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The fire was composed of a pyramid of thirteen pitch, pine tar barrels, 

 with shavings in each, the whole thoroughly saturated with coal oil, 

 making the most inflammable pile of material that could be devised for 

 the test; the match was then applied, and after the whole mass was 

 completely enveloped in flames and intensely hot. the word was given to 

 apply the stream, when in an incredible short space of time — say three 

 and a half minutes — the fire was completely extinguished. 



This satisfactory test has given us perfect confidence in the capability 

 of the machine as a fire extinguisher, and we cheerfully recommend it 

 to the public, and that a premium be award 



G.-SCHMEISEK, 

 Chief Engineer Sacramento Fire Department. 

 JUSTIN GATES, 



Wholesale Druggist. 

 'V. A. KIKBY, 

 Exempt Sacramento Fire Department. 



THE SAL WAY PEACH. 



Your special committee appointed to examine specimens of the 

 "Salway Peach," a special entry by E. F. Aiken, Sacramento, beg leave 

 to report as follows: 



This is a large yellow freestone peach, imported from England in 

 eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by the late Isaac Pullen, Esquire, of 

 Hightstown, New Jersey; introduced into California by Edward F. 

 Aiken, proprietor of Glen Gardens, Sacramento, in eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-eight, and fruited for the firsKHime in the year eighteen hundred 

 and seventy-one. 



James Alexander Fulton, in his new work on peach culture, describes 

 it as follows: • 



••'It is a large peach, of very great beauty and good quality, nearly 

 round, with suture well defined towards the apex; terminal point dis- 

 tinct. Its distinctive virtue, however, is its late ripening — several days 

 after the Smock, which has heretofore be.en considered our latest variety 

 of freestone peaches." 



The specimens consist of a box, and branches loaded with fruit, but 

 scarcely ripe enough to show their color or give their flavor and texture 

 correctly. Your committee, however, believe that the description quoted 

 above is fully sustained in this exhibit, and that the time of ripening in 

 this locality is from the twentieth of September to October twentieth. 



The character of the wood and foliage indicates hardiness and com- 

 parative freedom from curl leaf. We believe that it is a valuable acqui- 

 sition to our list of fruits and worthy of the attention of tree planters. 



' J. S. HAKBISON. 



A. P. SMITH, 

 POBEET WILLIAMSON, 

 W. H. NASH. 



