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which they may be dispensed at the pleasure of the exhibitor, who will not how- 

 ever, be permitted to sell and deliver articles therein, nor to call attention to 

 them in a boisterous or disorderly manner. 



SECTION III. 



COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Mule 1. — It shall be the duty of the president, at the first session of the So- 

 ciety, on the first day of an exhibition of fruits, to appoint a committee of five 

 expert pomologists, whose duty it shall be to supervise the nomenclature of the 

 fruits on exhibition, and in case of error to correct the same. 



Rule 2. — In making the necessary corrections, they shall, for the convenience 

 of examining and awardmg committees, do the same at as early a period as practi- 

 cable, and in making such corrections they shall use cards readily distinguisha- 

 ble from those used as labels by exhibitors, appending a mark of doubtfulness in 

 case of uncertainty. 



SECTION IV. 



EXAMINING AND AWARDING COMMITTEES. 



Rule 1. — In estimating the comparative values of collections of fruits, com- 

 mittees are instructed to base such estimates strictly upon the varieties in such 

 collections which shall have been correctly named by the exhibitor, prior to 

 action thereon by the committee on nomenclature. 



Rule 2. — In instituting such comparison of values committees are instructed 

 to consider:— 1st, the values of the varieties for the purposes to which they may 

 be adapted ; 2d, the color, size, and evenness of the specimens ; 3d, their free- 

 dom from the marks of insects and other blemishes ; 4th, the apparent careful- 

 ness in handling, and the taste displayed in the arrangement of the exhibit. 



T. T Lyon, South Haven, Mich., 

 John A. Warder, North Bend, Ohio, 

 J. J. Thomas, Union Springs, N, Y., 

 C. M. HovEY, Cambridge, Mass., 

 P. J, Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 



Committee, 



EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WILDER's ADDRESS. 



In former addresses, I have spoken to you of the importance of 

 the establishment of short, plain, and proper rules, to govern the 

 nomenclature and description of our fruits, and of our duty in re- 

 gard to it ; and I desire once more to enforce these opinions on a 

 subject which I deem of imperative importance. Our society has 

 been foremost in the field of reform in this work, but there is much 

 yet to be done. We should have a system of rules consistent with 

 our science, regulated by common sense, and which shall avoid 



