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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 names of fruits should, preferably, express, as far as practicable by a 

 single word, the characteristics of the variety, the name of the originator, or the place 

 of its origin. Under no ordinary 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 preference. 



Rule 5. To entitle a new fruit to the award or commendation of tlie society it must 

 possess (at least for the locality for which it is recommended) 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, thereafter, 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. 



Rule 2. To insure examination by the proper committees all fruits must be cor- 

 rectly and distinctly labeled and placed upon the tables during the first day of the 

 exhibition. 



Rule 3. The duplication of varieties in a collection will not be permitted. 



Rule 4. In all cases of fruits intended to be examined and reported by committeeSj. 

 the name of the exhibitor, together with a complete list of the varieties exhibited by 

 him, must be delivered to the secretary of the society on or before the first day of the- 

 exhibition. 



Rule 5. The exhibitor will receive from the secretary an entry card, which must be 

 placed with the exhibit, when arranged for exhibition, for the guidance of com- 

 mittees. 



Rule 6. All articles placed upon the tables for exhibition must remain in charge of 

 the society till the close of the exhibition, to be removed sooner only upon express per- 

 mission of the person or persons in charge. 



Rule 7. Fruits or otlier articles intended for testing, or to be given away to 

 visitors, spectators, or others, will be assigned a separate hall, room or tent, in which 

 they may be dispensed at the pleasure of the exhibitor, who will not, however, be per- 

 mitted to sell and deliver articles therein, nor to call attention to them in a boisterous, 

 or disorderly manner. 



Section III. 



Committee on Nomenclature. 



Rule 1. — It shall be the duty of the president, at the first session of the society, on* 

 the first day of an exhibition of fruits, to appoint a committee of five expert pomolo- 



