedule be substituted. 13. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens and may correct any errors that they think were without deliberate purpose. 14. The Committee on Arrangements has power to change the time of exhibition for any article, if an earlier or later season ren- ders such change desirable. 15. All articles offered for exhibition including baskets of mixed flowers, should be correctly named. Any person exhibiting the same variety of Fruit or Vegetable, under different names or ex- hibiting as grown by himself Flowers, Fruit or Vegetables grown by another, thereby violating the object and rules of the Society, may be debarred from competing for the Society's premiums un- til reinstated. 16. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to their mode of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and examinations, if requested. 17. In all exhibitions of Cut Flowers for competition, the num- ber of blooms, clusters, sprays or spikes shown is not restricted ex- cept that it is expected the exhibitor shall use only a sufficient number to make a well-balanced display. All shall be of one color and of one variety in the same vase, except Displays, Vases, Bas- kets, Standards or otherwise specified in the schedule. The Judge will consider the quality of the flowers rather than the quantity. 5 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 18. The Judges may subdivide classes if conditions warrant. 19. The Judges are authorized by the Trustees to invite the assistance of competent and discreet persons in the discharge of their duties. 20. No Judge shall require anything of competitors respecting their Exhibits which is not distinctly specified in the schedule. 21. The decision of the Judges shall be final. 22. In Table Decorations, Collections and Displays of Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, Vases and Baskets, where the number of Ex- hibits exceeds the number of premiums offered, the Judge may award prizes to any worthy Exhibits not receiving a premium. 23. All premiums that are not claimed within one year after the close of the official year will be forfeited to the Society. 24. U.P. Hedrick's "Fruits of New York" and S.A. Beach's "The Apples of New York" will guide the Judge of Fruits in his decisions upon matters at issue. Pan American Plant Company and Yoder Brothers, Inc. catalogues to be used for Chrysanthemums by the judges. 25. No artificial plants, flowers or foliage preserved or altered by any process shall be exhibited at any show of this Society, except for a special purpose and with the consent of the show manage- ment. 26. No individual, group, or organization will be permitted to introduce into the building as part of a display, any material of a promotional or advertising nature without the expressed written permission of the Executive Director. 27. While the Society will take reasonable precautions for the safety of the property of exhibitors, it will be responsible in no case for any loss or damage that may occur. SPECIAL RULES 1. Exhibitors should have alt specimens correctly and legibly named, notice of which will be taken by the Judges in awarding the premiums. 2. While it is expected that Exhibitors will take pains to correctly name their Ex- hibits, the Judges will not exclude an Exhibit for mistake in nomenclature. 3. In all Exhibits of Lilies, the pollen may be removed. 4. In all Exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club Leaflet may be shown. Wild Flowers under cultivation may not be shown in this class. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 6 A. At no time shall the Exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. B. Ask the Secretary for leaflet of the Hadwen Botanical Club showing flowers not to be exhibited. By vote of the Trustees, all entries must be made by Exhibitor to the Assistant Secre- tary and all cards made out by her or her assistants, except Single Spike Classes. Blank Tags are available in the office. Seedlings may be exhibited at any show and will receive appropriate recognition. Definition of Terms Amateur: An amateur is defined as a grower raising plants or flowers for pleasure and not for sale and who does not usually enter into the regular scheduled classes. Clone (Clon): Group, variety or variation of plants propagated by asexual or vegetative parts. Such races may not "come true." from seed. The horticul- tural varieties of roses, apples, oranges, strawberries and carnations are clones; also the cultivated forms of daylilies and plantain-lily (Hosta) that are not produced from seed. Clone or clon is a horticultural rather than a taxonomic term. Collection: An assemblage of a number of kinds or varieties of flowers, plants, fruits and/or vegetables in one exhibit, the specific number and sorts of which should be regulated by the flower show schedule. Quality, variety, rarity, effectiveness and range of the particular group as well as horticultural per- fection are considered in judging collections. Size of collection, without other qualifications, is unimportant. Display: The term generally used for a group of flowers, fruits and/or vege- tables, sometimes plants, covering a definite space or containing a definite number of specimens, or both, arranged to create an artistic effect. It is judged both for quality of materials and artistic effect. The term should be used rather than "collection" where artistic effect is stressed. Fern Globe - A container globose in shape whose principal plant type is ferns. Similarly a Berry Globe is globose, not square or rectangular, which contains mostly partridge berry plants. Terrarium - A bio-community of plants arranged so as to reproduce a real or idealized microcosm of nature. Kind: Genus. Type. The Royal Horticultural Society considers that for horticultural exhibitions and for general gardening use two terms only are necessary to designate plant material: Kind and variety. This ruling has much to recommend it. Kinds are such separate genera as peaches, apples, plums; peas, carrots, cabbages; roses, chrysanthemums, phloxes. Different types of the same genus are also considered as kinds for exhibition purposes: as snap beans and lima beans, dark grapes and white grapes. Their rule book says: "As a general rule, for the purposes of exhibiting, all natural genera are kinds, and all variations within a genus are varieties". They make some exceptions which do not apply especially to us. Variety: Variety as generally used in flower shows is a horticultural term used to designate a named species, hybrid or other horticultural development of a genus. Example: Golden Queen Tomato. See also kind. Used botanically, it is a division of a species, as Campanula Carpatica alba. Here Campanula is the genus, telling us that it is one of the bellflowers. Carpatica is the species, indicating that this particular group comes from the Carpathian mountains and alba (meaning white) is the variety name. 7 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 SCALE OF POINTS Cut Flowers and Wild Flowers — Quality of bfooms (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 20 Number of Varieties 15 Properly named 1 5 Lilies — Condition 30 points Vigor 20 " Placement on Stem 20 Substance of flowers 10 Form of flowers 10 Color of flowers TO Baskets, Standards and Displays — Quality (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 35 Variety 15 Collections — Quality (including condition and value) 45 points Arrangement 2E> Variety 30 " Table Decoration — Design 20 points Relation 20 Color 20 " Perfection 20 Condition 5 Distinction 15 Table Decoration — Special Occasion or Title — Design 20 points Relation 15 Color 10 " Perfection 10 Suitability 15 Condition 15 Distinction - 15 Flower Arrangements — Design 20 points Color 10 Suitability 20 Distinction 15 Originality 10 Condition 25 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 8 SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The following is a list of the Special Funds of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the income of which is devoted to the purpose stated. The date prefixed to each indicates the year in which the fund was established. 1888 - Francis Henshaw Dewey Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for the purchase of books. 1898 - Williams Eames Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for the promotion of apple culture. 1906 - Frederick A. Blake Fund - $1,000.00 Income only to be used in providing Medals to be awarded to the originators of new varieties of Fruits or Flowers, preference always being given to residents of Worcester County. In case that the Worcester County Horticultural Society does not find occasion to award Medals for New Fruits or Flowers, the said income may be used for special premiums for Orchids or other choice Greenhouse Plants and Flowers. 1907 - Obadiah Brown Hadwen Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1922 - Edwin Draper Fund - $300.00 Income to be used for prizes for Horticultural exhibitions held under the direction of said Society. 1924 Miss Frances Clary Morse Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1939 - The Miss Lucy M. Coulson Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1943 - G. A. Bigelow Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for meritorious garden grown exhibits of Roses. 1955 - Chandler Bullock Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Small Fruits. 1957 - Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1958 - Samuel T. and Anna N. W. Hobbs Fund - $5,000.00 Income to be used for the promotion of children's interest in Horticulture. 9 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 1959 - Edward Winslow Lincoln Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1967 - National Association of Gardeners - $1,000.00 Worcester Chapter 80% of income to be used for scholarships. 1968 - Cook - Davey Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for new varieties of Fruits or for the Scholarship Fund. 1970 - ElouiseS. Knight Memorial Fund - $1000.00 Income to be used to promote the interest of children in Horticulture, especially by means of Cash Awards for ex- hibits. 1970 - Gerald Fales Memorial Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for tomatoes, gladioli, roses or for general purposes of the society. 1970 - The Thayer Fund - $2,000.00 Income to be used for prizes to encourage young people in the raising of fruit, particularly apples and pears, or for scholarships. 1971 - Edward A. Bigelow Fund -$1,000 .00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1971 - George B. Slater Fund Income to be used for Silver Medal to be awarded "For a distinguished exhibit" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1973 - Harvie Channin Educational Fund - $1,290.00 80% of income to be used to foster interest in Horticul- ture and Ecology among young people. SPECIAL AWARDS 1969 - William T. Merrifield Award Bronze Medal "For an exhibit of outstanding merit or interest" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1970 - Paul Whitin Award Silver Medal - Awarded to an exhibit which, in the opinion of the Judges, has special educational merit. 1972 - Sharfman Award Silver Bowl to winner of adult Table Setting Contest - Spring & Fall Shows - Winners name to be inscribed on large Silver Bowl retained at Hall, but which may be kept by anyone winning three times. A smaller bowl to winner each show. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 10 SPRING EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: RICHARD V. SALO, Chairman EDMOND COLBY MRS. JOHN C. EWER MRS. THOMAS GREEN MRS. ROBERT MILTON MRS. ROBERT STODDARD OPENING: Friday, March 8 3 to 4 p.m. for members Friday, March 8 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 9 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 10 1 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 11 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 A.M. Friday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first 6 grades. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two Silver Trays. One tray will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by Judges. The other tray will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. GARDEN DISPLAYS: - No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet. $800.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $700.00 will be available each. Ill Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. 1 1 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability & Quality 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 15 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. "Prize money for Garden Displays I, II, or III above is based approximately upon $2.00 per square foot. For example, a 400 foot display at $2.00 per square foot makes a top prize money of $800.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded for that display will be 90% of $800 or $720. If another display receives 80 points he will receive 80% of $800 which is $640.00. ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Two special awards will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the Judges. An exhibitor may receive only one of these special awards. 1. For excellence in design and consistency silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard. 2. For excellence in suitability and quality of plant material silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Higgins. SPECIAL DISPLAYS: IV - Plant Displays - Commercial - 25 square feet $ 300.00 Notify office 1 week in advance. V - Plant Display — Non-Commercial — 15 square feet 75.00 Outstanding specimen plants not more than three Notify office 1 week in advance VI - Cut Flowers 75.00 VII - Gesneriads No. 1 Display - not over 25 sq. ft. - 50.00 may be used No. 2 Three Specimen Plants 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 3 Gloxinia Display - not over 25 sq. ft. - 50.00 may be used Notify office 1 week in advance VIII - Orchids 100.00 IX - Fruit 200.00 X - Spring Bulbs: 1 . One 8-inch pot Daffodils, Hyacinths or Tulips 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 2. One pot other Spring Bulbs 5.00 4.00 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 12 XI - Vegetables $ 50.00 Table Settings Formal or Informal XII - Adults - Entitle your own table - 52 inch round or 3' x 5' rectangular tables available - reserved in order of your request. Notify the office at least 2 weeks in advance. $125.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize not over $12.00 XIII - Children - The same as above - $50.00 available. Highest prize $6.00. Scale of points by which tables will be judged. XIV- Terrarium - Commercial Notify the office at least one week in advance - Awards available XV - Terrarium - Non-commercial $100.00 available Notify the office at least one week in advance. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. Educational Exhibits: No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 No. 3 - Club or group. $175 may be used for prizes XVI - Educational Exhibits - Adults $50.00 may be used for prizes. Worcester and Worcester County Garden Clubs Exhibit Overall design Compatibility and condition Perfection of the arrangement Distinction and originality Conformance to schedule 30 points 20 points 20 points 20 points 10 points "A CORNER OF THE GARDEN" $300.00 13 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 AND ZONE I, THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA sponsor THE NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL DAFFODIL SHOW and MASSACHUSETTS STATE SHOW in cooperation with AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY, INC. to be held at HORTICULTURAL HALL, 30 ELM STREET WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1974 and THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974 2 p.m. — 6 p.m. 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. COMMITTEE Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. - Executive Director W.C.H.S. Mrs. Robert J. Whipple - Chairman Zone 1 G.C.A. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Anthony - Chief Judges (A.D.S.) Mrs. Clifford C. Fifield - Chrmn. Flower Show Com. G.C.A. Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder Mrs. Robert Milton Mrs. James G. Batterson Mrs. H. Bourne Pillsbury Mrs. E. A. Conrad Mrs. Walter S. Railsback, Jr. Mrs. James B. Grinnell Mrs. C. G. Rice Mrs. Robert Hess Mrs. Ivan Spear Mrs. Edward W. Lawrence Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes Show Secretary: Mrs. Fayre L. Nason - W.C.H.S. - 7524274 AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY AWARDS Each stem in an exhibit receiving an A.D.S. Award must score 90% or more by A.D.S. Scale of Points. 1. THE CAREY E. QUINN AWARD: Silver Medal in Class 97 2. THE ROBERTA C. WATROUS AWARD: Silver Medal in Class 104. May be won only once. 3. GOLD RIBBON: Best standard daffodil in any Horticultural Exhibit. 4. WHITE RIBBON: Best 3 stems standard daffodil Section B. 5. SILVER RIBBON: Most Blue Ribbons won in the Horticultural Classes. 6. PURPLE RIBBON: Best 5 stems in Classes 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 and 93. 7. RED, WHITE, BLUE RIBBON: Best in Class 94. 8. MAROON RIBBON: Best in Class 95. 9. GREEN RIBBON: Best in Class 96. 10. BRONZE RIBBON: Best collection in Class 98. 11. MINIATURE GOLD RIBBON: Best miniature in Section E. 12. WHITE RIBBON: Best 3 stems in Section E, Classes 101 and 102. 13. LAVENDER RIBBON: Best collection in Class 103. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 14 SCHEDULE OF CLASSES HORTICULTURAL SECTION Royal Horticultural Society System of Classification An exhibitor may enter THREE different varieties in each SINGLE bloom class: only one entry is allowed in all other classes. See Rule 3. SECTION A. SINGLE SPECIMEN. SECTION B. THREE STEMS, one variety. SECTION C. SINGLE SPECIMEN, limited to those growing not more than 75 named varieties, excluding miniatures. Section A B C DIVISION 1: TRUMPET DAFFODILS Class No. 1a - yellow perianth, deep yellow trumpet i i 1a - yellow perianth, pale yellow trumpet 2 31 60 1b - white perianth, yellow trumpet 3 32 61 1b - white perianth, pink trumpet 4 33 62 1c - white perianth, white trumpet 5 34 63 1d - any color combination not falling into (a), (b), or (c). (Includes reverse bicolors) 6 35 64 DIVISION II: LARGE CUPPED DAFFODILS 2a - yellow perianth, yellow cup 7 36 65 2a - yellow perianth, orange or red cup 8 37 66 2b - white perianth, yellow cup 9 38 67 2b - white perianth, orange or red cup 10 39 68 2b - white perianth, pink cup 1 1 40 69 2c - white perianth, white cup 12 41 70 2d - Any color combination not falling into (a), (b) or (c). (Includes reverse bicolors) 1 ? 4? 71 DIVISION III: SMALL CUPPED DAFFODILS 3a - yellow perianth, colored cup 14 43 72 3b - white perianth, yellow, pink or rimmed cup 15 44 73 3b - white perianth, orange or red cup 16 45 74 3c - white perianth, white cup 17 46 75 DIVISION IV: DOUBLE DAFFODILS 4 - one bloom to a stem, any color 18 47 76 4 - two or more blooms to a stem, any color 19 48 77 DIVISION: V TRIANDUS DAFFODILS 5a - long cups 20 49 78 5b - short cups 21 50 79 DIVISION VI: CYCLAMINEUS DAFFODILS 6a - long cups 22 51 80 6b - short cups 23 52 81 DIVISION VII: JONQUILLA DAFFODILS 7a - long cups 24 53 82 7b - short cups 25 54 83 15 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 DIVISION VIII: TAZETTA DAFFODILS 8 - any color 26 55 84 DIVISION IX: POETICUS DAFFODILS 9 - 27 56 85 DIVISION X: SPECIES' WILD FORMS and HYBRIDS 10 - other than those on approved list of miniatures 28 57 86 DIVISION XI: SPLIT-CORONA DAFFODILS 1 1 - 29 58 87 SECTION D. COLLECTIONS All collections of 5 or more stems must be exhibited with each variety in a separate container — each variety correctly labeled. Class 88: Collection of 5 different varieties, yellow perianth, any division or divisions. Class 89: Collection of 5 different varieties, white perianth, colored cup, any division or divisions. Class 90: Collection of 5 different all white varieties, any division or divisions. Class 91 : Collection of 5 different pink varieties, any division or divisions. Class 92: Collection of 5 double varieties. Class 93: Collection of 5 varieties from Divisions V, VI, and/or VII. Entries in the above 6 classes are eligible for A.D.S. PURPLE RIBBON. Class 94: Collection of 5 different varieties of American breeding or origin from any division. Eligible for A.D.S. RED, WHITE, BLUE RIBBON. Class 95: Collection of 5 different reverse bicolor varieties from any division or divisions. Eligible for A.D.S. MAROON RIBBON. Class 96: Collection of 12 different varieties representing not less than four (4) R.H.S. Divisions. Eligible for the A.D.S. GREEN RIBBON. THE CAREY E. QUINN SILVER MEDAL AWARD Class 97: Collection of 24 varieties, one stem of each representing not fewer than five (5) R.H.S. Divisions. Each bloom must be correctly labeled and exhibited in a separate container. A list must accompany the entry. OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DAFFODI L SOCI ETY. Registration required. Call Mrs. Nason, 752-4274. BRONZE RIBBON: REGIONAL SHOW AWARD Class 98: Collection of 3 stems each of 1 2 different varieties from at least three (3) R.H.S. Divisions to be exhibited in 12 separate containers, each properly labeled. Register with Mrs. Mason, 752-4274. SECTION E. MINIATURE DAFFODILS To include only varieties on the Approved List of Miniatures. Entries in Classes 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, and 104 are eligible or the A.D.S. MINIATURE GOLD RIBBON. 1974] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 16 Class: 99: Varieties of garden origin - single specimen Class 100: Species (Division X) - single specimen Class 101: Three stems of one variety - garden origin Class 102: Three stems of one variety - species (Div. X) Entries in the above two classes are eligible for the A.D.S. MINIATURE WHITE RIBBON. Each exhibitor may enter 3 different named varieties in Classes 99, 100 Class 103: Collection of 5 different named varieties, individually labeled and and exhibited in separate containers. Eligible for A.D.S. LAVENDAR RIBBON. THE ROBERTA C. WATROUS SI LVER MEDAL AWARD Class 104: Collection of twelve different miniature blooms, one stem of each, from at least three divisions. Each specimen must be correctly labeled and exhibited in a separate container. OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY. May be won only once. Registration required. Call Mrs. Nason, 752-4274. SPECIAL AWARD - Best White Daffodil - Single Stem RULES - HORTICULTURAL SECTION 1. Classes are open to everyone except for Class 97 and Class 104. 2. Entries will be accepted at Horticultural Hall on May 8 from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. The Hall will be open the evening before until 9 p.m. 3. All daffodils in the Horticultural Section must be grown in the open by the exhibitor and shown without foliage. (Miniatures may be grown in protected areas.) Three different varieties may be entered by each exhibitor in the single bloom classes; only one entry in all other ctasses. 4. Exhibits which are not named or incorrectly named will be disquali- fied. However, blooms of seedlings may be shown by the originator or by other persons in classes for "named varieties," provided that they are identified by a number designation assigned by the origina- tor. If the exhibitor is not the originator, the name of the originator must be included as part of the identification. The Classification Committee will help clarify divisions and classes but not variety names. 5. Each exhibit must be tagged by the exhibitor with complete infor- mation as required on all sections of the tag. Tags may be acquired by mail in advance of the Show by writing the Worcester County Horticultural Society. 6. Miniature daffodils, as named on the most recent A.D.S. Approved List of Miniatures plus any yearly additions, may ONLY be shown in Section E. 7. All collections of five or more stems must be exhibited in separate containers. Each specimen must be correctly labeled. 8. Containers will be furnished by the Committee. Please bring your own cotton. 9. Judging will be done according to A.D.S. standards. Only one first, one second and one third award may be given in each class. Honor- able mention awards may also be given. Any award may be withheld at the discretion of the judges and their decision shall be final. 10. The Committee reserves the right to remove any exhibit in poor con- dition. 17 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 SCHEDULE FOR ARRANGEMENT CLASSES DAFFODIL SHOW 1974 EXCITING MOMENTS CLASS I THE FIRST LIGHT OF DAWN An interpretive arrangement to be staged on wooden cubes (4 entries) CLASS II LUNCHEON — TETE a TETE Capsule Table (1 place setting) 30" round tables, cloth to be supplied by committee (4 entries) CLASS III FIRST EXPERIENCES CHALLENGE CLASS — Two divisions to be staged in small niches. Container, plant material and holder supplied by committee. (A — 6 entries) (B — 6 entries) CLASS IV SUNSET GLOW A mass arrangement — to be staged on pedestals. (4 entries) RULES - ARRANGEMENT SECTION 1. Daffodils should predominate in all arrangements. 2. No accessories permitted. 3. All exhibits must be ready for judging by 1 1 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8th. Horticultural Hall will be open at 8 a.m. 4. Exhibitors are requested to list the names of plant material used. 5. Exhibitors are expected to maintain their exhibits in good condition throughout the show. 6. Exhibitors must provide substitutes if they are unable to exhibit. 7. All arrangements must be removed between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 9th. 8. Exact staging measurements, backgrounds, etc. may be obtained from Entries Chairman after May 1st. AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY SCALE OF POINTS Condition 20 Form 20 Substance or Texture 15 Color 15 Stem 10 Pose 10 Size 10 Total 100 For miniatures the judges will substitute "form and grace" for form in the above Scale of Points. Up to 5 points may be deducted for lack of uniformity in judging 3 stems of one variety. 1974] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 18 SUGGESTIONS FOR EXHIBITORS 1. Cut blooms with a sharp knife mid-afternoon of day before show. Red cups should be picked as soon as they open to prevent fading. Stems may be labeled with ballpoint pen. 2. Place stems in tepid water (80°) for half an hour, then in two inches of cool water. 3. Store overnight in a dark, cool place, free of draughts. Don't crowd flowers in container. 4. Blooms will turn toward light and poor pose may be improved by placing them above or below the light. 5. Early flowers may be held in water for ten days in a refrigerator (not frostproof) at about 40 . Trumpets must be fully opened when cut; cups will open if cut when the color shows. 6. To bring on immature flowers, cut when color shows and place in two inches of warm water in awarm room. 7. Remove dirt and loose pollen and smooth petals with a soft brush. Do not remove sheath. 8. Arrange three specimens in a triangle with the tallest in center. Blooms should not touch. Wedge with cotton. This schedule has been approved by the American Daffodil Society, Inc. and follows the Royal Horticultural Society System of Classification. 19 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 IRIS EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION I of the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. H. LADD PLUMLEY, Co-Chairmen MR. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. ROBERT SOBEK MR. & MRS. CARL ULM BARBARA WHITEHOUSE Thursday, June 6 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Specimen Color Classes: one spike entry. Must be named — More than one entry may be made in these classes but not of the same variety and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. They are numbered to agree with American Iris Society Color Classification in order to facilitate its use. Refer to it for complete description of classes. Classes with no known examples have been omitted. i he following color class numbers apply to each of the eight major sections. - RIBBONS No. 1 W White self. May be divided into white-white, cool white and warm white; or according to color of beard. No. 2 W2 White ground plicata with markings of a different coior. No. 3 W3 White with either standards or falls, or both, lightly tinted another color. No. 4 W4 White bitone. Standards white, falls other color. No. 5 W5 White blend. Basically white blended pale tints of two or more other colors. No. 6 Y Yellow self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 7 Y2 Yellow ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 8 Y3 Yellow bitone. Standards and falls yellow of different tints and shades. No. 9 Y4 Yellow bicolor. Standards yellow, falls other color. No. 10 Y5 Yellow blend. Usually divides into pale, light, full and dark. No. 11 O Orange self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. The dark orange is brown. No. 12 02 Orange ground plicatas No. 13 03 Orange bitone No. 14 04 Orange bicolor. May be subdivided as PO'W, PO RV etc. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 20 Orange blend. May be divided into pale, light, full, dark. Most brown irises are in the dark blend class -5DO. Red self. May be divided into pale (true pink), light, full and dark. Red ground plicatas; markings of a different color. Red bitone. Both standards and falls red but of different tints or shades. Red bicolor. Standards red, falls of another color. Red blend. Red-violet self, may be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Red-violet plicata; plicata markings of another color. Red-violet bitone. Both standards and falls violet, but of different tints and shades. Red-violet bicolor. Standards red-violet, falls another color. Red-violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Violet self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Violet plicata; markings of another color. Violet bitone. May be divided into PV/DV, FV/DV, etc. Violet bicolor. Standards violet, falls other color. Violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Blue self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Blue plicata. Ground color blue; markings of another color. Blue bitone. Both standards and falls blue, but of different tints and shades. Blue bicolor. Standards blue; falls of another color. Blue blend. "Green." "Black." Three-and four-color irises, chiefly "variegata-plicatas." V Miniature and Standard I Tall Bearded Iris Dwarf Bearded Iris II Border Bearded Iris VI Arilbreds III Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris VII Apogon IV Intermediate Bearded Iris VIII Species Best in Show - Seedlings — No. 39 Tall bearded, one stalk. Each exhibitor may make more than one entry in this class but not more than 5. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for the American Iris Society's Exhibition Certificate by all AIS Judges present and for the Worcester County Horticultural Society's Rosette. No. 15 05 No. 16 R No. 17 R2 No. 18 R3 No. 19 R4 No. 20 R5 No. 21 RV No. 22 RV2 No. 23 RV3 No. 24 RV4 No. 25 RV5 No. 26 V No. 27 V2 No. 28 V3 No. 29 V4 No. 30 V5 No. 31 B No. 32 B2 No. 33 B3 No. 34 B4 No. 35 B5 No. 36 G No. 37 N No. 38 SECTIONS - WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Other than tall bearded, one stalk. To be judged as for class 79. Display of Siberian Iris, preferably named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. Display, commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate as an outstanding or valuable commercial display. Notify office 4 days in advance. Display, non-commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Iris growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate. Special Awards of The American Iris Society Section Certificate and Rosette will be awarded to the winner of the most blue ribbons in each of the above sections. The American Iris Society's Silver Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the most blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the second-largest number of blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The Best Specimen of Show (Queen of Show) Rosette may be awarded to the one best specimen of the show selected from the specimen classes in Sections I through VIII in the horticultural division. Flower Arrangements — May Waltzes Using any type of Iris. No restrictions as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize not over $5.00. No. 45 ValseTriste No. 46 Blue Danube No. 47 Merry Widow No. 48 Wedding Waltz No. 49 Waltz of the Fairies - a miniature arrangement No. 50 Waltzing Matilda Please call the office to reserve your niche. Sizes available: 18" tall or 30" tall Cut Flowers — some Iris requested — No. 51 Display, 24 sq. ft. 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 52 Small display, 12 sq. ft. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 This number is intended for the grower who does not compete in call for large displays during the year. No. 40 Displays — No. 41 No. 42 No. 43 No. 44 1974] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 22 Potted Plants - No. 53 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herb - No. 54 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Lupines — No. 55 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Aquilegia — No. 56 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Peonies — No. 57 Vase of Herbaceous 3.00 2.00 No. 58 Vase of Tree 3.00 2.00 Spring Flowering Bulbs - $25.00 No. 59 Display Any other Perennial — Vase No. 60 Other than bulbs $10.00 available Amateur Class — No. 61 Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — ribbons Wild Flowers, named — No. 62 10 containers -no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 See special rules of Wild Flowers page 6 Rock Garden Plants and/or Blooms No. 63 Display $25.00 available Gesneriads — No. 64 Display $25.00 available Hardy Trees and Shrubs — No. 65 Display $25.00 available Biennial — No. 66 Vase $10.00 available Asparagus, two bunches, 12 specimens each — No. 67 Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one half peck — No. 68 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Radish, two bunches, six per bunch — No. 69 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 23 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS [1974 Rhubarb, 12 stalks No. 70 Linnaeus 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 71 Victoria 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 72 New Varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Lettuce, 3 heads — No. 73 Boston Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onions — No. 74 Scallions, two bunches, six each 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetable - variety No. 75 Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other vegetable — (not otherwise listed) No. 76 $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1974] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 24 ROSE EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. EDWARD CLIFFORD, Chairman MR. & MRS. CARROLL AKELEY, Hon. Chairmen MR. & MRS. ARTHUR O'MARA MR. & MRS. H. LEE WYLIE Thursday, June 20 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Roses (See Rule 8) - No. 100-Twelve blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture No. 1 01 -Six blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture No. 102-Twelve blooms of named varieties H. T. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Special Prizes MISS FRANCES C. MORSE FUND B. Six blooms of named varieties of H. T. roses, outdoor culture. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Prize Rose — not confined to exhibitors of Worcester County. Ribbons will be awarded — First, Second, Third No. 103-H. T., red and red blend, one bloom No. 104-H. T., pink and pink blend, one bloom No. 105-H. T., yellow and yellow blend, one bloom No. 106-H. T., white, one bloom No. 107-H. T., orange, one bloom No. 108-H. T., any other color No. 109-Floribundas, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 10-Floribundas, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 1 -Floribundas, yellow and yellow blend, main stem No. 1 1 2-Floribundas, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 3-Floribundas, white, one main stem 25 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY T1974 No. 1 14-Shrub Roses, any named variety No. 1 1 5-Grandiflora, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 1 6-Grandiflora, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 7-Grandiflora, yellow and yellow blend, one main stem No. 1 1 8-Grandiflora, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 9-Grandif lora, white, one main stem No. 120-Any other species or variety No. 121 -Best seedling Best Roses in the Show - King, Queen & Princess, Special Recognition In the "Prize Rose" classes No. 100 through No. 1 21 , the rose must be a named variety, the minimum length of stem shall beat least six inches and the rose offered for exhibition shall be from a bush grown by the exhibitor for at least two months previous to the date of exhibition. No. 1 22-H. T. (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon No. 1 23-Floribundas (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon — Use Jackson-Perkins and Conard-Pyle Catalogues — No. 1 24-Collection of cut roses, at least six varieties. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 125-Vaseof Floribundas 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 1 26- Vase of Grandif loras 3.00 2.00 1 .00 No. 127-Vase H.P. roses, not to exceed 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 128- Vase H.T. roses, not exceeding 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 129-Display of cut climbing roses. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 130-Basket of roses 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 No. 131 - Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Rose growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. G. A. BIGELOW FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — Entitle your own C. Using a design of roses and your choice of foliage. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00. Delphinium — No. 134-One Vase, not more than 3 spikes. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 26 Peonies — No. 135- Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Lilies — No. 136-Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 Aquilegia — No. 137-Bowl or Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Foxglove — No. 138-Vase, not more than 3 spikes 4.00 3.00 2.00 Sweet William — No. 139-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pinks (Dianthus) - No.140-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Any other Perennial — No. 141-Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 142 -Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 143-Ten vases, no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Potted Plants - No. 144 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 145 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Special Prizes OBADIAH BROWN HADWEN FUND Hardy Cultivated Flowers and Shrubs, to be named — D. Display of outdoor varieties 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 24 square feet CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Strawberry, twenty-four berries — E. Howard No. 17 3.00 2.50 F. Sparkle 3.00 2.50 G. Robinson 3.00 2.50 H- Catskill 3.00 2.50 '• Jersey Belle 3.00 2.50 J- Vesper 3.00 2.50 K Midland 3.00 2.50 27 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 No. 146-Any other varieties. $10.00 may be used. No. 147-Four pint baskets of strawberries, any variety 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 1 48-Display not over 1 2 square feet. $1 5.00 may be used. Cherry, one quart - No. 149-Any named sweet variety. $5.00 may be used. No. 150-Any named sour variety. $5.00 may be used. Fruit - No. 151 - Any other variety. $5.00 may be used for prizes. COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (i.e., strawberry, cherries, etc.) L. