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After much discussion, it was decided to adhere to existing rules as 

 far as possible in the naming of Australian-raised fruits, and to avoid 

 the use of more than one word wherever practicable. It was felt, how- 

 ever, that to drop such terms as " Beurre," " Pippin," and others, in 

 certain established cases, would interfere too much with old-established 

 pomology of other lands. The Committee does not wish to unduly 

 interfere with names of fruits raised elsewhere, especially seeing that 

 it is anxious for the adoption of its own nomenclature in other countries. 



PEACHES AND PLUMS FOR CANNING. 



Mr. Allen introduced this subject, and urged that the Committee 

 should collect information regarding these fruits. In the course of 

 discussion, the question of a suitable peach to succeed Elberta was 

 brought up. Mr. Wicks suggested Tuscan Cling, and also mentioned a 

 New South Wales peach. Golden Queen, all yellow in colour, and much 

 like Phillips, and which comes in just before Pullar's Cling. Mr. Savage, 

 however, said that Golden Queen is very distinct from Phillips. Lewis, 

 he said, ripened later than- either of these, while Allen's Late Cling is 

 the latest peach at Blackwood, even hanging on the trees after the 

 leaves have fallen. 



Mr. Wicks reported that, in his opinion, Phillips is the peach for 

 canning; the fruits hang on the trees for three weeks. Speaking of 

 other varieties, he said that Sims comes in just after Tuscan (Tuskena), 

 and is probably not quite suitable. Riverside Late Red, which follows 

 Thiele's Cling, is much like Pullar's, only Pullar's is rounder, and the 

 first-named has colour on the stone. Riverside keeps its foliage very 

 late in the season. McDevitt's is not a good canner. Mr. Wicks 

 expressed the belief that the Orange Cling fruits much better when the 

 laterals are left. 



It was decided to collect information on canning for report in 1919. 



Consideration of Seedlings : Apples. 



" Jackson's Seedling ". — Reported as free from woolly aphis, the 

 tree being twenty years old. The ripening period is in March, about 

 Jonathan time. The apple is now recorded as a blight-resistant variety, 

 but is not recommended as a commercial apple on account of its inferior 

 flavour. 



" Ernie's Seedling ".• — An apple of the Granny Smith type, grown 

 near the Queensland border, where the average rainfall is 32 inches. 

 It is a seedling from Stone Pippin, a heavy cropper, slightly subject to 

 bitter pit, much inferior to Granny Smith, but ripens earlier. The 

 parent tree is nine years old, and has not taken blight up to the present 

 time. As the fruit shows quality, the variety is being tested at the Glen 

 Innes orchard, and will be reported upon in three years' time. 



•' Hornsby ". — Ripens in April ; a fine, deep-red colour, apparently a 

 good retail dessert apple, of fair quality; juicy, crisp, and slightly sub- 

 acid ; evidently a good keeper, of good appearance and even outline. 

 Subject to woolly aphis. Approved. 



" Thompson's Red ". — Ripe in mid-January, and follows Car- 

 rington; has plenty of fine deep colour, and is well-established in ISTew 

 South Wales as an early commercial apple. It is of good flavour, and 

 does not clash with any other in time of ripening. Approved. 



