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titors, they were not consulted in the decision. 
The committee,, also, as a matter of course, ex¬ 
cluded those collections not cultivated by the con¬ 
tributors themselves. 
For the greatest variety of table apples, David 
Thomas, Cayuga county. 
For the second greatest variety, Beny. Hodge, Buf¬ 
falo. 
For the third greatest variety, Oliver Phelps, Can¬ 
andaigua. 
For the best twelve sorts of table apples, Abner 
Bryant, Buffalo. 
For the best new seedling apple (the Early Joe), 
Jon. Buell, East Bloomfield. 
For the greatest variety of table pears, David 
Thomas, Cayuga co. 
For the greatest variety of winter pears, the same. 
For the best twelve quinces, Nathaniel Draper, 
Brighton. 
For the best twelve peaches, H. G. Hotchkiss, 
Vienna. 
For the best twenty-four plums, Isaac Hills, Roches¬ 
ter. 
For the best six bunches native grapes, J. W. Smith, 
Rochester. 
For the best six bunches foreign grapes, Elihu Tyler, 
Buffalo. 
The committee recommend a discretionary pre¬ 
mium of a volume of Transactions to J. W. Smith, 
of Rochester, for his fine collection of grapes and 
other fruits. Though the specimens of pears were 
numerous, they did not consider any one collection 
sufficiently extensive to deserve the second pre¬ 
mium. Respectfully submitted. 
John J. Thomas, ) 
Benj. Hodge, j 
N. Goods ell, 'Committee* 
Ira Doty, j 
J. R. Murray, j> 
ON SILK AND COCOONS. 
The committee on silk report, that the- exhibition 
of cocoons and reeled silk was very extensive and 
highly creditable. There was a great variety of 
specimens of manufactured silk, many of them 
very handsome; and the whole exhibits a highly 
gratifying improvement in this branch of Ameri¬ 
can industry. 
They have awarded to Mrs. E. M. Reed, of Roches¬ 
ter, a premium of $15, for the best half-bushel of 
cocoons. 
To Justus Beardsley, of Perinton, Monroe co., for 
the 2d do. $10 
To Mr. B. Brown, of Ogden, Monroe co., 3d do. 5 
The committee being unable to discover any 
preference in the following, have awarded to Ed¬ 
ward Stanley of Ogden, John Adams of Ogden, 
and E. Murdock of Le Roy, each $3 and a copy 
of the Volume of Transactions. 
To N. D. Hart, of Le Roy, for the best reeled silk $15 
To John Adams, of Adams Basin, for 2d do. 10 
To James M. Hathaway, of Bristol, 3d do. 5 
To Samuel R. Tracy, Newark, Wayne co., 4th do. 
Vol. Tr. 
To Mrs. D. Carter, of Bloomfield, for the best speci¬ 
men of manufactured silk (gown silk) $15 
To David Irish, of Perryville, Madison co., for the 
2d do. (sewing silk) 16 
To Mrs. J. Howe, Avon, 3d do. (sewing silk) $5 
To Edwin Stanley, 4th do. (sewing silk veil) Vol. Tr. 
To Mrs. Raymond, for silk cape $2 
To Eliza B. Orcott, of Centreville, for silk hose 2 
To Mrs. Roswell Carter, of Albany, for a net-silk 
shawl 2 
To J. Haskins, Le Roy, lor a ball of twist 2 
To Benjamin M. Benedict, of Bergen, Genesee co., 
for sewing silk 2 
To Enos Holmes, of Clarendon, for sewing silk 2 
There were but two silk reels exhibited, and 
neither being superior, or showing any new im¬ 
provement, they have awarded to Edward Stanley 
of Ogden, and Seneca Reed of Greece, each a 
Volume of Transactions. 
There was a great variety of manufactured arti¬ 
cles exhibited, and deserving a more extended no¬ 
tice than it is in the power of the committee to 
give; and some few specimens had lost their labels, 
among the latter of which was a very handsome 
specimen of twist. 
A beautiful sample of sewing silk was exhibited 
by P. Staats, of Buffalo; silk fringe and mitts, by 
Miss Julia M. Backus,, of Rochester ; silk hose, by 
Mrs. E. M. Leech, of Lima silk vesting and 
apron silk, by Edwin Stanley ; handkerchiefs, hose, 
pic-hlc gloves,, and mitts, by Mrs. Carter, of Bloom¬ 
field ; silk hose, by Mrs. Franklin Darrow, of 
Darien; silk-net handkerchiefs, by Mrs. Lydia 
Murphy, East Avon; gloves and handkerchiefs, by 
Ira Philips, Clarendon. 
The committee recommend that hereafter a 
clerk be specially assigned to take charge of and 
keep in order this branch of the exhibition. 
O. Hungerford, ) 
T. Mellon, 
Wm. Ktdd, 
H. O’Reilly, 
M— Lane, 
REPORT ON PLOWS. 
The committee on plows would respectfully re¬ 
port, that they have attended to the duties assigned 
them, which, the society are aware, were neither 
few nor small. We have the satisfaction, however, 
of acknowledging that we were furnished every 
facility for testing the traction of plows by the com¬ 
petitors, who, we are happy to say, manifested a 
very laudable zeal in rendering us every assistance 
in our work; and although laboring under the 
strong excitement incident to a competition for the 
highest prizes offered by the society, and upon an 
article most important to the farmer, treated each 
other and the committee with a degree of urban¬ 
ity highly creditable to this class of mechanics. 
We had the use of four dynamometers—one be¬ 
longing to the society ; one upon the same con¬ 
struction, but a better instrument, furnished us by 
S. W. Chase, of Amsterdam ; one of a spiral con¬ 
struction, numbering as high as 1,200 pounds, but 
not sufficiently minute for our purpose, by G. D. 
Avery, of Chenango county; and another, the 
most serviceable, invented by A. K. Cone, of Bata¬ 
via, called the “ scale-beam dynamometer.” Mr. 
Chase also kindly furnished us a windlass and 
small wheels, ropes, &c., and Mr. Avery, pulley- 
blocks, measures, &c., which very much expedited 
\ Committee . 
