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John Fitzpatrick, Bear skin, killed and dressed in the county, Diploma. 



Mrs. E. M. Chamberlain, specimen coral formation, - - Diploma. 



Dr. Dunning, specimen cone from a Cedar tree, - - - Diploma. 



Mrs. G. W. Fosdick, parlor show case, ... Diploma. 



Miss Eddy, elegant fancy Portfolio, ... - Diploma. 



Amongst a general variety in the line of fancy needle work, paintings, 

 drawings, <fec. <fec., might be mentioned some beautiful specimens which we 

 learn were deposited in the collection by Mrs. Irish, Mrs. Jewett, Mrs. A. 

 Blue, Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Earl, Miss F. Smith, Miss C. Sherwin, Miss McClure, 

 Miss M. E. White, &c. ; and the display in this line, together with that pre- 

 sented in the Horticultural department, the undersigned would especially 

 designate as being highly creditable to the skill, taste and handiwork of the 

 ladies of Elkhart county. 



The committee would add that they have aimed to include in their umpir- 

 age all articles that can properly come within their province ; but from the 

 neglect of persons exhibiting, to have things in all cases properly entered, 

 some may have been omitted. 



Respectfully, 



R. LowRr, 



Abnee Blue, 



T. G. Harris, )■ Committee. 



S. H. Weybuen, 



D. B. Mather, 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FRUIT. 



The committee on Fruits, gentlemen of this Society, beg leave to congratu- 

 late you upon the display that has been made upon your tables in the Pomo- 

 logical department. Fruits have been here exhibited, gentlemen, which in 

 extent of variety and excellence of quality, far excel any of the exhibitions 

 of older countries, and of Horticultural societies of long standing. Apples 

 are here exhibited varying in size from that 20 oz. Pippin down to the little 

 red Romanite, the excellence of whose qualities, as tested by your committee, 

 defy competition. The best varieties of fall and winter Pears have been 

 shown, which in size and every good quality, are rarely seen in the eastern 

 markets, and when offered, are there grasped with avidity, at the most ex- 

 travagant prices. Grapes, too, almost the spontaneous production of your 

 soil, have here been exhibited of such size and beauty of appearance, and 

 richness of flavor, as well might rejoice the heart of Isabella Gibbs, that her 

 name is attached to such magnificent clusters. The superiority of fruits in 

 Elkhart county, gentlemen, is to be ascribed to the excellence of your climate, 

 the proper constituents of your soil, and above all to the careful and judicious 

 selection of the varieties introduced by her pioneers in the science of Horti- 

 culture. And here in the first report upon fruit in old Elkhart, should the 

 most honorable mention be made of Reaben Brunson, a zealous pomologist. 



