THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 27 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



This volume of the report on THE APPLES OF NEW YORK treats 

 of varieties which are in season with Tompkins King and Hub- 

 bardston and all which ripen later. A subsequent volume is planned 

 in which those varieties which come in season earlier than Tompkins 

 King- and Hubbardston are to be considered. 



Those portions of the descriptive text which are supposed to be 

 of most general or popular interest appear in long primer type, 

 while that which is of less interest to the ordinary reader is given 



in brevier. 



NAMES AND REFERENCES. 



In the following descriptions, that name which the present 

 writer accepts as the correct one is given first. In this matter 

 the decision of the American Pomological Society and its 

 rules of nomenclature are, with rare exceptions, accepted as 

 authoritative. 1 



ir The revised code of pomological nomenclature adopted by the American Pomological 

 Society is here given in full. See Proc. Am. Pom. Soc., 1903: 40. 



PRIORITY. 



RULE i. No two varieties of the same kind of fruit shall bear the same name. The name 

 first published for a variety shall be the accepted and recognized name, except in cases 

 where it has been applied in violation of this code. 



A. The term "kind" as herein used shall be understood to apply to those general classes 

 of fruits that are grouped together in common usage without regard to their exact botanical 

 relationship; as, apple, cherry, grape, peach, plum, raspberry, etc. 



B. The paramount right of the originator, discoverer, or introducer of a new variety to 

 name it, within the limitations of this code, is recognized and emphasized. 



C. Where a variety name through long usage has become thoroughly established in 

 American pomological literature for two or more varieties, it should not be displaced or 

 radically modified for either sort, except in cases where a well-known synonym call be 

 advanced to the position of leading name. The several varieties bearing identical names 

 should be distinguished by adding the name of the author who first described each sort, or 

 by adding some other suitable distinguishing term that will insure their identity in cata- 

 logues or discussions. 



D. Existing American names of varieties which conflict with earlier published foreign 

 names of the same, or other varieties, but which have become thoroughly established 

 through long usage shall not be displaced. 



FORM OF NAMES. 



RULE 2. The name of a variety of fruit shall consist of a single word. 



A. No variety shall be named unless distinctly superior to existing varieties in some 

 important characteristic nor until it has been determined to perpetuate it by bud propagation. 



B. In selecting names for varieties the following points should be emphasized: distinc*,- 

 iveness, simplicity, ease of pronunciation and spelling, indication of origin or parentage. 



C. The spelling and pronunciation of a varietal name derived from a personal or geo- 

 graphical name should be governed by the rules that control the spelling and the pronuncia- 

 tion of the name from which it was derived. 



D. A variety imported from a foreign country should retain its foreign name subject 



