86 PROCEEDINGS. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, October 30, 1847. 

 President, Marshall P. Wilder, in the Chair. 



The Committee on Fruits submitted the following Rules of Pomology, for the adoption 

 of the Society : — 



THE RULES OF AMERICAN POMOLOGY. 



1. No new Seedling Fruit shall be entitled to a name, or to pomological recommendation, 

 which is not at least equal to any similar varieties of the first rank already known ; or 

 which, if orrty of second rate flavor, is so decidedly superior in vigor, hardiness, or 

 productiveness, to varieties of the same character already known, as to render it well 

 worthy of cultivation. 



2. The originator, first grower, or he who first makes known a new Native variety of 

 merit, shall be entitled to suggest a name for such variety, which name, if a suitable one, 

 (i. e. coming within the rules of nomenclature,) shall be adopted by the writer describing 

 the fruit for the first time. But if the name proposed is inappropriate, or does not come 

 within the rules, then the describer shall be at liberty to give a name. 



3. No new Native Fruit shall be considered as named until the same has been accurately 

 described, in pomological terms, by some competent person conversant with- existing 

 varieties; some Pomologist of reputation, or the Standing Fruit Committee of some 

 established Horticultural Society. 



4. The description shall embrace the following particulars: — The size, form, and 

 exterior color ; the texture and color of 4he flesh ; the flavor and time of ripening of 

 the fruit, with the addition, in Stone Fruits, of the size of the stone, adherence 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 staminate 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. 



5. The name of the new variety shall not be considered as established until the descrip- 

 tion shall have been published in at least one horticultural or one agricultural journal, or 

 some pomological work of large circulation and acknowledged standard character. 



6. In giving names to newly originated varieties, all haish, vulgar, or inelegant names 

 shall be avoided, such as " Sheepnose," " Hogpen," &c. 



7. No new names shall be given, which consist of more than two words, excepting only 

 when the originator's name is added. [Thus all unnecessarily long titles, such as " New 

 Large Black Bigarreau," " Beurre gris d'hiver nouveau," will be avoided.] 



8. Characteristic names, or those in some way descriptive of the qualities^ origin, or 

 habit of fruit or tree, shall be preferred. They may be either of intrinsic properties, as 

 '' Golden Sweeting," " Downer's Late," &c. ; or of local origin, as " Newtown Pippin," 

 *' Hudson Gage" ; of the season of ripening, as " Early Scarlet," " Frost Gage" ; of the 

 form and color, as "Golden Drop," " Blue Pearmain" ; or which commemorate a particular 

 era, place, or person, as " Tippecanoe," ''La Grange," '' Baldwin," or any other titles 

 which may be significantly applied. 



9. Before giving a name to a new fruit, its qualhies should be decided by at least two 

 seasons' experience ; and no new fruit can be safely recommended for general cultivation, 

 until the same has been tested and found valuable in more than one locality. 



10. When two persons have named or described a new native fruit, then the name and 

 description first published, if according to the rules herein indicated, shall have the priority. 



11. No person introducing jiew fruits from abroad, shall be allowed to rechristen the 



