150 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



In the succeeding paragraph of the report 

 it was suggested that " the word ' group ' or 

 type ' may be used if preferred for the word 

 ' family.' " The present writer greatly prefers 

 the word "group," since the word "family" 

 is used in a special sense in the classification 

 of plants. 



The committee then proceeded to divide 

 the Russian apples into fourteen groups, as 

 follows, a few addenda being given at the end 

 of the report : 



1. Hibernal group, including Hibernal, Lieby or 

 Recumbent, Yellow Arcadian, Juicy Burr (spurious*), 

 Romenskoe (spurious), Silken Leaf, Zuzoff (spurious), 

 Pendent Ear, Omensk (spurious), Romna (spurious), 

 Ostrakoff, U. S. D. A. (spurious). 



2. Duchess Group. Duchess, Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 or Oldenburg, Arabian, Borovinka, White Krim, 

 Anisette, Glass Green. 



3. Long field Group. Longfield, English Pippin, 

 Good Peasant (spurious), No. 387 (spurious). 



4. Charlamoff Group. Charlamoff, Peterson's Char- 

 lamoff, Champanskoe, Pointed Pipka, Champagne. 



5. Romna Group. Romna, Romenskoe. 



6. Cross Group. Into this group is put the variety 

 No. 413 of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. The following minute is then entered: " The 



* In these names "the word 'spurious' indicates that the 

 name preceding it properly belongs to another variety with 

 which it has been mixed." 



