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it " Ford's." On inquiry, it wa.s found that the apple was so named 

 owing to the fact that the original tree was growing in a garden which was 

 owned many years ago by a Mr. Ford, who is sup.po.sed to have planted it 

 there. Mr. Ford was communicated with, and he stated that the late Mr. 

 Charles Draper had imported the tree from America many years previously, 

 and, as a special favour, had given him two grafts, which he worked on 

 an old tree. He never knew its name. At present it is impossible to 

 trace this apple. So far as can be ascertained, it is not in the Burnley 

 collection ; but, when the apple is recognized, and its proper location found 

 in pomology, it will still be known to the old growers as " Ford's,'" while 

 bv the newer growers it will be given its correct name. 



Similarity of Names. 



It is still a subject for wonder to the uninitiated that River's Early 

 Peach, Early Strawberry, Blenheim Orange, and Liveland Raspberry are 

 apples ; that Peach is a pear ; that Peach and Royal Orange are apricots ; 

 that Sultana is an almond as well as a grape, and so on. 



We have Norfolk Beauty, Norfolk Bearer, Norfolk Beefing, Norfolk 

 Colman, Norfolk Paradise, Norfolk Stone Pippin, and Norfolk Storing ; 

 and we also have Beaires, Bon CbretienS; Doyennes, and Reinettes in 

 abundance. There is a Mr. Gladstone peach raised by Rivers, of Eng- 

 land, and a Mr. Gladstone peach raised by the late Mr. Haley, of Dia- 

 mond Creek, Victoria. There is a May Duke cherry and gooseberry ; a 

 Prince of Wales peach and plum; a Climax apple and Japanese plum; 

 a President strawberry and plum ; a Sultan Japane.se and a Sultan English 

 plum. 



Then, there is the name " Dunn's Seedling."" Quite a numljer of apples 

 are locally given this name ; both Munroe's Favourite and Schrceder's 

 Apfel are in different localities given it, while Schroeder's Apfel is some- 

 times called Munroe's Favourite. The tvio apples are entirely distinct. 

 Munroe's Favourite, again, is often called Garibaldi — which it is not ; 

 Garibaldi is another apple. In New Zealand, Munroe's Favourite is known 

 as Ohinemuri — while elsewhere it is variously known as Gander's Seedling, 

 Golden Cup, &c. 



Then there is the Avell known apple previously referred to, called Cleo- 

 patra, or New York Pippin. Where these names came from is not known. 

 This apple is certainly Ortlev, which is so largely grown in America. Ortley 

 enjoys twenty-two other synonyms in America and two more in England ; 

 and adding its correct name, together with our two Australian ones, this 

 popular American apple carries no less than twenty-seven names. No 

 wonder it is popular. 



Again, New York Pippin in America is identical with Ben Davis ; 

 while Ben Davis has for another synonym Kentucky Red Streak, which is 

 not the Kentucky Red Streak grown here. The apple known as Scarlet 

 Pearmain in Tasmania is the Scarlet Nonpariel in Victoria, while American 

 and English authorities quote these name's as two separate varieties. The 

 London Pippin is more often called the Five Crown Pippin, erroneouslv 

 so according to correct nomenclature; although the latter more correctly de- 

 scribes its appearance, and would be a more suitable name. 



Thus, even with apple names, we might well pause and ask where we 

 are. Enough has l^een said on this subject to show how great a muddle 

 exists. One cannot be too emphatic in condemning such nomenclature, and 



