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and uniformity of the names of the fruits of America, and recommend the follow- 

 ing rules, to-wit: 



1. Every fruit should have one, and but one, authorized name. 



2. If tenable, this name should be the earliest one published, as hereinafter pro- 

 vided. 



3. Each name should consist of one word, and for all new American fruits such 

 words should be readily pronounceable in the English language. 



4. No name should be considered authorized until published in some reputable 

 and generally accessible horticultural periodical, accompanied with a clear and 

 full description of the fruit. Such published name and description shall be sent 

 to the Secretary of the American Pomological Society and to the Secretary of the 

 Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society. 



5. In case of doubt as tenability, priority or authority of publication, or appropri- 

 ateness as a good English word, special action by the above named societies, or 

 by a State horticultural society, should be considered valid and final. 



6. No variety of fruit shall be named by a society which is not esteemed prac- 

 tically valuable and worthy of cultivation. 



This report to be considered as a recommendation to the American Pomological 

 Society. 



DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT. 



The Secretary — I am very much pleased with this report in every 

 particular, but it does not go quite far enough. What are we to do 

 with these terrible Russian names? Can we not have them Amer- 

 icanized in some way so that we can pronounce them? Can our 

 committee give us any relief? 



3Ir. Williams, of Indiana — I think none are more desirous of sim- 

 plifying the names of our fruits than commission men. Fruits go a 

 good deal according to their name. Everybody knows what a Bart- 

 lett is. Commission men are often perplexed by people who want 

 certain kinds of fruit and can't give the name. The idea of bring- 

 ing such names to this country is preposterous. 



Mr. Peffer, of Wisconsin — I think the last speaker is correct. 

 I visited Prof Budd. I found a great many Swedish, Russian and 

 Norwegian names which he could not pronounce. I think the sug- 

 gestion a good one. 



3Ir. Gibbs, of Minnesota — I am not quite clear whether this is in- 

 tended to be a recommendation to the American Pomological Society 

 or whether it is for this meeting to name varieties. We are members 

 of the Pomological Society, and it would create confusion for us to 

 name them here. This report authorizes persons to name varieties. 



