POJIOLOGY 



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Proposed Code fob Pomolooical Nomenclatuee. 



Form of IVa,Hes. 

 . The nnmos of n variety of fruit shall consist of one word. 



(d) The use of such general terms as seedling, hybrid, pip- 

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



(c) Nnnns mn<:t not be used in the possessive form. Mc- 

 Intoslis Rp,l, (■r:iwt„rirs Karly, Bubach's No. 5, must be 



wtifi.ii \l. inio-li l;,,l rr:n\ toi-ci Early and Bnbach. 



I - ii"i li'-ulturist should be applied to 



pred only as temporary expe- 



should choose 



lay be conformed 1 



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

 ,ame of the author who tirst published it shall also he given, 

 (a) Names would then take such forms as the following: 

 SviTiim.r Qn..,.n.('„xe, or Sophie (J. W. Kerr, Cat., 1894): or 

 ..\m.-ri..;. Hiivl ■,-k Now Creations, 18D8, p. 5. 



1^' It I ' iM r.t that such citations of names will be used 

 ■ n vrks on pomology, in scientilic public.a- 



ii> i>'Te they are necessary for cleardiscrimi- 



Priority. 



;i '. ! > in the same group shall have the same 



aiiii hist published for a variety must always 



•■ H 4 ' It. All names subsequently published 



(a) The term "Kroup" as here used shall beheld to desig- 

 nate the Large general gronps specified by words in common 

 language, such as raspberry, plum, apricot. 



fruits; 

 If de 



thev sh 



fjroov 



side of plums and other 

 ■ni,i„l,il or fiirro,,;,! sides, 

 ■iptioiis are to be accurate and comparable, 

 Id <'haracterize all the leading: or designative 

 "I tlic fruit, and to a less extent of the plant 

 ^lally persons who are called on to describe 

 ■ adopted "forms"or regular outlines, in 

 :(ii characterizations in any one fruit shall be 

 f. The following forms, adopted by Professor 

 itrate the points that a good description should 





flesh . 



TREE 



GENERAL NOTES. 



.quality. 



Specimens received from Described by Date 



CBERRY Qroup. 



' M :iny book, bulletin, 

 rail'- .Mialo:,'!!.- ..r iMti..,tir-aI, jjroviding the issue 

 \ date of its publication, and is generally distributed 

 urserymen, fi-uit-growers and horticulturists. 



There are relatively few special technical terms used 

 in the descriptions of pomological fruits. The greater 

 part of them pertain to the pome fruits. The diagrams 

 (Figs. 18'.I9, 1901) illustrate some of these terms: 

 SjilKriciil, nearly or quite globular, the two diameters 

 being approximately equal; conical, longitudinal diame- 

 ter equaling or exceeding the transverse diameter, and 

 the shoulders or apex somewhat narrowed ; Ofiite, broad- 

 conical, the base more rounded; oblonq, longitudinal 

 diameterdistinctly the longer, but the fruit not tapering; 

 oblate, distinctly flattened on the ends. In Pig. 1900 is 

 shown the typical form of the pear, a shape known as 

 pijriform. In the true Japanese or Sand pears, the 

 fruit is usually apple-torm. (Fig. 1680.) In Fig. 1901 ore 

 shown special parts of the fruit: bu.tin, the depression 

 at the apex, in which is the ci/^i/x or eye; cavity, the 

 depression at the base, in which is the stem or stalk; 



flesh . . 



TREE 



GENERAL NOTES.. 



Specimens received from Described by Date. 



APPLE 



Tlie sources of American pomology — of the species 

 and races of fruits that we cultivate — are chiefly four: 

 ( 1 ) Original or early importations of western Asian and 

 European fruits; (2) oriental types, from the China- 

 Japanese region: (S) the introduction in recent years of 

 fruits from the Russian region ; (4) the development 



