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would seem necessary that, upon the presentation of a new or 

 newly named fruit for consideration, its name be, in all cases, 

 first considered; and that, if objected to, such objection be sus- 

 tained, the fruit in question be designated by the name of the 

 originator or introducer, or that of its locality, pending the 

 designation of a satisfactory name by the proper person. 



Mr J. J. Thomas of Union Springs, New York, on the same 

 topic writes: There are two great foundation principles in 

 nomenclature: to insist on compact, expressive and appropriate 

 names; and to give to pomology the truth and dignity of a 

 science, and to prevent it from becoming degraded into peddler's 

 puffing. A name may designate the locality of origin, name of 

 the originator or of an eminent pomologist (not of a politician 

 or warrior) and still better an indication of its appearance or 

 other characteristic. It should not be somebody's "Prolific" or 

 "Giant," or "Favorite;" not a superlative, bombastic, frothy or 

 strained name. For strawberries, such names as Crimson Cone, 

 Necked Pine and Red Alpine, are much better than Wizard of 

 the North, Great American, Defiance, Mammoth, Monarch of 

 the West, etc. Golden Cap Raspberry is to be preferred to Pride 

 of the Hudson; Nivette and Lemon Cling are better than Ad- 

 mirable, Incomparable, Royal George, or Stump the World. 



KNOWLEDGE. Mr E. Williams, secretary of the New Jersey 

 Horticultural society, said: In the production of true varieties 

 from seed, propagators have learned much; they have learned to 

 trust more in means; we can't expect to get size by combining 

 two large varieties. To obtain any given improvement, one of 

 the varieties should have that feature as marked as possible, and 

 the other should simply be a strong, well-established variety, 

 without any such special feature. Again, I think we have much 

 to learn with regard to the use of special fertilizers in the im- 

 provement of varieties. We also need to learn the particular 

 needs of special varieties. The same treatment will not answer 

 for different varieties. Different types of varieties require 

 different treatment, For example, the Great American. I cannot 

 grow it; can hardly keep the plant alive, while a man not far 

 from me grows it by the acre. He has them in wide, matted 

 rows, and has raised, I believe, the largest strawberry crop that 

 ever grew. He has sold us high as $1700 worth from an acre. 

 We have to study our soils, the special climates and varieties. 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. Prof A. J. Cook of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College said in the course of his address: Not long 

 ago a horticultural writer of considerable prominence urged, in 

 one of our leading agricultural journals, that all wild trees and 

 shrubs be carefully excluded from the vicinity of our orchards. 

 It was argued that the presence of such vegetation would at- 

 tract these insect enemies, and so bring added danger from 

 their ravages. From what has been shown above, this seems a 

 wrong conclusion. Facts show conclusively that the removing, 



