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14. That the best thanks of the committee be passed to the Victorian 

 Department of Agriculture for the arrangements made iu facilitating 

 the woi'k of the committee, and also for its entertainment. 



15. The following motion was carried by the fruit-growing members 

 of the committee : — 



On behalf of the Australian Fruit-growers' Associations we desire 

 to appreciate exceedingly the action of the various Ministers of each 

 State in appointing the nomenclature committee, as we feel that the 

 more co-operation we can obtain between growers, nurserymen, and 

 officials the more effective results will be obtained. 



Note. — The various Government representatives were asked to 

 convey this motion to each Minister. 



The committee then considered the exhibits, and arrived at the 

 following decisions : — 



Pears. 



1. Broompark, as grown at Mylor, South Australia, is Muirf owl's 

 Egg. Eyewood, from Mr. Wade, Lilydale, Tasmania, is Muirfowl's 

 Egg. It is not recommended that this pear should be grown. 



2. Hacon's Incomparable, as grown at Burnley, is not true to name. 



3. Broompark and Eyewood. — In view of the confusion in the 

 nomenclature of these two pears, it was decided to send samples to 

 England for identification by the experts of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



4. Princess, as grown at the Burnley Horticultural Gardens, is correct. 



5. The pear grown in Tasmania as La Conte is Princess. 



6. Le Conte, as exhibited by JSTew South Wales, is correct. 



Note. — It was decided that the name of the pear La Conte intro- 

 duced by ISTobelius is too similar to the name of tlie sand pear Le Conte, 

 and the committee is of the opinion that the name should be changed. 



7. Black Achan, Black Worcester, and Yerulam. — Owing to the 

 confusion of these three fruits they are all to be referred to England. 



Apples. 



1. Strawberry Pippin, from South Australia, is not Winter Straw- 

 berry Pippin. This apple was originally grown under the name of 

 Somerset Lasting, which it is not; this fruit is also to be sent to England. 

 Strawberry Pippin, as exhibited from Dr. Stew^art, Latrobe, Tasmania, 

 and L. M. Murdoch, Glenorchy, Tasmania, are different, and are not 

 the Strawberry Pippin as exhibited from South Australia. The Straw- 

 berry Pippin exhibited from New South Wales, from Mr. Wade, of 

 Tasmania, and from Mr. L. M. Shoobridge, are identical. This fruit 

 will be reported upon next year. 



2. Newman's Seedling (originally Neumann), grown in South 

 Australia. — There were four exhibits of tbis fruit, which is ready for 

 ex])ort at the end of .January. The following motion was carried: — 

 " That the South Australian apple Newman is inferior to the apple 

 Newman imported from America and grown at -the Bnthurst Experi- 

 ment Fiinii. ;nid tlmt tlu^ conimittcc does not recommend the growing 

 of the l(»c;il ;i|)|ilc, t(i ;iiiy cxtciil. The New South Wales specimens of 

 Newman's were correctlv ii;ini(Ml. 



