XI 



THE LAZY CLUB CODE 



VARIOUS attempts have been made in this 

 country and in Europe to formulate a satis- 

 factory set of working rules for pomological 

 nomenclature. It would be interesting to 

 trace the history of these efforts, but it is not 

 essential. Instead of doing that, we shall ex- 

 amine, first, the so-called " Lazy Club Code for 

 Pomological Nomenclature," and shall then 

 take up briefly the rules of the American 

 Pomological Society. 



In introducing this Lazy Club code it is 

 necessary to say that it has no official endorse- 

 ment and no special public recognition. Never- 

 theless, it has been very widely discussed by 

 American pomologists, who have in general 

 expressed themselves favorably toward it. It 

 doubtless gives the best pomological expres- 

 sion to the fundamental principles on which a 

 scientific nomenclature is founded of any set 

 of rules current in America, and it probably 

 comes nearer covering the actual practice of 



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