Report of Committee on Revision of Fruit 



Catalogue. 



At the first winter meeting of our society held in Augusta in 1874 

 a committee on Catalogue of Fruits, consisting of Z. A. Gilbert, 8.- 

 L. Goodale and H McLaughlin was appointed. This committed 

 prepared and issued a circular of inquiry to Maine fruit growers^ 

 and from the returns received made up the list of varieties as pre^ 

 sented in their report. This catalogue of apples contains the princi- 

 pal standard varieties the > grown in the State to any considerable 

 extent, the object further being to recommend only such as were 

 deemed worthy of propagation. The State was divided into three 

 sections in order that the recommendations might so far as possible 

 cover the entire State. The plan of the catalogue was that adopted 

 by the American Pomological Society. The report as presented was 

 discussed during the winter meeting, and the catalogue as revised 

 was published in the "transactions" for the year 1874. This list 

 contained as published 87 varieties of apples, 20 of pears, 18 of 

 plums, 12 of cherries, 20 of grapes, 3 of blackberries, 5 of currants, 

 3 of gooseberries, 8 of raspberries and 4 of strawberries. There 

 accompanied the catalogue an excellent description of the apples 

 named and many of the other fruits. 



The following winter meeting the catalogue was again taken up 

 and revised after discussion, and the number of varieties of apples 

 was lessened by two, pears increased to 26, two varieties of quinces 

 were added, cherries increased by the addition of Governor Wood, 

 Early Purple Guigne and Belle Magnifique ; one more variety of 

 grapes was added, one currant, one variety of raspberry was struck 

 out, and two of strawberries were added. Portions of this cata- 

 logue were carefully discussed and the information proved of great 



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