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Ta.smania and Victoria asking them to adopt the name of Tasma, as 

 decided upon by the Committee. Seconded by Mr. Lang and carried. 



At the 1917 Conference the names of two fruits only were changed. 

 These were — 



(a) The name of the Tasmaninn apple, Croton, wa."! changed 

 to Ranelagh. The name Croton i.s very like that of the apple 

 Crofton, which is largely grown in Tasmania, and the name Rane- 

 lagh was selected as being the district in which this seedling was 

 raised. 



{h) Pomme de Neige. — Mr. Allen moved that as this apple was 

 originally called Fameuse, after the village in Quebec, where it was 

 raised, the question of re-naming the variety should be considered. 

 Seconded by Mr. Ward. Carried. 



After considerable discussion, the following motion was moved by 

 Mr. Allen, seconded by Mr. "Ward, and carried : — 



" That the name of the apple known as Pomme de Neige be 

 changed to Fameuse; that in his report the Secretary give a resume 

 of the history of this apple, stating the reason why the name 

 has been changed." 



Apple Fameuse. — The apple which is catalogued, and so well known 

 throughout! Australia as Pomme de Neige is correctly called Fameuse. 

 It is known and recognised only by this name in America, its country of 

 origin; and following on the decision of the Australian Committee to 

 adopt nomenclature of other lands, the correct name of Fameuse has 

 now been adopted. 



The history of the Fameuse is somewhat obscure, but it is generally 

 supposed to have been raised at Fameuse, in Canada, from seed brought 

 to Canada from France prior to the year 1700. 



Among the early references to this apple as Fameuse, one is found in 

 Forsyth's " Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees," 

 the first edition of which was published about 1800. Forsyth there 

 records that this apple was brought from Canada by Mr. Barclay. 



The first reference to the apple as De Neige or Pomme de Neige, 

 occurs in American, as well as English, horticultural literature twenty 

 or thirty years later. This name, meaning Snow Apple, was given in 

 reference to the snowy whiteness of the flesh. 



There was another apple cultivated in Europe as far back as 1628, 

 which carried the name of Pomme de Neige. This was cultivated by the 

 old fruit breeder, Le Lectier, and recorded by Leroy. Leroy said that 

 this certainly was not the Pomme de Neige of Canada. 



The European Pomme de Neige is catalogued by Diel, after whom 

 the pear, Beurre Diel, is named, and it is certainly not the Canadian 

 apple. Thus confusion had early arisen, and Hogg, as far back as 1851, 

 tried to overcome the difficulty by calling it De Neige, saying at the 

 same time, " This is not the Pomme de Neige of Diel." 



On account of this confusion, but more on account of the fact that 

 the apple is now universally kno^NTi in its home of origin by its original 



