adopted by the Mass. Hort. Soc, loith Remarks. 101 



they have the right to do so ; and, being first published, it 

 also becomes the name. Is it supposed that those who origi- 

 nate new and fine fruits have so little pride, that they will 

 consent to this ? Certainly not ; and thus commences the 

 accumulation of synonymes. 



III. No new native fruit shall be considered as named until the same has 

 been accurately described, in pomological terras, by some competent person 

 conversant with existing varieties, some pomologist of reputation, or the 

 standing fruit committee of some established horticultural society. 



This is entirely superfluous ; to say that no fruit can be 

 considered as named until described by some "competent" 

 person, or by the committee of some horticultural society, is 

 equally as absurd as the preceding: there might be some 

 doubt as to who are " competent persons" or " pomologists of 

 reputation." It is enough that the name of a fruit is even 

 published with the most brief account oi \i, to establish its 

 name. 



IV. The description shall embrace the following particulars : 1st. The 

 form and exterior color, the texture and color of the flesh, and the flavor of 

 the fruit, with the addition, in stone fruits, of the size of the stone, adher- 

 ence or non-adherence of the flesh, form of the suture, and the hollow at the 

 stem ; and, in kernel fruits, of the size of the core and seeds, the length, 

 position and insertion of the stalk, and form of the eye. In peaches, the 

 form of the leaf-glands and size of blossoms ; in grapes, the form of the 

 bunches ; and, in strawberries, the character of the blossoms, whether stam- 

 inate or pistillate ; and also, where there is any marked character in the 

 foliage, growth of the young wood, or bearing tree, the same shall be given. 



There is no objection to this. 



V. The name of the new variety shall not be considered as established 

 until the description shall have been published in at least one horticultural 

 or one agricultural journal, having the largest circulation in the country, or 

 some pomological work of large circulation and acknowledged standard 

 character. 



By Rule No. III., we have seen that no fruit could be named 

 unless described by some "competent person" &c. ; and now 

 we learn that the name shall not be considered as established 

 unless published in a journal of the largest circulation 

 in the country, &c. ! Truly this is the climax of absurdity. 

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