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled 4.00 3.00 Asparagus, 2 bunches - 12 specimens No. 152 - Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Beets — No. 153 - Two bunches, 6 per bunch 2.50 2.00 Cabbage, Three specimens — No. 154 - Golden Acre 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 155 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Chard — No. 156 - Six plants 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce, three heads, named No. 157 - Iceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 158 - Any other variety or loose leaf 2.50 2.00 1.50 Peas, one-half peck — No. 159 - World's Record 2.50 2.00 No. 160 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 No. 161 - Display at least four named varieties $10.00 may be used for prizes Radishes, 2 bunches, 6 per bunch — No. 162 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Rhubarb, 12 stalks — No. 163 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Scallions, 2 bunches, 6 per bunch — No. 164 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 165 - Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetable — (not otherwise listed) No. 166 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables No. 167 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 28 LILIES EXHIBITION COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. MERRITT CUTTING, Co-Chairmen ARMAND A. BENOIT PETER JOHNSON RICHARD SALO Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. Thursday, July 11 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. CLASS A - SINGLE STEMS OF NAMED HYBRID CLONES. Division I — Asiatic Hybrids Hybrids and cultivars derived from such species as L. amabile, L. bulbi- ferum, L. cernuum, L. concolor, L. dauricum, L. davidii, L. leichtlinii, L. pumilum and L. tigrinum. a. Upright flowers — (as Enchantment — Rosabelle) b. Outward facing (as Corsage - Connecticut Lass) c. Pendant (as Talisman - Connecticut Yankee) Division II - Martagon Hybrids (as Brocade - Port Wine) Division III— American Hybrids (as Constance - Shuksan) Division IV— Trumpet Hybrids a. Trumpet form — outward facing c. Bowl shaped b. Trumpet fdrm - pendant d. Sunburst Divisions may be further subdivided at the discretion of the Judges to provide for color variations i.e. Division V — Aurelians (Sunburst or Corona types) Division VI— Oriental Hybrids Contains hybrid cultivars or hybrids of L. auratum, L. japonicum, L. rubellum, L. speciosum, and to include any of their crosses with L. henryii. a. Bowl shaped and flat faced (as Crimson Dream - Imperial Crimson) b. Recurved (Jamboree - Black Beauty) LILIUM 1. White 2. Pink 3. Yellow 4. Green 5. Bicolor 6. Apricot 7. Purple 29 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 CLASS B - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS Not necessarily grown from seed by the exhibitor. Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS C - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS GROWN FROM SEED BY THE EXHIBITOR Divisions 1 thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS D - ALL TRUE SPECIES AND THEIR BOTANICAL FORMS. Each variety to be judged separately. CLASS E - DISPLAY - COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS F - DISPLAY - NON-COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS G - EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY $75.00 may be used for prizes. Competitive classes are open to all providing the lilies are grown by, or under the control of, the exhibitor. First, second and third Prize Ribbons will be awarded by the New England Regional Lily Group in each Division. EDWARD A. BIGELOW M. Basket of Lilies Other foliage permitted $25.00 may be used for prizes N. Vase of Lilies Other foliage permitted $5.00 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 ★ ★ ★ SPECIAL AWARDS Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Award - Best unnamed seedling spike from Class C. Bronze Medal. Worcester County Horticultural Society Award - For best spike of a named clone. To be chosen from Class A entries. The Pauline M. & Armand A. Benoit Award Pewter Bowl for best display, non-commercial. Name to be inscribed on bowl. Bowl to be left at Society. * * * Flower Arrangement — Entitle your own No. 200 -True lilies preferred. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize - $5.00 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 30 Delphinium — No. 203 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - No. 204 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Other than Lilies) - No. 205 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial, one kind — No. 206 - Vase $20.00 may be used for prizes. Non-Hardy Bulbs or Tubers — No. 206 - Vase. $5.00 may be used. Cut Flowers — No. 208 - Display 24 square feet 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 209 - Display 12 square feet 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 210- Eight vases 6.00 5.00 4.00 Herbs - No. 211 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 212 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Potted Plants - No. 213 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Roses — Not over 12 blooms - Vase - See Rule 8 No. 214 - Floribundas $1 5.00 may be used No. 215 - Gra^ndifloras $1 5.00 may be used No. 216- Hybrid Teas $1 5.00 may be used No. 217- Any other $1 5.00 may be used Cherry, one quart — No. 218 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, Black Cap one pint — No. 219- Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Raspberry, one pint — No. 220 - Early varieties, named. $5.00 may be used. No. 221 - Latham 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 222 - Taylor 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 223 - Any other red variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 224 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used. No. 225 - Display not over 12 square feet. $10.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 226 Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. 31 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — 0.- Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 P. - Cultivated, new varieties. $7.50 may be used. Q. - Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Gooseberry, one quart — No. 227 - Any named varieties. $10.00 No. 228 - New varieties. $5.00 Blackberry, one quart — No. 229 - Any variety. $5.00 Display of Small Fruit, two or more varieties — No. 230 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Beets, twelve specimens — No. 231 - Any named variety Carrots, two bunches - six in each — No. 232 - Any named variety Beans, Snap, one-half peck - No. 233 - Green Pod No. 234 - Wax Cucumber, for pickles No. 235 - One-half peck Cucumber, three specimens — No. 236 - Hybrid type, named No. 237 - Standard type, named Cabbage, three specimens - No. 238 - Any variety Lettuce, three heads — No. 239 - Iceberg No. 240 - Any other variety Summer Squash, three specmens — No. 241 • Yellow No. 242 - Green No. 243 Any other type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Swiss Chard - 10 stalks 244 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 32 Peas, one-half peck — No. 245 - Telephone type No. 246 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 Radishes - Two bunches, 6 per bunch No. 247 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Tomatoes, twelve Specimens — New Vegetable - variety No. 250 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used. Any other Vegetable - Not otherwise listed No. 251 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables — No. 252 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. Market Basket of Vegetables — No. 253 - $30.00 may be used. Highest prize not over $3.50. No. 248 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one-half peck — No. 249 - New Zealand 2.00 1.50 1.00 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HEMEROCALLIS (DAYLILIES) EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION 4 of THE AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. GEORGE H. PRIDE, Chairman MRS. IRVING FRAIM MR. & MRS. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. & MRS. ALVAR MELIN MRS. PERCY I. MERRY MRS. JAMES H. SHEPHERD MRS. LOUIS PRUNIER SATURDAY - JULY 27 - 1 to 6:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 for the premiums awarded on this list. Hemerocallis (Daylilies) No. 300 - Display - Commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 301 — Display - Non-commercial. Any decorative material may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 302 — Collection of six named varieties. 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Specimen color classes, one spike entry. Must be named and introduced More than one entry may be made in these classes, providing each entry is a different variety, and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. Only hemerocallis foliage should be used with the following entries. Large Flowered Section (Flower over 41/2 inches in diameter) Ribbons No. 303 - Light Yellow and Lemon No. 304 — Medium yellow No. 305 — Deep yellow or gold No. 306 - Orange No. 307 - Polychrome blends light No. 308 - Polychrome blends dark No. 309 - Bicolor No. 31.0 — Banded or eyed No. 311 - Pale pink No. 312 - True Pink No. 313 - Peach Pink No. 314 - Creamy Melon 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 34 No. 315 — Cantaloupe Melon No. 316 - Pinkish Melon No. 317 — Rose No. 318 - Bright Red No. 319 — Orange Red No. 320 — Brown Red No. 321 — Purple Red No. 322 — Lavender Shades No. 323 — Purple Shades Small flowered (Flower between 3 inches and 4!4 inches) No. 324 - Yellow, any shade No. 325 — Any other color Miniature (Flower less than 3 inches) No. 326 - Yellow, any shade No. 327 - Any other color Dwarf (Normal Growth under 24 inches) No. 328 - Any color Spider Flowered (Exaggerated long thin flower parts) — No. 329 - Any color Double flowered (6 or more petaloids should be present) — No. 330 - Any Color Specials — National Popularity Poll Winner No. 331 - Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society Regional Popularity Poll Winner No. 332 - If different from national winner. Same award as for National winner. Single Floret — No. 333 — One floret to container. This class is intended for very new and rare specimens - where the exhibitor would not wish to cut complete stalk. (Must be named and intro- duced variety). 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Seedling — No. 334 — One entire scape, severed at base. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultur- al Society's Rosette and Special Award Rosette of Amer- ican Hemerocallis Society. More than one award may be given in this class. 35 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Best Registered Introduced Class — No. 335 - Single scape not to exceed 36". To be selected by judges from classes 303 to 334. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemero- callis Society. Best Registered Unintroduced Class — No. 336 - Single scape not to exceed 36". To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. American Hemerocallis Society Achievement Award — No. 337 - Special A.H.S. Rosette awarded at show — Medal awarded later in year after all rules about registration of winning variety have been complied with. At least 3 scapes severed at the base of an undisseminated variety which may or may not be registered and is at least 3 years old. This medal is offered to the originator, amateur or professional whether shown by originator or someone else. The award shall be made only to a new variety of adequate merit and distinctiveness as compared with existing varieties. Educational Exhibit — No. 338 - To cover any phase of Hemerocallis growing, hybridizing, culture or classification; $40.00 may be used for prizes. Cut Flower - No. 339 - Display. Not over 18 square feet. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 340 - Basket, mixed, three or more kinds of flowers. 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Gladiolus — No. 341 - Display (not to exceed 24 square feet). $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 342 - Basket Gladiolus 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 G. A. BIGELOW FUND Roses — R - Vase - not over 1 2 blooms (See Rule 8). $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Petunias — No. 343 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 344 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 345 - Double. 5 vases. 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 36 Lilies - No. 347 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Zinnias — No. 348 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 349 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 350 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 12 blooms. 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 351 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Snapdragon — No. 352 - Vase, not more than 5 spikes. 2.00 1.50 1.00 Salpiglosis — No. 353 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Calendula — No. 354 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 355 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Phlox - No. 356 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Shasta Daisies — No. 357 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Perennial - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 358 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial — One kind No. 359 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 360 - Recent introductions. $1 0.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 361 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 362 - 10 Vases - no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 (See Special Rules of Wild Flowers on Page 6) Potted Plants - No. 363 - Display of Home-grown plants. S30. 00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 364 ■ Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. 37 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Hanging Baskets — No. 365 — Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 366 — Flowering Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 367 Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Begonia, Tuberous Rooted — No. 368 - Display. Use own foliage. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Flower Arrangement or Composition — "Graduation" No. 369 - No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00 Cherry, one quart — No. 370 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, one pint — No. 371 - Latham $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 372 - Taylor $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 373 - Any other red variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 374 - New Varieties $5.00 may be used No. 375 - Display not over 1 2 sq. ft. $1 0.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 376 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Gooseberry, one quart — No. 377 - Any named varieties. $10.00. Blackberry, one quart — No. 378 - Any variety. $5.00. Any New varieties of Small Fruit — No. 379 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Small Fruits, two or more varieties — No. 380 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Apple, twelve specimens - No. 381 - Yellow Transparent 3.00 2.50 No. 382 - Lodi 3.00 2.50 No. 383- RedAstrachan 3.00 2.50 No. 384 - New varieties. $7.00 may be used for prizes. No. 385 - Other early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Plum, twelve specimens - No. 386 - Early varieties. $10 00 may be used for prizes. Peach, twelve specimens, named - No. 387 - Any early white varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 388 - Any early yellow varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 38 Fruit Class for Amateurs - No. 389 - 6 specimens of a tree fruit. Same variety. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — O. — UUILIVdieu, ridlTlcU 3 no o .uu 2.50 2.00 1.50 T. — New varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 U _ Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 390 - Dwarf, any variety 2.50 o nn z.UU 1 .OU 1 nn 1 .UU Bean, one-half peck — iNio. oy I - rxentucKy wonaer z.ou 9 nn £. . \J\J 1 Rn 1 nn Nn ?Q9 - Grppn PnH 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 393 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Beets, twelve specimens — No. 394 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Broccoli — Three specimens No. 395 - Any named variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 Cabbage — 3 specimens No. 396 - Any named variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 Carrots, two bunches, six in each — No. 397 - Any named variety 2.50 9 nn £. .\J\J 1 Rn 1 nn Cucumber, for pickles — No. 398 - One-half peck Z.OU o nn z.UU 1 Kfl I .OU Cucumber — 3 specimens — No. 399 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 400 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 401 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 No. 402 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash - 3 specimens — ' No. 403 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 404 - Green variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 405 - Any other type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce — 3 heads — No. 406 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 39 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Parsley — 2 bunches No. 407 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 408 — Any early variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, twelve specimens — No. 409 -'Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 410 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetable - variety No. 41 1 — Recent introductions. S10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetable — (not otherwise listed) No. 412 — $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables - No. 413— Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 414 — Collection, named edible varieties. S25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 415 — Collection, named non-edible varieties. $25.00 may be used. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule ★ ★ * WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 40 YOUNG PEOPLE'S FLOWER SHOW AND GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MRS. LOUIS PRUNIER, Co-Chairman MR. WARREN BARTON, Co-Chairman ISABELLA CHOATE MRS. JAMES MAHONEY MR. JAMES McLAIN MICHAEL O'MARA MRS. CLAIRMONT STANDISH Thursday, August 15, 1974 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The hall will be open at 6 P.M. the night before for any who wish to set up at that time. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, and Department of Agriculture Rosettes. Baskets and Displays to be judged by the New England Gladiolus Socie- ty Basis. Quality and Condition 50 points Color Harmony 10 Distinctiveness 15 Arrangement of Flowers Effectiveness Gladiolus — No. 500 — Display-Commercial. Baskets and Vases. No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 501 — Display of Artistic Arrangements of Gladiolus. No restric- tion as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 502— Display - Semi-Commercial. (Exhibitor sells flowers and/bulbs but does not issue a catalog). Baskets and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 503 — Display - Non-Commercial. (Exhibitor does not sell flowers or bulbs). Basket and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 504 — Baskets, 20-25 spikes, one variety, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 505 — Basket, 20-25 spikes, two varieties, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 506 - Basket or Vase, 15-20 spikes, two varieties, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 No. 507 - Basket or Vase, 12-15 spikes, miniatures, one variety, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 508 - Basket or Vase of Seedlings, 12-15 spikes, one variety. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 509 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 300, 400, 500 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 510 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 100, 200 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 511 - Collection, five different Recent Introduction varieties (last 3 yrs.), one spike to a vase correctly named. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 512 - Seedling Class. One spike, properly labeled. Seedlings and undisseminated varieties will be shown as seedlings. More than one entry may be made by any exhibitor. Best Seedling will be awarded the Society Rosette and the New England Gladiolus Society Rosette. No. 513 - Open Color Class. One spike, each, properly labeled with Classification number, variety name, and name and address of the exhibitor. Special cards will be furnished by the Society. No. 514 - Recent Introduction Varieties (last 3 yrs.). One spike, properly labeled (see above). No. 515 - Novice Color Class. One spike, properly labeled. This class is open to any person who has never won a Blue Ribbon at any Gladiolus Show. No. 516 - Three Spike Open Class. Three spikes of one variety, prop- erly labeled and arranged attractively in containers. No. 517 - Three Spike Seedling awarded Department of Agriculture Rosette. SPECIAL INFORMATION TO AID EXHIBITORS Use North American Gladiolus Council Classifica- tion List. Stem 'ength below bottom floret - 17 inches on 100 200 classes 20 inches on 300 400 500 classes 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 42 The following size separations will be used in all classes: 100 - 200 Miniature and Small 300 Medium 400 Large 500 Giant First, Second and Third Prize Ribbons will be awarded in each class. ★ * * Members of the Committee will be glad to assist in the arrangements of the spikes and the placing of entries. Section Champion will be chosen from the Seedling Class - From each size 300-400-500 in the Recent Introduction Class - From the same sizes in the One Spike Open Color Class. From these Section Champions, a Grand Champion shall be chosen. Following like procedure with the 100-200 size, a Miniature Champion shall be chosen. Section and Division Champions will be awarded the Society Rosette. Grand Champions - Certificate of Merit. Flower Arrangements — No. 518 - Entitle your own - Emphasis on color and design. No restrictions as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize $5.00. Lilium — no other flower to be used No. 519 - Collection - $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 520 - Vase - $15.00 may be used for prizes. GERALD FALES FUND Roses — V. Vase, not over 12 blooms (see Rule 8). $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) — No. 521 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 522 - Vase. $1 0.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial - One Kind No. 523 - Vase - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Dahlias — No. 524 - Container - $10.00 may be used for prizes. 43 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Amateur Class - No. 525 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Hanging Baskets — No. 526A Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 526B Flowering Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 527 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 528 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 529 - Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Wild Flowers, named — No. 530 - 10 Vases - no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 (See Special Rules of Wild Flowers on page 6) Apple, twelve specimens — No. 531 - Gravenstein $3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 532 - Puritan 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 533 - Early Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 534 - New varieties. $10.00. No. 535 - Any other early variety. $10.00. No. 536 - Seedlings. $10.00. Crab Apple, twenty-four specimens — No. 537 - Any named variety. 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens - No. 538 — Japanese named variety. $10.00 No. 539 — European named variety. $10.00 Peach, twelve specimens, named — No. 540 - Any white variety. $10.00 No. 541 - Any yellow variety. $10.00 No. 542 - Any new variety. $10.00 No. 543 - Seedlings. $10.00 No. 544 — Display of three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Pear, twelve specimens — No. 545 — Early varieties. $7.50 may be used. Display of Fruit — No. 546 — Not to exceed 20 square feet. Two or more kinds. $35.00 may be used. Any other variety of Fruits — No. 547 — $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 44 Fruit class for Amateurs — No. 548 — Six specimens of a Tree Fruit. - same variety. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — W. Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 X. New varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Y. Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1 .00 Bean, Snap, one-half peck — No. 549 - wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. bbu — breen rod Z.bU Z.UU 1 .50 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 551 — Dwarf Bush, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1.00 Bean, Pole, one-half peck — No. bb^ - String, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Broccoli - No. 553 - 3 specimens 2.50 2.00 1 RD I .ou 1 nn I ,uu Cabbage - Three specimens No. 554 — Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1 .50 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 555 — Any named Hybrid variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 556 — Any named non-hybrid variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 557 - Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. Cucumber, for pickles — No. 558 - One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 GERALD FALES FUND Tomato, twelve specimens — Z. Red, any named Standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 A* Red, any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 B. Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Onions - 12 specimens — No. 559 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 45 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Potato, twelve specimens — No. 560 - Cobblers 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 561 - Chippewa 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 562 - Any other named variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pepper, twelve specimens — No. 563 - Any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — No. 564 - Hybrid, yellow, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 565 — Green varieties, three specimens. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Any other Vegetable - Not otherwise listed No. 566 — $15.00 may be used for prizes. New Vegetable - variety No. 567 — Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables —(not Commercial growers) — No. 568 — Display from home gardens to cover 15 square feet. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 569 — Collection, named edible varieties. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 46 DAHLIA EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. BERTRAND BEYER, Chairman MR. ROGER LANGLEY MR. WAYNE SMITH Thursday — September 12 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $400.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Sale of Spring Flowering Bulbs - Benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Dahlia, varieties to be named — No. 600 - Display of Singles, 5 Vases, 3 Blooms 4.00 3.00 2.00 per Vase No. 601 - Display of Collarettes, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 602 - Display of Pompons, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 603 - Display of Pompons, 10 Vases, 6.00 5.00 3.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 604- Display of Miniatures, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase No. 605 - Display of Decoratives, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 606 - Display of Decoratives, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 607 - Display of Decoratives, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 608 - Display of Decoratives, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 609 - Display of Semi-Cactus, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 610- Display of Semi-Cactus, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 611 - Display of Semi-Cactus, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 612- Display of Semi-Cactus, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 613- Display of Cactus, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 614- Display of Cactus, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases. 1 Bloom oer Vase 47 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 No. 615 - Display of Cactus, Large, 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 616 - Display of Cactus, Large, 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 617 - Basket or Vase of large flowered. No. 618 - Basket or Vase of Singles No. 619 - Basket or Vase of Pompons No. 620 - Basket or Vase of Cactus Varieties No. 621 - Basket of assorted varieties of Dahlias 5.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 622 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 623 - Display, not over 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Non-commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 624 - Display, not over 25 square feet. $30.00 to be used for prizes. Non-Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 625 - Best Vase of Recent Introduction. No. 626 -- Best Vase of New Variety introduced 1971 - 72 - 73. $5.00 may be used. Educational Exhibit — No. 627 - To cover any phase of Dahlia growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. "COURT OF HONOR" Best Small Bloom in Show - From Classes 600 to 604 inclusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Best Decorative Bloom in Show - From Classes 605 to 608 inclusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Best Cactus Bloom in Show - From Classes 609 to 616 inclusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Highest Honor Bloom chosen from 3 Best Bloom Winner - State Award 1968 - 69 - 70 Introduction. Blue Ribbon THE COULSON FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition — Entitle your own C. sunset colois and your choice of accessory. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 48 Roses — No. 630 - Collection of kinds and varieties named (number of kinds important). $40.00 to be used for prizes. Gladiolus, standard varieties — No. 631 - 10 Vases, one spike in a vase, to be named. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 632 - Basket 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 EDWIN DRAPER FUND Begonia, tuberous rooted — D. Cut flowers in vases, not more than 20 vases. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Asters, large flowered, long stems - E. Vase of 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Asters, single or anemone — No. 633 - Vase, 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 634 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties - 5 vases, 5 stalks. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 635 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 636 - Double French, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 No. 637 - Single, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 638 - Any other, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 Petunias — No. 639 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 640 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 641 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Zinnias — No. 642 - Display. Mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 643 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 644 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks - 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No 645 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms - 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 646 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 49 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Perennial, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 647 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial - One kind No. 648 - Vase $20.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 649 - Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Wild Flowers — No. 650 - Appropriate container, artistic effect. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. (See Special Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 6.) No. 651 - 10 vases, named, no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Herbs - No. 652 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 653 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Notify Office 4 days in advance. Hanging Baskets No. 654 Foliage Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 655 Flowering Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 656 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 657 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 658 - Red Gravenstein 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 659 - Milton 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 660 - Wealthy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 661 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 662 - Seedling varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 663 - Any other varieties. $7.50 may be used for prizes. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 664 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 665 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 Pear, twelve specimens — No. 666 - Bartlett 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 667 - Seckel 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 668 - New named varieties 3.00 2.50 No. 669 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 670 - Any Japanese variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 671 - Any European variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 672 - Any new varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 50 3.00 2.50 2.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 Peach, twelve specimens — No. 673 - Early Elberta No. 674 - Any white variety No. 675 - Any other yellow variety No. 676 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 677 - Seedlings. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 678 - Display, three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used. Quince, twelve specimens — No. 679 - Orange 3.00 2.50 2.00 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 680 - 6 specimens of a Tree Fruit - same variety. $10.00 may be used. Grape, three clusters — No. 681 - Fredonia 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 682 - Seneca 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 683 - Worden 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 684 - Seedless variety 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 685 - For other varieties - $10.00. No. 686 - New varieties - $10.00. No. 687 - Collection, not less than 5 varieties. 12.00 10.00 8.00 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) F; Recent Introduction — Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 Any other Variety of Fruits — No. 688 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Muskmelons, three specimens — No. 689 - Hybrid, named variety No. 690 - Orange flesh, named No. 691 - Green flesh, named Watermelon, three specimens — No. 692 - Midget Type No. 693 - Seedless, two specimens 2.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 694 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 51 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Squash, Winter, three specimens — No. 695 - Buttercup 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 696 - Blue Hubbard 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 697 - Golden Delicious 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 698 - Des Moines 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 699 - Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 700 - Butternut - Hercules 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 701 - Any other variety, named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Potatoes, twelve specimens — No. 702 - Any named variety. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 703 - Red 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 704 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 705 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Carrots - Two bunches - 6 in each — 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 706 - Any named variety Cauliflower — No. 707 - Three specimens 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber - Three specimens — No. 708 - Three specimens Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. Broccoli — No. 709 - Three specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Peppers, twelve specimens — No. 710 - Wonder type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 711 - Squashtype 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 712- Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 713 - Display. $35.00 may be used. Tomatoes, red, twelve specimens — No. 714 - Rutgers or Marglobe type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 715 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 716 - Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 717 - Display. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, small-fruited, one quart — No. 718 - Any named variety. $7.00 may be used for prizes. Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 719- Hybrid, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 720 - Any other named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 - non-hybrid variety. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 52 Celery, six specimens - No. 721 - Summer Pascal 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 722 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Egg Plant - Two specimens — No. 723 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onions, twelve specimens — No. 724 - Sweet Spanish 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 725 - Yellow Globe Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 Squash, Summer, three specimens — 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 726 - Any Variety Bean, Snap, one-half peck No. 727 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 728- Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 Vegetables — No. 729 — Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 730 — Display of Vegetables, 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. No. 731 — Any other Vegetables (Kinds) Not otherwise listed $15.00 may be used. Vegetable Class for Jumors — No. 732 — Two or more vegetable specimens grown by exhibitor — Prizes available. Mushroom, native — No. 733 — Collection of edible varieties - $25.00 may be used for prizes. 53 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. PAUL E. ROGERS, Co-Chairman DR. ROCKWOOD THAYER, Co-Chairman MRS. K. G. A. ANDERSSON MR. HOWARD BORGGAARD MRS. SHELDON LUBIN MR. ROBERT RUSSELL Friday, November 1 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday, November 2 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday, November 3 12 noon to 5:00 P.M. Monday, November 4 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and __ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 A.M. Friday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first 6 grades. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two Silver Trays. One tray will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by Judges. The other tray will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. Garden Displays: — No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet, $700.