CHAPTER XVII. 



RULES ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL ASSOCIA- 

 TION FOR NAMING AND DESCRIBING FRUITS. 



Rule i. 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 j. The name of a fruit should preferably express, as 

 far as practicable by a single word, a characteristic 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 

 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 qual- 

 ity or combination of qualities in a higher degree than any 

 previously 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. 



A rule governing the revision of names was authorized by 

 the society at its meeting in Washington in September, 1891, 

 as follows: 



