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American Fruit Culturist as Sops of Wiue. The description is 

 almost identical, as near as I can tell ; should judge it was the 

 same variety. 



Mr. Gilbert. A question arises here which has troubled the 

 committee in making up the list of fruits. For instance : here is 

 a variety known all over the State as Bell's Early; shall we put it 

 in our list as Bell's Early, or Sops of Wine, providing the two are 

 identical ? 



G. B. Sawyer of Wiscasset. I would recommend that we stick 

 to the true nomenclature ; or that at all events we preserve the 

 true names, according to the highest authority. 



Mr. Taylor. I raise a variety that came to me as Sops of Wine. 

 I presume it is the same apple. It ripens about the time of Wil- 

 liams' Favorite, and it is a longish apple, growing somewhat 

 striped instead of all red ; intermixed with yellowish under- 

 ground. But it is not a good apple with us, for the reason that 

 it decays on the tree, and never gets mellow before it rots. It is 

 nice flavored, but not profitable to raise. My father raised it be- 

 fore me, some fifty years ago. I think it came from the " Vaughan 

 orchard," in Hallowell. 



Mr. Gilbert. Rotting before it grows mellow, does not corres- 

 pond to the fruit in the central part of the State. I have had an 

 opportunity of seeing that fruit at several exhibitions in the State, 

 and it uniformly appeared well. 



Voted, To discard the name " Bell's Early" and adopt " Sops of 

 Wine," retaining the former name only as a synonym. 



Also, Voted, That in all cases where the local names of fruits 

 differ from the known true names, such local names shall be in- 

 serted in the catalogue only as synonyms.* 



Benoni, Henry McLaughlin of Bangor. A very fine eating 

 apple. Personally, I should say one of the best. Season, early 

 autumn. Follows the Bell's Early, with me. Valuable for market 

 or table use. It is hardy and productive. 



Black Oxford. Hon. Hannibal Belcher of Farmington. Grows 

 very well in Franklin county, and is a tolerably good eating 

 apple. 



Blue Pearmain. Mr. Gilbert. Grown to some extent in 

 Aroostook county, and by some individuals there, is recommended 



* At the meeting of the Executive Committee, held in Portland, Sept. 22-26, 1874, it 

 was Voted, To adopt the nomenclature of the American Pomolgical Society as the standard 

 of this Society, 