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $600.00 will be available each. Ill Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability & Quality 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 15 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 1 0 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 54 Prize money for Garden Displays above is based approximately upon $1.75 per square foot. For example, a 350 foot display at $1.75 per square foot makes a top prize money of $600.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded 90% of $600.00 or $540.00. SPECIAL AWARD For Excellence in Design and Consistency - the Society's silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Sr. This special award will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the judges. Christmas Trees — 6' to 8' height range — Fresh cut - to be placed in water or balled. No. 901 - Spruce 10.00 8.00 5.00 No. 902 - Fir (including balsam) 10.00 8.00 5.00 No. 903 - Pine 10.00 8.00 5.00 EDWIN DRAPER FUND CHRISTMAS TREE - DECORATED G. $50.00 available - First prize not over $15.00 Chrysanthemums — Commercial varieties — Catalogues of Pan American Plant Co. & Voder Bros., Inc. — to be used by the Judges — No. 904 - Ten blooms, 10 vases, not less than 5 varieties — to be named. 12.00 10.00 No. 905 - Collection of 25 large blooms, long stems. 15.00 12.00 No. 906 - Pompons and Decoratives, display in vases, not more or less than 10 vases, 5 stems in each — named. 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 No. 907 - Single varieties, display in vases not more or less than 5 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.00 4.00 No. 908 - Anemones, display in vases, not more or less than 6 vases, 5 stems in each - named. 5.50 5.00 No. 909 - Three pots Chrysanthemums (not made up Specimens), well established. 15.00 10.00 No. 910 - One pot Chrysanthemums 5.00 3.00 55 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS [1974 Spray-type Chrysanthemums — Greenhouse grown — No. 91 1 - Six vases, 5 stems in each 3.50 3.00 Standard Commercial Varieties — No. 91 2- Chrysanthemums, vase of white. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 913- Chrysanthemums, vase of yellow. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 91 4- Chrysanthemums, vase of pink. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 915- Any other color. 5.00 4.00 3.00 Note: Six flowers in each, one variety in each vase. Stems not less than two feet. Exhibition Varieties — No. 916 - Any variety 6.00 5.00 Note: Six flowers in a vase. Stems not less than two feet. No. 917 - Collection, 25 large blooms, long stems. 20.00 15.00 10.00 Chrysanthemums, not disbudded — No. 918 - Basket of Pompons 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 919 - Basket of Singles 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 920 - Basket of Anemones 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Note: Arrangement not to exceed 30 inches in width and 36 inches in height. FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums, disbudded — H. Basket of Singles 6.00 5.00 4.00 I. Basket of Anemones 6.00 5.00 4.00 J. Basket of Fuji 6.00 5.00 4.00 Arrangement to be approximately 36 inches in width and 36 inches in height. FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums — K. Best Bloom 4.00 3.00 2.00 L. Large flowers. Basket. $15.00 may be awarded for prizes. Special Exhibits — (Plants other than Chrysanthemums) — No. 921A - Commercial. $75.00 may be used for prizes. 75 sq. ft. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 921 B - Commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. 50 sq. ft. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 922 - Home grown specimen plants, 24 square feet. Quality not quantity. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 1 week in advance. 1974] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 56 Carnations — No. 923 - Display, $50.00 available for prizes. Gesneriads — No. 924 - Commercial. $1 00.00 may be used for prizes. No. 925 - Semi-commercial class. $60.00 may be used for prizes. No. 926 - Non-commercial class. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 927 - Three Specimen Plants. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 928 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Table Decoration — "Holiday Theme" — Entitle your own No. 929 - Settings for four. This table may or may not be a dinner table. No restriction as to grower. $75.00 to be used for prizes. Notify the Assistant Secretary at least two weeks in advance. No. 930 Mantle Decoration "Holiday Theme" Flower Arrangement — Dried Material No. 931 — Accessories may be used. Highest prize - $5.00 $50.00 Wreaths — 16" frame — No. 932 - Fresh Material to be used. See Rule No. 25. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No. 932A - Decorated Money Available Door Swag — No. 933 - See Rule No. 25. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No. 933A - Decorated Money Available Terrariums — Includes Fern and Berry Globes No. 934 - Large - Containers must be over 18 inches but must not exceed 36 inches in any dimension. 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 935 - Small — Containers must not exceed 18 inches in any di- mension. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 936 - Children's Class. $10.00 may be used. Herbs - No. 937 - Display of dried material grown or collected from the wild by exhibitor. $25.00 may be used for prizes. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND M. Educational Classes — No. 1 — Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 — Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 — Club or qroup exhibit. $100.00 may be used. 57 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS [1974 THE COULSON FUND N. Educational Class — Adults $50.00 may be used. Fruit Display — No. 938 - Must contain at least three or more kinds of fruit. No res- triction as to arrangement, not to exceed 30 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office four days in advance. * ★ ★ S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT AWARD A Silver Medal, given in honor of Mr. Davenport, will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an exhibition of apples to recognize particular merit or excellence in quality. ★ ★ * Apple Display - No. 939 - 50 square feet. $150.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. Apples, forty-nine specimens — No. 940 - Baldwin 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 941 - Mcintosh 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 942 - Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 943 - Cortland 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 944 - Macoun 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 945 - Golden Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 946 - Other named varieties. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 947 - Basket of Fancy Apples. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 948 - Basket of Fancy Pears. 3.00 2.50 2.00 (Baskets furnished by the Society) 3s, twelve specimens — No. 949 - Baldwin 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 950 - Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 951 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 952 - Cortland 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 953 - Macoun 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1974] WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 58 No QR4 — Mnrthprn ^n\/ o.UU Z.DU ■ ) nn Mn QRR - R 1 Hrppninn q nn o.UU o c;n o nn z.UU No. 956 - Red Rome 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 957 - Sweet varieties 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 958 - New varieties. Introduced since 1940. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 959 - Old varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 960 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 961 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 962 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches^ etc.) O. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 WILLIAM EAMES FUND P. Roxbury Russet 3.00 2.50 2.00 Q- Golden Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 THE THAYER MEDAL A Silver Medal will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an outstanding plate of Pears. Pears, twelve specimens — No. 963 - Bosc 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 964 - Anjou 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 965 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 966 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cranberries, Wild, one pint, no restrictions — No. 967 - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Fruits — No. 968 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Nuts — grown in Worcester County — No. 969 - Display of edible nuts. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 970 - One pint of each or any of the following: Chestnuts, Butternuts, Black Walnuts Hickory, Filbert, Hartnuts, English Walnuts, etc. $15.00 may be used for prizes. 59 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 HERBERT R. KINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD A bronze medal will be awarded at the discretion of the judges to an exhibitor of a vegetable or vegetables to recognize an exhibit of particular merit or excellence in quality or to recognize improvement by the exhibitor. Brussel Sprouts — No. 971 - Two one-quart baskets. Carrots, twelve specimens — No. 972 - Any variety Cauliflower — No. 973 - Three specimens Celery, blanched, six specimens — 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cabbage, three specimens - No. 982 - Savoy No. 983 - Any variety Parsnip, twelve specimens -- No. 984 - Any variety Sugar Pumpkins — No. 985 - Three specimens Field Pumpkins — No. 986 Two specimens Squash, three specimens — 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 987 No. 988 Blue Hubbard Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 989 - Hercules type No. 990 - Buttercup No. 991 - Table Queen Type No. 992 - Jumbo Table Queen No. 993 - Quality 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 ,50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 974 - Pascal Summer 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 975 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 i, twelve specimens — No. 976 - White Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 977 - Red Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 978 - Ebenezer 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 979 - Yellow Danvers 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 980 - Any other variety. $8.00 may be used for prizes. No. 981 - Hybrid varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. 1.00 1.00 .50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 .50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1974] SCHEDULE Of PREMIUMS 60 No. 994 - Waltham Butternut 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 995 - Any other variety 2.50 2 00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, twelve specimens — No. 996 - Purple Top Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, six specimens — No. 997 - Rutabaga or Swedish 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 998 - Green Mountain 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 999 - Katahdin 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1Q00 - Chippewa 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1001 - Sebago 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1002 - Kennebec 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1003 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1004 - Any other variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Watermelon, three specimens - No. 1005 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 New Vegetable — Variety No. 1006 - Recent Introductions. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetable - (Not Otherwise Listed) No. 1007 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Vegetables — No. 1008 - Market Baskets furnished by Society. Baskets to be so filled that it is possible to carry without contents falling off. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No prize over $3.50. No. 1009 - Display - not to exceed 24 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Ornamental Gourds, Natural — No. 1010 - DisDlav - not to exceed 1 5 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Field Beans — No. 1011 - Collection. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. 61 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — (May be set up the night before) No. 1012 - Juniors, under 14 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1013 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1014 - Juniors, under 14 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1015 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1016 - Vegetable Display - for Children. $15.00 may be used for prizes. ★ * * Annual Meeting — Thursday — December 5, 1974 Premiums will be paid on or after the Annual Meeting — State Award Money will be sent out upon receipt of same. ★ ★ * THE LIBRARY OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Library Committee wish to call your attention to the Library and Reading Room, where the librarian is always ready to extend every facility possible to those in search of horticultural information. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 62 COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS fJ?"1* *rOWn Co-Chaimien Edwin W. Proctor Mrs. Bertha G. Denny Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mrs. Fayre L. Nason, Librarian, Ex. Off. Kenneth Knight Everett Hutchins Mrs. Theodore Fowler Miss Marjorie Inman LIST OF PERIODICALS FOR READING IN THE LIBRARY American Forests American Fruit Grower American Horticultural Magazine American Nurseryman American Rose Magazine Arnoldia Farm Technology Florist Exchange Florists' Review Flower & Garden Flower Grower Gardener's Forum Garden Journal of the N. Y. Botanical Club Hemerocallis Journal Horticultural Society of N. Y. Bulletin Horticulture Landscape Architecture Market Growers Journal National Chrysanthemum Society National Parks Magazine Natural History Norfolk Botanical Garden Organic Gardening & Farming P. H. S. News Plants & Gardens - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record Successful Farming SCHEDULE OF PRIZES OFFERED TO CHILDREN by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the vcar 1974 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL Juniors and Seniors may exhibit in any of the regular exhibits of the Society 2 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 WILD FLOWER GUIDE The following list is recommended by the Hadwen Botanical Club as a guide which may help plant collectors who hope to display Wild Flowers at the Worcester County Horticultural Society Exhibits. Group I Not to be shown at any time. common name 1) Aletris farinosa Colic root 2) All orchids except #6 and 11 in Group II 3) Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly-weed 4) Castilleja coccinea Painted-cup 5) Clematis verticillaris Purple Virgin's Bower 6) Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn 7) Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches 8) Epigaea repens Mayflower 9) Gentiana crinita Fringed Gentian 10) Linnaea borealis Twin Flower 11) Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 12) Orontium aquaticum Golden Club 13) Pentstemon (all) Pentstemon 14) Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron Group II Not to be pulled up; parts above the roots may be shown with moderation. COMMON NAME 1) Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry 2) Actaea rubra Red Baneberry 3) Aquilegia canadensis Columbine 4) Calluna vulgaris Heather 5) Claytonia caroliniana Spring Beauty 6) Cypripedium acaule Pink Ladies' Slipper 7) Dentaria diphylla Toothwort 8) Genista tinctoria Genista 9) Gentiana andrewsii Closed Gentian 10) Gentiana linearis Narrow-leaved Gentian 11) Habenaria lacera Ragged Fringed Orchid 12) Hepatica americana Hepatica 13) Lilium canadense Canada Lily 14) Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily 15) Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant 16) Viola pubescens Yellow Violet Group III All others may be shown, but use judgment in picking. Never pick the last specimen. Flowers under cultivation are not classed as Wild Flowers. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 3 CHILDREN'S EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD Saturday, July 27 in conjunction with the HEMEROCALLIS SHOW, and August 15 with the GLADIOLUS SHOW. • Prizes will be given for other meritorious exhibits. • Competition is open to all children under two classes: Seniors - 14 through 20 years Juniors — under 14 years (age as of January 1, 1974) CHILDREN ARE FREE TO ENTER ANY OF THE CLASSES FOR ADULTS IF THEY SO ELECT. • The exhibits of flowers and vegetables must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. • All exhibits of flowers and vegetables on July 27 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. All exhibits on August 15 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 P.M. To facilitate setting up exhibits, a member of the Youth Committee wiil be on hand at Horticultural Hall the evening preceding each show from 7 to 9 P.M. • All varieties of flowers and vegetables should be named. • Each vase shall have two or more flowers except when otherwise specified. Artistic Arrangement of all flowers will be considered by the judges. . In all exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club may be shown. Wild flowers under cul- tivation may not be shown in this class. (See Page 2) • At no time shall the exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. Your entry cards will be made out and ready for you if you mail in your list 4 days in advance. • The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens. • Premiums will be paid on or after September 15. • State award money will be sent out upon its receipt. • Vases, plates and everything necessary for the exhibition of the flowers and vegetables will be furnished by the Horticultural Society. • See Pages 16 and 17 for dates of other Youth Exhibits. YOUTH COMMITTEE 1974 Mark Hume James McLain Casper Perednia 1975 Debbie King Debbie Shepard Mrs. E. Standish Cynthia Rogers Mrs. O. Prunier Joseph Dymek 1976 Mark Firmin 4 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Saturday, July 27 All articles must be in the hall by 12:00 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 1 to 6:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $200 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior list. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 1 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 2 - Artistic Flower Arrangement - S5.00 may be used for prizes. Cosmos — No. 3 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 4 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 5 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias — No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1 stalk each Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold — No. 9 Gladiolus Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 10 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 11 - Three vases, 1 spike in each to be named Calendula — No. 12 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 Snapdragon — No. 13 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower - (One Kind) No. 14 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 15 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 16 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension - To be shown on a mirror 2.00 1.50 3 @ 1.25 5 @ 1.00 Wild Flowers — Named — No. 17 - 5 vases, 3 stems - Each to be named $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 18 - Artistic arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Setting - "Patio" or "Picnic" A. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables - No. 19 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 Beets - No. 20 - Five specimens. $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 21 - Green-- $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 22 - Yellow - $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 23-15 Pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 24 - 15 Pods -Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Sweet Corn — No. 25 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 26 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 27 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Cabbage — No. 28 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 29 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 30 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 31 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable — No. 32 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Market Basket — No. 33 - Half peck basket furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 34 - One pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 7 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Saturday, July 27 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:00 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers - No. 35 - Display, not over 9 square feet 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 36 - Artistic Arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes Cosmos — No. 37 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 38 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 39 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Marigold - No. 40 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 41 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Gladiolus — No. 42 - Three vases, 1 spike in each - To be named 1.50 1.00 .75 Petunias — No. 43 - Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 44 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 45 - Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Calendula - No. 46 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Any Other Flower — No. 47 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 48 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 49 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 50 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 51 - 5 vases, 3 stems each - To be named $10.00 may be used for prizes Table Settings — "Patio" or "Picnic" ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND B. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water, glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. I\l r\~t i "f \ / tho /-\ -f -f i r^o r~\ r\a vft/pol/ in 3n\/^nrP INJUUly lilt. U 1 1 1 1st; Ullt; VVcci\ mi aUVdi ilc. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 52 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 15 varieties 3.50 3 00 2.50 Beets - No. 53 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 54 - Green- 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 55 - Yellow- 1.50 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 56 - 15 pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 57 - 15 pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 58 - Five specimens 1 50 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn - No. 59 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe - No. 60 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 61 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cabbage — No. 62 - Two specimens 1 50 1.00 .75 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 Carrots — No. 63 - Five specimens Cucumber — No. 64 - Two specimens Onion — No. 65 - Five specimens Any Other Vegetable — No. 66 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket - No. 67 - Half peck basket furnished Edible Wild Berry - No. 68 - One pint 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 $5.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.00 .75 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Thursday, August 15 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior List. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 68 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Artistic Flower Arrangement -$8.00 may be used for prizes No. 69 Cosmos — No. 70 Zinnia — No. 71 No. 72 - Vase Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each 1.25 1.00 .75 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias — No. 73 - Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 74 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 75 - Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold — No. 76 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 77 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $8.00 may be used for prizes 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 11 Calendula — No. 78 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — No. 79 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Gladiolus — No. 80 - Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Best Spike in the Class - Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - No. 81 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize Ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Perennial — No. 82 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) — One entry per person. $5.00 may be u§ed for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 83 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension — To be shown on mirror. $15.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 84 - Five vases, 3 stems each — To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 85 - Artistic arrangement. $10.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers — Page 2) Herb Display — No. 86 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 87 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For A Holiday" C. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 88 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.75 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Beets - No. 89: - Five specimens $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 90 - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 91 - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 92 - 15 pods — Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 93 - 15 pods — Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 94 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 95 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 96 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 97 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Carrots — No. 98 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Cabbage — No. 99 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Cucumber — No. 100 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Green Peppers — No. 101 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 102 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable — No. 103 - $10.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 104 - Half peck basket furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 105 - One Pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 13 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Thursday, August 15 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers - No. 104 No. 105 Cosmos — No. 106 Zinnia — No 107 No. 108 Marigold — No. 109 No. 110 Gladiolus — No. 111 No. 112 Petunia No. 113 No. 114 No. 115 Display — not to exceed 9 square feet Artistic arrangement - Vase 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Best Spike in the Class - Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1974 Calendula — No. 116 - Three vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.00 .75 Any Other Flower — No. 117 - Three vases, 1 stem each — $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 118 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 119 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person — $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 120 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers — Page 2) No. 121 - Five vases, 3 stems each To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes Herb Display - No. 122 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 123 Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "For a Holiday" D. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance $30.00 may be used for prizes — 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 124 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 15 varieties. 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 125 Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Summer Squash - Two specimens No. 126 - Green- 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 127 - Yellow- 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 String Beans - No. 128 - 15 pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 129 - 15 pods — Green $8.00 may be used for prizes 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 Potato - No. 130 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 131 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 132 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 133 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Carrots - No. 134 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cabbage — No. 135 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 136 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Green Peppers — No. 137 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Onion — No: 138 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 139 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — Half peck basket furnished No. 140 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 141 - One Pint 1.50 1.00 .75 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW Opening - Friday - November 1 - 2 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 2 - 9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday - November 3 - 12 to 5:00 P.M. Monday - November 4 - 9 to 4:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 11 o'clock Friday. Terrarium - Children's Class No. 935 - Large or small $10.00 may be used for prizes Fern or Berry Globes — No. 937 - Children's Class $5.00 may be used for prizes SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND I - EDUCATIONAL CLASSES No. 1 - Juniors under 1 4 years No. 2 - Seniors — 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group exhibit Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — May be set up the night before. No. 1012 Juniors, under 14 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Seniors - 14 through 20 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1013 No. 1014 Juniors, under 14 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No 1015 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No 1016- Vegetable Display - Children $15.00 may be used for prizes. 1974] SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 Other children's classes will be held at the following shows of the Horticultural Society Iris Show Thursday - June 6, 1974 Rose Show Thursday - June 20, 1974 Lilies Show Thursday - Jury 1 1, 1974 Dahlia Show Thursday - September 12, 1974 SPRING EXHIBITION - MARCH 1975 Free admission to exhibitors. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. - EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group. Horticu TRANSACTIONS 1975 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Officers, Trustees & Committee Members 2-3 President Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. 5-6 Report of Finance Committee John W. Curtis 6 Statement of Operations 7 Operating Expenses 8 Balance Sheet 9 Contributors to the Society 10 - 11 Library Report Frederick D. Brown 12 Books donated to Library 13 Hospitality Committee Barbara P. Ewer 14 - 15 Public Relations Committee Martha A. Cowan 15 Lecture Committee Paul E. Rogers 16 Fruit Committee Arthur D. Keown 17 Report of Exhibitions Richard V. Salo 18 Report of Youth Committee Olive C. Prunier 19 Report of Scholarship Committee John E. Auchmoody 20 Report of Garden Awards " Isabel K. Arms 20 Membership 21 - 22 Judge of Plants & Flowers Lewis A. Hodgkinson 23 Judge of Wild Flowers Virginia Howie 24 Judge of Flower Arrangements Richard V. Salo 25 Judge of Vegetables R. Alden Miller 25 Judge of Fruit S. James Mistark 26 Report of Executive Director Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. 27 OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1975 EDWARD L. CLIFFORD PRESIDENT PAUL E. ROGERS VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. ROBERT C. MILTON SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD TREASURER ROBERT S. RUSSELL LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT. JR. JOHN F. REYNDERS Mr. Mr. Mr. Mrs Mr. Mr. Mrs Mrs Mrs Mr. Mrs Mr. 1975 Richard Bemis John Curtis Merritt Cutting Leola Fraim Robert Hess Arthur Keown Marjorie Lodding George Longstreet Robert Milton Gustaf C. Nelson . Arthur O'Mara Emerson Robarge TRUSTEES 1976 Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Miss Isabel Arms Mr. Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Roger Heald Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. S. James Mistark Mr. Wallace Parker Mr. H. Ladd Plumley Mr. George H. Pride Mrs. Olive Prunier Mr. Duane T. Sargisson 1977 Mr. Philip C. Beals Mr. Armand A. Benoit Mrs. Curtis M. Clark Mr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James R. McLain Mrs. Richard W. Mirick Mrs. Philip A. Peterson Mr. Richard V. Salo Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard HONORARY TRUSTEES Mr. Arnold Banning Mr. George J. Moore, Sr. Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Mr. Edwin W. Proctor Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mr. Leslie E. Winter JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES WILD FLOWERS ASSOCIATE JUDGE Richard V. Salo Lewis Hodgkinson S. James Mistark Howard L. Borggaard Virginia Howie Dr. Rockwood Thayer COMMITTEES 1975 1975 1976 1977 Mrs. Robert Stoddard, Chr. NOMINATING COMMITTEE Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Frederick D. Brown LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Theodore Fowler Marjorie Lodding Richard Bemis, Chr. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Richard V. Salo Mrs. Roma Josephs Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Gustaf C. Nelson Mrs. Louis Prunier, Chr. Casper J. Perednia SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Arthur O'Mara Mrs. Jack McGuinness Mr. Norman Mercier Mrs. Stanley Morton Mrs. Arthur J. O'Mara LECTURE COMMITTEE Edmond R. Colby Mrs. George Wells Marjorie Lodding, Chr. Mrs. L. Russell Blanchard Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Lewis Brotherton Mrs. Robert Hess Lewis Hodgkinson R. Alden Miller Arthur J. O'Mara Rockwood Thayer EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Alton Anderson Edmond Colby Mrs. Samuel Howie Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Robert Milton, Chr. Michael O'Mara Richard Salo Bertrand Beyer Mrs. Richard Gifford Mrs. Burrill Josephs George H. Pride Mrs. Philip Peterson Mrs. Olive Prunier Dr. H. Lee Wylie Mrs. Harlan Pierpont, Jr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Spencer H. Baker Mrs. Henry C. Borger Mrs. Martin C. Brooks Mrs. Gordon Butler Mrs. John Connor Mrs. James Cowan, Jr. Mrs. Warren Davenport Debbie King, Chr. Debbie Shepard Mrs. Evangeline Standish HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Chr. Mrs. Gardener G. DeMallie Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. Aaron Goodale, III Mrs. Thomas Green Mrs. H.W. Hurlburt Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Albert Jones, Jr. Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Charles Mercer Mrs. Donald Olson YOUTH COMMITTEE Mark Firmin Cynthia Rogers Mrs. Olive Prunier Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. David Milton Robert Morris Ronald D. Patch Roger Pauquet Edmund Piehler H. Ladd Plumley John Reynders Edwin T. White Robert P. Wile Joseph Dymek Mrs. Jacques Burguet, Chr. GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Richard Gifford Mrs. Peter Morgan GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Miss Isabel Arms, Chr. Mr. & Mrs. John Auchmoody James McLain Miss Marjorie Inman Bernard Knowlton Merritt Cutting PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE E.J. Malchisky K.G.A. Andersson S. James Mistark, Chr. Arthur Keown Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Robert G. Hess, Chr. Thomas Simone, Chr. FINANCE COMMITTEE Duane Sargisson BUILDING COMMITTEE Mrs. Roger Heald Edward L. Clifford S. James Mistark Mrs. Evangeline Standish PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Herbert E. Berg, Chr. Mrs. Roger Heald Arthur Keown Mrs. Myron F. Converse PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Edward Bernier Mrs. Ronald Patch Mrs. James E. Wallace, Jr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. Fairman Cowan, Chr. Edward Clifford, Chr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. PLANNING COMMITTEE Mrs. Curtis Clark Mrs. Robert Milton PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Once again I have had the privilege to serve as your president and it has truly been a rewarding experience. I have the feeling I got more out of it than I gave to it. The opportunity to meet and get to know so many people who enjoy "The best hobby in the world" has been great. It has been exciting to discover the skills at growing so many things that our members possess i.e. Hybridizing iris and a wide range of plants, budding and graft- ing fruit, practicing hydroponics and propagating, by all means of a wide range of plant material. We have more combined "know how" in this association than most of you realize. The addition of a social function to our program this year - the Banquet in conjunction with the Dahlia Show - was a grand success and I hope the forerunner of more similar activities in the future. Again the thing that really makes us tick are our committees and the good people who chair and staff them. The banquet is a prime example of what we can do when a committee says "Let's do something new this year". The programs and services offered to our members and the community increased this year with the addition of a good number of Workshop and "How To" sessions. Judging from the way they are subscribed to, I think we should do even more in this area. People are eager to learn how to grow things to eat this year. We have added a "Planning Committee" to explore and conjure up new ideas for these sessions and to pass them on to our Executive Director for implementation. I can assure you this committee is very interested in any ideas you might have to strengthen this program. Despite rising costs and an economy with many soft spots, we operated in the black without dipping into reserves this past year. Thanks to the generosity of so many good friends, this was possible. The book value of our investments has taken a beating along with everyone else's. We can only hope for better days and keep on signing up more new members. I feel a bit more optim- istic about the future of our real estate on Front Street. With such substantial construction on both sides of us it is bound to enhance the value of the location. Our Executive Director underwent a serious operation this year and I was anticipating a long convalescence and absence. However, in no time Harlan, with the help of his good wife, was again pitching in and pulling his weight. Tremendous] Harlan's efforts at obtaining state aid for major maintenance of our build- ing were successful and he'll tell you more about that. 5 PRESIDENT'S REPORT (Continued ) Fayre Nason, our good secretary, and Ed Herron, our maintenance department, have put in a good year and are both a credit to the organization. We make many calls on them for extra hours at show times. I would hope that our society will maintain a leadership role in instituting community beautif ication and environmental projects. Whenever any of you have an opportunity to be a part of this type activity please jump in. I would like to thank every one of you by name for the contri- bution you have made one way or another, but space and time do not permit. Again - Thank You - It's been real! Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Finance Committee, consisting of Messrs. Hess, Reynders, Sargisson and the Chairman met five times during the year with Mr. Pierpont to review all aspects of the Society's finances. The Committee was joined three times by Mr. Sedgwick representing Mechanics National Bank, Manager of the Society's investment port folio and it was once joined by Mr. Bigelow. The Committee re- grets to report a sharp drop* In the market value of the invested funds from a year ago, down more than the Dow Jones Industrial Average.* There was, however, a small but welcome increase in the dollar income* on those securities. The Committee is watching as closely and hopes to present a more favorable report a year from now. As is well known, another major cause for concern is the expiration in five years of the lease on the Society's Front Street property. It was in the hope of cushioning this potential loss of substantial income that funds were originally invested in 1963. With improvement in the economy reflected in the in- vestment market, this could still be a reality. The Committee also reviewed the various savings accounts and voted at its last meeting to review all aspects of insurance coverage. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. President REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE John W. Curtis, Chairman Finance Committee 1973 197^ * Market Value Dow Jones Industrial Average Income $175713^.00 955.52 2,143.98 $967BW . 00 665.52 2,301.33 6 SCHEDULE 1 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 197^ WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY DERATING INCOME: Rent - Front Street real estate $ U0,000 Use of Horticultural Hall 55^ Shows, exhibitions and lectures 5,7^1 Membership dues 5,95$ Interest income 1,U66 Total operating income 53,719 Add - interest and dividends earned on investments k ,129 Total income $ 57,8*4-8 UCT - EXPENSES: Operating expenses from Schedule 2 58,7^+1 Excess of disbursements over income (before contributions and (loss) on investments held under agency agreement) Contributions (from special solicitation) (Loss) on investments held under agency agreement Excess of current year expenses over income URRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE - DECEMBER 1, 1973 7^3,33^ Restated for: Accumulated depreciation not previously reflected (332,138) Segregation of employees1 retirement fund ( 11,^31) Reclassification of prior years revenue balances 3 ,000 Current fund operating balance - December 31, 1973 (as restated) U02,765 RENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE - NOVEMBER 30, 197^ $383,386 7 OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 197^ WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Salaries Payroll taxes Employees' retirement fund Heat, light and power Building repairs and maintenance Awards Exhibition expenses Children's gardens Experimental orchards (net) Library services Public relations Insurance Office supplies and expense Investment fund charges Postage Professional fees Total operating expenses to Schedule 1 8 SCHEDULE 3 fa BALANCE SHEET NOVEMBER 30 , 197^ WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CURRENT FUNDS UNRESTRICTED sh $ 3^,185 hibit reimbursement receivable 1,200 Investments - held under agency agreement (market value $85,68^+) 120,737 Total $156,122 Accounts payable $ 1,300 Employees' funds 793 Total liabilities 2,093 1 Fund balances: : Designated by the Governing Board for: Long-term investments 120,737 K4I Capital repairs 2,000 Unemployment payments 1,000 I Scholarship fund 2,552 Undesignated, available for general activities 27,7^0 Total fund balances 15^,029 Total liabilities and fund balances $156 ,122 RESTRICTED Jash $ 6,995 Fund balances: Exhibits, prizes, promotions and scholarships $ 6,995 LAND, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT FUND [Land, buildings and equipment, at cost less accumulated : depreciation of $332,138 $202 ,500 Fund balance $202 , 500 ENDOWMENT FUNDS -ash $ 1,077 Certificates of deposit 2.Q 785 Total ' $ 19,862 *nd balance $ 19,862 Contributions to the Society have been received during 1974 from The following members and friends and are deeply appreciated. A. Adshead, Mona Alden, George I. Trust Fund Alden, Mr. & Mrs. Hollis E. Anderson, Mr. Alton Arnold, Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Auchmoody, Mr. & Mrs. John E. B. Bagley, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin G. Beals, Mr. Philip C. Beaman Oak Garden Club Benoit, Mr. Armand A. Benoit, Dr. & Mrs. Noe N. Blodget, Mr. Chester B. Boissonneault , Mrs. Herve A. Booth, Mrs. Howard M. Borgatti, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Borggaard, Mr. Howard L. Bowditch, Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Broughton's Landscape Service Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick D. Bucinskas, Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Burbank, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Burguet, Mrs. Jaxques J. Burrow, Dr. & Mrs. Jarrel Butler, Marion I. Byram, Mr. Joseph G. C. Carberry, Mrs. Joseph P. Carmin, H. I. Carmody, Mrs. John Cass, Mr. James R. Clifford, Mr. Edward L. Coates, Mr. & Mrs. Austin B. Coe, Mrs. Jefferson W. Cofske, Mrs. E. A. Converse, Mrs. Myron F. Conwell, Dr. Russell A. Cowan, Mrs. Fairman C. Cox, Mary Rose Cristy, Edna V. Crocker, Mrs. Douglas Crockett, Miss Evelyn F. Cross, Mrs. Ralph Culbert, Janet Denny Curtis, Mr. John W. Cutting, Miss Hazel Cutting, Mr. & Mrs. Merritt D. Dahlstrom, Mrs. Winifred E. Daniels, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Daniels, Fred Harris Foundation Daniels, Mrs. F. Harold Davenport, Warren H. Dickerman, Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Dickinson, Miss Alice Duffy, Mrs. Ralph E. E. Eagan, Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Ekstrom, Dagney Erskine, Linwood M., Jr. Ewer, Mr. & Mrs. John C. F. Faugno, Mr. Jerry Fletcher, Mr. & Mrs. Paris Fogarty, Margaret A. Fowler, Mrs. Theodore Fraim, Mrs. Irving W. Fuller, George F. & Sybil H. Foundation G. Gleason, Dorothy M. Goodlight, Miss Gertrude L. Goodnow, Mr. Judson M. Gow, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel T. Groh, Miss Marie L. Grosvenor, Raymond P. Guterman, Dr. & Mrs. Burte H. Haburay, Mr. Joseph K. Hall, Rev. Winthrop G. Harney, Miss Marion Harper, Mr. Earl T. Harrington, Mr. Frank C. Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Harwood, Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Hayden, Mrs. Sherman S. Heald Foundation Heald, Mrs. Richard A. Heald, Mrs. Roger N. Heberton, Mrs. Robert M. Hess, Mrs. Robert G. Heywood, Mrs. Chester D. Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, Mr. Warren Hight, Dr. & Mrs. Donald Holton, Mrs. Darrell D. Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Howie, Mrs. Samuel Huff, Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Hurlburt, Mr. & Mrs. H. Waite Hutchins, Mrs. Charles W. Hutchins, Mr. Everett 10 Inman, Miss Marjorie Isham, Mr. William E, Jeppson Memorial Fund Johnson, Mr. Arthur H. K. Keown, Mr. Arthur D. Kilgour, Mrs. Vernon E. Knapik, Mrs. Beatrice M. Knight, Mr. & Mrs. Carleton,Jr Knight, Mr. & Mrs. Harold N. Knight, Mr. Kenneth H. Knowlton, Mr. Bernard N. Knowlton, Mrs. Elliott B. Knox, Mrs. Howard T. L. Lawler, Miss Evelyn W. Leclaire, Mrs. Ernest F. Lewis, Mrs. Sylvia K. Lincoln, Mrs. Daniel W. Little, Miss Rachel G. Lodding, Mrs. Marjorie Longstreet, Mrs. George H. Lundin, Greta L. M. Manks, Miss Dorothy S. Mat is, Mr. John, Sr. Mercer, Mr. & Mrs. Charl-es Merry Weeders Garden Club Milton, Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Mistark, Mr. S. James Moore, Mrs. Arthur R. Morgan Foundation Morgan, Mrs. Peter S. Morgan, Mrs. Philip M. Morgan, Mrs. Weld Morrison, Mrs. James M. Morse, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Mountain, Mrs. T. R. N. Nagle, Mary E. Najarian, Mr. & Mrs. Arsen Nason, Mr. & Mrs. Forrest C. Nelson, Mr. & Mrs. Gustaf Northborough Garden Club Norwood, Mrs. Stanley W. 0. O'Mara, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Parker, Miss Katherine V, Pauquet, Mrs. Roger Pettit, Mr. & Mrs. William, Jr. Pierpont, Mr. & Mrs. Harlan T. Plumley, Mr. & Mrs. H. Ladd Proctor, Mr. Edwin W. R Jr. Reed, Mrs. Alden Rice, Mrs. Albert Rice, Miss Rosemary Robarge, Mr. Emerson N, Robertson, Edith C. Rogers, Mr. Paul E. Sandberg, Mr. & Mrs. Stanley A. Sanderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Sharfman, Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sherman, Margaret E. , Trust Shoemaker, Mr. Robert C. Simon e, Mr. Thomas Skeates, Mrs. Arthur J. Small, Miss Rena 0. Smiley, Mr. & Mrs. Ray G. Smiley, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith, Mr. Wayne C. Stapor, Mr. Peter S. Stephan, Mrs. William Stewart, Mr. James K. Stinson, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Stobbs, Mr. Russell M. Stoddard Charitable Trust Stoddard, Mrs. Robert W. Sullivan, Mr. M. Joseph Tarbox, Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Thies, Professor Wilbur H. Trask, Miss G. Hazel Turner, Lily W. Walker, Mrs. Oakley C. Wells, Mrs. George B. Wells, Mrs. Roy A. Weston Nurseries Whipple, Mr. William J. Whitney, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Whittle, Miss Martha Woolsey, Mr. & Mrs. John M. , Jr. Worcester County 4-H Advisory Council Worcester Co. Homemaker's Extension Wright, Mrs. E. Stanley Zimmerman Z. Mr. Henry A, 11 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This past year the Library Committee met at intervals during the Spring and the Pall. We went over lists of new publications and selected 33 books. 3 books were rebound, 12 pamphlets were bound. The same number of magazines were subscribed to as of last year, 26. A special shelf has been set aside for childrens ' books, to be purchased from the Bertha Denny Fund which now amounts to $177.50. The committee is in the process of protecting many books with plastic covers to make them more durable and keep them clean- er. Also, the leather bindings of many old and valuable books have been treated with a formula for the leather preservation ob- tained from the British Museum. We are fortunate to have been given books, (see next page for donors). Mrs. Robert Hess has been most generous. During the year gift books amounted to 109. Some of these have been put on the shelves, duplicates - with the consent of the donor, sold; the proceeds going into a special fund to be spent on books con- sidered too expensive to be purchased from the regular book fund. The increase in the cost of books has severely limited the committee in its ability to purchase as many books as formerly. The committee always welcomes suggestions, from the members, of books that might be added to the collection. Because I now live at a great distance from Worcester, I regretfully resign as chairman of the Library Committee. For 15 years I have enjoyed the library activity and am most grateful to the Librarian, Mrs. Nason, and to the committee for their help- ful, constructive and cheerful contributions. It has been a pleasure to be associated with them. Frederick D. Brown, Chairman Library Committee Footnote : The Library Committee wishes to express its appreciation of the substantial number of books concerning the various aspects of Horticulture presented by Mr. Brown. His gift adds greatly to oui steadily growing Library. We also wish to express our regret that circumstances ^ and distance have necessited his resignation. The committee will al- ways consider him as an honorary member and will be grateful for the knowledge, interest and vigor which he has contributed in the developement of our Horticultural Library. Edwin W. Proctor 12 Books donated to the Library in 197^ by the following: American Camellia Society Mr. & Mrs. Frederick D. Brown Mrs. Anna Bucinskas Mr. James Cass Mrs. Myron Converse Mrs. Fairman Cowan Estate of Mr. S. Lothrop Davenport Mr. Harold D. Donahue (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture) Mrs. Linwood Erskine, Jr. Mrs. Robert Hess Mrs. Virginia Howie Mrs. Alden Johnson Mrs. Roberta Knox Mrs. David J. Milliken Mr. Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Mr. Edwin W. Proctor Mr. Emerson Robarge Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard Worcester County Beekeepers Association Worcester Garden Club 13 REPORT OF THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Hospitality Committee met on January 17, 1974 at 1:30 P.M. in the library of the Horticultural Hall. This meeting was held preceeding the Winter Lecture of Elaine Auchmoody. The members of the committee are from Worcester and the sur- rounding towns of Worcester county. Each one volunteered to help in securing hostesses for either the four day Spring Show or the four day Harvest Festival Show, and the six summer shows. The Public Relations Committee wants the names of hostesses from the surrounding towns for local news interest - two weeks in advance of the shows. It is now my pleasant duty to extend thanks to the following: Mrs. Borger of Leicester for her help in the Dahlia show in September. Miss Isabel Arms of Worcester for her help in the Iris Show in Jun e . Mrs. Brooks of Shrewsbury who secured four members of the Shrewsbury Garden Club to be Hostesses at the Spring Show. Mrs. Butler of Worcester said she would be in Nepal, and would help at the Autumn show. Mr. & Mrs. John Connor of Princeton would be on hand Monday of the Spring Show to greet the schoolchildren. Mrs. Hurlburt of Worcester for her help in the Rose Show in June. Mrs. Jones of Worcester, busy with a wedding in June would assist at the Spring Show. Mrs. Kinnicutt of Holden signed up for the Harvest Festival. Mrs. Longstreet of Worcester for her continuing help, especially for the centerpiece, pottery pheasants and six brass candlesticks at the Sherry Party in November. Mrs. Marsters of Grafton, busy with play rehearsals in March wanted to help Saturday in July at the Lily Show. Mrs. Pauquet of Boylston assisted in both the big shows. Mrs. Plumley of Worcester said she would be glad to help. Mrs. Wile of Oakham, back to school to get a Master's Degree, signed up to help in the Autumn. Mrs. White of Millbury is a faithful member. Members of Horticultural Committees cannot be reached by telephone after March 1. They are out in their gardens. On January 24, 1974, at 3:00 P.M., the Hospitality Committee served tea and coffee in the library after the Garden Awards lecture. In January 1973, 55 persons attended. On January 24, 1974, 150 persons attended the program. The Hospitality learned that people like sugar. Too late] Mrs. Plumley and Mrs. DeMallie cleared the decks for action, hustled more cups out of the closet, put more water on the boil, and cleared a serving table. 14 REPORT OF THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE (Continued ) As I write this report on December 4, a storm is howling outside in Princeton. The telephone is dead. Thanks to Mrs. Nason who is bringing a coffee cake from Grafton for the Coffee Hour before the Annual Meeting. Mrs. Nason and the Custodian, Ed Herron, make things go so smoothly, that the Hospitality Committee has all the pleasure of the world or the Bellamy's with Mr. Hudson in the current television series, UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS. Barbara P. Ewer, Chairman Hospitality Committee REPORT OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This year the Public Relations Committee attempted to get a little more newspaper publicity for the Society in Worcester County newspapers; efforts by individual committee members re- sulted in some success. As usual, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette were generous with publicity of Horticultural Society events, and we thank them. We should all be grateful for the Sunday gardening columns of Marianna Merrifield (which we wish came every week) and the articles by Lewis Hodgkinson; Polly Lindi and Earl Paddock also add to the gardening scene. This fall before the Holiday Season Show it was decided to subscribe for a month to the New England Newsclip Agency, to see how many stories sent out by the Society were used by Massa- chusetts newspapers. Three different releases were sent to 30 Massachusetts newspapers, some including local names of exhibit- ors, judges, and committee members. We received only a few clippings from newspapers other than Telegram and Gazette - which should tell us something for next year. A radio and TV spot announcement was sent to the "Commu- nity Calendars" of 40 radio and TV stations in the vicinity, in- cluding Boston, Springfield, and Providence, and we think these were more successful. Martha A. Cowan, Chairman Public Relations Committee 15 REPORT OF THE LECTURE COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Lecture Committee met and discussed program content and the availability of speakers. It was felt that the more topical the subject matter, the better would be the potential for a good attendance. With due consideration of these relevent points, the following speakers and programs have been selected as lecture offerings for the 1975 series: January 16 Dr. George Milstein, "Gardening Under Lights" February 2 0 Bernhard A. Toombs, "From an Icelandic Greenhouse" March 2 0 H. Thurston Handley, Jr., "Expensive Seeds Can Save You Money" April 17 Viki Ferraniea, "Wildf lowers & Their Propagation" All lectures are to be presented on Thursday afternoons at 2:00 P.M. and we hope to see you there. The committee wishes to thank Mr. Pierpont and Mrs. Nason for their assistance and guidance. I want to thank the members of the Lecture Committee for their help. Paul E. Rogers, Chairman Lecture Committee 16 REPORT OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Your Fruit Committee met this summer at the Preservation Orchard in Sturbridge with Mr. Auchmoody and other people concerned with the management of the orchard. We found the trees doing well - with here and there an apple. Proper care and timely spraying should encourage continued progress. This last season the number of scions shipped was the larg- est to date. However, it will be some time before the trees will be large enough to produce enough scions to handle what seems to be an ever growing program. So arrangements have been made to continue cutting scions at our former orchard in Grafton as they are available. At the fall show you no doubt enjoyed the fine exhibit of old apple varieties grown in Grafton. It was set up by James Mistark who has been closely associated with the whole program from the beginning. An interesting contact has developed in the past due to the publicity of our old variety orchard. Mr. Mayo Stuntz of Vienna, Virginia, has a large tree of a Chinese Quince brought from China many years ago by a relative working for the Department of Agriculture. He sent some specimens which arrived too late for the 1973 show. This year Mr. Stuntz sent some quinces which arrived on time and were seen at the fall show. If his quince tree, which has recently been transplanted because of highway construction, made sufficient growth this season, we hope to obtain some scions and determine if this large Chinese quince is hardy in this northern area. Suggestions have been made that the Fruit Committee might interest itself in other fruits than apple. This contact with a Chinese quince from Virginia may be a start. Arthur D. Keown, Chairman Fruit Committee 17 REPORT OF THE EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Spring Show this year was most outstanding. Through the ef- fort and kind assistance of Mrs. Robert Stoddard, we were able to arrange to have the acacia from the Stone Estate on display. This unusual display throughout the h^ll made the show one that will long be remembered. Chairmen for the summer shows were chosen. Those chosen were very knowledgeable concerning the particular flower featured at each show. We were especially pleased to have an additional show this year sponsored by the American Daffodil Society, Incorporated. This show was a two-day show held in May. Many beautiful and rare specimen of daffodils were on display. There were many exceptionally fine exhibits at the shows held during the summer. However, the number of exhibitors was somewhat smaller than in previous years. Whenever possible, growers of fruits, flowers and vegetables should be encouraged to exhibit. Exhibitors should be urged to correctly label and identify all entries. The quality of material should be the best. The Holiday Show was held in November. The large gardens were on display at the Worcester Center Galleria. By having these gardens displayed at the Worcester Center, many thousands of people would have an opportunity to appreciate the fall flowers. The fruits and vegetables, holiday decorations and table settings were displayed at Horticultural Hall. Richard V. Salo, Chairman Exhibitions Committee 18 REPORT OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Youth Committee met twice during the year. The whole com- mittee found it difficult to meet because of schedules and trans- portation but hope to do better another year. Young people were very involved in every show. They showed flowers, vegetables, arrangements, table settings and educational exhibits. I would like to see more publicity given young ex- hibitors. The number of exhibits in the two summer shows totaled 696. The Young Peoples Garden Contest had 96 competing for prizes. There were twenty five box gardens with 16 receiving prizes. An awards program was held November second. Two young people received Life Memberships, Martha Rice of Warren and Michael Pitisci of Barre. Programs sponsored by the Worcester County Horticultural Society continue to attract 4-H garden club members for which they are grateful. Since gardening is the greatest hobby, it is always a pleasure to work with the Worcester County Horticultural Society. Olive C. Prunier, Chairman Youth Committee 19 REPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Seven applications were received and reviewed. After considera- tion, three applications were eliminated; two because the appli- cants were not really in the field of horticulture - one studying dairy science and the other studying to become a veterinary. The third was eliminated because the file did not include any backup, such as references or letters of recommendation. This applicant was advised that she might apply next year with proper credentials . Awards were made to four individuals: Sandra Sowa of Westboro Karen Grzyb of Dudley Jeffrey wheeler of East Princeton Joseph Dymek of Worcester The awards - two of $300.00 and two of $100.00 - total $800.00. The Committee's desire is to have more funds available and more applicants. John E. Auchmoody, Chairman Scholarship Committee REPORT OF THE GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This October, the members of the Garden Awards Committee and Mr. Pierpont, Executive Director, sat down to view 350 slides of 64 gardens photographed this summer. When the lights went on it appeared that we had almost unanimously selected the same gardens for award, though not consulting when making our own choices. There are 25 gardens to receive awards plus 7 mini-gardens; tiny oases of color tucked away on some of the city's dusty streets They seem to inspire neighbors to try a little planting too - a "trend to be encouraged by this new type of award. Your committee, John Auchmoody, Merritt Cutting, Miss Mariorie Inman, Bernard Knowlton, James McLain and I have with Harlan Pierpont travelled from the Brookfields and Sturbridge to Westboro, Oakham and Princeton. We hope the Society will enjoy seeing the beauty of summer some cold day in late January 1975. Isabel K. Arms, Chairman Garden Awards Committee 20 MEMBERSHIP 1974 During 197^, 125 members joined our Society, 110 Annual and 15 Life. We have lost by death 24 and 58 failed to renew. The present membership is 1,095. Two children were given Life Memberships by the Society for winning first place in the Garden Contest for 3 years in a row. Following are listed new members in 1974: Annual Margaret Adams Dr. Vernon Ahmad jian Geoffrey Allison Dr. Andrew A. Armato Dr. Gregory Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Spencer H. Baker Mrs. Bruce F. Beach Mrs. Edward C. Bernier Miss Majella A. Brodeur Mrs. George S. Butler Dr. & Mrs. Dewey I. Clason Mr. & Mrs. Edmorse A. Cofske Mr. & Mrs. Elbert A. Conrad Miss Mary Rose Cox Miss Evelyn F. Crockett Mrs. Walter D. Curley, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Warren H. Davenport Mr. Henry W. Davis Mrs. George T. Dewey, Jr. Mr. George A. Doorakian Mr. Lionel A. Dumontier Mrs. George R. Dunlop Mr. & Mrs. Harold M. Evans Mr. Alfred D. Fleming & Mrs. I. Margaret Fleming Miss Margaret Fogarty Mr; & Mrs. John J. Foley Mrs. Phillip K. Gerard Mrs. Royall J. Gillander Mrs. Maxwell Gould Mr. Charles B. Goulding Miss Eunice M. Goyette Sister Ellen Guerin Mr. & Mrs. Ragnar Gustaf son , Jr . Dr. & Mrs. Harland N. Hannon Mrs. John L. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Harwood Mrs . John Herron Mr. Charles T. Hesse Miss Jane P. Hunnewell Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hunter Mrs. Dudley W. Hutchinson Mrs. Josephine Jacobs Miss Nancy Jordan Richard G. Jordan Mrs. Prescilla T. King Mrs. Beatrice M. Knapik Mrs. Roger LaCroix Ms. Joyce Latta Mrs. Dorothy Lambert Mr. & Mrs. W. Patrick Law Mr. & Mrs. Carter Lee Miss Ellen McC. Lesser Mrs. Janet P. Levine Dr. B. T. Lingappa & Dr. Yamuna Lingappa Mr. & Mrs. William MacLeod Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. MacPhee Mrs. Elizabeth M. Malek Mr. Hugh B. Martin Dr. & Mrs. Hugh McGrath, Jr. Mrs. Glenn L. McKee Mr. Hugh McMillan, Jr. Miss Phyllis Meyers Mr. R. Alden Miller Mr. & Mrs. Peter Moog Mrs. Charles S. Murphy Mrs. Frederic Mulligan Mrs. Diane Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Roland T. Nelson Miss Jane Newton Mrs. Anker Nielsen Mrs. Florence Ostergard Miss Shelley Parish Mrs. John H. Parke Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Pletschke Mr. Michael Polseno Mrs. George H. Poole Princeton Garden Club Mrs. Robert A. Prior Mr. & Mrs. Everett R. Profit Miss Dorothy M. Rae Miss Harriet F. Rae Mrs. Helen G. Rayla • Mrs. Richard F. Regan Dr. & Mrs. Elliot R. Reiner Mrs. Bernice Robinson Mrs. Sherburne B. Rockwell, Jr. Mrs. Alfred Scala Mrs. Saul A. Seder Miss Gertrude A. Shea Mrs. Regina P. Sher Mrs. Edward Simonian Ms. Nancy Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gordon E. Snyder 21 MEMBERSHIP 1974 (Continued ) Mr. Lincoln Stevenson Mrs. Mary Tasse Mr. Arthur R. Taylor, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Sumner B. Til ton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Aleck Urbanovitch Mrs. James E. Wallace, Jr. Mrs. Norman R. Ward Ms. Evelyn J. Wentzell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Wesby,Jr. Life Mr. Willard Lee Banning Mrs. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Miss Patricia E. Bigelow Mrs. Benjamin Cooper, Jr. Mrs. Winifred E. Dahlstrom Mrs. Gerald Fales Mrs. Rosemary M. Harris Mr. Bradley C. Higgins The following members have pas Meeting : Mrs. Joseph N. White, Jr. Miss Ruth M. White Mrs. Wallace P. Whitney, Jr. Miss Martha Whittle Mrs. Cyrus W. Wood Mrs. 0. Bradley Wood Worcester Center Associates Mrs. Barbara K. Ziemlak Mr. Fred E. Kallio Mr. Roger Langley Miss Norma Nabb Michael Pitisci (Given by the Society) Martha Rice (Given by the Society) Mr. Robert Smiley Mrs. Robert Smiley ed away since the 1973 Annual Mrs. George Baker Mr. Arthur W. Bostock Mr. Roland P. Cary Mr. Chester M. Chambers Mr. William Christensen Miss Alice Christman Mrs. E. Arthur Denny Mr. F. Henshaw Dewey, Jr. Mrs. F. Henshaw Dewey, Jr, Miss Ruth Greenlay Mr. Frank Holland Mr. Clarence J. Howland Miss Pamela Hurlburt Dr. Robert S. Illingworth Mr. William D. Ireland Mrs. A. B. Llewellyn Rev. S. Burman Long Mrs. Elsa Whitin Mason Dr. Blanchard W. Means Mr. Carl A. Ottoson Mr. Henry 0. Tilton Mr. Carleton J. Ulm Mr. Louis A. Webster Mr. Ernest P. Whitehead Auburn Leicester Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Shrewsbury No. Brookfield Worcester West Brookfield Maine ■Holder) Worcester Whitinsville Brookfield Holden Worcester Taunton California Worcester 22 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society 1972 and 1973 were wet years. So we griped about the wetness and what horrible seasons we had. This year, 1974, though we had a wet spring, it wasn't long before we had one of the worst seasons of drought we've had for a great many years. So I guess we can't winn . . . weatherwise . But, "weather or not", we always come up with some out- standing exhibitions. I'm still not convinced that the place for the spring and fall garden exhibitions is in the Galleria. I feel that they are "lost" there... that they have much more impact in Horticultural Hall where people go specifically to see the Horticultural ex- hibits and not just pass them on their way to buy a pair of shoes. If people like sitting to view the gardens, they can sit in the upper lobby at Horticultural Hall just as well as the Galleria... and we know they are there for the Horticultural interest. I feel that Horticultural Hall should be the Horticultural Center and we should cultivate it as such. In the Galleria the Horti- cultural Hall loses its identity. So much for that. Why not take a poll of the membership and ask them where they want the gardens ? On page 21 of our 1974 Schedule of Premiums, we have two calls, numbers 51 and 52. I don't recall if I ever brought this up or not in the past... but I feel that the Exhibitions Committee might want to define "Cut Flowers" and make it part of number 17 under General Rules and Regulations. The question is, "Are flowering branches from woody plants such as Lilac, Mountain Laurel, Forsythia, Roses and such considered to be cut flowers?" to this judge they are not cut f lowers ... they are not in the same cate- gory as peonies, daffodils, pansies, poppies, and the like. Some exhibitors seem to enter considerable amounts of woody shrubs as cut flowers; whereas, others are careful to use only the non- woody plants. We should either differentiate or combine the two so as to make it clear what we expect to be cut flowers. I want to say thanks to everyone who has been so generous of their time in making the judging go smoothly, and also particular- ly Mr. O'Mara who helped me so faithfully in the judging process. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Judge of Plants & Flowers 23 REPORT OF THE WILD FLOWER JUDGE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society In the adult classes the quality was excellent ... even though the entries were few. And next year I'm afraid we might have even fewer because Hazel Cutting, one of our best exhibitors, won't be with us. The children's classes continue to be well filled... and many times with quite varied material. These are always a pleasure to judge. Sometimes the names are slightly mixed up, sometimes mispelled, but the flowers themselves are usually fresh and attractive. I'm glad the Worcester County Horticultural Society encourages young people to appreciate their wild plants. Worcester County has a rich supply of wild f lowers .. .many more than near Millis where I come from. Quite often I come upon flowers in the exhibits that I am not familiar with and I have to run to our library to look them up. So its a pleasure to judge.... and to learn. This ''looking up" is something we do all our lif e ... please encourage your youngsters to make it a habit. It is nice to recognize a Mayf lower .... or a Trailing Arbutus ... .and easy en- ough to write down a name. But when you look it up in one of the many excellent wild flower books, you find its correct name is Epigaea repens, and that it is very difficult to transplant... shouldn't even be picked. (You'll have to scrunch way down to smell it.... but do_I ) It may be propagated from seed or cuttings with care. Learning to propagate wild flowers is perhaps the most important practice we can encourage. But first we have to identify the plants. Hopefully the exhibits help to teach the names .... that is, if they are correctly named. The new Peterson Wild Flower Guide makes it fairly easy to look up plants; each is listed by one or two common names.... and also by color. What a nice present for some young nature lover. Or yourself? Virginia Howie Judge of Wildflowers 24 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society During the past year, the number of exhibitors of table settings and flower arrangements was very disappointing. Every effort should be made to stimulate more interest in these categories. The children's table settings and flower arrangements were interesting and indicated that much thought and planning were involved. They should be praised for their efforts. Sharfman Jewelers again presented the silver bowl for the outstanding table setting at the spring and fall shows. Their generosity is appreciated by the Society and also by the persons who were rewarded for their expertise. The Holiday Show in November was attractive with the many Christmas decorations that were featured. The holiday theme is especially interesting at this time of year particularly by those persons who are seeking new ideas for holiday decorations. I would like to thank the other judges who generously gave their time and capably assisted in judging with me. Richard V. Salo Judge of Flower Arrangements REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF VEGETABLES Mr. President & Members of the ' Worcester County Horticultural Society I did judge in most of the shows this year. I was out of town in two cases as I recall. Each year I mark my copy of the adult and children's show codes to note suggestions for a coming year. The "slate" is quite clean this year. The vegetable categories appear to be in good order. I have only two suggestions. 1. On page 15 of the children's schedule, I would suggest the money for No. 140, Market Baskets, be increased to at least $10.00. There were several entries this year and prizes ended up being less for this class than for others listed on the page. 2. Mr. Carl Holm suggested, and I concur, that on page 60 of the adult schedule class No. 1001 should be changed from the cultivar Sebago to Superior. Other than the above suggestions I can not think of anything to offer that in my estimation would imprive the shows. I thought generally the produce exhibited this year surpassed that seen last year. I think the Society and your staff are to be complimented for the job done at 30 Elm Street. R. Alden Miller Judge of Vegetables 25 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF FRUIT Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society This report is a reflection of an early summer pessimistic fruit crop forecast which was based upon a frosted apple bloom but later turned out to prove that fewer larger apples and fruits can and did turn to a plus crop. All Fruit Displays were of excellent quality throughout the show season. Starting with very good strawberry displays, followed by high quality raspberries, currants, gooseberries, cherries, plums then capping the season with excellent displays of apples in the Fall Show. Throughout the season Arthur Keown ' s fruit was outstanding and deserve the honor of premier exhibition of fruit. Mrs. K. G. A. Andersson displayed an excellent Educational Display in the November Show. Her Fruit Displays merit honor- able mention. A noteworthy exhibition of Old Apple Varieties also brought considerable interest. My appreciation and thanks to R. Alden Miller who assisted me in making final placement whenever necessary. S. James Mi stark Judge of Fruit 26 REPORT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society- Thanks to the help of you our officers and committee chairmen and interested members, this has been our best year yet. Your Society is alive, active and making an Important contribution to the life and pursuit of happiness of the people of Worcester County. Our membership is growing, and at an all time high. However, you each know many who would gain from association with the Society - please bring them in. Let's not hide our light under a bushel I This year, we had lectures cf interest and eight workships and classes for your benefit. Your building is In good condition as our program of re- novation continues. The three small roofs to the west are done - now in addition to Main Hall - leaving only roof over library which we plan to redo next year. I would direct your attention to the seats here In the auditorium which soon should be re- covered . This is the third year our Harvest Festival has been staged at Worcester Center, this year, however, gardens only there with all else here. Taking our shows to the public from time to time is important these days - giving our Society much greater public exposure . After ten years, we held another reunion here - with 250 present - to enjoy hospitality - renew old friendships and eat Kendall's delicious chicken pie. For the first time, in co-operation with American Daffodil Society, Inc., we staged a Daffodil Show in May. You must have been glad to hear that the orchard at Old Sturbridge Village is named "The S. L. Davenport Preservation Orchard " . As a dramatic indication of interest, you must be pleased to note the very substantial Increase In contributions to the Society by its many friends. This support is terribly important to the Society's welfare now and even more so five years hence as we face the $64.00 question - what will be the value of our store property on Front Street? Will it support the Society then as well as it has in the past? This hinges greatly on Worcester's own future and the success of our downtown redevelopment • In the meantime, remember Worcester County Horticultural Society in your will J Thanks to all of you who have helped make this such a good year - particularly may I mention the devotion and help of your friends, Fayre Nason and Ed Herron. Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Executive Director 27 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS Offered by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 1975 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL TELEPHONE: 752-4274 Young people are invited to exhibit at all shows. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1975 EDWARD L. CLIFFORD PRESIDENT PAUL E. ROGERS VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. ROBERT C. MILTON SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD TREASURER ROBERTS. RUSSELL LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. JOHN F. REYNDERS 1975 Mr. Richard Bemis Mr. John Curtis Mr. Merritt Cutting Mrs. Leola Fraim Mr. Robert Hess Mr. Arthur Keown Mrs. Marjorie Lodding Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Robert Milton Mr. Gustaf C. Nelson Mrs. Arthur O'Mara Mr. Emerson Robarge TRUSTEES 1976 Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Miss Isabel Arms Mr. Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Roger Heald Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. S. James Mistark Mr. Wallace Parker Mr. H. Ladd Plumley Mr. George H. Pride Mrs. Olive Prunier Mr. Duane T. Sargisson 1977 Mr. Philip C. Beals Mr. Armand A. Benoit Mrs. Curtis M. Clark Mr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James R. McLain Mrs. Richard W. Mirick Mrs. Philip A. Peterson Mr. Richard V. Salo Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard HONORARY TRUSTEES Mr. Arnold Banning Mr. George J. Moore, Sr. Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Mr. Edwin W. Proctor Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mr. Leslie E. Winter JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & F LOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES WILD FLOWERS ASSOCIATE JUDGE Richard V. Salo Lewis Hodgkinson S. James Mistark Howard L. Borggaard Virginia Howie Dr. Rockwood Thayer COMMITTEES 1975 1975 1976 1977 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Mrs. Robert Stoddard, Chr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Edwin W. Proctor, Chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Frederick D. Brown LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Kenneth Knight Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Theodore Fowler Marjorie Lodding Richard Bemis, Chr. