108 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



The use of such general terms as seedling, hybrid, 

 pippin, buerre, damson, etc., is not admissible. 



Nouns must not be used in the possessive form. Mc- 

 Intosh's Red, Crawford's Early, Bubach's No. 5 must be 

 written Mclntosh, Crawford Early, and Bubach. 



Numbers are to be considered as temporary expedients 

 to be used while the variety is under trial. 



The name of no living horticulturist should be applied 

 to a variety without his full consent; and the name of no 

 deceased horticulturist should be used without the general 

 agreement of living horticulturists. 



An author publishing a new variety should use the name 

 given by the originator, or by the introducer, or else 

 should choose the oldest discoverable local name, pro- 

 viding such name may be conformed to these rules with- 

 out loss of identity. 



2. In the full and formal citation of a variety name, 

 the name of the author who first published it shall 

 also be given. 



Names would then take such forms as the following: 

 Summer Queen, Coxe ; or Henry (Jerolaman); or Sophie 

 (J. W. Kerr, Cat., 1894); or America, Burbank, New Crea- 

 tions, 1898, p. 5. 



It is expected that such citations of names will be used 

 only in elaborate works on pomology, in scientific publi- 

 cations, or in cases where they are necessary for clear 

 discrimination of synonyms. 



PRIORITY 



3. No two varieties in the same group shall have 

 the same name; and the name first published for a 

 variety must always be used to designate it. All 

 names subsequently published must stand as 

 synonyms. 



The term " group" as here used shall be held to desig- 



