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the making o^ pure tome a business that is profitable, and which ought not to 

 be discouraged any more than any other business. But the making of com- 

 pounds called wines, which are only flavored and colored with grape juice, and 

 are really mixtures of acid, sugar, water, and grape juice not in fit state of 

 ripeness to make wine, ought to be discouraged. 



The committee have not met with a white grape wine by which they could 

 judge as to the quality of any variety, so as to answer the question of " Which 

 is the best white grape for wine ?" 



"How does Michigan wine compare with California wines ?" Most of the 

 California wines which have come under the cognizance of the members of this 

 committee have been distinguished by their roughness, and by a strong flavor 

 of the Muscatel grape native to that country. This flavor is not pleasant, and 

 the pure wines made in this State from the Catawba, the Delaware, and the 

 Concord grapes, though generally of a thinner character, and more like the 

 wines of the Moselle and the Ehine, are decidedly more delicate, more agree- 

 able to the palate, richer in body, and of a more healthy tonic quality. Such 

 wines as were presented by the Urbana Company, and by the Pointe Aux 

 Peaux Company, would be esteemed of a high order in their several classes in 

 any country, for their purity and freedom from all flavor, twang, or taste, odor 

 or bouquet that did not belong to them as well made pure wines. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted. 



E. F. JOHNSTONE, Detroit, 

 TALCOTT WING, Monroe, 

 MISS JENNIE ADAMS, Climax, 



Committee. 



DIVISION M. — PRESERVED FKUITS AND JELLIES. 



Preserved Currants — Second premium, L. C. Lincoln, Greenville, Montcalm 

 county, 50c. 



Preserved Gooseberries — First premium, L. C. Lincoln, Greenville, $1. 



Preserved Tomatoes — First premium, L. C. Lincoln, Greenville, $1. 



Currant Jelly — Second premium, James Craigh, Lamont, Ottawa county, 50c. 



Apple Jelly — First premium, James Craigh, Lamont, $1; second premium, 

 J. AY. Barnard, Kobinson, Ottawa county, 50c. 



Siberian Crab Jelly — First premium, J. W. Barnard, Eobinson, $1 ; second 

 premium, John Gilbert, Ovid, Clinton county, 50c. 



Easpberry Jelly — First premium, J. W. Barnard, Eobinson, $1 ; second pre- 

 mium, L. C. Lincoln, Greenville, 50c. 



Washington Plum Jelly — First premium, James Craigh, Lamont, $1. 



Whortleberry Jelly — First premium, James Craigh, Lamont, $L 



Gooseberry Jelly — First premium, L. C. Lincoln, Greenville, $1. 



Purple Plum Jelly — Second premium, James Craigh, Lamont, 50c. 



Cranberry Jelly — Second premium, Mrs. D. Schermerhorn, Grand Eapids,50c. 



Transcendent Crab Jelly — Second premium, L. 0. Lincoln, Greenville, 50c. 



Blackberry Jam — First premium, J. W. Barnard, Eobinson, $1. 



Eed Easpberry Jam — First premium, J. W. Barnard, Eobinson, II. 



Committee— Mrs. D. W. C. Taylor, Mrs. F. W. Fairman^ Miss Minnie Lyon, 

 F. W. Fairman, all of Plymouth. 



