gQ Tbansactions of the American Institute. 



SIXTH GROUP. 



To the Board of Managers : 



Gentlemen — The undersigned judges in Department IV, Group 

 6, report that they have carefully examined the several articles 

 referred to them. Taken collectively, these specimens of skill and 

 ingenuity furnish them evidence of continued advance and improve- 

 ment in the methods used to accomplish a desired end. In decid- 

 ing upon the comparative value of the samples entered for compe- 

 tition, great scrutiny has been exercised in order to weigh impar- 

 tially the evidences of utility found in each. The following is the 

 result of the deliberations of the judges; articles of the same class 

 are given in their relative order of merit, together with a brief 

 summary of such points of excellence in each as are deemed wor- 

 thy of special notice. 



No. 294. From French Chemical works. We have given these 

 samples of extracts, or more properly speaking, imitations of fla- 

 vors of raspberry, strawberry, pine apple, &c., a thorough trial; 

 having prepared some lozenges and bon-bons -with these extracts, 

 ■we find the same superior to any we have seen or used during a 

 twenty years exparience, and we recommend them as a first class 

 article. 



No. 144. Mr. John J. Squire exhibits a most excellent fruit jar, 

 for preserved fruits and vegetables, which he claims is better 

 adapted than any other jar for tamily use. 



We sustain his claims fully in this respect, as we find his jar 

 requires but a very slight knowledge of preserving fruits, and after 

 it. is sufficiently heated, it is easily corked — the most difiicult part 

 of the fruit preserving process. 



For preserving berries and such kind of fruit and vegetables as 

 contain less acid and more sugar than others, his jar is the best 

 now in use, since the fruits can be preserv^cd in this jar without 

 sugar, and will retain their natural flavor for some time. We 

 therefore recommend it as a first class and ingenious article. 



No. 967. C. C. Williams & Co., exhibit seventy-five jars of fruits 

 which are well preserved, so far as we can judge. 



The pears and peaches are excellent. They use three kinds of 

 preserve jars; but we cannot discover anything novel in the pre- 

 serves, since other preserving establishments possess c'qually as 

 good. As they are the only exhibitors and claimants, we refer the 

 decision of thier claim to the honorable board of manairers. 



