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" Shepherd's Seedling ". — Ee-submitted from 1917 ; a good, firm 

 keeping apple belonging to the Stone Pippin tribe. The Committee 

 was favorably impressed with this in 1917. 



" Frampton ". — Grown at the Government Orchard, at Blackwood, 

 and reported upon as free from woolly aphis ; grown also at Bathurst. 



W. E. Kirkness, Gosford — Seedling. — A soft apple, of little flavour 

 at time of Conference. Possibly an early variety, and of better flavour 

 when properly ripe. 



A. J. Thompson, Pennant Hills, submitted two seedling apples. To 

 be reported on in 1918. 



Red seedling apple, from R. D. Best, of Tanmangaroo. — Mr. Chilton 

 reports, " It beats all varieties as a long-keeping apple." It is grown 

 in a cold district; the flavour is fair, and would be possibly much better 

 later on. It is of good appearance, and has good possibilities. 



" Tasmanian Beauty," wrongly shown last year as " Australian 

 Beauty ".—It has a fine and bright colour, and a small core, keeps well, 

 flavour good. Is a seedling of Alexander, a mid-season apple, whose 

 high colour would commend it anywhere. JSTame changed to " Huon." 



T. J. Howe, of Cradoc (Huon), submitted a seedling apple of firm 

 and crisp flesh, very juicy, the stems long, of red colour on sunny side. 



J. H. Waldron, of "Wyena, submitted a seedling apple, reported as 

 " perfectly blight-proof." 



Mrs. J. Beal, of Varna, Lome, submitted a seedling apple. It was 

 very large, and of good appearance and flavour; reported to be a heavy 

 cropper. 



" Lang's Seedling ". — From James Lang, Harcourt. A very good- 

 coloured apple, of late season. 



" Herbert's Red Rome ". — A sport from Rome Beauty, submitted by 

 Andrew Herbert, of Diamond Creek. Identical with Rome Beauty, 

 except that the colour is of unifonn dark-crimson, and darker than 

 Glengyle. 



" Clerome ". — Apple raised by A. V. Robin, of l^uriootpa, as a cross 

 between Rome Beauty and Cleopatra. It blossoms after Cleopatra, is 

 a regular cropper, and possesses good-keeping qualities; is ready to pick 

 in early February, and is good for shipping. Its freedom from bitter 

 pit is marked. Cleopatra, in its season, is the better apple, but the 

 advantage of Clerome is its earliness for shipping. It is more resistant 

 to fusicladium than Cleopatra. It was tested at Bathurst — which is 

 quite a difterent district from ISTuriootpa — -and discarded. jSTuriootpa 

 is a warm district, with 21 inches of rainfall. The Committee invites 

 information from the different States before finally recommending it 

 as an export apple. 



" Beauty of Australia ". — A chance seedling which appeared in the 

 garden of R. Bonython, of Summertown, near Mount Lofty, forty years 

 ago. It is a good keeper, with a fine colour; takes woolly aphis, but 

 not very subject to bitter pit. This variety will keep till August, and 

 has been shipped to England. Is recommended only for local market. 



A. B. Robin submitted two apples: — (a) "Jonathan x Cleopatra"; 

 and (&) " Jonathan x London Pippin." Both Avere recommended for 

 detailed report next year. 



F. A. Joyner, Bridgewater, submitted a seedling apple, possibly 

 from ISTickajack. The specimens were not sufficiently indicative of 



