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REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 



The Secretary read the report of the committee appointed to examine a 

 seedling apple, as follows: 



To the President and Members of the Fruit Growers' Convention: 



Your committee, having examined the seedling apple from Watsonville submitted to 

 them, beg leave to report as follows: We rind the apple of the Bellflower type, rather 

 broader at the base, but not so much elongated ; resembling in quality that well known 

 variety, except that the acidity is somewhat less in the specimens examined. 



JOHN ROCK. 

 C. W. REED. 

 B. O. STABLER. 



NEXT PLACE OP MEETING. 



The Chairman presented the following telegram: 



Fresno, California, November 24, 1888. 

 Fresno County Board of Trade extends cordial invitation for next session of convention. 



LOUIS EINSTEIN, President. 



The Secretary presented invitations inviting the convention to hold 

 their next session at San Diego, and, after discussion, it was agreed that 

 the convention recommend and request the State Board of Horticulture to 

 fix the next place of meeting at National City, San Diego County. 



NOMENCLATURE OF FRUITS. 



Professor Htjsmann: I have noticed that, at every exposition and pub- 

 lic display made of our fruits, many have been exhibited under the wrong 

 name, and I have seen varieties under three or four different names. I do 

 not know that I am competent to speak of California fruits, a's I have only 

 been in the State eight }^ears, and have made the grape my special study, 

 and I know that in the nomenclature of the grape there are many mistakes 

 made. Some examples were mentioned this morning; for instance, we 

 have the well known Napoleon Bigarreau cherry growing frequently under 

 the name of the Royal Anne. Now, there is no such name as the Royal 

 Anne in any of the fruit books. It is a well known variety, and ought not 

 to pass under a wrong name; and there are dozens of instances of that 

 kind, which I hope can be corrected. We all appreciate the difficulty in 

 this State where fruits vary so much in size, and even in shape and color, 

 and I hope something may be done to remedy this defect. 



Mr. Wilcox: I suggest that a committee be appointed as a standing 

 committee. I brought from my farm some prunes I am unable to get the 

 name of, and if I could get the name, I would be very glad, and I would 

 like to submit it to a standing committee and have them report when they 

 have another meeting, for, as I have twelve hundred trees of this variety, 

 it becomes a matter of importance. 



W. W. Smith: We all know how difficult it is to get fruits by their true 

 name throughout the State. If there is any man that ought to be familiar 

 with the names of fruit trees, it certainly is the nurserymen; but I see in 

 General Bidwell's catalogue, which is distributed in the room now, fruits 

 named incorrectly according to my understanding. I pick up John Rock's 

 catalogue and I find it the same. Who is correct, I cannot say, because we 

 differ so much about the names of those fruits. In regard to prunes the 

 gentleman from Oregon spoke of to-day, one of them is propagated through- 

 out the Pacific Coast under different names, and sold under different names. 



