26 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1879 



don its publication, because prompted by a desire to advance 

 interests which he has so much at heart : — 



"MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES. 



"Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 10. 1878. 

 "Edward W, Lincoln, Esq., 

 "Worcester, Mass. 

 "Dear Sir: 



" Yours of 7th inst., is at hand. 



" ' Bonne des Puits d' Ansault ' is an unwieldy name for an English speak- 

 "ing people. Ansault is sufificient. There is just this objection to it: that 

 "Ansault being the name of a place, there might be other varieties bearing 

 " its name, as in the case of Anjou. It has been suggested to call Beurre 

 " d' Anjou simply AnJou : but we have Bonne Anjou, Rouge d' Anjou, 

 " &c., &c. 



" We ought to make our catalogue conform to the Pomological Society's 

 "Catalogue: — that it has not been done is an oversight. But ' Swan's 

 "Orange' is the first name, — has many years of priority to Onondaga. 

 " Between forty and fifty years ago this Pear was brought, without a name? 

 "from Hamilton County, N. Y., to Rochester, by the late Gen. Swan; and a 

 " Horticultural Society, then existing here, called it Swan's Orange. It was 

 " wrong to change it. It was done at the suggestion of Gen. Leavenworth, 

 " of Syracuse, who wished to identify the pear with his County — Onondaga 

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" If practicable, there should be an EngHsh name given to all fruits intro- 

 " duced from non-Enghsh-speaking countries. It would be a nice little chore 

 "for the Pomological Society. 



" You have a very able, active Society. Why not take this up at your 



" leisure .'' 



"Yours Truly, 



"PATRICK BARRY, (E. & B.)" 



Admit that Swan's Orange had the priority : somebody must 

 determine. The American Pomological Society — of which 

 Mr. Barry is Vice-President — has decided that the pear shall be 

 called Onondaga. To whom shall an appeal be taken .' 



And then, again, why 7iot 'Anjou.?' The fact that there 

 may be also a Bonne Anjou, or Rouge d' Anjou, need occasion 

 no conflict. 



"Where the O'Donohue sits, there is the head of the table." 



