28 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EULES FOE NAMING FEUIT. 



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, in- 

 appropriate 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 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 previ- 

 ously 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. 



