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wholly change the same when they shall occur in its discussions 

 or reports ; and also to recommend such names for general 

 adoption. 



3. The names of fruit should, preferably, express as far as 

 practicable by a single word, the characteristics of the variety, 

 the name of the originator, or the place of its origin. Under no 

 ordinary circumstances should more than a single word be em- 

 ployed. 



4. Should the question of priority arise between different 

 names for the same variety of fruit, other circumstances being 

 equal the name first publicly bestowed will be given preference. 



2. RULES FOR NAMING KITCHEN-GARDEN VEGETABLES, ADOPTED 

 BY THE COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE OF THE ASSOCIATION 

 OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT 

 STATIONS (1889). 



1. The name of a variety shall consist of a single word, or at 

 most of two words. A phrase, descriptive or otherwise, is 

 never allowable ; as, Pride of Italy, King of Mammoths, Earliest 

 of All. 



2. The name should not be superlative or bombastic. In 

 particular, such epithets as New, Large, Giant, Fine, Selected, 

 Improved, and the like, should be omitted. If the grower or 

 dealer has a superior stock of a variety, the fact should be stated 

 in the description immediately after the name, rather than as 

 a part of the name itself ; as, " Trophy, selected stock." 



3. If a grower or dealer has secured a new select strain of a 

 well-known variety, it shall be legitimate for him to use his 

 own name in connection with the established name of the 

 variety ; as, Smith's Winnigstadt, Jones's Cardinal. 



4. When personal names are given to varieties, titles should 

 be omitted ; as, Major, General, etc. 



5. The term ' ' hybrid ' ' should not be used except in those rare 

 instances in which the variety is known to be of hybrid origin. 



6. The originator has the prior right to name the variety, but 

 the oldest name which conforms to these rules should be adopted. 



