STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. XV 



POMOLOGICAL RULES. 



As adopted, with additions from American Pomological Societ}'. 



1. No new seedling IVuit shall he entitled to the i-eeommendation of this Soeicty 

 until its qualities shall bt- asi-ertained by at least live years' experience in more than 

 one locality, and which is not at least equal to any similar variety of the tirst rank 

 alreadv known ; or which, if only of second rate flavor, is superior in vigor, hardiness, 

 productiveness, or other important ([uality or characteristics. 



•2. No new fruit shall be t-ousidered, as named, until it has been accurately described 

 by some person or committee, known to be conversant with existing varieties; anil 

 such description shall have been published in at least one horticultural or agricultural 

 journal, or some pomolotcical work of acknowledged standard character. 



o. The originator, or'he who tirst makes known a new variety, shall be entitled to 

 name it. ;i nd such name, if suitable, shall be adopted by the writer describing the fniit 

 for the tirst time. 



But if the name proposed is inappropriate, or does not come within the rules ot 

 nomenciattu-e, the describer shall be at liberty to give a name. 



AVhen two persons have named or described a. fruit, the name and description first 

 published, if according to the rules, shall have the priority. 



4. In giving names to new varieties, all harsh, vulgar, or inelegant names, such as 

 *'Sheepsnose,'' "Hogpen,'" etc., should be avoided, and no name should consist of 

 more than two words, excepting only when the originator's name is added. Charac- 

 teristic names, or those in some way descriptive of the qualities, origin or habit of fruit 

 or tree, shall be preferred. They may either be of intrinsic properties, as Golden 

 Sweeting, Downer's Late, etc.; or of local origin, as Newtown Pippin, Hudson Gage ; 

 or the season of ripening, as P:arly Scarlet, First Gage ; or the form and color, as 

 Golden Drop, Blue Pearmain ; or which commemorates a particular place or person, as 

 Tippecanoe, La Grange. Baldwin, or any other titles which may be signiflcantly 

 applied. 



5. The description of new varieties of fruits shall embrace the following particulars: 

 First. An account of their origin. 



Second'. The fruit— its size, form and exterior color, texture and color of the flesh, 

 flavor, and time of ripening, with the addition on stone fruits of the size of the stone, 

 adherence or non-adherence of the flesh, form of the suture, and the hollow at the 

 stem, and in kernel fruits, of the size of the core and seeds, the length, position and 

 insertion of the stalk, and form of the eye. 



TJu'rd. The tree— its marked characters of growth, young and bearing wood, foli.age 

 and blossoms. In peaches, the fonn of leaf, glands and size of blossoms. In straw- 

 berries, the character of the blossoms, whether staminate or pistillate. In grapes, tlie 

 fonn of the bunch or berry. 



6. No variety of fruit, vegetable, tree, flower, or other horticultural product, shall 

 be placed ui)on," or taken from the lists of the Society, unless it receive a majority of 

 six votes, of persons residing in the district for which it is recommended ; and it is 

 recommended that no person vote upon the question unless he have personal experi- 

 ence or observation of the qualities of the variety in question. 



