RULES FOR NAMING FRUITS. 23 
RULES FOR NAMING FRUITS. 
RuueE 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 in- 
appropriate, or otherwise objectionable names, to shorten, mod- 
ify, or wholly change the same, when they shall occur in its dis- 
cussions or reports; and also to recommend ‘such changes for | 
general adoption. 
RuLE 8. 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 dif- 
ferent names for the same variety of fruit, other circumstances 
being equal, the name first publicly bestowed will be given the 
precedence. 
RULE 5. To entitle a new fruit to the award or commenda- 
tion of the 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 pre- 
viously known variety of its class and season. 
RuLE 6. A variety of fruit, having been once exhibited, ex- 
amined 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. 
Suggestion:—That Rule 6 shall not be construed to mean that a new 
seedling variety, having been exhibited, examined and reported upon, 
shall not be eligible to compete for any special prize offered by this society 
that requires two or more exhibitions before the final award is made. 
