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if for market, selections must be made from such as are large, 

 showy, firm in texture, and fair in quality. If for dessert use at 

 home, quality only may be considered. For cooking and pre- 

 serving, those in which the skin disappears give the most satis- 

 faction. 



* A recent writer, one who has experimented largely with 

 native plums, and who is as well informed as anybody in regard 

 to them, says, he has received the finest varieties with which he 

 is acquainted, from the woods of Northern Wisconsin. Prof. 

 Budd says we have some that greatly resemble the best European 

 varieties. Several varieties have been recommended by the 

 Northern horticultural societies, so that the most fastidious need 

 not go amiss in selecting this <lesirable fruit. 



Mr. Sias, from the Committee on Nomenclature, presented the 

 following report: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Mr. President: 



Your committee on Nomenclature, in accordance with the 

 recommendations of the late lamented Marshall P. Wilder, 

 whose opinions, aye, whose whole life work, will ever be held 

 in sacred veneration by all true pomologists, would say that we 

 fully appreciate his counsel, when he says: "Let us have no 

 more long, unpronounceable, irrelevant, high-flown, bombastic 

 names to our fruits. -k * * The cases are very few where 

 a single word will not form a better name for a fruit than two or 

 more." A member of your committee pleads guilty to the charge 

 of naming the Giant Swaar, and would like to see it changed to 

 a name consisting of a single word. Having the right, from the 

 originator, to name this choice fruit, would like to transfer the 

 same to the Society; but, in honor of the originator, who was 

 born in the great city of Paris, will suggest the name of Soiree. 



Respectfully submitted, 

 A. W. Sias, 

 A. W. Latham. 



Prof. Maginnis, from the committee on awards of premiums 

 presented the following report, which was, on motion, adopted: 



* D. B. Wier. Lacon, 111, 