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Richard V. Salo Mrs. Roma Josephs Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Gustaf C. Nelson Mrs. Louis Prunier, Chr. Casper J. Perednia SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Arthur O'Mara Mrs. Jack McGuinness Mr. Norman Mercier Mrs. Stanley Morton Mrs. Arthur J. O'Mara LECTURE COMMITTEE Edmond R. Colby Mrs. George Wells Marjorie Lodding, Chr. Mrs. L. Russell Blanchard Howard L. Borggaard Mrs. Lewis Brotherton Mrs. Robert Hess Lewis Hodgkinson R. Alden Miller Arthur J. O'Mara Rockwood Thayer EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Alton Anderson Edmond Colby Mrs. Samuel Howie Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Robert Milton, Chr. Michael O'Mara Richard Salo Bertrand Beyer Mrs. Richard Gifford Mrs. Burrill Josephs George H. Pride Mrs. Philip Peterson Mrs. Olive Prunier Dr. H. Lee Wylie HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Miss Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Harlan Pierpont, Jr. Isabel Arms Spencer H. Baker Henry C. Borger Martin C. Brooks Gordon Butler John Connor James Cowan, Jr. Warren Davenport Chr. Debbie King, Chr. Debbie Shepard Mrs. Evangeline Standish Mrs. Gardener G. DeMalli Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. Aaron Goodale, III Mrs. Thomas Green Mrs. H.W. Hurlburt Mrs. Charles Hutchins Mrs. Albert Jones, Jr. Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Charles Mercer Mrs. Donald Olson YOUTH COMMITTEE Mark Firmin Cynthia Rogers Mrs. Olive Prunier Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. David Milton Robert Morris Ronald D. Patch Roger Pauquet Edmund Piehler H. Ladd Plumley John Reynders Edwin T. White Robert P. Wile Joseph Dymek Mrs. Jacques Burguet, Chr. GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. George Longstreet Mrs. Richard Gifford Mrs. Peter Morgan Miss Isabel Arms, Chr. James McLain GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mr. & Mrs. John Auchmoody Miss Marjorie Inman Bernard Knowlton Merritt Cutting PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE E.J. Malchisky K.G.A. Andersson S. James Mistark, Chr. Arthur Keown Linwood M. Erskine, Jr. Robert G. Hess, Chr. FINANCE COMMITTEE Duane Sargisson Edward L. Clifford Thomas Simone, Chr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Mrs. Roger Heald S. James Mistark Mrs. Evangeline Standish PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Herbert E. Berg, Chr. Mrs. Roger Heald Arthur Keown Mrs. Myron F. Converse PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Edward Bernier Mrs. Ronald Patch Mrs. James E. Wallace, Jr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. Fairman Cowan, Chr. Edward Clifford, Chr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. PLANNING COMMITTEE Mrs. Curtis Clark Mrs. Robert Milton RULES MUST BE READ CARE FULL Y GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS This "Schedule of Premiums" lists the Horticultural Society's exhibitions for the current year and the awards and prizes offered. Competition in these exhibitions is open to everyone, subject to the following general regulations: 1. All specimens offered for exhibition shall have been grown by the competitors, for at least two months previous to the date of exhibition, except in a class specifically marked "No restric- tion as to the grower". 2. No artificial plants, flowers or foliage preserved or altered by any process shall be exhibited at any show of this Society, except for a special purpose and with the consent of the Ex- ecutive Director. 3. Seedlings may be exhibited at any show and will receive appropriate recognition. 4. No individual, group, or organization will be permitted to introduce into the building as part of a display, any material of a promotional or advertising nature without the expressed written permission of the Executive Director. 5. All articles for exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges as specified in the Exhibition Schedule. 6. All articles offered for premiums must remain within the Hall throughout the hours of Exhibition. 7. Vases for specimen classes and displays are available in the Hall if desired. Exhibitors in Flower Arrangement classes should provide their own vases. Water for flowers is obtainable in the West Room, Basement and 2nd floor. 8. All entries must be made by exhibitor to the Assistant Secretary and all cards made out by her or her assistants, except Single Spike Classes. Blank Tags are available in the Library. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 4 9. No person shall make more than one entry of the same variety under the same class number. 10. Every exhibit entered in a class of named varieties should be correctly named. 11. When filled out and placed by the exhibit, the card of an exhibitor competing for premiums shall be reversed for anonym- ity and shall remain so until after premiums are awarded. 12. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the exclusive charge of the Judges and Committee of Arrangements, and not even the owners will have liberty to remove them until the Exhibition is closed. 13. While the Society will take reasonable precautions for the safety of the property of exhibitors, it will be responsible in no case for any loss or damage that may occur. 14. The Hall will be closed during judging as specified and will be open to the public at the proper time. 15. Premiums, ribbons, and special awards will be given at each exhibition according to this Schedule. 16. A Scale of Points used by Judges appears on page 7. 17. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens and may correct any errors that they think were without delib- erate purpose. 18. Where a certain number or quantity of Plants, Flowers, Fruits or Vegetables is designated in the schedule, there must be neither more nor less than that number or quantity of speci- mens shown; and in no case can other varieties than those named in the Schedule be substituted. 19. Competitors may be required to share information as to their mode of cultivation. 20. The Judges may subdivide classes if conditions warrant. 5 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 21. No Judge shall require anything of competitors respecting their exhibits which is not distinctly specified in the Schedule. 22. In Table Decorations, Collections and Displays of Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, Vases and Baskets, where the number of exhibits exceeds the number of premiums offered, the Judge may award prizes to any worthy exhibits not receiving a pre- mium. 23. The Judges may correct, before the close of any exhibition, awards made by them, if satisfied that such were erroneous, and the decision of the Judges shall be final. 24. No exhibits may be removed until the Exhibition is closed. 25. No sale of Exhibition Fruit, Flowers or Vegetables shall be made in the building during the Show. 26. All articles on a one-day show to be removed by the next day - unless that day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday. 27. All premiums that are not claimed within one year after the close of the official year will be forfeited to the Society. 28. The Committee on Arrangements has power to change the time of exhibition, if an earlier or later season renders such change desirable. SPECIAL RULES 1. In all exhibits of Wild Flowers, no endangered species may be shown. The Hadwen Botanical Club leaflet showing different groups of wild flowers may be obtained from the Assistant Secretary. 2. In all exhibits of Lilies, the pollen may be removed. 3. In all exhibitions of Hardy Cut Flowers and Shrubs for competition, the number of blooms, clusters, sprays or spikes shown is not restricted. The Judge will consider the quality of the flowers rather than the quantity. 4. In all exhibits of Roses, minimum length of stem to be 6 inches except Flower Arrangements and Shrub Roses. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 6 DEFINITION OF TERMS Amateur: An amateur is defined as a grower raising plants or flowers for pleasure and not for sale and who does not usually enter into the regular scheduled classes. Clone (Clon): Group, variety or variation of plants propagated by asexual or vegetative parts. Such races may not "come true" from seed. The horticultural varieties of roses, apples, oranges, strawberries and carnations are clones; also the cultivated forms of daylilies and plantain-lily (Hosta) that are not produced from seed. Clone or clon is a horticultural rather than a taxonomic term. Collection: An assemblage of a number of kinds or varieties of flowers, plants, fruits and/or vegetables in one exhibit, the specific number and sorts of which should be regulated by the flower show schedule. Quality, variety, rarity, effectiveness and range of the particular group as well as horticultural perfection are considered in judging collections. Size of collection, without other qualifications, is unimportant. Display: The term generally used for a group of flowers, fruits and/or vegetables, sometimes plants, covering a definite space or containing a definite number of specimens, or both, arranged to create an artistic effect. It is judged both for quality of materials and artistic effect. The term should be used where artistic effect is stressed rather than "collection". Fern Globe - A container globose in shape whose principal plant type is ferns. Similarly a Berry Globe is globose, not square or rectangular, which contains mostly partridge berry plants. Terrarium - A bio-community of plants arranged so as to reproduce a real or idealized microcosm of nature. Kind: Genus. Type. The Royal Horticultural Society considers that for horticultural exhibitions and for general gardening use two terms only are necessary to designate plant material: Kind and variety. This ruling has much to recommend it. Kinds are such separate genera as peaches, apples, plums; peas, carrots, cabbages; roses, chrysanthemums, phloxes. Different types of the same genus are also considered as kinds for exhibition pur- poses: as snap beans and lima beans, dark grapes and white grapes. Their rule book says: "As a general rule, for the purposes of exhibiting, all natural genera are kinds, and all variations within a genus are varieties". They make some exceptions which do not apply especially to us. Variety: Variety as generally used in flower shows is a horticultural term used to designate a named species, hybrid or other horticultural develop- ment of a genus. Example: Golden Queen Tomato. See also kind. Used botanically, it is a division of a species, as Campanula Carpatica alba. Here Campanula is the genus, telling us that it is one of the bellflowers. Car- patica is the species, indicating that this particular group comes from the Carpathian mountains and alba (meaning white) is the variety name. 7 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 SCALE OF POINTS Cut Flowers, Wild Flowers, Baskets, Standards & Displays Quality of blooms (including condition and value) 50 points Arrangement 20 Number of Varieties 15 Properly named 15 Lilies — Condition 30 points Vigor 20 " Placement on Stem 20 Substance of flowers 10 Form of flowers 10 Color of flowers 10 Collections — Quality (including condition and value) 45 points Arrangement 25 Variety 30 Table Decoration — Design 20 points Relation 20 Color 20 " Perfection 20 Condition 5 Distinction 15 Table Decoration — Special Occasion or Title — Design 20 points Relation 15 Color 10 Perfection 10 Suitability 15 Condition 15 Distinction 15 Flower Arrangements — Design 20 points Color 10 Suitability 20 Distinction 15 Originality 10 Condition 25 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 8 SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The following is a list of the Special Funds of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, the income of which is devoted to the purpose stated. The date prefixed to each indicates the year in which the fund was established. 1888 - Francis Henshaw Dewey Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for the purchase of books. 1898 - Williams Eames Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for the promotion of apple culture. 1906 - Frederick A. Blake Fund - $1,000.00 Income only to be used in providing Medals to be awarded to the originators of new varieties of Fruits or Flowers, preference always being given to residents of Worcester County. In case that the Worcester County Horticultural Society does not find occasion to award Medals for New Fruits or Flowers, the said income may be used for special premiums for Orchids or other choice Greenhouse Plants and Flowers. 1907 - Obadiah Brown Hadwen Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1922 - Edwin Draper Fund - $300.00 Income to be used for prizes for Horticultural exhibitions held under the direction of said Society. 1924 Miss Frances Clary Morse Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1939 - The Miss Lucy M. Coulson Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Flowers. 1943 - G. A. Bigelow Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for meritorious garden grown exhibits of Roses. 1955 - Chandler Bullock Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for Small Fruits. 1957 - Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Fund - $500.00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1958 - Samuel T. and Anna N. W. Hobbs Fund - $5,000.00 Income to be used tor the promotion of children's interest in Horticulture. 9 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 1959 - Edward Winslow Lincoln Fund - $1,000.00 Unrestricted 1967 - National Association of Gardeners - $1,077.00 Worcester Chapter 80% of income to be used for scholarships. 1968 - Cook - Davey Fund - $600.00 Income to be used for new varieties of Fruits or for the Scholarship Fund. 1970 - ElouiseS. Knight Memorial Fund - $1000.00 Income to be used to promote the interest of children in Horticulture, especially by means of Cash Awards for ex- hibits. 1970 - Gerald Fales Memorial Fund - $1,000.00 Income to be used for prizes for tomatoes, gladioli, roses or for general purposes of the society. 1970 - The Thayer Fund - $2,000.00 Income to be used for prizes to encourage young people in the raising of fruit, particularly apples and pears, or for scholarships. 1971 - Edward A. Bigelow Fund -$1,000 .00 Income to be used for prizes for Lilies. 1971 - George B. Slater Fund - $470.00 Income to be used for Silver Medal to be awarded 'Tor a distinguished exhibit" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1973 - Harvie Channin Educational Fund - $1,942.61 80% of income to be used to foster interest in Horticul- ture and Ecology among young people. SPECIAL AWARDS 1969 - William T. Merrifield Award Bronze Medal "For an exhibit of outstanding merit or interest" at any of our regular scheduled exhibitions. 1970 - Paul Whitin Award Silver Medal - Awarded to an exhibit which, in the opinion of the Judges, has special educational merit. 1972 - Sharfman Award Silver Bowl to winner of adult Table Setting Contest - Spring & Fall Shows - Winners name to be inscribed on large Silver Bowl retained at Hall, but which may be kept by anyone winning three times. A smaller bowl to winner each show. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 10 SPRING EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6 COMMITTEE: MRS. ROBERT C. MILTON, Chairman MRS. CURTIS CLARK EDMOND COLBY MRS. LINWOOD ERSKINE, JR. MRS. HARLAN PIERPONT, JR. MRS. IVAN SPEAR OPENING: Friday, March 7 - 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 8 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 9 1 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 10 - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 11 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 1 1 A.M. Friday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first 6 grades. SPECIAL AWARDS Two special awards will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the Judges. An exhibitor may receive only one of these special awards. 1. For excellence in design and consistency silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard. 2. For excellence in suitability and quality of plant material silver medal presented by Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Higgins. 3. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricul- tural prize money not to exceed $1,800.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and two Silver Trays. One tray will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by Judges. The other tray will be awarded to the most outstanding Horticultural Display. 4. The Horticultural Club of Boston award for "Horticultural Perfec- tion". 1 1 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 GARDEN DISPLAYS: - No restrictions as to grower. I Exhibitors occupying stage or center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet. $900.00 will be available each. II Exhibitors occupying one of four corners of Main Hall or half of West Hall approximately 350 square feet. $800.00 will be available each. Ill Exhibitors occupying smaller (front lobby) or larger (whole West Hall) areas will find awards available commensurate with the size of their garden. Plan should be presented for acceptance by the Exhibitions Committee at the time space is assigned. Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability & Quality 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 15 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labelling 5 points 100 points Premiums will be awarded on a point system. If accessories are used, they will be judged under design and consistency to scale and under charm and atmosphere. Prize money for Garden Displays, I, II, or III above is based approx- imately upon $2.25 per sq. ft. For example, a 400 foot display at $2.25 per qu. ft. makes a top prize of $900.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize awarded for that display will be 90% of $900.00 or $810.00. SPECIAL DISPLAYS: IV - Plant Displays - Commercial - 25 square feet $ 300.00 Notify office 1 week in advance. V - Plant Display — Non-Commercial — 15 square feet 75.00 Outstanding specimen plants not more than three Notify office 1 week in advance VI - Cut Flowers 75.00 VII - Gesneriads No. 1 Display - not over 25 sq. ft. - 50.00 may be used No. 2 Three Specimen Plants 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 3 Gloxinia Display - not over 25 sq. ft. - 50.00 may be used Notify office 1 week in advance VIII - Orchids 100.00 IX - Fruit 200.00 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 12 Spring Bulbs: 1 . One 8-inch pot Daffodils, Hyacinths or Tulips 2. One pot other Spring Bulbs 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 4.00 XI - Vegetables $ 50.00 XIII - Children's Tables - "Holiday Theme" 60" round or 3 x 5 oblong $50.00 available. 9 Highest prize $6.00. Scale of points by which tables will be judged. Overall design 30 points Compatibility and condition 20 points Perfection of the arrangement 20 points Distinction and originality 20 points Conformance to schedule 10 points XIV - Terrarium - Commercial - not for competition Notify the office at least one week in advance - Awards available XV - Terrarium - Non-commercial - for competition $100.00 available Notify the office at least one week in advance. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. Educational Exhibits: No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 No. 3 - Club or group. $175 may be used for prizes XVI - Educational Exhibits - Adults $50.00 may be used for prizes. Worcester and Worcester County Garden Clubs Exhibit "International Gardens" $300.00 Tea Room - Doris Clark and Peggy Erskine 13 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 "A DAY IN MAY" Thursday, May 15, 1975 COMMITTEE: MRS. BRUCE BEACH MRS. GORDON S. BUTLER MRS. MARJORIE LODDING All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the judges by 12:30 o'clock. This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8 P.M. Hardy Cut Flowers & Shrubs - No. 1 - Display, 24 square feet $10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 No. 2 - Small display - 12 sq. ft. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 3 - Basket, mixed, 2 or more types of flowers 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Wild Flowers - No. 4 - 10 vases, no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 See Special Rule No. 1 Spring Bulbs - No. 5 - Display. Fifty dollars may be used for prizes. Pansies - No. 6 - Twenty vases, one flower with own foliage in a vase 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 .50 African Violets - No. 7 - At least four plants. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Flower Arrangement - Using Spring Flowers No. 8 - No restrictions. $40.00 may be used for prizes. May Baskets - Children's Class No. 9 - Educational Exhibit - Flowering Branches - named No. 10 - Maximum 3 in vase. $25.00 available. Apple - No. 11 - Any variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Lettuce - No. 12 - Six heads. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Spinach - No. 13 - One-half peck 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 14 Radish - 2 bunches, six in each bunch - No. 14 - Any variety Rhubarb, 12 stalks - No. 15 - Any variety Asparagus, 2 bunches, 12 specimens each No. 16 - Any variety Parsnip, 12 specimens - No. 17 - Any named variety Potato, 12 specimens - No. 18 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 IRIS EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION I of the AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. H. LADD PLUMLEY, Co-Chairmen MR. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. ROBERT SOBEK BARBARA WHITEHOUSE Thursday, June 5 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 p.m. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Specimen Color Classes: one spike entry. Must be named — More than one entry may be made in these classes but not of the same variety and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. They are numbered to agree with American Iris Society Color Classification in order to facilitate its use. Refer to it for complete description of classes. Classes with no known examples have been omitted. The following color class numbers apply to each of the eight major sections. RIBBONS - 1st & 2nd No. 1 W White self. May be divided into white-white, cool white and warm white; or according to color of beard. No. 2 W2 White ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 3 W3 White with either standards or falls, or both, lightly tinted another color. No. 4 W4 White bitone. Standards white, falls other color. No. 5 W5 White blend. Basically white blended pale tints of two or more other colors. No. 6 Y Yellow self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. No. 7 Y2 Yellow ground plicata with markings of a different color. No. 8 Y3 Yellow bitone. Standards and falls yellow of different tints and shades. No. 9 Y4 Yellow bicolor. Standards yellow, falls other color. No. 10 Y5 Yellow blend. Usually divides into pale, light, full and dark. No. 11 O Orange self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. The dark orange is brown. No. 12 02 Orange ground plicatas No. 13 03 Orange bitone No. 14 04 Orange bicolor. May be subdivided as PO/W, PO/RV etc. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 16 Orange blend. May be divided into pale, light, full, dark. Most brown irises are in the dark blend class - 5DO. Red self. May be divided into pale (true pink), light, full and dark. Red ground plicatas; markings of a different color. Red bitone. Both standards and falls red but of different tints or shades. Red bicclor. Standards red, falls of another color. Red blend. Red-violet self, may be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Red-violet plicata; plicata markings of another color. Red-violet bitone. Both standards and falls violet, but of different tints and shades. Red-violet bicolor. Standards red-violet, falls another color. Red-violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Violet self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Violet plicata; markings of another color. Violet bitone. May be divided into PV/DV, FV/DV, etc. Violet bicolor. Standards violet, falls other color. Violet blend. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Blue self. May be divided into pale, light, full and dark. Blue plicata. Ground color blue; markings of another color. Blue bitone. Both standards and falls blue, but of different tints and shades. Blue bicolor. Standards blue; falls of another color. Blue blend. "Green." "Black." Three-and four-color irises, chiefly "variegata-plicatas." SECTIONS- V Miniature and Standard I Tall Bearded Iris Dwarf Bearded Iris II Border Bearded Iris VI Arilbreds III Miniature Tall Bearded (Table) Iris VII Apogon IV Intermediate Bearded Iris VIII Species Best in Show - Seedlings — No. 39 Tall bearded, one stalk. Each exhibitor may make more than one entry in this class but not more than 5. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for the American Iris Society's Exhibition Certificate by all AIS Judges present and for the Worcester County Horticultural Society's Rosette. No. 15 05 No. 16 R No. 1 7 f~J o R2 No. 18 r> o R3 No. 19 R4 No. 20 R5 No. 21 RV No. 22 RV2 No. 23 RV3 No. 24 RV4 No. 25 RV5 No. 26 V No. 11 \ /o No. 28 V3 No. 29 V4 No. 30 V5 No. 31 B No. 32 B2 M O O No. 33 B3 IMO. 0*1 Dt NO. oO D C DO No. 36 G No. 37 N No. 38 17 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY No. 40 Other than tall bearded, one stalk. To be judged as for class Displays — No. 41 Display of Siberian Iris, preferably named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 42 Display, commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate as an outstanding or valuable commercial display. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 43 Display, non-commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 44 Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Iris growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. To be judged for American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate. Special Awards of The American Iris Society Section Certificate and Rosette will be awarded to the winner of the most blue ribbons in each of the above sections. The American Iris Society's Silver Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the most blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The American Iris Society's Bronze Medal Certificate will be awarded to the exhibitor who wins the second-largest number of blue ribbons in the Horticultural Division. The Best Specimen of Show (Queen of Show) Rosette may be awarded to the one best specimen of the show selected from the specimen classes in Sections I through VIII in the horticultural division. Flower Arrangements or Composition Using any type of Iris. No restrictions as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize not over $5.00. No. 45 Oriental Feeling No. 46 Naturalistic No. 47 Swing It No. 48 Upright Container No. 49 Low Container No. 50 Using Other Flowers (No Iris) Please call the office to reserve your niche. Sizes available: 18" tall or 30" tall Hardy Cultivated Flowers & Shrubs - some Iris requested 79. No. 51 Display, 24 sq. ft. No. 52 Small display, 12 sq. ft. 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 18 Potted Plants - No. 53 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herb - No. 54 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Lupines — No. 55 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Aquilegia — No. 56 Vase 3.00 2.00 1.00 Peonies — No. 57 Vase of Herbaceous 3.00 2.00 No. 58 Vase of Tree 3.00 2.00 Poppies — No. 59 Vase $10.00 available Any other Perennial No. 60 Vase $10.00 available Amateur Class — No. 61 Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — ribbons Wild Flowers, named — No. 62 10 containers - no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 See special rules of Wild Flowers page 6 Rock Garden Plants and/or Blooms No. 63 Display $25.00 available Gesneriads — No. 64 Display $25.00 available Hardy Trees and Shrubs — No. 65 Display $25.00 available Biennial — No. 66 Vase $10.00 available Asparagus, two bunches, 12 specimens each — No. 67 Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one half peck — No. 68 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Radish, two bunches, six per bunch — No. 69 Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 19 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 1975 Chives — No. 70 Potted Plant Rhubarb, 12 stalks No. 71 Linnaeus 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 72 Victoria 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 73 New Varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Lettuce, 3 heads — No. 74 Boston Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onions — No. 75 Scallions, two bunches, six each 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetable - variety No. 76 Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other vegetable — (not otherwise listed) No. 77 $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 20 ROSE EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. ARTHUR O'MARA, Co-Chairmen MR. & MRS. CARROLL AKELEY, Hon. Chairmen MR. EDWARD CLIFFORD MR. & MRS. H. LEE WYLIE Thursday, June 19 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Roses (See Rule 8) - No. 100-Twelve blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 101 -Six blooms of named varieties of H. P. roses, outdoor culture 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 102-Twelve blooms of named varieties H. T. roses, outdoor culture 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Special Prizes MISS FRANCES C. MORSE FUND B. Six blooms of named varieties of H. T. roses, outdoor culture. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Prize Rose — not confined to exhibitors of Worcester County. Ribbons will be awarded — First, Second, Third No. 103-H. T., red and red blend, one bloom No. 104-H. T., pink and pink blend, one bloom No. 105-H. T., yellow and yellow blend, one bloom No. 106-H. T., white, one bloom No. 107-H. T., orange, one bloom No. 108-H. T., any other color No. 109-Floribundas, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 10-Floribundas, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 1-Floribundas, yellow and yellow blend, main stem No. 1 1 2-Floribundas, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 3-Floribundas, white, one main stem No. 1 13a-Floribundas, any other color 21 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 No. 1 14-Shrub Roses, any named variety No. 1 1 5-Grandiflora, red and red blend, one main stem No. 1 1 6-Grandiflora, pink and pink blend, one main stem No. 1 1 7-Grandiflora, yellow and yellow blend, one main stem No. 1 1 8-Grandif lora, orange and orange blend, one main stem No. 1 1 9-Grandiflora, white, one main stem No. 120-Any other species or variety No. 121 -Best seedling Best Roses in the Show - King, Queen & Princess, Special Recognition In the "Prize Rose" classes No. 100 through No. 1 21 , the rose must be a named variety, the minimum length of stem shall be at least six inches and the rose offered for exhibition shall be from a bush grown by the exhibitor for at least two months previous to the date of exhibition. No. 122-H. T. (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon No. 1 23-Floribundas (Introductions within the last five years) $10.00 may be used and Blue Ribbon — Use Jackson-Perkins and Conard-Pyle Catalogues — No. 1 24-Collection of cut roses, at least six varieties. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 125-Vaseof Floribundas 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 126-Vaseof Grandifloras 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 127-Vase H.P. roses, not to exceed 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 128- Vase H.T. roses, not exceeding 10 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 129-Display of cut climbing roses. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 130-Basket of roses 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 No. 131 - Educational exhibit to cover any phase of Rose growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. G. A. BIGELOW FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition - Unusual Container C. Container to be something not originally intended for flowers. Roses preferred but other flowers may be used - no restrictions as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize $5.00. Delphinium — No. 134-One Vase, not more than 3 spikes. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 22 Peonies — No. 135-Vase 4 00 3 00 2.00 Lilies — No. 136-Vase 4 00 3.00 2.00 Aquilegia — No. 137-Bowl or Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Foxglove — No. 138-Vase, not more than 3 spikes 4.00 3.00 2.00 Sweet William — No. 139- Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pinks (Dianthus) - No.140-Vase 2.50 2.00 1.50 Any other Perennial — No. 141-Vase. S15.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial — No. 141a - Vase $15.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 142 -Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 143-Ten vases, no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Potted Plants - No. 144 - Display of Home-grown plants. S30. 00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 145 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Special Prizes OBADIAH BROWN HADWEN FUND Hardy Cultivated Flowers and Shrubs, to be named — D. Display of outdoor varieties 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 24 square feet CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Strawberry, twenty-four berries — E. Howard No. 17 3.00 2.50 2.00 F. Sparkle 3.00 2.50 2.00 G. Robinson 3.00 2.50 2.00 H. Catskill 3.00 2.50 2.00 I. Jersey Belle 3.00 2.50 2.00 J. Vesper 3.00 2.50 2.00 K. Midland 3.00 2.50 2.00 23 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 No. 146-Any other varieties. $10.00 may be used. No. 147-Four pint baskets of strawberries, any variety 4.00 3.50 3.00 No. 148-Display not over 12 square feet. $15.00 may be used. Cherry, one quart — No. 149-Any named sweet variety. $5.00 may be used. No. 150-Any named sour variety. $5.00 may be used. Fruit - No. 151 - Any other variety. $5.00 may be used for prizes. COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (i.e., strawberry, cherries, etc.) L. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled 4.00 3.00 Asparagus, 2 bunches - 12 specimens No. 152 - Any named variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Beets — No. 153 - Two bunches, 6 per bunch 2.50 2.00 Cabbage, Three specimens — No. 154 - Golden Acre 0 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 155 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Chard - No. 156 - Six plants 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce, three heads, named No. 157 - Iceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 158 - Any other variety or loose leaf 2.50 2.00 1.50 Peas, one-half peck — No. 159- World's Record 2.50 2.00 No. 160 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 No. 161 - Display at least four named varieties $10.00 may be used for prizes Radishes, 2 bunches, 6 per bunch — No. 162 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Rhubarb, 12 stalks — No. 163 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Scallions, 2 bunches, 6 per bunch — No. 164 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetables — No. 165 Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for pi izes. Any other Vegetable — (not otherwise listed) No. 166 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables No. 167 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 24 LILIES EXHIBITION In co-operation with New England Regional Lily Group COMMITTEE: MR. & MRS. MERRITT CUTTING, Co-Chairmen ARMAND A. BENOIT PETER JOHNSON EMERSON ROBARGE MRS. RALPH THAYER Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. Friday, July 1 1 - 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday, July 12 - 9:00 to 5:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. LILIUM CLASS A - SINGLE STEMS OF NAMED HYBRID CLONES. Division I — Asiatic Hybrids Hybrids and cultivars derived from such species as L. amabile, L. bulbi- ferum, L. cernuum, L. concolor, L. dauricum, L. davidii, L. leichtlinii, L. pumilum and L. tigrinum. a. Upright flowers — (as Enchantment — Rosabelle) b. Outward facing (as Corsage - Connecticut Lass) c. Pendant (as Talisman - Connecticut Yankee) Division II - Martagon Hybrids (as Brocade - Port Wine) Division III— American Hybrids (as Constance - Shuksan) Division IV- Trumpet Hybrids a. Trumpet form - outward facing c. Bowl shaped b. Trumpet form — pendant d. Sunburst Divisions may be further subdivided at the discretion of the Judges to provide for color variations i.e. 1. White 5. Bicolor 2. Pink 6. Apricot 3. Yellow 7. Purple 4. Green Division V - Aurelians (Sunburst or Corona types) Division VI- Oriental Hybrids Contains hybrid cultivars or hybrids of L. auratum, L. japonicum, L. rubellum, L. speciosum, and to include any of their crosses with L. henryii. a. Bowl shaped and flat faced (as Crimson Dream - Imperial Crimson) b. Recurved (Jamboree - Black Beauty) 25 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 CLASS B - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS Not necessarily grown from seed by the exhibitor. Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS C - UNNAMED SEEDLINGS GROWN FROM SEED BY THE EXHIBITOR Divisions I thru VI as defined in CLASS A. CLASS D - ALL TRUE SPECIES AND THEIR BOTANICAL FORMS. Each variety to be judged separately. CLASS E - DISPLAY - COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS F - DISPLAY - NON-COMMERCIAL No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. CLASS G - EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY $75.00 may be used for prizes. CLASS H - Single stems of hardy lilies grown by 4-H youth in Worcester County 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Competitive classes are open to all providing the lilies are grown by, or under the control of, the exhibitor. First, second and third Prize Ribbons will be awarded by the New England Regional Lily Group in each Division. EDWARD A. BIGELOW M. Basket of Lilies Other foliage permitted $25.00 may be used for prizes N. Vase of Lilies Other foliage permitted $5.00 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 SPECIAL AWARDS VIRGINIA HOWIE AWARD - Best stalk grown by youth - Pewter Award MISS ELIZABETH R. BISHOP AWARD - Best unnamed seedling spike from Class C. Bronze Medal. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AWARD - For best spike of a named clone. To be chosen from Class A entries. THE PAULINE M. & ARMAND A. BENOIT AWARD Pewter Bowl for best display, non-commercial. Name to be inscribed on bowl. Bowl to be left at Society. Flower Arrangement - or composition No. 200 — True lilies preferred, but other flowers may be used. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize — $5.00. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 26 Delphinium — No. 203 - Vase. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - No. 204 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Other than Lilies) - No. 205 - Vase. No more than five stalks. Use own foliage. