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three, and more particularly to the Somerset Stone Pii)pin. Thus, pro- 

 l)ably some of the early growers, noting this reseml)lan('e, named it Stone 

 Pippin. 



Again, we have our very excellent dessert apple, Cleopatra, or New 

 York ripi)in. Over forty years ago, Mr. Wm. Clarson, the then Director 

 of the Burnley Gardens, in writing of the apples in the Burnley collection, 

 recorded of this apple " true name not known." It is certainly not Cleo- 

 jiatra, for there is no recorded apple of that name; neither is it New York 

 Pippin, for the true synonym of that apple is Ben Davis. The correct 

 name is Ortley, under wliich n;ime it is largely grcjwn in America. 



To further instance how confusion in names and varieties may occur, 

 it is interesting to recall the introduction of the apple Jonathan into Vic- 

 toria. This popular apple, which was raised in the New York State, was 

 ordered from America by the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria some 

 forty years ago. On the tree fruiting at the Burnley orchards, it proved 

 to be Esopus Si)itzenburgh ; at the same time, the tree imported as Marstons 

 Red \Vinter was found to be wrongly named — it was really Jonathan. This 

 caused much confusion, un.til fresh importations of Jonathan trees showed 

 it to be the same tree that was previously imported as Marston's Red 

 Winter. Tn America, Jonathan is variously named King Philip and Philip 

 Rock, in honour of the man on whose farm the original tree gre^v. 



Wickson also refers to this question in his remarks on the introduction 

 of the i)rune d'Agen into California. In 1856, scions of the French prune 

 were introduced into California from Agen in France by .some French 

 settlers. The growers were disappointed that the resultant prunes were 

 smaller than the commercial French prunes. Because of their .vmallness, 

 these growers named these prunes the Petite Prune d'Agen. Trees of a 

 larger suppo.sed prune were imported and sold as Gros Prune d'Agen, adding 

 a German word to the French name. When shown that if it were a true 

 French prune, the French would have used the French word " grande," 

 and not the German word " gros." the importers said that the prune was 

 reallv German, and was known as the Hungarian prune. And, as a matter 

 •of fact, the \\i&\\ prune hai)i)ened to be neither French, German, nor Hun- 

 garian, but the old English plum. Pond's Seedling. Still, this did not 

 suffice, and a Californian grower visiting France made a special study of 

 the f|uestion. with the result that the original variety proved to be the 

 ])rune d'Agen. In their further search for a larger ])rune, the Robe de 

 Sergeant was introduced. This again led to confusion ; as while Robe de 

 Sergeant was a svnonvm of prune d'Agen. this newly introduced fruit was 

 different again from d'Agen. In this case, it was ultimately found that 

 d'Agen runs larger in various districts and soils, and that in the last case, 

 it was the larger varietv that was introduced. 



'J'hus. Prune d'Agen, I'diic i'niiu- dWgcn, Gros Prune d'-Xgcii. Hun- 

 garian I'rune, French Prune. Pond's Seedling, and RoU- de Sergeant — 

 .seven names, alt sup])osed to I>e diff«'rent fruits — really were only two 

 separate fruits. .And the confusion still exists, anil ri-uuires «>^ucidation ; 

 for. while both Hogg and Downing give Prune d'Agen an<l Rolx> de 

 Sergeant as svnonvnis, W'ickscn illustrates tbi'm as two different fruits. 

 Then, in Victoria, it is possible to buv trer ^ of Angelina Burdett and 

 Prune d'Agen, and. when they yield, the fruit is absolutely identical. 



There is growing in an o'-ilvrd in the I thar- district a remarkably tin*- 

 late dessert apple, (juite d'sti"f from anything i bi- we hav<'. The apple 

 is well worthy of cultivation for its superi< r rn;dities. Local growers name 



