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These rules are brief, even in their full form, and we suggest that it 

 would be well to incorporate them in the published proceedings of every 

 horticultural society. They should be given wide dissemination and 

 should be available for all nurserymen and fruit growers at all times. 

 American Fruits. 



The official report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington, D. C, by Prof. W. H. Ragan, expert in Pomological Nom- 

 enclature just published, gives a list of all the varieties of apples from 

 1804 to 1904, (100 years), aggregating about 14,000 names and their 

 synonyms. 



This publication being the result of a number of years of study, 

 investigation and practical examination of hundreds of specimens from 

 all parts of the country, by all the experts in that department, is the most 

 correct report on nomenclature ever given to the world and will be 

 accepted by all Horticultural Societies as correct. 



The following is a report of the names of some apples and their 

 synonyms as found in Bulletin No. 56, published by the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



"GANG, synonym Black Ben Davis, Payton, Red Ben Davis. 



"Black Ben Davis, synonym of Gano. 



"Black Ben Davis, synonym of Reagan. 



"Red Ben Davis, synonym of Gano. 



"REAGAN, synonym Black Ben Davis, [Ragan?] Now thought 

 to be Gano. 



"Ragan (incorrectly) synonym of Reagan. (Reagan now believed 

 to be Gano.) 



THE DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE. 



December 10, 1903. 

 "To the Missouri State Horticultural Society : 



"Gentlemen. Your committee appointed to investigate the origin 

 and characteristics of the Black Ben Davis and Gano apples respectfully 

 beg leave to report as follows: 



"Inasmuch as some horticulturists are positive in their opinions 

 that Black Ben Davis and Gano are two distinct varieties and others 

 were equally positive that they are one and the same variety, the 

 committee decided to secure all possible data concerning the origin 

 of Black Ben Davis and Gano, to visit bearing orchards where the 



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