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Red becomes Mclntosh, dropping the adject- 

 ive out of the name for simplicity's sake, and 

 because that is properly a part of the descrip- 

 tion. The same apple is also oblate, white- 

 fleshed, and aromatic ; but it would be folly 

 to put all this into the name and call it 

 Mclntosh's Red Oblate White-fleshed Aro- 

 matic apple. In the case of Crawford Early, 

 mentioned also in the rules, the adjective 

 " early " has to be retained to distinguish this 

 peach from another variety, Crawford Late. 

 The only alternative would be to give an 

 entirely new name to one of these two va- 

 rieties. 



Numbers ought always to be used for varie- 

 ties under test in the hands of the originator 

 or of his immediate friends. As soon as 

 they are sent out to the public, though, they 

 ought to be given names. The Bubach 

 strawberry was grown commercially in large 

 quantities for years before it shed the " No. 

 5 " which the originator had given it to dis- 

 tinguish it from his other seedlings. The 

 late Mr. E. S. Rogers, of Salem, Mass., has 

 furnished another case in point. He orig- 

 inated many fine varieties. of grapes, all of 

 which were sent out under numbers, and all 



