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5. Before the committee recommends any seedling for an award 

 samples of fruit must first be submitted for approval, together with full 

 details as to the habits of the tree, and the immunity of the fruit and 

 tree from disease. If it then be found that such fruit is worthy of a 

 trial the committee would then recommend that the variety would then 

 be treated at one of the Government orchards in the various States, 

 particularly in the State in which the fruit is said to do best, and an 

 annual report furnished to the committee by the members on the same. 

 This refers more particularly to apples and pears than to soft fruits. 



6. That the Minister of Agriculture for Victoria be asked to 

 authorize and arrange for the despatch of certain fruits grown in 

 Australia the nomenclature of which is much confused to the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of England, for consideration and report by the 

 fruit committee of the society, the originals of these fruits having been 

 raised in and exported from Great Britain to Australia. 



Note. — The committee selected four fruits this year — Broompark, 

 Eyewood, and Black Worcester pears, and Strawberry Pi]>pin apple. 



7. That the members in the separate States form local State sub- 

 committees to consider any seedling or new soft fruit that may be 

 brought under notice, each sub-committee to record and report to each 

 meeting of the general committee. 



Note. — The time at which the committee meets, viz., about Easter, 

 precludes the committee as a whole considering soft fruits for the present. 

 ISTo extra expense will be incurred in carrying out this resolution. 



8. That the papier mache models made by Mr. James White be 

 adopted, and that the Ministers be recommended to have 24 models made 

 this year. 



Note. — Mr. White's models are wonderfully good, and the committee 

 is of oi^inion that they could hardly be improved upon. 



9. That it is desirable for each State to take sectional and complete 

 photographic records of Australian seedling fruits ; such photographs, 

 with every possible record of the tree and fruit, to be presented at each 

 meeting of the committee. 



10. That it be an obligation upon all members accepting tiieir 

 nomination that they attend every session of the committee. 



11. That this committee adopts the two reports of the work of the 

 previous committee. 



12. That the next meeting be held in the State of New South Wales 

 during the week after Easter of 1917. 



13. Regarding resolution 9 passed by the Brisbane Conference of 

 Ministers of Agriculture, May, 1914, the following resolutions have been 

 passed : — 



(a) That the committee would be pleased to receive any suggestions 

 of improvements of the Australian fruit case accompanied by samples, 

 but up to the present no definite suggestions have been received by the 

 committee. 



(b) Precooling of Fruit. — In the case of pears, arrangements should 

 be made to ship this fruit in separate chambers, and then precooling is 

 desirable, provided that the whole of the contents of any separate 

 chamber is precooled. In the case of apples, precooling is not considered 

 necessary. 



