FRUIT CATALOGUE, 1891-2. 



PREFATORY REMARKS. 



In submitting the sixth revision of the Society's Catalogue of fruits, we 

 take occasion to remark — 



That several of the varieties included in the earlier revisions had so 

 fallen into disuse that they were omitted, and continued only in a rejected 

 list, without description or characterization. 



In the present revision, a few additional varieties are transferred to the 

 rejected list; while descriptive or characterizing words, whose signification 

 is given in the descriptive columns, are eliminated from the names of fruits, 

 together with the apostrophe s, as indicative of possession. 



The chairman is again compelled to state that he has been compelled to 

 act almost wholly from his personal knowledge of the distribution and 

 success of varieties; a circumstance greatly to be regretted, since there is 

 little room for doubt that full reports from the several districts would have 

 supplied facts of great value to those who may have occasion to make 

 selections from the catalogue. 



The following persons are members of the committee to collect material 

 for use in the next revision, to either of whom information may at any 

 time be communicated: 



1st District — L. B. Rice, Port Huron, St. Clair county. 

 2d " — ^Evart H. Scott, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county. 

 3d " — J). G. Edmiston, Adrian, Lenawee county. 



4th '• — W. A. Brown, Benton Harbor, Berrien county. 

 5th '' — Geo. C. McClatchie, Ludington, Mason county. 

 Each member is local chairman for his district, and is required to 

 appoint three or more associates as aids in the collection of material for 

 the next revision. 



Such appointments should be promptly made, so that the collections 

 may be commenced, and the desired information when obtained should be 

 promptly transmitted to the general chairman. 



T. T. Lyon, 

 Chairman of Com. on Revision of Catalogue. 

 South Haven, January, 1891. 



PLAN OF THE CATALOGUE. 



The varieties are numbered at the extreme left, and also at the left of the 

 page occupied by the column of remarks, to avoid confusion in tracing the 

 connection. Synonyms are introduced in a few cases only, and italicized. 

 In the case of names deemed objectionable, under the rules of the American 

 Pomological Society, to avoid the possibility of ambiguity, the objectionable 

 portion of the name, when needful, is placed in brackets. In the column 

 devoted to descriptions, the distinguishing peculiarities of the fruit, with its 

 season and origin, are more or less fully given by the use of abbreviations; 

 those applicable to the entire catalogue appearing at its commencement, 

 and those applying locally at the heads of the sections to which they apper- 

 tain. In each of the sub-columns headed use and value, the figures 1 to 10 



