178 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



After discussion, the rules proposed by that committee were 

 adopted. Those rules give the society the right to revise and 

 change the names in their catalogue, where they are improper, 

 and provide for naming fruits and the rules for the exhibi- 

 tions of the American Pomological Society, in order to see if 

 sister societies, agricultural societies, State fairs, and County 

 fairs will adopt the same rules ; the intention being, if possi- 

 ble, to assist judges and exhibitors in giving the right names 

 to fruits. As an illustration, the new white grape just intro- 

 duced to the public by Mr. Moore, called the " Francis B. 

 Hayes," is under that rule, styled the "Hayes Grape ;" the 

 synonym, "Francis B. Hayes ;" the intent being to shorten 

 names where too long. I think if any one in this room has 

 ever been called to the unpleasant duty of a judge at a flower 

 or fruit exhibition, he will appreciate the need of some such 

 regulations. Take, for instance, some of our apples which 

 have forty, fifty, and sixty names, and some of them purely 

 local. The intent of the rules with regard to exhibitions is 

 three-fold. First, to have the fruit exhibited under the right 

 name ; secondly, to educate the exhibitor in the right name ; 

 and thirdly, that persons wishiug to use the name may know 

 that the name is rightly placed upon the fruit. 



With these few remarks, I will leave the matter to the 

 Convention. I hope that Mr. Augur, the Secretary of the 

 Board, and other gentlemen here, will give their views con- 

 cerning the matter. 



Mr. Wetherell. Being a member of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, as well as of the American Pomologi- 

 cal Society, I was conversing with Col. Wilder on this subject 

 only a few days ago. He said he hoped it would come up at 

 this Convention, and hoped that action would be taken 

 thereon. I will simply add to what has been said, that on the 

 first Monday of December, the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society adopted these rules. I understand that the Michigan 

 Pomological Society has done the same, and I think Col. 

 Wilder told me of several other societies that had also adopted 

 them. The movement seems to be one in the right direction, 



