NEW VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 



REPORT ON NOMEXCLATUP.E OF FRUITS. 



To the President of the State Pomologkal Society : 



SiE, — The Standing Committee on Xomcuclature of Fruits, to whom, at 

 the December meeting, the question of the names and identity of certain 

 fruits were referred, respectfully submit the following report: 



hill's chill 



The peach grown in Michigan under the name of Ilill's Chili, does not 

 appear under that name in any of the standard works on fruits, so far as your 

 committee have been able to discover. A variety appears under this name, 

 however, in the catalogues of some eastern nurseries; and your committee for 

 present purposes assume this to be the leading name. 



Stanley's Late was brought from the East by a Mr. Stanley; and was bud- 

 ded from his garden by the late Eleazer Morton, of Benton Harbor, during the 

 earliest days of fruit culture there. This, together with Sugar, Jenny Lind, 

 Leopard, Queen of Sheba, and also Seagrove's Smock, of Spring Lake, are 

 believed to be identical with Hill's Chili. 



Many years since, the late General Cass, of Detroit, brought pits (or possibly 

 cuttings) of peach from Brittany or Normandy, France, and from the pro- 

 duct, gave trees to John Haskell, which Avere planted on Genesee Prairie, near 

 Kalamazoo, in 1831. A branch of one of these trees remains alive, from 

 which the variety has been propagated under the name of Cass peach. This 

 is, to all appearance, also identical with Hill's Chili; and, even if of distinct 

 origin, appears to be indistinguishable in tree, and also in fruit, and hence, 

 under the rules of the Society, is not entitled to a distinct recognition ; cer- 

 tainly not unless farther examination or inquiry shall determine that its name 

 is of earlier origin, and hence entitled to precedence. 



THE BARNARD. 



Barnard, as cultivated along the lake shore, was obtained, by Mr. Geo. Parm- 

 elee, from a nursery in Western New York; and is supposed, by your com- 

 mittee, to be identical with the Baruard described in Thomas' American Fruit 

 Culturist; hence the prefix "Early" should be dropped. Mr. Parmelee 

 received it under the name "Lemon Cling," but finding it a freestone, he 

 dropped the word cling, calling it simply "Lemon." 



Snow's Orange, which is also apparently identical with the Barnard, was 

 introduced by Mr. Hall, of Paw Paw, by budding from a tree in the garden of 



