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Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



PLUMS— p. ANGUSTIFOLIA. 



P. CERASIFERA.^ 



1 Includes supposed hybrids. 



THE SOCIETY'S RULES FOR EXHIBITINCx AND NAMING FRUITS. 



The rules of the American Pomological Society for exhibiting and nam- 

 ing fruits are as follows: 



SECTION I. 



NAMING AND DESCRIBING NEW FRUITS. 



Rule 1. — The originator or introducer (in the order named) has the 

 prior right to bestow a name upon a new or unnamed fruit. 



Rule 2. — The society reserves the right, in case of long, inappropriate, or 

 otherwise objectionable names to shorten, modify, or wholly change the 

 same, when they shall occur in its discussions or reports; and also to 

 recommend such changes for general adoption. 



Rule 3. — The name of a fruit should preferably express, as far as prac- 

 ticable by a single word, a characteristic of the variety, the name of the 

 originator, or the place of its origin. Under no ordinal^ circumstances 

 should more than a single word be employed. 



Rule 4. — Should the question of priority arise between different names 

 for the same variety of fruit, other circumstances being equal, the name 

 first publicly bestowed will be given precedence. 



Rule 5. — To entitle a new fruit to the award or commendation of the 

 society it must possess (at least for the locality for which it is recom- 

 mended) some valuable or desirable quality, or combination of qualities, 

 in a higher degree than any previously known variety of its class and 

 season. 



Rule 6. — A variety of fruit having been once exhibited, examined, and 

 reported upon as a new fruit by a committee of the society will not there- 

 after be recognized as such, so far as subsequent reports are concerned. 



SECTION II. 



COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS OF FRUITS. 



Rule 1. — A plate of fruit must contain six specimens, no more, no less, 

 except in the case of single varieties not included in collections. 