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial, one kind — No. 206 - Vase $20.00 may be used for prizes. Non-Hardy Bulbs or Tubers — No. 207 - Vase. $5.00 may be used. Hardy Cultivated Flowers & Shrubs No. 208 - Display 24 square feet 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 No. 209 - Display 12 square feet 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 1.50 Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 210 - Eight vases 6.00 5.00 4.00 Herbs - No. 211 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 212 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Potted Plants - No. 213 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Roses — Not over 12 blooms - Vase - See Rule 8 No. 214 - Floribundas $1 5.00 may be used No. 215 - Grandifloras $1 5.00 may be used No. 216 - Hybrid Teas $1 5.00 may be used No. 217- Any other $1 5.00 may be used Cherry, one quart — No. 218 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, Black Cap one pint — No. 219 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Raspberry, one pint — No. 220 - Early varieties, named. $5.00 may be used. No. 221 - Latham 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 222 - Taylor 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 223 - Any other red variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 224 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used. No. 225 - Display not over 12 square feet. $10.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 226 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. 27 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — 0 - Cultivated named 3 DO 2.50 2 00 1 50 P. - Cultivated, new varieties. S7.50 may be used. Q, - Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Gooseberry, one quart — No. 227 - Any named varieties. $10.00 No. 228 - New varieties. $5.00 Blackberry, one quart - No. 229 - Any variety. $5.00 Any other Fruit — No. 230 - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Small Fruit, two or more varieties — No. 231 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. Beets, twelve specimens — No. 232 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Carrots, two bunches - six in each — No. 233 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Beans, Snap, one-half peck — No. 234 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 235 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, for pickles No. 236 - One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 237 - Hybrid type, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 238 - Standard type, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cabbage, three specimens — No. 239 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce, three heads — No. 240 - Iceberg 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 241 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Summer Squash, three specimens — No. 242 - Yellow 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 243 - Green 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 244 - Any other type 2.00 1.50 1.00 Swiss Chard - 10 stalks No. 245 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 28 Peas, one-half peck — No. 246 - Telephone type No. 247 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 Radishes - Two bunches, 6 per bunch No. 248 - Any named variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Tomatoes, twelve Specimens - New Vegetable - variety No. 251 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used. Any other Vegetable - Not otherwise listed No. 252 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables - No. 253 - Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. Market Basket of Vegetables — No. 254 - $30.00 may be used. Highest prize not over $3.50. No. 249 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Spinach, one-half peck — No. 250 - New Zealand 2.00 1.50 1.00 29 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HEMEROCALLIS (DAYLI LIES) EXHIBITION in cooperation with REGION 4 of THE AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. GEORGE H. PRIDE, Chairman MRS. IRVING FRAIM MR. & MRS. WAINO HIMOTTU MR. & MRS. ALVAR MELIN MRS. PERCY I. MERRY MRS. JAMES H. SHEPHERD MRS. JAMES MAHONEY Saturday, July 26 - 1 to 6:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $200.00 for the premiums awarded on this list. Hemerocallis (Daylilies) No. 300 — Display - Commercial. Any decorative foliage may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. No. 301 — Display - Non-commercial. Any decorative foliage may be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Note: In the two types of displays above any decorative foliage may be used but no flowers other than daylilies should be included. Emphasis in these displays should be on a wide variety of colors and types of daylilies. Unregistered seedlings should not dominate the display. No. 302 — Collection of six named varieties. - 6 vases. 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 303 — Collection of six numbered seedlings. Not necessarily the exhibitors own. 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Specimen color classes, one spike entry. Must be named and introduced. More than one entry may be made in these classes, providing each entry is a different variety, and more than one premium may be awarded to the same exhibitor. Scape not to exceed 36". Only hemerocallis foliage should be used with the following entries. Large Flowered Section (Flower over 4% inches in diameter) Ribbons No. 304 - Near White No. 305 - Light Yellow and Lemon No. 306 - Medium Yellow No. 307 - Deep Yellow or Gold No. 308 - Orange No. 309 - Polychrome blends light No. 310 - Polychrome blends dark No. 311 - Bicolor No. 312 - Banded or eyed 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 30 No. 313 - Pale Pink No. 314 - Medium Pink No. 315 - Peach Pink No. 316- Creamy Melon No. 317 — Cantaloupe Melon No. 318 - Pinkish Melon No. 319 - Rose No. 320 - Bright Red No. 321 - Orange Red No. 322 - Brown Red No. 323 - Purple Red No. 324 — Lavender Shades No. 325 - Purple Shades Small flowered (Flower between 3 inches and 4% inches) No. 326 — Yellow, any shade No. 327 — Any other color Miniature (Flower less than 3 inches) No. 328 — Yellow, any shade No. 329 — Any other color Dwarf (Normal Growth under 24 inches) No. 330 - Any color Spider Flowered (Exaggerated long thin flower parts) — No. 331 - Any color Double flowered (6 or more petaloids should be present) — No. 332 - Any Color Specials — National Popularity Poll Winner No. 333 - Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society Regional Popularity Poll Winner No. 334 - If different from national winner. Same award as for National winner. Single Floret — No. 335 — One floret to container. This class is intended for very new and rare specimens - where the exhibitor would not wish to cut complete stalk. (Must be named and intro- duced variety). 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 31 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Seedling — No. 336 — One entire scape, severed at base. Must be exhibitor's own hybrid. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultur- al Society's Rosette and Special Award Rosette of Amer- ican Hemerocallis Society. More than one award may be given in this class. Best Registered Introduced Class — No. 337 - To be selected by judges from classes 304 to 334. To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis Society. Best Registered Unintroduced Class — No. 338 - Single scape not to exceed 36". To be judged for Worcester County Horticultural Society Rosette and Special Award Rosette of American Hemerocallis So- ciety. American Hemerocallis Society Achievement Award — No. 339 — Special A.H.S. Rosette awarded at show — Medal award- ed later in year after all rules about registration of winning variety have been complied with. At least 3 scapes severed at the base of an undisseminat- ed variety which may or may not be registered and is at least 3 years old. This medal is offered to the originator, amateur or professional whether shown by originator or someone else. The award shall be made only to a new variety of adequate merit and distinctiveness as com- pared with existing varieties. Educational Exhibit — No. 340 — To cover any phase of Hemerocallis growing, hybridi- zing, culture or classification. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Special Award - presented by the New England Area of Region 4 of the American Hemerocallis Society for the finest specimen of a daylily originated in New England. The entry does not necessarily have to be made by the hybridizer. Any number of entries may be made in this class by the same exhibitor as long as each entry shown is a different cultivar. One award, $25.00. ****************** Hardy Cultivated Flowers & Shrubs No. 341 - Display. Not over 18 square feet. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 342 - Basket, mixed, three or more kinds of flowers. 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 Gladiolus — No. 343 - Display (not to exceed 24 square feet). $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 344 - Basket Gladiolus 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 32 G. A. BIGELOW FUND Roses - R — Vase - not over 12 blooms (See Rule 8). $15.00 may be used for prizes. Petunias — No. 345 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 346 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 347 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Lilies - No. 348 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Zinnias — No. 349 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 350 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks each. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No 351 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms. 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 352 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks each. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 Snapdragon — No. 353 - Vase, not more than 5 spikes. 2.00 1.50 1.00 Salpiglosis — No. 354 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Calendula — No. 355 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annuaf - one Kind — (Not otherwise listed in this show) — No. 356 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Phlox - No. 357 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Shasta Daisies - No. 358 - Vase, 5 stalks 2.00 1.50 1.00 Perennial - one Kind - (Not otherwise listed in this show) - No. 359 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial — One kind No. 360 - Vase. $15.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers - No. 361 - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. 33 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Amateur Class - No. 362 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor - Ribbons awarded. Wild Flowers, named — No. 363 - 10 Vases - no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 (See Special Rulej of Wild Flowers on Page 6) Potted Plants - No. 364 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 365 - Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Hanging Baskets — No. 366 - Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 367 — Flowering Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 368 Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Begonia, Tuberous Rooted — No. 369 - Display. Use own foliage. Notify the Secretary two days in advance. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Flower Arrangement or Composition — Kind of Flower or "Song Title" No. 370 - No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00 Cherry, one quart — No. 371 - Any named variety. $5.00 may be used. Raspberry, one pint — No. 372- Latham $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 373 - Taylor $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 374 - Any other red variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 375 - New Varieties $5.00 may be used No. 376 - Display not over 1 2 sq. ft. $1 0.00 may be used. Currants, twenty-four bunches — No. 377 - Any named variety. $10.00 may be used. Gooseberry, one quart — No. 378 - Any named varieties. $10.00. Blackberry, one quart — No. 379 - Any variety. $5.00. Any New varieties of Small Fruit — No. 380. - Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Small Fruits, two or more varieties — No. 381 - $25.00 may be used for prizes. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 34 Apple, twelve specimens - No. 382- Yellow Transparent 3.00 2.50 No. 383- Lodi 3.00 2.50 No. 384- Red Astrachan 3.00 2.50 No. 385- New varieties. $7.00 may be used for prizes. No. 386 - Other early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Plum, twelve specimens - No. 387 - Early varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Peach, twelve specimens, named - No. 388 - Any early white varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 389 - Any early yellow varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Fruit Class for Amateurs - No. 390 - 6 specimens of a tree fruit. Same variety. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — S. — Cultivated, named q nn o.UU 2.50 2.00 1 .50 T. — New varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 U. _ Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Shell, one-half peck — No. 391 - Dwarf, any variety 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1 r\r\ 1 .00 Bean, one-half peck — No. 392 - Kentucky Wonder 2.50 2.00 1 .50 1 .00 No. 393 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 394 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Beets, twelve specimens — No. 395 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Broccoli — Three specimens No. 396 - Any named variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 Cabbage — 3 specimens No. 397 - Any named variety $2.50 2.00 1.50 Carrots, two bunches, six in each — No. 398 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, for pickles — No. 399 - One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber — 3 specimens — No. 400 - Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 401 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 35 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Sweet Corn, 12 ears — No. 402 - Any named yellow variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 403 - Any named white variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 404 - Any named bicolor variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash — 3 specimens — No. 405 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 406 - Green variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 407 - Any other type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Lettuce — 3 heads — No. 408 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Parsley — 2 bunches No. 409 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 Potato, twelve specimens - No. 410 — Any early variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, twelve specimens — No. 411- Any named standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 412 - Any named Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 New Vegetable - variety No. 413 — Recent introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetable — (not otherwise listed) No. 414 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables - No. 415- Not to exceed 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 416 - Collection, named edible varieties. S25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 417 — Collection, named non-edible varieties. $25.00 may be used. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule ★ ★ ★ WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 36 YOUNG PEOPLE'S FLOWER SHOW AND GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MRS. LOUIS PRUNIER, Co-Chairman ERNEST MINOR, Co-Chairman ISABELLA CHOATE JAMES McLAIN MICHAEL O'MARA MRS. CLAIRMONT STANDISH Thursday, August 14, 1975 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock. The hall will be open at 6 P.M. the night before for any who wish to set up at that time. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $300.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, and Department of Agriculture Rosettes. Baskets and Displays to be judged by the New England Gladiolus Socie- ty Basis. Quality and Condition 50 points Color Harmony 10 Distinctiveness 15 Arrangement of Flowers Effectiveness Gladiolus — No. 500 — Display-Commercial. Baskets and Vases. No other flowers to be used. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 501 — Display of Artistic Arrangements of Gladiolus. No restric- tion as to grower. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 502— Display - Semi-Commercial. (Exhibitor sells flowers and/bulbs but does not issue a catalog). Baskets and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 503 — Display - Non-Commercial. (Exhibitor does not sell flowers or bulbs). Basket and Vases. Notify the office 4 days in advance. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 504 - Baskets, 20-25 spikes, one variety, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 505 - Basket, 20-25 spikes, two varieties, to be named. $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 506 - Basket or Vase, 15-20 spikes, two varieties, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 No. 507 - Basket or Vase, 12-15 spikes, miniatures, one variety, to be named. 4.00 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 508 - Basket or Vase of Seedlings, 12 15 spikes, one variety. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 509 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 300, 400, 500 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 510 - Collection, ten different varieties, one spike to a Vase, cor- rectly named, 100, 200 Color Classes. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 511 - Collection, five different Recent Introduction varieties (last 3 yrs.), one spike to a vase correctly named. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 512 - Seedling Class. One spike, properly labeled. Seedlings and undisseminated varieties will be shown as seedlings. More than one entry may be made by any exhibitor. Best Seedling will be awarded the Society Rosette and the New England Gladiolus Society Rosette. No. 513 - Open Color Class. One spike, each, properly labeled with Classification number, variety name, and name and address of the exhibitor. Special cards will be furnished by the Society. No. 514 - Recent Introduction Varieties (last 3 yrs.). One spike, properly labeled (see above). No. 515 - Novice Color Class. One spike, properly labeled. This class is open to any person who has never won a Blue Ribbon at any Gladiolus Show. No. 516 - Three Spike Open Class. Three spikes of one variety, prop- erly labeled and arranged attractively in containers. No. 517 - Three Spike Seedling awarded Department of Agriculture Rosette. SPECIAL INFORMATION TO AID EXHIBITORS Use North American Gladiolus Council Classifica- tion List. Stem length below bottom floret - 17 inches on 100 200 classes 20 inches on 300 400 500 classes 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 38 The following size separations will be used in all classes: 100 - 200 Miniature and Small 300 Medium 400 Large 500 Giant First, Second and Third Prize Ribbons will be awarded in each class. * * ★ Members of the Committee will be glad to assist in the arrangements of the spikes and the placing of entries. Section Champion will be chosen from the Seedling Class - From each size 300-400-500 in the Recent Introduction Class - From the same sizes in the One Spike Open Color Class. From these Section Champions, a Grand Champion shall be chosen. Following like procedure with the 100-200 size, a Miniature Champion shall be chosen. Section and Division Champions will be awarded the Society Rosette. Grand Champions — Certificate of Merit. Flower Arrangements or Composition - "What's My Line" (name it) No. 518 - No restrictions as to kind of flower or grower. $40.00 may be used for prizes. Highest prize $5.00. Lilium — no other flower to be used No. 519 - Collection - $35.00 may be used for prizes. No. 520 - Vase - $15.00 may be used for prizes. GERALD FALES FUND Roses — V. Vase, not over 12 blooms (see Rule 8). $10.00 may be used for prizes. Annual, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) — No. 521 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes New Flowers - Recent Introduction (74-75) No. 522 - Vase. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind - (Not otherwise listed) - No. 523 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial - One Kind No. 524 - Vase - $15.00 may be used for prizes. Dahlias — No. 525 — Container — $10.00 may be used for prizes. 39 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Amateur Class — No. 526 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhioitor - Ribbons awarded. Hanging Baskets — No. 527 Foliage Plants — $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 528 Flowering Plants - $20 00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 529 Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Herbs - No. 530 Display, $25.00 may be used for prizes. Begonia, tuberous rooted — No. 531 - Display of Potted Plants. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office four days in advance. Hardy Cultivated Flowers & Shrubs - No. 532 - Display. Not over 24 sq. ft. 10.00 8.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 Wild Flowers, named — No. 533 - 10 Vases - no duplicates 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 (See Special Rules of Wild Flowers on page 6) Apple, twelve specimens — No. 534 - Gravenstem $3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 535 - Puritan 3.00 2.50 2.00 'No. 536 - Early Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 537 - New varieties. $10.00. No. 538 - Any other early variety. $10.00. No. 539 - Seedlings. $10'.00. Crab Apple, twenty four specimens — No. 540 - Any named variety. 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 541 — Japanese named variety. $10.00 No. 542 — European named variety. $10.00 Peach, twelve specimens, named — No. 543 - Any white variety. $10.00 No. 544 - Any yellow variety. $10.00 No. 545 - Any new variety. $10.00 No. 546 - Seedlings. $10.00 No. 547 — Display of three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Pear, twelve specimens — No. 548 - Early varieties. $7.50 may be used. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 40 Display of Fruit — No. 549 - Not to exceed 20 square feet. Two or more kinds. $35.00 may be used. Any other variety of Fruits — No. 550 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Fruit class for Amateurs - No. 551 — Six specimens of a Tree Fruit. - same variety. $10.00 may be used. CHANDLER BULLOCK FUND Blueberry, one pint — W. Cultivated, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 X Npw variptip^ /\. new Veil ICLICj 3 00 2 50 2.00 1.50 Y. Wild, one quart 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Snap, one-half peck — No. 552 - Wax 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 553 - Green Pod 2.50 2.00 1.50 Bean, Shell, one-half peck - No. 554 — Dwarf Bush, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Bean, Pole, one-half peck - No. 555 — String, any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Broccoli - No. 556 - 3 specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cabbage — Three specimens No. 557 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Sweet Corn, 12 ears - No. 558 — Any named Yellow variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 559 — Any named White variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 560 — Any named Bicolor variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Cucumber, three specimens — No. 561 - Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. Cucumber, for pickles — No. 562- One-half peck 2.50 2.00 1.50 41 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 GERALD FALES FUND Tomato, twelve specimens — Z. Red, any named Standard variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 A. Red, any named Hybrid var-ety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 B. Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Onions - 12 specimens — No. 563 - Any named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Potato, twelve specimens - No. 564 - Cobblers 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 565 - Chippewa 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 566 - Any other named variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 Pepper, twelve specimens — No. 567 - Any variety. 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Summer Squash - Three specimens No. 568 - Yellow varieties No. 569 — Green varieties No. 570 — Any other varieties 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Any other Vegetable - Not otherwise listed No. 571 - $15.00 may be used for prizes, New Vegetable - variety No. 572 — Recent Introductions. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Display of Vegetables —(not Commercial growers) — No. 573 - Display from home gardens to cover 15 square feet. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Mushroom, native — No. 574 - Collection, named edible varieties. $25.00 may be used for prizes. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION See Children's Schedule 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 42 DAHLIA EXHIBITION Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. BERTRAND BEYER, Chairman MR. ROGER LANGLEY MR. WAYNE SMITH Thursday — September 11 This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. All articles for this exhibition must be in the hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by12:30o'clock. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize Money not to exceed $250.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Sale of Spring Flowering Bulbs - Benefit of the Scholarship Fund. Dahlia, varieties to be named - No. 600 - Display of Singles, 5 Vases, 3 Blooms 4.00 3.00 2.00 per Vase - One Variety per Vase No. 601 - Display of Collarettes, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase, one variety per Vase No. 602 - Display of Pompons, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase, one variety per Vase No. 603 - Display of Pompons, 10 Vases, 6.00 5.00 3.00 3 Blooms per Vase, one variety per Vase No. 604 - Display of Miniatures, 5 Vases, 4.00 3.00 2.00 3 Blooms per Vase, one variety per Vase No. 605 - Display of Decoratives, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 606 - Display of Decoratives, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 607 - Display of Decoratives, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 608 - Display of Decoratives, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 609 - Display of Semi-Cactus, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 610- Display of Semi-Cactus, Medium, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 611 - Display of Semi-Cactus, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 612- Display of Semi-Cactus, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 613- Display of Cactus, Medium, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 614 Display of Cactus, Medium, 6.00 5.00 .< 00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase 43 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 No. 615- Display of Cactus, Large, 4.00 3.00 2.00 5 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 616- Display of Cactus, Large, 6.00 5.00 3.00 10 Vases, 1 Bloom per Vase No. 617 - Basket or Vase of Collarettes - at least 5 varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 618 - Basket or Vase of Miniatures - at least 8 varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 619- Basket or Vase of large flowered 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 620 - Basket or Vase of Singles - at least 10 varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 621 - Basket or Vase of Pompons - at least 10 varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 622 - Basket or Vase of Cactus Varieties - at least 5 varieties 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 623 - Basket of assorted varieties of Dahlias No. 624 - Display, 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 625 - Display, 50 square feet. $75.00 may be used for prizes. Non-commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 626 - Display, 25 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 627 - Display, 25 square feet. $30.00 to be used for prizes. Non-Commercial. Notify office 4 days in advance. No. 628 - Best Vase of Recent Introduction. 1970 - '71 - '72 Introduction. Blue Ribbon No. 629 - Best Vase of New Variety introduced 1973 - 74 - 75 $5.00 may be used. Educational Exhibit — No. 630 - To cover any phase of Dahlia growing, hybridizing, culture or classification. $25.00 may be used for prizes. "Court of Honor" Best Small Bloom in Show - From Classes 600 to 604 inclusive Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Best Decorative Bloom in Show - From Classes 605 to 608 in- clusive - Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Best Cactus Bloom in Show - From Classes 609 to 616 inclusive Blue Ribbon & $5.00 Highest Honor Bloom chosen from 3 Best Bloom Winner - State Award THE COULSON FUND Flower Arrangement or Composition - Weather Conditions C. Dahlias preferred but other kinds of flowers may be used. No restriction as to grower. $40.00 may be used. Highest prize - $5.00. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 44 Standard of Classification for Dahlias - Set by the American Dahlia Society Pompons, 2 inches or under Miniatures, under 4 inches Ball, 4 inches or more BB or Small Medium, 4 to 6 inches Medium, 4 to 8 inches Large, 8 inches or over Roses - No. 630a - Collection of kinds and varieties named (number of kinds important). $40.00 to be used for prizes. Gladiolus, standard varieties — No. 631 - 10 Vases, one spike in a vase, to be named. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 632 - Basket 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 EDWIN DRAPER FUND Begonia, tuberous rooted — D. Cut flowers in vases, not more than 20 vases. $12.00 may be used for prizes. Asters, large flowered, long stems — E. Vase of 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Asters, single or anemone — No. 633 - Vase, 12 blooms 3.00 2.00 1.00 Marigolds — No. 634 - Display, can be mixed types and varieties — 5 vases, 5 stalks. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 635 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 636 - Double French, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 637 - Single, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 638 - Any other, 3 vases, 3 stalks 3.00 2.00 1.00 Petunias — No. 639 - Single, plain-edged, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 640 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 641 - Double, 5 vases, 3 stalks 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Zinnias — No. 642 - Display. Mixed types and varieties, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 643 - Display of large flowered, 5 vases, 5 stalks - 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 45 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 No. 644 - Display of Pompons (small flowered), 5 vases, 7 stalks - 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 645 - Vase of Mexican. No less than 1 2 blooms — 3.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 Annual, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 646 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Perennial, one kind — (Not otherwise listed) — No. 647 - Vase. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Biennial • One kind No. 648 - Vase $15.00 may be used for prizes. New Flowers — No. 649 - Recent Introductions. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Wild Flowers — No. 650 - Appropriate container, artistic effect. $15.00 may be used for prizes. (See Special Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 6.) No. 651 - 10 vases, named, no duplicates. 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Herbs - No. 652 - Display. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Potted Plants - No. 653 - Display of Home-grown plants. $30.00 available for prizes. Notify Office 4 days in advance. Hanging Baskets No. 654 Foliage Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. No. 655 Flowering Plants - $20.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 656 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — Ribbons awarded. Apple, twelve specimens — No. 657 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 658 - Red Gravenstein 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 659 - Milton 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 660 - Wealthy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 661 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 662 - Seedling varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 663 - Any other varieties. $7.50 may be used for prizes. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 664 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 665 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 Pear, twelve specimens — No. 666 - Bartlett 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 667 - Seckel 3.00 2.50 2.00 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 46 No. 668 - New named varieties 3.00 2.50 No. 669 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 Plum, twelve specimens — No. 670 - Any Japanese variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 671 - Any European variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 672 - Any new varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. Peach, twelve specimens - No. 673 - Early Elberta 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 674 - Any white variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 675 - Any other yellow variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 676 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 677 - Seedlings. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 678 - Display, three or more varieties. $20.00 may be used. Quince, twelve specimens — No. 679 - Orange 3.00 2.50 2.00 Fruit Class for Amateurs — No. 680 - 6 specimens of a Tree Fruit - same variety. $10.00 may be used. Grape, three clusters — No. 681 - Fredonia 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 682 - Seneca 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 683 - Worden 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 684 - Seedless variety 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 685 - For other varieties - $10.00. No. 686 - New varieties - $10.00. No. 687 - Collection, not less than 5 varieties. 12.00 10.00 8.00 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) F. Recent Introduction - Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 Any other Variety of Fruits — No. 688 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Muskmelons, three specimens — No. 689 - Hybrid, named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 690 - Orange flesh, named 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 691 - Green flesh, named 2.50 2.00 47 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Watermelon, three specimens — No. 692 - Midget Type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 693 - Seedless, two specimens 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 694 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Squash, Winter, three specimens — No. 695 - Buttercup 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 696 - Blue Hubbard 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 697 - Golden Delicious 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 698 - Des Moines 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 699 - Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 700 - Butternut - Hercules 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 701 - Any other variety, named. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Potatoes, twelve specimens — No. 702 - Any named variety. $15.00 may be used for prizes. Cabbage, three specimens — No. 703 - Red 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 704 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 705 - Any other variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 Carrots - Two bunches - 6 in each — 2.50 2.00 1 .50 No. 706 - Any named variety Cauliflower — No. 707 - Three specimens 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Cucumber - Three specimens — No. 708 - Three specimens Any named Hybrid variety. $10.00 may be used. Broccoli — No. 709 - Three specimens 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Peppers, twelve specimens — No. 710 - Wonder type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 711 - Squashtype 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 712 - Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 713 - Display. $35.00 may be used. Tomatoes, red, twelve specimens — No. 714 - Rutgers or Marglobe type 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 715 - Hybrid variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 716 - Any other named variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 717 - Display. $35.00 may be used for prizes. Tomatoes, small-fruited, one quart — No. 718 - Any named variety. $7.00 may be used for prizes. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 48 Sweet Corn, twelve ears — No. 719 - Hybrid, named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 720 - Any other named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 - non-hybrid variety. Celery, six specimens - No. 721 - Summer Pascal No. 722 - Any other variety Egg Plant - two specimens - No. 723 - Any named variety Onions - twelve specimens - No. 724 - Sweet Spanish No. 725 - Yellow Globe type No. 726 - White No. 727- Red Squash, Summer - three specimens - No. 728- Any Variety Yellow No. 729 - Any Variety Green Bean, Snap, one-half peck No. 730 - Wax No. 731 - Green Pod Vegetables - No. 732 - New Introductions. (1974 & 1975) $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 733 - Display of Vegetables, 24 square feet. $30.00 may be used. No. 734 - Any other Vegetable (Kind) not otherwise listed. $15.00 may be used. Vegetable Class for Juniors - No. 735 - Two or more vegetable specimens grown by exhibitor - Prizes available. Mushroom, native - No. 736 - Collection of edible varieties - $25.00 may be used for prizes. 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 2.50 2.00 1.50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FALL GARDEN EXHIBIT WORCESTER CENTER GALLERIA COMMITTEE: MR. EDMOND R. COLBY, Chairman MR. EDWIN R. YOUNG, JR. Friday, November 7, 1975 through Saturday, November 15, 1975 All gardens must be in place and ready for inspection by the judges by 1 1 o'clock Friday. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricul- tural prize money not to exceed $1,200.00 of the premiums awarded on this list. Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and a silver tray. The silver tray will be awarded to the "Most Meritorious Exhibit", namely: that exhibit receiving the highest number of points in scoring by judges. Garden Displays: — No restriction as to grower. The first five exhibitors to sign up at Horticultural Hall can be accepted. 1. Commercial Each display will occupy 350 sq. ft. $700.00 will be available to each 2. Schools & Colleges Each display will occupy 350 sq. ft. $700.00 will be available to each Scale of points by which the above classes are to be judged. Design and Consistency 30 points Suitability & Quality 20 points Charm and Atmosphere 1 5 points Color Harmony 10 points Seasonability 10 points Originality of design 10 points Correct Labeling 5 points 100 points Prize money for Garden Displays I. & II. above is based approxi- mately upon $2.00 per square foot. For example, a 350 foot display at $2.00 per square foot makes a top prize money of $700.00 provided the display is judged to receive 100 points. If a display is judged to receive 90 points, then the prize money awarded 90% of $700.00 or $630.00. SPECIAL AWARD For Excellence in Design and Consistency - the Society's silver medal presented by Louise C. Harrington. This special award will be given for Garden Displays at the discretion of the judges. