7^ Missou7'i State Horticultural Society. 



free from the seeds, similar to the process of the modification of 

 the bananas, freeing them from the seed. 



In the discussion which followed the difficulties and objections 

 to cross-fertilization were cited, but it was generally agreed that it 

 w'ould prove advantageous to the grower, and all the real facts 

 developed from experiments of cross-fertilization with the various 

 sorts should be presented and diffused among fruit growers 

 generally. 



NOMENCLATURE. 



The committee on '' JSTomenclature," consisting of Messrs. Syl- 

 vester Johnson, T. J. Burrill, L. B. Pierce, J. H. Hale and J. H. 



Masters, announced a readiness to report and submitted the follow- 

 ing report : 



Your committee on nomenclature beg leave to report that we 

 indorse the recommendation made by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 president of the American Pomological Society, as well as those of 

 our President Earle, looking to a simplification and uniformity of 

 the names of the fruits of America, and recommend the following 

 rules to-w it : 



First — Every fruit should have one, and but one, authorized 

 name. 



Second — If tenable, this name should be the earliest one pub- 

 lished, as hereinafter provided. 



Third — Each luime should consist of one word, and for all new 

 American fruits such words should be readily pronounceable in the 

 English language. 



Fourth — No name should be considered authorized until pub- 

 lished 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. 



Fifth — In case of doubt as to tenability, priority or authority of 

 publication, appropriateness as a good English word, special action 

 by the above named societies, or by a state horticultural society, 

 should be considered valid and final. 



Sixth — No variety of fruit shall be named by a society which 

 is not esteemed practically valuable and worthy of cultivation. 



This report to be considered as a recommendation to the 

 American Pomological Society. 



This concluded the morning session, and an adjournment was 

 taken until two o'clock. 



