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They recommend the running gear under hook and ladder 

 truck No. 2, of Newark, N. J., as the best running gear for hook 

 and ladder trucks. 



HOSE CARTS. 



No. 22, of the city of New-York, is the best hose carriage for 

 use and durability. 



That hose carriage Phcenix, of Easton, Penn., is the second 

 best for use and durability. 



No. 8, of the city of New- York, is the third best for use and 

 durability. 



No. 38, of the city of New-York, is the best for ornamental 

 work. 



Fire Hose and Buckets. 

 John H. Bowie & Co., 5 Ferry-street. They recommend them 

 as very superior articles and worthy of notice. We saw no 

 others on exhibition. 



JYo. 1003 — Fire Engines for Factories aiid small Villages. 

 L. B. & W. H. Dodge, Newburgh, N. Y., they recommend as 

 worthy of notice. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted, 



HORACE J. POINIER, 

 WM. ADAMS, 

 DANIEL VAN VOORHIES, 

 JOHN COGER, Jr., 



Judges. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Couzen's Greenburgh Grape, {an Isabella variety.) 

 John Couzen's, Dobbs' Ferry, N.Y. Awarded the first premium, 

 a silver medal, at the Twenty-seventh Annual Fair, for extra 

 large and best Isabella grapes. 



Description — Bunches from six to eight inches long, being of 

 vai'ying size from two and a half to three and one-eighth inches 

 in circumference, and when fully mature, a thick skin, dissolv- 

 ing pulp, sweet, juicy, and rich, with a slight musky aroma, 

 color dark purple, nearly black, with bluish bloom. 