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW Please refer to Exhibition Rules on pages 3 to 6. COMMITTEE: MR. EDMOND R. COLBY, Co-Chairman MRS. BURRILL N. JOSEPHS, Co-Chairman MRS. K.G.A. ANDERSSON MR. HOWARD BORGGAARD MR. ROBERT S. RUSSELL Thursday, November 6 - 3:00 to 6:00 P.M. (members only) Friday, November 7 - 9:00 to 8:00 P.M. Saturday, November 8 - 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday, November 9 - 12 Noon to 5:00 P.M. All Articles for this exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 o'clock on Thursday. SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION - by Public School children of the first six grades The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted agricultural prize money not to exceed $600.00 of the premiums awarded on this list, Rosettes for outstanding exhibits and a Silver Tray to the most outstand- ing Horticultural Display. Garden Displays: — No restrictions as to grower. I. Special display center of Main Hall approximately 400 square feet, money will be available. Christmas Trees — 6' to 8' height range — Fresh cut - to be placed in water or balled. No. 901 - Spruce 10.00 8.00 5.00 No. 902 - Fir (including balsam) 10.00 8.00 5.00 No. 903 - Pine 10.00 8.00 5.00 EDWIN DRAPER FUND CHRISTMAS TREE - DECORATED G. $50.00 available - First prize not over $15.00 Standard Commercial Varieties — No. 904 - Chrysanthemums, va6e of white. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 905 - Chrysanthemums, vase of yellow. 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.50 No. 906 - Chrysanthemums, vase of pink. 5.00 4.00 3.00 No. 907 - Any other color. 5.00 4.00 3.00 Note: Six flowers in each, one variety in each vase. Stems not less than two feet. 51 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 FREDERICK A. BLAKE FUND Chrysanthemums — K. Best Bloom 4.00 3.00 2.00 Special Exhibits — (Plants other than Chrysanthemums) — No. 908 - Commercial. $75.00 may be used for prizes. 75 sq. ft. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 909 - Commercial. $50.00 may be used for prizes. 50 sq. ft. Notify office 1 week in advance. No. 910 - Home grown specimen plants, 24 square feet. Quality not quantity. $50.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 1 week in advance. Hanging Baskets — No. 911- Flowering or Foliage No. 912 - Display, $40.00 may be used for prizes. Gesneriads — No. 913 - Commercial. $100.00 may be used for prizes. No. 914 - Semi-commercial class. $60.00 may be used for prizes No. 915 - Non-commercial class. $40.00 may be used for prizes. No. 916 - Three Specimen Plants. $25.00 may be used for prizes. Amateur Class — No. 917 - Single stalk or specimen plant, grown by the exhibitor — Ribbons awarded. Bicentennial Special "200 Years of Table Settings" No. 91 8 - Capsule Table - Sharf man Award No. 919 - Table Setting - Children's Class - "Holiday Theme" Flower Arrangement — Dried Material No. 920 - Accessories may be used. Highest prize $5.00. $50.00 New Class — No. 921 - Alter-Pulpit Decoration - Religious Theme Wreaths - 16" frame - No. 922 - Fresh Material to be used. See Rule No. 25. $30.00 may be used No. 923 - Decorated Money Available Door Swag — No. 924 - See Rule No. 25. $30.00 may be used No. 925 - Decorated Money Available 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 52 Terrariums — Includes Fern and Berry Globes No. 926 - Large — Containers must be over 18 inches but must not exceed 36 inches in any dimension. 4.00 3.00 2.00 No. 927 - Small - Containers must not exceed 18 inches in any dimension. 3.00 2.00 1.00 No. 928 - Children's Class. $10.00 may be used. Herbs — No. 929 - Display of dried material grown or collected from the wild by exhibitor. $25.00 may be used for prizes. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND M. Educational Classes — No. 1 — Juniors under 14 years. No. 2 — Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 — Club or qroup exhibit. $100.00 may be used. THE COULSON FUND N. Educational Class — Adults $50.00 may be used. Fruit Display — No. 938 - Must contain at least three or more kinds of fruit. No res- triction as to arrangement, not to exceed 30 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office four days in advance. S. LOTHROP DAVENPORT AWARD A Silver Medal, given in honor of Mr. Davenport, will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an exhibition of apples to recognize particular merit or excellence in quality. Apple Display — No. 939 - 50 square feet. $150.00 may be used for prizes. Notify office 4 days in advance. 53 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Apples, forty-nine specimens — No. 940 - Baldwin 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 941 - Mcintosh 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 942 - Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 943 - Cortland 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 944 - Macoun 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 945 - Golden Delicious 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 No. 946 - Other named varieties. $50.00 may be used for prizes. No. 947 - Basket of Fancy Apples. 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 948 - Basket of Fancy Pears. 3.00 2.50 2.00 (Baskets furnished by the Society) Apples, twelve specimens — No. 949 - Baldwin 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 950 - Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 951 - Mcintosh 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 952 - Cortland . 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 953 - Macoun 3.00 2 50 2.00 1.50 No. 954 - Northern Spy 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 955 - R. I. Greening 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 956 - Red Rome 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 957 - Sweet varieties 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 958 - New varieties. Introduced since 1940. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 959 - Old varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 960 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used. Crab Apples, twenty-four specimens — No. 961 - Hyslop 3.00 2.50 No. 962 - Any other variety 3.00 2.53 COOK-DAVEY FUND New Variety of Any Fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc.) 0. Recent Introduction. Not scheduled. 5.00 4.00 WILLIAM EAMES FUND P. Roxbury Russet 3.00 2.50 2.00 Q- Golden Delicious 3.00 2.50 2.00 54 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS THE THAYER MEDAL A Silver Medal will be awarded at the discretion of the Judges to an outstanding plate of Pears. Pears, twelve specimens — No. 963 - Bosc 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 964 - Anjou 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 965 - New varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. No. 966 - Any other variety. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cranberries, Wild, one pint, no restrictions — No. 967 - $5.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Fruits — No. 968 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Nuts - grown in Worcester County — No. 969 - Display of edible nuts. $25.00 may be used for prizes. No. 970 - One pint of each or any of the following: Chestnuts, Butternuts, Black Walnuts Hickory, Filbert, Hartnuts, English Walnuts, etc. $15.00 may be used for prizes. HERBERT R. KINNEY MEMORIAL AWARD A bronze medal will be awarded at the discretion of the judges to an exhibitor of a vegetable or vegetables to recognize an exhibit of particular merit or excellence in quality or to recognize improvement by the exhibitor. Brussel Sprouts — No. 971 - Two one-quart baskets. 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Carrots, twelve specimens — No. 972 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Cauliflower — No. 973 - Three specimens 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Celery, blanched, six specimens — No. 974 - Pascal Summer 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 No. 975 - Any other variety 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Onion, twelve specimens — No. 976 - White Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 977 - Red Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 978 - Ebenezer 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 979 - Yellow Danvers 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 980 - Any other variety . $8.00 may be used for prizes. No. 981 - Hybrid varieties. $5.00 may be used for prizes. 55 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Cabbage, three specimens — No. 982 - Savoy 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 No. 983 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 Parsnip, twelve specimens — No. 984 - Any variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Sugar Pumpkins — No. 985 - Three specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Field Pumpkins — No. 986 Two specimens 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Squash, three specimens - 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2.00 1.50 1.00 2 00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, twelve specimens — No. 996 - Purple Top Globe 2.00 1.50 1.00 Turnip, six specimens — No. 997 - Rutabaga or Swedish 2.00 1.50 1 00 Potato, twelve specimens — No. 987 - Blue Hubbard 3.00 2.50 No. 988 - Butternut. $15.00 may be used for prizes No. 989 - Hercules type 2.50 No. 990 - Buttercup 2.50 No. 991 - Table Queen Type 2.50 No. 992 - Jumbo Table Queen 2.50 No. 993 - Delicious 2.50 No. 994 - Waltham Butternut 2.50 No 995 - Any other variety 2.50 No. 998 - Green Mountain 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 999 - Katahdin 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1000 - Chippewa 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1001 - Superior 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1002 - Kennebec 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 No. 1003 - New varieties. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1004 - Any other variety 2.00 1.50 1.00 .50 Watermelon, three specimens - No. 1005 - Any variety 2.50 2.00 1.50 New Vegetable — Variety No. 1006 - Recent Introductions. $20.00 may be used for prizes. Any other Vegetable - (Not Otherwise Listed) No. 1007 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. 1975 SCHEDULE OE PREMIUMS 56 Vegetables — No. 1008 - Market Baskets furnished by Society. Baskets to be so filled that it is possible to carry without contents falling off. $30.00 may be used for prizes. No prize over $3.50. No. 1009 - Display - not to exceed 24 square feet. $100.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Ornamental Gourds, Natural — No. 1010 - DisDlav — not to exceed 15 square feet. $30.00 may be used for prizes. Notify the Office 4 days in advance. Largest Squash or Pumpkin — No. 101 1 - $15.00 may be used for prizes. Field Beans - No. 1012 - Collection. $1 5.00 may be used for prizes. Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — (May be set up the night before) No. 1013 - Juniors, under 14 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1014 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1015 - Juniors, under 14 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1016 - Seniors - 14 to 20 years. Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1017 - Vegetable Display - for Children. $15.00 may be used for prizes. * * * Annual Meeting — Thursday — December 4, I975 Premiums will be paid on or after the Annual Meeting - State Award Money will be sent out upon receipt of same. ★ ★ * THE LIBRARY OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Library Committee wish to call your attention to the Library and Reading Room, where the librarian is always ready to extend every facility possible to those in search of horticultural information. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY AND PUBLICATIONS Edwin W. Proctor - Chairman Mrs. Fayre L. Nason, Librarian, Ex. Off. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg LIST OF PERIODICALS FOR READING IN THE LIBRARY American Forests American Fruit Grower American Horticultural Magazine American Nurseryman American Rose Magazine Arnoldia Country Journal Farm Technology Florist Exchange Florists' Review Flower & Garden Flower Grower Gardener's Forum Garden Journal of the N.Y. Botanical Club Green Scene Hemerocallis Journal Horticultural Society of N.Y. Bulletin Horticulture Landscape Architecture Market Growers Journal National Chrysanthemum Society National Parks Magazine Natural History Norfolk Botanical Garden Organic Gardening & Farming P.H.S. News Plants & Gardens - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record Ranger Rick Successful Farming Kenneth Knight Frederick Brown Everett Hutchins Miss Marjorie Inman Mrs. Theodore Fowler Marjorie Lodding SCHEDULE OF PRIZES OFFERED TO CHILDREN by the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Co-operating Horticultural Building 30 Elm Street Worcester, Mass. For the year 1975 THE ATTENTION OF EXHIBITORS IS PARTICULARLY CALLED TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GENERAL AND SPECIAL Juniors and Seniors may exhibit in any of the regular exhibits of the Society 2 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 r WILD FLOWER GUIDE The following list is recommended by the Hadwen Botanical Club as a guide which may help plant collectors who hope to display Wild Flowers at the Worcester County Horticultural Society Exhibits. Group I Not to be shown at any time. common name 1) Aletris farinosa Colic root 2) All orchids except #6 and 11 in Group II 3) Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly-weed 4) Castilleja coccinea Painted-cup 5) Clematis verticillaris . . . Purple Virgin's Bower 6) Dicentra canadensis Squirrel Corn 7) Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's Breeches 8) Epigaea repens Mayflower 9) Gentiana crinita Fringed Gentian 10) Linnaea borealis Twin Flower 11) Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 12) Orontium aquaticum Golden Club 13) Pentstemon (all) Pentstemon 14) Rhododendron maximum Rhododendron Group II Not to be pulled up; parts above the roots may be shown with moderation. COMMON NAME 1) Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry 2) Actaea rubra. Red Baneberry 3) Aquilegia canadensis Columbine 4) Calluna vulgaris Heather 5) Claytonia caroliniana Spring Beauty 6) Cypripedium acaule Pink Ladies' Slipper 7) Dentaria diphylla Toothwort 8) Genista tinctoria Genista 9) Gentiana andrewsii Closed Gentian 10) Gentiana linearis Narrow-leaved Gentian 11) Habenaria lacera Ragged Fringed Orchid 12) Hepatica americana Hepatica 13) Lilium canadense Canada Lily 14) Lilium philadelphicum Wood Lily 15) Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant 16) Viola pubescens Yellow Violet Group III All others may be shown, but use judgment in picking. Never pick the last specimen. Flowers under cultivation are not classed as Wild Flowers. WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CHILDREN'S EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD Saturday, July 26 in conjunction with the HEMEROCALLIS SHOW, and August 14 with the GLADIOLUS SHOW. Prizes will be given for other meritorious exhibits. Competition is open to all children under two classes: Seniors — 14 through 20 years Juniors — under 14 years (age as of January 1, 1975) CHILDREN ARE FREE TO ENTER ANY OF THE CLASSES The exhibits of flowers and vegetables must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. All exhibits of flowers and vegetables on July 26 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:00 noon. All exhibits on August 14 must be in the Hall ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 P.M. To facilitate setting up exhibits, a member of the Youth Committee will be on hand at Horticultural Hall the evening preceding each show from 7 to 9 P.M. All varieties of flowers and vegetables should be named. Each vase shall have two or more flowers except when otherwise specified. Artistic Arrangement of all flowers will be considered by the judges. In all exhibits of Wild Flowers, only those falling in Groups II and III of the Hadwen Botanical Club may be shown. Wild flowers under cul- tivation may not be shown in this class. (See Page 2) At no time shall the exhibit contain more than one-third from Group II. Your entry cards will be made out and ready for you if you mail in your list 4 days in advance. The Judges may omit premiums for all inferior specimens. Premiums will be paid on or after September 15. State award money will be sent out upon its receipt. Vases, plates and everything necessary for the exhibition of the flowers and vegetables will be furnished by the Horticultural Society. See Pages 16 and 17 for dates of other Youth Exhibits. FOR ADULTS IF THEY SO ELECT. YOUTH COMMITTEE 1975 Debbie King, Chairman Debbie Shepard Mrs. E. Standish 1976 Mark Firmin Cynthia Rogers Mrs. 0. Prunier 1977 Joseph Dymek 4 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Saturday, July 26 All articles must be in the hall by 12:00 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 1 to 6:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $200 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior list. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 1 - Display, not over 6 square feet 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 No. 2 - Artistic Flower Arrangement - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Cosmos — No. 3 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 4 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 5 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias — • No. 6 - Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1 stalk each No. 7- Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1 stalk each No. 8- Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Marigold - No. 9 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 10 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes. Gladiolus — No. 11 - Three vases, 1 spike in each to be named 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Calendula — No. 12 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 5 Snapdragon — No. 13 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower - (One Kind) No. 14 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Perennial - No. 15 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 16 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension - To be shown on a mirror $1 5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers — Named - No. 17 - 5 vases, 3 stems - Each to be named $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 18 - Artistic arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Setting - "Patriotic Theme" A. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. S30.00 may be used - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 19 - Display of vegetables - Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 Beets - No. 20 - Five specimens. $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 21 - Green-- $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 22 - Yellow - $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 23-15 Pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 24 - 15 Pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Sweet Corn — No. 25 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 26 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 27 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 6 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Cabbage - No. 28 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 29 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 30 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 31 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Potato - No. 32 - 5 specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable — No. 33 - $10.00 may be used for prizes. Market Basket — No. 34 - Half peck basket furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 35 - One pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 7 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Saturday, Julv 26 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:00 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers — No. 35 - Display, not over 9 square feet 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 No. 36 - Artistic Arrangement $8.00 may be used for prizes Cosmos — No. 37 - Vase 1.00 .75 .50 Zinnia — No. 38 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 39 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Marigold — No. 40 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 41 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Gladiolus — No. 42 - Three vases, 1 spike in each — To be named 1.50 1.00 .75 Petunias — No. 43 - Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 44 - Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 No. 45 - Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Calendula — No. 46 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 8 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Any Other Flower — No. 47 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 48 - Small container, not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 49 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 50 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) K 1 IT 1 No. 51 - 5 vases, 3 stems each — To be named $10.00 may be used for prizes Table Settings - "Patriotic Theme" ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND B. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plates, water, glass and napkin. No silver. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes — 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 52 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 15 varieties 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 53 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 54 - Green - 1.50 1.00 .75 No. 55 - Yellow - 1.50 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 56 - 15 pods - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 57 - 15 pods -Green S8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 58 - Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 59 - Five ears 1.50 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 60 - Standard Type - 5 specimens No. 61 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens Cabbage - No. 62 - Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 1.50 1.00 .75 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 9 Carrots — No. 63 Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Cucumber — No. 64 Two specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Onion — No. 65 Five specimens 1.50 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 66 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 67 - Half peck basket furnished $5.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 68 - One pint 1.50 1.00 .75 10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The rules and regulations, on page 3, shoufd be read before participating in this show. JUNIORS Thursday, August 14 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock This exhibition will be open to the public from 2 to 8:00 P.M. The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has allotted Agricultural Prize money not to exceed $300 of the premiums awarded on this Junior and Senior List. Open to Juniors, those under 14 years Cut Flowers — No. 68 No. 69 Cosmos — No. 70 Zinnia — No. 71 No. 72 Display, not over 6 square feet 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Artistic Flower Arrangement-$10.00 may be used for prizes - Vase Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each 1.25 1.00 .75 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Petunias — No. 73 No. 74 No. 75 Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each Double, 3 vases, 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 1.50 1.00 1.50 1.00 .75 .75 .50 .50 Marigold — No. 76 - Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 77 - Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems each $8.00 may be used for prizes T975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 11 Calendula — No. 78 - Three vases, 1 stem each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Flower — No. 79 - Three vases, 3 stems each $5.00 may be used for prizes Gladiolus — No. 80 - Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 .75 Best Spike in the Class — Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - No. 81 - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize Ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Perennial — No. 82 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) - One entry per person. $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 83 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension — To be shown on mirror. $15.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 84 - Five vases, 3 stems each — To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes No. 85 - Artistic arrangement. $10.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) Herb Display - No. 86 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 87 - Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. S10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "Early American Theme" C. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance. $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables - No. 88 - Display of vegetables — Not to exceed 12 varieties 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.75 12 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Beets - No. 89* - Five specimens $8.00 may be used for prizes Summer Squash — Two specimens No. 90 - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 91 - Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes String Beans — No. 92 - 15 pods — Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 93 - 15 pods - Green $8.00 may be used for prizes Potato - No. 94 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 95 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Tomato, ripe — No. 96 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 No. 97 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Carrots — No. 98 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Cabbage — No. 99 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Cucumber — No. 100 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Green Peppers — No. 101 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Onion — No. 102 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 Any Other Vegetable — No. 103 - $10.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — No. 104 - Half peck basket furnished $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 105 - One Pint 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 .50 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 13 The rules and regulations, on page 3, should be read before participating in this show. SENIORS Thursday, August 14 All articles must be in the Hall by 12:30 o'clock The exhibits must be the results of individual effort of the child from the time of planting to the arranging of the exhibit. Open to Seniors — 14 through 20 years Cut Flowers - No. 104 No. 105 Cosmos — No. 106 Zinnia — No. 107 No. 108 Marigold — No. 109 No. 110 Gladiolus — No. 111 No. 112 Petunia No. 113 No. 114 No.115 Display - not to exceed 9 square feet Artistic arrangement — Vase 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 $8.00 may be used for prizes 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Large flowered, 3 vases, 1 stem ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Small flowered, 3 vases, 3 stems ea. 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Three vases, 1 spike in each To be named 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 Best Spike in the Class - Blue Ribbon and Norco Special Rosette - 4-H Club Members One spike in vase - named variety. Prize ribbons and Norco Rosette for 1st Prize Winner Single, plain-edged, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Single, fringed or ruffled, 3 vases 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 Double. 3 vases. 1 stalk each 1.50 1.00 .75 .50 14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1975 Calendula — No. 116 - Three vases, 3 stems each 1.50 1.00 .75 Any Other Flower — No. 117 - Three vases, 1 stem each - $5.00 may be used for prizes Flowers on a Mirror — No. 118 - Small container not over 5" in any dimension to be used. $8.00 may be used for prizes Perennial — No. 119 - Specimen (stalk, spray, etc.) One entry per person - $5.00 may be used for prizes Wild Flowers, named — No. 120 - Artistic arrangement. $5.00 may be used for prizes (See Rule on Wild Flowers - Page 2) No. 121 - Five vases, 3 stems each To be named. $10.00 may be used for prizes Herb Display — No. 122 - Not over 10 vases. $5.00 may be used for prizes Window-box gardens — For city dwellers only No. 123 Size 8 x 48, open to all who have raised flowers or vegetables. $10.00 may be used for prizes. ELOUISE S. KNIGHT FUND Table Settings — "Early American Theme" D. - Place settings for two or more. Cloth or place mats, plate, water, glass and napkin. No silver. Accessories may be used. No restriction as to grower. Notify the office one week in advance $30.00 may be used for prizes - 1st Prize not over $5.00. Vegetables — No. 124 - Display of vegetables not to exceed 1 5 varieties. 3.50 3.00 2.50 Beets - No. 125 Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Summer Squash - Two specimens No. 126 - Green- 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 127 - Yellow- 1.50 ,1.25 1.00 .75 String Beans — No. 128 - 15 pods — Yellow $8.00 may be used for prizes No. 129 - 15 pods — Green $8.00 may be used for prizes 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 15 Potato - No. 130 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Sweet Corn — No. 131 - Five ears 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Tomato, ripe — No. 132 - Standard Type - 5 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 No. 133 - Cherry Type - 10 specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Carrots — No. 134 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cabbage - No. 135 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Cucumber — No. 136 - Two specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Green Peppers — No. 137 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Onion — No. 138 - Five specimens 1.50 1.25 1.00 .75 Any Other Vegetable — No. 139 - $5.00 may be used for prizes Market Basket — Half peck basket furnished No. 140 - $10.00 may be used for prizes Edible Wild Berry - No. 141 - One Pint 1.50 1.00 .75 16 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW Opening - Thursday - November 6 - 3:00 to 6:00 (members only) Friday - November 7 - 9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Saturday - November 8 - 9 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sunday - November 9 - 12 to 5:00 P.M. A II articles for this exhibition must be in the Hall and ready for inspection by the Judges by 12:30 Thursday. Terrarium- Includes Fern & Berry Globes No. 928 - Children's Class $10.00 may be used SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND M. - EDUCATIONAL CLASSES $100.00 No. 1 - Juniors under 1 4 years No. 2 - Seniors — 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group exhibit Special Class for Children from 10 to 19 years — May be set up the night before. No. 1013- Juniors, under 14 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $10.00 may be used for prizes. Seniors - 14 through 20 years A vase of dried material artistically arranged. $15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1014 - No. 1015- Juniors, under 14 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. $10.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1016 Seniors - 14 through 20 years Two to five vegetable specimens grown by the exhibitor. S15.00 may be used for prizes. No. 1017 Vegetable Display - Children $15.00 may be used for pri/es. 1975 SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS 17 Other children's classes will be held at the following shows of the Horticultural Society Iris Show Thursday - June 5, 1975 Rose Show Thursday - June 19, 1975 Lilies Show Friday - July 11, 1975 Saturday - July 12, 1975 Dahlia Show Thursday - September 1 1, 1975 • * # SPRING EXHIBITION - MARCH 1976 Free admission to exhibitors. SAMUEL T. AND ANNA N. W. HOBBS FUND A. - EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS $175.00 No. 1 - Juniors under 14 years No. 2 - Seniors - 14 through 20 years No. 3 - Club or group. Transactions of Worcester County Horticultural Society □fficers of the Year 1976 * * * Reports of the Officers and Committee YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1975 30 ELM STREET, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS TRANSACTIONS 1976 TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers, Trustees & Committee Members "Do (~T O ; cL . ^ e s 2-3 President Paul E. Rogers 5 Report of Finance Committee Robert G. Hess 6 Statement of Operations 7 Operating Expenses 8 Balance Sheet 9 Endowment Funds 10 Contributors to the Society 11 - 12 - 13 Exhibition Committee Mrs. Robert Milton 14 - 15 Library Committee Edwin Proctor & Kenneth Knight 16 Hospitality 11 Georgia Pierpont 17 Fruit " S. James Mistark 18 Scholarship " Olive Prunier 19 Youth Committee Olive Prunier 19 Membership 20 - 21 Garden Awards Committee Isabel K. Arms 22 Judge of Plants & Flowers Lewis A. Hodgkinson 23 - 24 Judge of Vegetables Howard L. Borggaard Judge of Wild Flowers Virginia Howie 25 Judge of Fruit S. James Mistark 26 Report of Executive Director Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. 27 OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1976 EDWARD L. CLIFFORD PRESIDENT PAUL E. ROGERS VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. ROBERT C. MILTON SECRETARY MRS. RICHARD O. GIFFORD TREASURER ROBERT S. RUSSELL LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT SECRETARY FAYRE L. NASON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HARLAN T. PIERPONT, JR. JOHN F. REYNDERS 1976 Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Miss Isabel Arms Mr. Herbert E. Berg Mrs. Roger Heald Mr. Lewis A. Hodgkinson Mrs. Virginia Howie Mr. S. James Mistark Mr. Wallace Parker Mr. H. Ladd Plumley Mr. George H. Pride Mrs. Olive Prunier Mr. Duane T. Sargisson TRUSTEES 1977 Mr. Philip C. Beals Mr. Armand A. Benoit Mrs. Curtis M. Clark Mr. Edmond R. Colby Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Mr. James R. McLain Mrs. Richard W. Mirick Mrs. Philip A. Peterson Mr. Richard V. Salo Mr. Thomas Simone Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard 1978 Mr. John E. Auchmoody Mr. Palmer W. Bigelow Mr. Me.rritt E. Cutting Mr. Linwood M. Erskine, Mr. Carl G. Holm Mrs. Burrill N. Josephs Mr. Bartow Kelly Mr. Arthur D. Keown Mr. Edmund V. Mezitt Mr. Arthur J. O'Mara Mr. Casper J. Perednia Mr. Emerson Robarge Jr HONORARY TRUSTEES Mr. Arnold Banning Mr. George J. Moore, Sr. Mr. Howard L. Borggaard Mr. Edwin W. Proctor Mr. Leslie E. Winter | I ! Ill JUDGES FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PLANTS & FLOWERS FRUIT VEGETABLES WILD FLOWERS ASSOCIATE JUDGE ASSOCIATE JUDGE Richard V. Salo H. Thurston Handley, Jr. S. James Mistark Howard L. Borggaard Virginia Howie Dr. Rockwood Thayer Arthur J. O'Mara COMMITTEES 1976 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Mr. Linwood M. Erskine, Jr., Chr. Mr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. Mrs. Robert W. Stoddan Edwin W. Proctor, Co-chr. Mrs. Stanley Sandberg Mr. Kenneth Knight, Co-chr. LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mrs. Fayre Nason, Ex. Off. Everett Hutchins Miss Marjorie Inman Marjorie Lodding Mrs. Theodore Fowler Richard V. Salo, Chr. Mrs. Roma Josephs MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. H. Waite Hurlburt Gustaf C. Nelson Mrs. Arthur J. O'Mara Mrs. Webster Ramsey Arthur O'Mara, Chr. Mrs. K.G.A. Andersson Edmond R. Colby Mrs. George Wells Alton Anderson Edmond Colby, Chr. Mrs. Samuel Howie Mrs. Sheldon Lubin Mrs. Robert Milton Michael O'Mara Richard Salo Mrs. Aaron Goodale, III, Co-chr. Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. Spencer H. Baker Mrs. Bertrand Beyer Mrs. Queene Bilzerian Mrs. Martin C. Brooks Mrs. George Colangelo Mrs. Theodore B. Covert Mrs. Charles A. Dapolite Mrs. Gardener DeMallie Mrs. John C. Ewer Mrs. John Fallon Mrs. Emens Guernsey Mrs. Thomas Heath SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mrs. Jack McGuinness Mr. Norman Mercier LECTURE COMMITTEE Marjorie Lodding, Chr. Mrs. L. Russell Blanchard EXHIBITION COMMITTEE Bertrand Beyer Mrs. Richard Gifford Mrs. Burrill Josephs George H. Pride Mrs. Philip Peterson Mrs. Olive Prunier Dr. H. Lee Wylie HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Albert Jones David Milton Wallace Norton Roger Pauquet Zane Roberts Victor Sepavich Channing Smith Donald Smith James A. Smith Harry Spedding Richard Wellington Joseph Wesby, Jr. Edward T. Wilkins Carroll Abbott James McLain Mrs. John Rommel Mrs. Merritt Cutting John Boomer Isabella Choate Lewis Hodgkinson Irvin Huff Alden Miller Arthur O'Mara Robert Smiley Mrs. Robe Mr. & Mrs. Dr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. Mr. & Mrs. rt J. Morris, Co-chr. Thornton Banks Dewey Clason Merritt Cutting Donald Dorward Edward Eagan Stanley Havens Walter Kistler Harlan Pierpont, Jr. Edward Richardson Bruce Sheppard Brian Sullivan Roger Tarbox Guy Williams Mrs. Olive Prunier, Chr. Cynthia Rogers Mrs. George Longstreet, Chr. Mrs. Richard Gifford Mrs. Webster Ramsey Mr. J. Auchmoody, Chr. Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard YOUTH COMMITTEE Joseph Dymek Mark Firmin GARDEN TOURS COMMITTEE Mrs. Peter Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Harrington Mrs. Richard K. Wellington GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Bernard Knowlton Merritt Cutting Arthur Levesqu* Richard Jordan Mrs. Robert G. Hess Mrs. Howard Knox Mr. & Mrs. Philip Peterson Miss Isabel Arms Mrs. George F. Comstock PRESERVATION ORCHARD & FRUIT COMMITTEE S. James Mistark, Chr. K.G.A. Andersson Duane Sargisson, Chr. Mrs. Roger Heald, Chr. Herbert E. Berg, Chr. Mrs. Roger N. Heald Arthur Keown Linwood M. Erskine FINANCE COMMITTEE Edward L. Clifford BUILDING COMMITTEE S. James Mistark PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Arthur D. Keown Mrs. Fayre L. Nason Mr. Walker Cheney Philip C. Beats Gustaf C. Nelson Arthur O'Mara Dick Salo Mrs. Ronald Patch Edmond R. Colby Mrs. Edward Bernier Edward Clifford, Chr. Palmer W. Bigelow, Jr. PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Mrs. Fairman Cowan, Chr. Mrs. James E. Wallace, Jr. Mrs. Alvin H. Schiffman PLANNING COMMITTEE Mrs. Curtis Clark Mrs. Ragnar Gustafson, Jr. Mrs. John Foley Mrs. Jane F. Larsen Mrs. Robert Milton Margaret A. Erskine TEA-ROOM COMMITTEE Doris Clark Betty Beach PRESIDENT'S REPORT To the Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society It is eminently fitting that during this bicentennial celebration of our nation's history, we as a Society can look back on 133 years of horticultural achievements that have helped develop our nation . Interested, involved, concerned people working together to- ward a common goal - - such activity builds nations and also builds Societies. A Society is first of all people: people who willingly chair and serve on committees; people who respond to a plea for plant or pence, whatever the need; people who will judge, arrange, exhibit, and host our many shows ; people who will instruct, counsel, publicize, and recruit; all contributing freely of their special brand of expertise for the benefit of the Society. As we listen today to the reports of Chairpersons and judges, focus not only on the contents of these reports but consider also the hours of graciously given time represented by their reports . To me, these our people clearly indicate a vital, growing Society that will eagerly embrace the challenges and the opport- unities of this its 134th year. It is a pleasure to work with our Executive Director, Harlan, and his able assistants, Fayre and Ed, and I can sin- cerely say it has been both a privilege and honor to be a part, with you, of the Worcester County Horticultural Society. Thank you. Paul E. Rogers President 5 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Your committee met regularly to review the finances and invest- ments of the Society. We have approved a budget for the current year as required by the by-laws. This will be submitted to the Trustees for their approval at the next meeting. During 1975, members fees totalled only $6,147.00 about 10% of our operating income. The analysis of our membership which was made in 1974 revealed that we had 583 Life Members, the biggest portion of these having paid $10.00. You can see from these figures the importance of the income of $40,000.00 a year from our Front Street property as well as the gifts that we receive thru the special solicitation made by the Director. Although we have some savings accounts for special, as well as operating purposes, our principal investment is handled by the Mechanics National Bank. The Trustees wisely started this Fund on April of 19^3 to provide funds for the use of the Society, if needed, when the lease on the Front Street property expires, May 30, 1979, just a little over three years from now. Although the stock market has been depressed during the last two years, the last quarterly report of 10/31/75 from the bank totaled approximately $21,000.00 higher than the all time low of a year ago and has since advanced another $5,500.00. We have also added $25,000.00 from Bequests that the Society received plus some surplus cash so that we now have about $148,000.00 in this Fund. We would particularly call to the attention of the members of the Society the great importance of the Bequests we have received. If we can build this fund to a minimum of $200,000.00 in the next three years, it will be of tremendous help in meeting the financial needs of the Society if the current real estate situation isn't considerably improved by that time. Edward L. Clifford Duane Sargisson Robert G. Hess, Chairman Finance Committee 6 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30 , 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OPERATING INCOME: Rent - Front Street real estate $1+0,000 Use of Horticultural Hall 989 Show, exhibitions and lectures 8,283 Membership dues 6,1^7 Interest income (restricted funds) 1,785 Total operating income 57,20*+ Add - interest and dividends earned on investments 5,260 Total income $ 62,464 DEDUCT - EXPENSES: Operating expenses from Schedule 2 66,717 Excess of disbursements over income (before contributions and (loss) on investments held under agency agreement) ( 4,253) Contributions (from special solicitation) 16,445 (Loss) on investments held under agency agreement (22, 521) Excess of current year expenses over income (10,329) CURRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE - DECEMBER 1, 1974 383,386 CURRENT FUND OPERATING BALANCE - NOVEMBER 30, 1975 $373,057 L 7 OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Salaries Payroll taxes Qnployees' Retirement Fund Heat, light and power Building repairs and maintenance Awards Exhibition expenses Children's gardens Experimental orchards (net) Library services Public relations Insurance Office supplies and expense Investment Fund charges Postage Professional fees Total operating expenses to Schedule 1 SCHEDULE : BALANCE SHEET NOVEMBER 30, 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CURRENT FUNDS UNRESTRICTED Cash Exhibit reimbursement receivable Investments - held under agency agreement (market value $116,099) Interest receivable Total Employees 1 funds Total liabilities Fund balances: Designated by the Governing Board for: Long-term investments Capital repairs Unemployment payments Scholarship Fund Undesignated, available for general activities Total fund balances Total liabilities and fund balances $ U5,886 1,200 98,956 377 $ k6k — m 98,956 2,000 1,000 3,167 ko, 832 W,955 RESTRICTED Cash Fund balances: Exhibits, prizes, promotions and scholarships LAND, BUILDING AND EQUIIMENT FUND Land, buildings and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation of $332,138 Fund balance ENDOWMENT FUNDS Cash Certificates of deposit Total $ 1,232 21,790 Fund balance (from Exhibit A) 9 EXHIBIT A ENDOWMENT FUNDS AS AT NOVEMBER 30, 1975 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY EARNINGS EARNINGS RESTRICT]' PRINCIPAL RESTRICTED FOR AMOUNT FOR PRIZES ENDOWME:1 Francis Henshaw Dewey Fund $ 1,000 $ 7k William Eames Fund 500 37 Frederick A. Blake Fund 1,000 Ik Edwin Draper Fund 300 22 Miss Frances Clary Nurse Fund 500 37 Miss Lucy M. Coulson Fund 1,000 Ik G. A. Bigelow Fund 1,000 Ik Chandler Bullock Fund 1,000 Ik Miss Elizabeth R. Bishop Fund 500 37 Samuel T. and Anna N. W. Hobbs Fund 5,000 370 Edward Winslow Lincoln Fund 1,000 Ik Cook- Davey Fund 6oo **5 Elouise S. Knight Memorial Fund 1,000 Ik Gerald Fales Memorial Fund 1,000 Ik Edward A. Bigelow Fund 1,000 1+70 Ik George B. Slater Fund 35 The Thayer Fund 2,000 11*8 Hadwen Fund 1,000 1,160 Ik $26 National Association of Gardeners Fund 9h Harvie Channin Educational Fund 1?992 ikS U6 Total funds (To Schedule 3) $23,022 $1,713 SI 10 Contributions to the Society have been received during 1975 from the following members and friends and are deeply appreciated. A. Abbott, Alden W. Alden, George I. Trust Fund Alden, Mrs. Hollis E. Anderson, Alton R. Andersson, Mr. & Mrs. K.G.A. Anonymous Gift Arms, Mrs. Clarence S. Arms, Miss Isabel K. Auchmoody, Mr. & Mrs. John E. Ayres, Mrs. Benjamin W. B. Bagley, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin G. Banning Flower Shop & Green- Beals, Mr. Philip C. houses Benoit, Armand A. Benoit, Dr. & Mrs. Noe N. Berard, Mrs. Viola Bigelow, Mr. & Mrs. Palmer W. Blodget, Chester B. Booth, Mrs. Howard M. Borgatti, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony, Jr. Borger, Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Boutelle, Madeleine A. Bowes, Miss Frances P. Bozenhard, Ms. Gladys N. Bretholtz, Mrs. Nathan Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick D. Bucinskas, Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Buck, Mr. & Mrs. David M. Buckley, Mrs. John Z. Burbank, Mr. & Mrs. 0. Frank Burguet, Mrs. Jacques J. Butler, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon S. Butler, Marion I. Byram, Mr. Joseph G. C Carmin, H. I. Carmody, Mrs. John T. B. Cass, Mr. James R. Clark, Mrs. Curtis M. Clifford, Mr. Edward L. Coates, Mr. & Mrs. Austin B. Coe, Mrs. Jefferson W. Cofske, Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Coghlin, Mr. & Mrs. John Converse, Mrs. Myron F. Coon, Mrs. Edna R. Cowan, Mrs. Fairman C. Cox, Mary Rose Crawford, Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Cristy, Edna V. Crocker, Mrs. Douglas Crockett, Miss Evelyn F. Cross, Mrs. Ralph Curtis, Mr. John W. Cushman, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cutting, Mr. & Mrs. Merritt D. Daniels, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight C. Daniels, Fred Harris Foundation Daniels, Mrs. F. Harold Davenport, Mr. & Mrs. Warren H. Dewey, Mrs. Charles N. Dickerman, Stuart & Elsie Double- Seven Members Duffy, Mrs. Ralph E. Durell, Mrs. Alpha E. Easterbrook, Mr. Ralph Eastman, Mrs. Arthur Ekstrom, Dagney Elliott, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Erskine, Linwood M. , Jr. Evangelista, Mr. Leo Michael F. Fleming, Mr. Alfred D. Fletcher, Mr. & Mrs. Paris Fogarty, Margaret A. Fraim, Mrs. Irving W. Fuller, Geo. F. & Sybil H. Foundation G. Gifford, Dr. & Mrs. Richard 0. Gleason, Dorothy M. Goddard, Mrs. Robert H. Goddard, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne G. Goodale, Mrs. Aaron, III Goodnow, Mr. & Mrs. Judson M. Gow, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Gray, Mr. & Mrs. John W. Groh, Miss Marie L. Grosvenor, Mr. Raymond P. H. Haburay, Mr. Joseph K. Hall, Rev. Winthrop G. Harney, Miss Marion Harrington, Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Harrington, Mrs. Maybelle F. Harwood, Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Hayes, Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Heald Foundation 11 Heald, Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Heald, Mrs. Roger N. Heberton, Mrs. Robert M. Hess, Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Heywood, Mrs. Chester D. Heywood, Mrs. Philip B. Higgins, Mr. Bradley Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, Mr. & Mrs. Warren Hight, Dr. & Mrs. Donald Hodge, Mr. & Mrs. William W. Holton, Mrs. Darrell D. Horgan, Mr. James Home, Mrs. Marion S. Hortulus Garden Club Howard, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Howie, Mrs. Samuel Huff, Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Hurlburt, Mr. & Mrs. H. W. Hutchins, Mr. Everett Hutchinson, Miss Doris E. I. Inman, Miss Marjorie Isham, Mr. William E. J. Jeppson, Mr. & Mrs. John Jeppson Memorial Fund Johnson, Mr. Arthur H. K. Kelly, Mr. & Mrs. Bartow Keown, Mr. Arthur D. Kinney, Mrs. Azelda M. Kinnicutt, Mr. & Mrs. Roger, Jr. Knapik, Mrs. Beatrice M. Knight, Mr. & Mrs. Harold N. Knowlton, Mr. Bernard N. Knowlton, Mrs. Elliott B. Kruckas, Mr. Anthony J. L. Lane, Mrs. Richard S. Lapierre, Mrs. John Lasell, Mrs. John W. Leclaire, Mrs. Ernest F. Levesque, Mr. Arthur E. J. Lewis, Mrs. Sylvia K. Lincoln, Mrs. Daniel W. Little, Mr. & Mrs. James G. Little, Miss Rachel G. Lodding, Mrs. Marjorie Longstreet, Mrs. George H. Lundin, Greta L. M. MacKay, Mr. Ralph H. Mangold, Mrs. Wilfred J. Manks, Miss Dorothy S. Means, Mrs. Blanc hard W. Mercer, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Merrill, Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Merry Weeders Garden Club Milton, Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Mix, Mrs. Donald G. Moran, Mrs. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Myles Morgan - Worcester Morgan, Mrs. Peter S. Morgan, Mrs. Philip M. Morgan, Mrs. Weld Morrison, Mrs. James M. Morse, Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Morton, Mrs. G. Myron Mc. McGrath, Hugh & Carolyn Mcintosh, Mrs. Harry R. & Jeanett McPartland, Mrs. Alma M. N. Nagle, Mary E. Nalewajk, Mrs. Joseph M. Nelson, Mrs. Peter A. Norwood, Mrs. Stanley W. 0. O'Mara, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. P. Pauquet, Mrs. Roger Perkins, Mr. Dwight A. Perry, Mr. Donald A. Peterson, Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Phillips, Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Pierpont, Mr. & Mrs. Harlan T. Plumley, Mr. & Mrs. H. Ladd Prouty, Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Rae, Harriet F. Regan, Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Rice, Mrs. Albert Rice, Miss Rosemary Ringe, Mr. Albert Fogge Robarge, Mr. Emerson N. Robertson, Edith C. S. Salter, Mrs. Dorothy Sherman, Margaret E. Trust Shoemaker, Mr. Robert C. Sistare, Mrs. Donald W. Sisson, Mrs. Arthur F. Skeates, Mrs. Arthur J. 12 Small, Miss Rena 0. Smith, Mrs. Richard M. Smith, Mr. Wayne C. Standish, Mrs. Evangeline D. Stapor, Mr. Peter S. Steele, Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Stephan, Mrs. William Stinson, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Stoddard Charitable Trust Stoddard, Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Stolk, Mr. Peter J. Strang, Mr. J. Hubert, Jr. St ruckus, Mr. Edward J. Surprenant, The Albert H. Charitable Trust Symonds, Mr. Richard N. T. Tarbox, Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Taylor, Mr. & Mrs. Harrison G. , Jr. Tessier, Mrs. Ernest Thayer, Dr. Rockwood H. Thies, Prof. Wilbur H. Trask, Miss G. Hazel W. Webster-Dudley Garden Club Wellington, Mrs. Richard K. Wells, Mrs. George B. Wells, Mrs. Roy A. Wesby, Mrs. Joseph S. Weston Nurseries, Inc. White, Mr. George Avery, Jr. White, Mr. Leonard H. Whitney, Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Whittle, Miss Martha Williams, Gertrude E. Winter, Ada L. Woolsey, Mr. & Mrs. John M. , Jr. Worcester County 4-H Advisory Council Wright, Mrs. E. Stanley Z. Zimmerman, Mr. Henry A. 13 REPORT OF THE EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The year 1^75 started out as usual with the Spring Flower Show on Friday, March 7th to Tuesday, March 11th. The Main Hall and West Hall were lovely. Burncoat High School won the Silver Tray and also an added award from the Boston Horticultural Club. This latter was a new award for us. Bemis Nurseries and Bigelow Nurseries also won top prizes. An innovation was a greenhouse set up- in the front vestibule by Paul Rogers - a most attractive display. The Worcester Garden Clubs had their exhibits downstairs - the theme - Gardens Around the World. They were set up in two of the rooms. Temple Sinai and Westboro were the winners. A Tea Room was arranged in the Chestnut Street room - where refresh- ments were sold - and served on twelve small tables. Results of this were excellent and consequently each Garden Club shared in the receipts and $400. was left over for this year. Doris Clark, as Chairman, did an excellent Job. The show, as a whole, was very successful, and thanks to Polly Cowan, Publicity Chairman, the publicity was outstanding. Another fine idea for the show was an Answering Service, ably manned by Mrs. Hess, Mrs. Lodding, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Simone and Mr. Rogers. Also, pictures were shown in the Library of members' gardens and award-winning gardens. Mrs. Bruce Beach was Chairman of A Day in May. The displays of named flowering branches was interesting and educational. This same show will not be held this year, but instead a Daffodil Show held in cooperation with the New England Daffodil Society. This show was very successful In 1974 and we are happy that the group want to come back here again. The Iris Show on June 5, chaired by Mr. & Mrs. Plumley was lovely. There were many exhibits and Mr. Plumley won Best in Show. On June 19 the Rose Exhibition took place. Always this is one of our most popular and beautiful shows. We have many enthus- iastic rose growers. Armand Lapierre won both the King and Queen Awards. Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Bucinskas won the Princess Award. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur O'Mara were our able chairmen. The Lily Exhibit, in cooperation with the New England Region- al Lily Group, was held on July 11 to 12. Mr. & Mrs. Cutting, as^ Chairmen, were of great assistance in helping exhibitors find their right locations and the right classes. Robert Haring won top prizes . What would we do without George Pride and his great interest in Hemerocallis? This show was held on Saturday, July 26th - the only Saturday Show - held especially for the convenience of the exhibitors. Charles Trommer and Unto Savolainen won the first 14 REPORT OF THE EXHIBITIONS COMMITTEE ( Continued ) prizes. We were all so pleased to meet and talk with Lance Mitchell, a 13 year old boy who has a tremendous amount of in- terest and ability in growing Hemerocallis . On August l4th, the Young Peoples Flower Show and Gladiolus Exhibition was held. Mrs. Prunier and Ernest Minor were chairmen. Not many people are growing Gladioli to exhibit, so that section of the show was disappointing. But the children came out in full force. We have many enthusiastic young exhibitors. The Dahlia Show was unusually lovely. Mr. Beyer was chairman. Mr. Wayne C. Smith, one of our excellent growers, won best of all entries. Also at this show there was a sale of Spring Flower- ing Bulbs to benefit the Scholarship Fund. Again this year the Holiday Season Show, chaired by Ed Colby and Roma Josephs, was divided between the Galleria and the Society Halls. Bigelow Nurseries won 1st Prize and Weston 2nd Prize. There is a definite monetary advantage in our having the show in the Galleria, although some of our members miss the lovely gardens that added so much to our fall show. However, our exhibitors put on an outstanding display here of Christmas trees, wreaths, swags, etc. An unusual feature was a table setting contest, with a Bicentennial Theme, set up in the middle of the main hall. By popular vote Mrs. Heald and Mrs. Wellington won 1st Prize. The report of the magnificent display of fruits and vegetables will be given by one of our experts. In closing, "What's in Bloom", an Exhibit which Eliza Hess set up for each show throughout the season, was educational and very popular. And now for another season - and a Bicentennial Show this year, Ed Colby and Roma Josephs are chairmen - Peggy Erskine is running the Tea Room. We all wish them success for a lovely and profitable show. I couldn't possibly have done anything without the invaluable help of Fayre Nason, Ed Herron and Harlan. Georgie Pierpont, our charming hostess and Chairman of Hospitality contributed to help- ing us have a successful year. I wish also to thank my committee members and Chairmen of all the shows. Alice S. Milton, Chairman Exhibitions Committee 15 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society During the past year, we have maintained the various activities of our Society Library, including the acquisition of 114 books and the subscription to 29 periodicals. We are always very grateful for the gift of books; this year we express our appreciation to the following donors: Dr. William Carleton Mr. James R. Cass Bigelow Nurseries Mrs. Richard S. Hayes Gifts in memory of: Mrs. Myron Converse Mr. Donald Perry Marsha Marquinna Mr. Roger Langley Maurice Christenson Bertha G. Denny Harold D. Donohue Joseph D. Early Mrs. Robert G. Hess Our special project this year has been the establishment of the Bertha G. Denny Memorial childrens library, which has in- volved the installation of a plaque and the purchase of ^3 new books. The section is located on the south wall of the Library, to the left of the steps leading to the Director's office. Our newest Library Committee member, Mrs. Marjorie Lodding, as a result of her knowledge and experience with children's books, has helpfully guided us in this development. The committee wishes to urge all Society members to take advantage of and to encourage the public to become aware of our Library services and especially the new children's unit. We believe that the promotion of the latter, is one of the best ways to encourage youngsters to develope an interest in Horticulture, with the promise of new members, upon which the future of our Society will depend. Edwin W. Proctor Kenneth H. Knight, Co-Chairmen Library Committee 16 REPORT OF THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The Hospitality Committee of the Worcester County Horticultural Society has had its usual busy year taking care of the various activities of the Society during the past season. We started the ball rolling with an informal luncheon meeting in January, at which time each committee member volunteer- ed (or was coerced by me) into taking over a show, a coffee hour or some other activity during the year. The Garden Awards was our first big meeting and a bumper crop of tea and coffee drinkers turned out and kept us hopping. This was followed by the coffee hours preceding the lecture series and then came the big Spring Show. At this show, our regular committee members were augmented by many faithful Society members, and we were especially grateful for the gentlemen and couples who were invaluable on the afternoon and evening shifts. The Summer Shows were staffed mostly by the committee with the Lily and the Hemerocallis Shows, which were staffed mostly by members of the Lily Society and the Daylily group, resDective- iy. We arranged a successful Members' Reception at the Harvest Show, which was well attended and finished up our duties with the Fall Show itself, again helped by faithful Society members. The chairman also took care of coffee and light refreshments for the Trustees' Meetings. My committee was marvellous, and I am particularly grateful to the members who took over the staffing of an entire show. The Society will be in good hands this coming year, as two of my most reliable members, Mmes Goodale and Morris, will be co-chairmen. I want to thank all the Society members who helped to host and hostess the shows, and my especial thanks to Fayre and Ed for their unfailing help. Thanks also to Harlan and Paul for making it such a rewarding and pleasant task for the past year. Georgia S. Pierpont, Chairman Hospitality Committee 17 REPORT OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The apple scion program was again in good demand - 131 scion orders, totaling 2,100 scions shipped. This is less than our banner 197^ year. However, August bud stick shipment was double that of 197^. Over 4,000 buds shipped, mostly to two commercial nurseries . Popular varieties for scions were as follows: R.I. Greening Golden and Roxbury Russets, Westfield, Pumpkin Sweet, Esopus Spitz enburg and Fameuse. The major budstick varieties were Westfield and Sops of Wine All of the scions and budsticks were cut at Poulin's Creeper Hill Orchards this year. Many apple trees, planted in 1973, at the Old Sturbridge Village Preservation project produced first fruit crop. Profess- or James Anderson of the University of Massachusetts Pomological Department certified over 30 apple varieties as true-to-name. These certified trees will produce the first scions in 1976. This however will be a very small part of our scion shipment, never the less it is a start which will multiply rapidly in years ahead and will reduce cost of scion payments made annually to Poulins . Our present scion list contains 60 apple varieties, however, that list will increase to at least one hundred varieties in the next few years as trees mature. The joint Fruit Committee held a meeting this summer at Old Sturbridge Village and were introduced to a display of over 20 old apple varieties harvested from the preservation orchard trees A joint search is being made to add another twenty old apple varieties. This will fill the remaining spaces in the orchard. The Historical Sketch of the S. Lothrop Davenport Preserva- tion Orchard was updated this fall listing all varieties planted at the orchard. This has been a busy year - many letters answered - many apple samples identified and letters of appreciation for our scion program. S. James Mistark, Chairman Preservation Orchard & Fruit Committee 18 REPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Sixteen applications were received and reviewed. Seven were chosen on the basis of interest, need and scholarship. Receiving $200.00 each were Rickie Bedard, Karl Smith and j/incent Anton of Worcester. $100.00 scholarships were given to Frederick Connor, III of Auburn, Janet Kingsbury of Paxton, Chester Miszewicz of Templeton and Martha Silverberg of Stur- bridge . With the cost of higher education rising, the scholarships are meaningful to those who receive them. The committee members are glad to be of assistance - they are Mrs. K. G. A. Andersson, Casper J. Perednia, Arthur J. 0'Mara, Mrs. Jack McGuinness, and Norman Mercier. Olive L. Prunier, Chairman Scholarship Committee REPORT OF YOUTH COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society A large increase in the number of youth exhibits was noted in flowers, vegetables, plants and educational exhibits. The Garden Awards program was also greater than usual. A new committee has been formed with Arthur Levesque and Richard Jordan as new members. I wish to express the appreciation of the committee for the opportunity given all young people in the area. Olive L. Prunier, Chairman Youth Committee 19 MEMBERSHIP 1975 During 1975, 137 new members joined our Society, 133 Annual and 4 Life. We have lost by death 25 and 95 failed to renew. The present membership is 1,112. Following are listed new members in 1975: Annual Dr. & Mrs. Donald C. Abbey Mrs. Arlene C. Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Thornton P. Banks Mrs. Barbara Joan Barbera Mr. & Mrs. Edgar F. Barnes Sharon Lee Beach Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bedard & Cynthia Mrs. Viola Berard Mrs. Yvonne A. Berman Mrs. Susan M. Biddle Mrs. Queene Bilzerian Mrs. Thomas Boria Dr. & Mrs. Raymond P. Borno Sondra Borrie & Gregg Transky Miss Barbara A. Boschert Mrs. Ruth Boucher Ms. Gladys N. Bozenhard Mrs. Ida S. Burgess Miss Ann F. Callahan Mr. & Mrs. David E. Carlson & Family Mr. Roger P. Cheever Mr. Peter A. Chvany Miss Elizabeth Casey Mrs. Stanley J. Chalecki Mrs. Doris Christian Dr. & Mrs. Amos P. Clarkson Dr. & Mrs. Jerrold P. Commons Mr. & Mrs. James J. Courtney Miss Kathleen Cronin Mr. & Mrs. Edmond Croteau Mrs. John H. Cunningham, Jr. Mrs. John J. Curran Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Dahl & Family Mrs. Ronald S. Davis Mr. Roger F. Debenham & Family Mrs. Frank D. DeFalco Mr. & Mrs. Richard Diamond Mrs. Jeremiah T. Donoghue John & Andrea Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. James R. Driver, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Duncanson Mr. David E. Fairbanks Mrs. John M. Fallon Mrs. Shirley T. Faucher Miss Ann S. Faucher Mrs. Emile Fisette Mr. Gene Fredin Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Full en Mrs. William P. Gain Miss Louise C. Gammell Mr. & Mrs. Gerald C. Gendron Mrs. Frank F. George Mr. William J. Gleason Mr. & Mrs. Otis A. Goodrich Mrs. Helen C. Granath Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Griffith Mrs. Emens Guernsey Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Haffermehl Miss Muriel J. Haffermehl Mrs. Elsie Harsha Mrs. Sherman S. Hayden Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Hayes Mrs. James N. Heald, II Mrs. Walter T. Hendrickson Mr. & Mrs. Kay F. Hillquist Mr. & Mrs. J. Adams Holbrook Mr. & Mrs. Edwin S. Holland Hortulus Garden Club Miss Rhoda E. Issler Miss Kathrine A. Jarvis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jay Mrs. Raymond Kalil Donald & Judy Keller Mr. & Mrs. Walter A. Kistler Dr. & Mrs. Richard T. Kleber Mr. & Mrs. John Koning Miss Anne L. Laliberte & Family Mr. L. Paul Langlois Mr. & Mrs. Armand J. Lapierre Mrs. Jane F. Larsen Carl & Margaret Larson & Family Mr. & Mrs. Norman W. Lavoie Mr. & Mrs. Aven S. Levenson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Levesque Mrs. Polly Lindi Mrs. James E. Lowell Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lundy Mrs. John W. Maher Mr. Fred E. Maiser Marlborough Tree Service Miss Kathleen McKinley Mr. Lance Mitchell Miss Ruth L. Mitchell Mrs. Marion Howarth Miss Cynthia F. Moeller Mrs. John J. Monahan Mr. Michael Murphy 20 MEMBERSHIP 1975 (Continued ) Mr. & Mrs. Fulton B. Orr Mr. W. Earl Paddock Miss Joyce Parry Mrs. Neil P. Patrick Mrs. Cyril F. Penney Mrs. Angela J. Philbin Mrs. Betty Rafferty Mrs. Mae I. Ramps i Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Raskin Mrs. Cynthia B. Richards Mrs. James Sadowski St. George Orthodox Cathedral Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Salter Mr. & Mrs. Loring A. Saltus Mrs. Charles L. Sanders Mr. & Mrs. R. Lynn Sauls Mr. Edward Z. Savickas Mrs. Alvin H. Schiffman Mrs. Ned Seder Life Mrs. Hollis E. Alden Mr. John E. Auchmoody The following members have pass Meeting : Mr. Hollis E. Alden Shirley Bartlett Mrs. E. Claire Butler Mr. George C. Butler Mr. Eldridge E. Campbell Mr. Sumner P. Chamberlain Mrs. Myron F. Converse Mr. Joseph F. Cummings Miss Hazel C. Cutting Mr. Ragna A. Dahlquist Mr. Curtis Damon Mrs. F. Joseph Donohue Mrs. 0. Vincent Gustafson Mr. Earl T. Harper Mr. Frank C. Harrington Mr. Dennis H. Haverty Mr. Richard B. Lambert Mr. Malcolm C. Midgley Mrs. Arthur R. Moore Mrs. Carl A. Ottoson Ellen Ruane Mr. Russell Stobbs Miss Elizabeth Warren Mrs. James Westwell Mr. Cecil L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Francis T. Seifert Mrs. Jeremiah T. Shea Sheraton-Lincoln Inn Miss Linda A. Simokonis Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Smith Mrs. Mary B. Smith Mr. Burt C. Stone, Jr. Mrs. Eva J. Stranieri Mrs. Louise G. Sullivan Dr. William T. Sylvia, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Taylor Mr. John A. Turchan Mrs. Evald Wahlstrom Miss Elaine Watkins Mrs. Joseph S. Wesby Mrs. Joseph S. Wesby, III Mrs. William A. Wheeler, III Mr. Walter K. Wood Mrs. Madeleine A. Boutelle Miss Florence M. Young away since the 197^ Annual Worcester So. Lancaster Worcester Southbridge Shrewsbury Worcester Worcester Southboro Cherry Valley Worcester Framingham Center Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Worcester Sterling Jet. Florida No. Grafton Holden Worcester Worcester Worcester Sturbridge Worcester 21 REPORT OF THE GARDEN AWARDS COMMITTEE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Your Garden Awards Committee has viewed slides of 44 gardens visited this past summer - and this does not include many gardens where we plan return visits another year. We have voted Merit Awards to 22 gardens. It is good to report that seven are in the civic - industrial class, and of the 15 individual gardens, nine are located in county towns. This program will take place on February 3, 1976. As always, we have appreciated our Executive Director, Harlan Pierpont, as an active photographic member of the group. We know that this committee has the most fun of any and would welcome as additional contributors of slides, any interested members of the Society. Isabel K. Arms, Chairman Garden Awards Committee 22 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Though in the past couple of years there has been a national as well as local increase in the growing of vegetable gardens, there has been no decrease in the interest in the cultivation of flowers, houseplants, and other ornamentals. Decidedly, there has also been an increase in interest in growing plants in containers for indoor usage. 1975 having been my last year as judge, I have list- ed herein some things which I think that perhaps the Exhibitions Committee might want to consider. They pertain to the 1975 Schedule of Premiums. 1. Consider whether or not an exhibitor should exhibit the same plant or plants more than once the same season. This, I believe, was in the rules and regulations at one time. 2. We should decide and define what a "potted Plant" is. Plants are dug out of the garden put into a container and exhibited under potted plants, for instance. Is it a house plant? Nowhere, I be- lieve, do we have the designation of House Plants. 3. We should define what is something that is "Home Grown" since some exhibits are definitely not grown in the house or home but rather in a greenhouse. Do we want to make this distinction? 4. We should re-define our definition of "Amateur" and take out the words "not usually". Presently, it is defined in the schedule as: "An amateur is defined as a grower raising plants or flowers for pleasure and not for sale and who does not usually enter into the regular scheduled classes." We have found that the not usually is being ignored so that this class is attracting more than those it is intended for. 5. Again in the Amateur Class... does the taking of mushrooms from the wild put into a container come under the spirit of the amateur class? Or any mushrooms, wild or otherwise? 6. We should clarify the way the schedule reads on page 51, call 922 & 923, Wreaths; also 924 & 925, Door Swags. Is fresh material considered dried cones, and if not are they and other dried materials considered Decorations? Because we have one call for "Fresh Materials" and one "Decorated". What about all artificial materials? Are such wreaths made of all artificial materials to be considered under decorated, or considered at all? Should we use the word "natural" as denoting a wreath or swag having either fresh and/or dried plant materials only? And a class or classes for those decorated with artificial materials. We had entries which would have fallen into all three types. We should separate them. 7. On Page 18 & 22 (and where it may occur otherwise) Peonies award money I feel should be consistent ... that is, three awards given and the money increased a dollar on page 18 to $4., $3., and $2.00. And specify the number of stalks to the vase, not only of peonies, but other flowers, where needed. 23 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF PLANTS & FLOWERS (Continued ) 8. On Page 26 . . . Roses--Not over 12 blooms - Vase. I feel it should be re-worded to include the words "stems" or "stalks" in- stead of blooms. Perhaps the rosarians could offer advice or reasons why blooms are used instead of stalks or stems. 9. On Page 26, (and wherever else it occurs) Hardy Cultivated Flowers & Shrubs... I would like it to say Flowers And/Or Shrubs., so people would know that they could use either all shrubs, all flowers, or a combination of both. 10. On Page 33... Potted Plants, call 364. The $30 allotted is too little for the numbers of potted plant displays we now have. $50 would be more logical. 11. On Page 38 ... Annuals , One kind - (Not otherwise listed). "Not otherwise listed" should be deleted since there are none list ed anyway. However, I think that the call should list the annuals as we had 16 annuals entries with the results that we were judg- ing marigolds against petunias, etc. all in the same class.. And more money is needed than the $20 allotted. The same goes for call 523, Perennial. Too many entries for the many entries, and list them. $35 each for both these annuals and perennials calls would be more appropriate. 12. On Page 51 . . . Gesneriads . Call 913 through 916. We have few Gesneriads other than African Violets. Consider a call for African Violets and one for other Gesneriads. 13. On Page 52... Herbs. These displays are always well-done and becoming more and more of public interest. We should up the award money to more like $40. I want to thank everyone who has done so much, who helped in judging and in making the work easier .Mrs . Nason, Mr. O'Mara, Virginia Howie, Mrs. Eliza Hess, Ed Herron, Dr. Raymond Crawford, Mr. Pierpont. There must be others] It has been a pleasure for me . Lewis A. Hodgkinson Judge of Plants & Flowers 24 REPORT OF THE JUDGE OF VEGETABLES Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The quality of the vegetables entered for exhibition this year was excellent and it was a pleasure to work with material of that caliber. The number of items displayed ranged from 27 on June 19 to 9^ on September 11, then was down to 87 on November 6. I feel this was remarkable considering the time of year. There were many exceptional displays of vegetables this year and they certainly do contribute to the character of the show. One dis- play of plates of dried beans was a beautiful reminder of the old days when home baked beans were the Saturday night supper on the farm. Whether or not there were more children displaying this summer than previous years, I don't know, but the tables in the basement were well filled with plates at their show this year. I was pleased to see that many, and trust that they will continue to exhibit at their shows, or at any of our shows. I wish to express my thanks to Dr. Rockwood Thayer and James Mistark for the assistance given me in judging the vegetables. Howard L. Borggaard Judge of Vegetables REPORT OF THE WILD FLOWER JUDGE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society I've enjoyed my job as Wild Flower Judge immensely, and am con- tinually surprised at the new plants exhibited each year. Worcester County is certainly endowed with a wealth of wild plant material. The adult classes are filled usually with from three to five exhibits; usually the material is fresh and attractively arranged. A new feature by one of the exhibitors this year giving growing conditions-locations of the plants added to the educational value. The children's classes tho very well filled and inter- estingly arranged just sometimes made me wish they would all take time to look up the proper names of plants. Tracking down plants in a book can be a fascinating hobby and a very good habit to acquire. I still think some of the best presents we can buy our youngsters are easy-to-understand reference books. And my votes for a great one on wild flowers is still A FIELD GUIDE TO WILDFLOWERS by Peterson and McKenney. Virginia Howie Judge of Wildflowers 25 REPORT OF THE FRUIT JUDGE Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society The year started with a mild winter, good snow cover, followed y a better than average Spring and Summer. A profusion of Spring apple blossoms brought about a heavy apple crop. Straw- berry plants wintered over exceptionally well resulting in a heavy crop throughout the state. The Spring Show led off with a fancy display of apples by Keown Orchards. One of the largest Strawberry displays in years appeared in the June show. Followed by a large assortment of Raspberries, Blueberries, Currents, Gooseberries, Apples and Plums in the two July shows. This assortment of fruits plus Peaches, Quinces and Grapes appeared in the August and September shows. The November fruit and nut displays were outstanding. Major exhibitors were Keown Orchards, Sterling Orchards, Creeper Hill Orchards and K. G. A. Andersson. Creeper Hill brought in a special display of Old Apple Varieties harvested at the original Davenport Preservation orchard . Just in passing I make mention of the fact that last March I was on a Agricultural tour of Australia and New Zealand. I had the opportunity to see excellent apples and strawberries grown in the down-under country. They have perfected strawberry culture in raised soil beds on a permanent basis - harvesting the same plants for a 8 - 10 year period as opposed to our bi- annual method. Fruit trees are planted at 6 - 8 foot distances - some trees trained on wire arbors. Excellent crops of apples were harvested in the month of March. Down-under, March is their Fall. Sincere thanks to all exhibitors and everyone who put to- gether these fine shows. S. James Mi stark Judge of Fruit 26 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT Mr. President & Members of the Worcester County Horticultural Society Another year has passed and with the help of all of you, I feel the Society Is in good shape to continue its purpose of "advanc- ing the knowledge and science of Horticulture" to its members, to all the people of Worcester County and farther. Many thanks to you alii The reports you have heard today from our hard working officers and committee chairmen indicate that our building is in good condition, our finances growing and our membership at an all time high. None of us alone could achieve these fine results and I want to extend my warmest thanks to each and every one who has worked with us this year, giving generously of their time and talents . This next year you will see us cooperating in many ways to emphasize the Nation's Bicentennial theme, particularly interest- ing when we realize it is the 13^th anniversary of the Society's founding. I feel we are extremely fortunate to have been left this great and unique Society as our heritage and suggest that we all re-dedicate ourselves to its preservation and continued strength in the future. Let us pass on to our children a Society more vital, more active and better endowed than the one to which we've been privileged to belong. Thank you everyone of you. This has been a great year. For want of time, I'll only single out Fayre and Ed for special thanks, realizing that it is only through their devoted and con- stant efforts that the Society rolls along so smoothly for your edification and pleasure. Harlan T. Pierpont, Jr. Executive Director 27 TO INSURE THE FUTURE OP THE SOCIETY, ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED TO REMEMBER IT IN THEIR WILLS. Bequests and other benefactions in behalf of the Worcester County Horticultural Society should be indicated as follows : 1. UNRESTRICTED BEQUEST I hereby give and bequeath to the Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, the sum of $ 2. BEQUEST RESTRICTED AS TO PURPOSE I hereby give and bequeath to the Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, the sum of $ the income or principal or both to be used for the following purpose : 3. BEQUEST - INCOME ONLY TO BE USED FOR STATED PURPOSE I hereby give and bequeath to the Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, the sum of $ the net income only to be used as follows: k. BEQUEST TO BE ADDED TO ENDOWMENT FUNDS I hereby give and bequeath to the Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, the sum of $ to be added to the General Endowment Fund. 28 Non-profit i Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 116 Worcester, Mass.