POMOLOGY 



POMOLOGY 



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1. The names of a variety of fruit shall consist of one word, 



W laTln seSnTnames, simplicity, distinctiveness and con- 

 venience are of paramount importance. Pitmaston Green 

 Gage and Louise Bonne de Jersey are neither simple nor 

 convenient. Gold, Golden, Golden Drop, Golden Beauty and 

 Golden Prune, all given to different varieties of plums, are 



1898. Various spraying rigs. 



1. A tall platform rig, -to enable one to spray very hieh trees. 2. A simple barrel outfit for small orchards and 

 small trees. 3. Compressed air outfit. 4. A low rig, with barrel. 



PROPOSED CODE FOR POMOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE. suture, or the groove on the side of plums and other 



fruits; corrugated or furrowed sides. 



If descriptions are to be accurate and comparable, 

 they should characterize all the leading or designative 

 attributes of the fruit, and to a less extent of the plant 

 as a whole. Many persons who are called on to describe 

 varieties have adopted "forms "or regular outlines, in 

 order that all characterizations in any one fruit shall be 

 comparable. The following forms, adopted by Professor 



(b) The use of such general terms as seedling, hybrid, pip- Craig, illustrate the points that a good description should 

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



(c) Nouns must not be used in the possessive form. Me- 



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



written Mclntosh Red, Crawford Early and Bubach. form ^ ze 



The name of no living horticulturist should be applied to 

 a variety without his consent. cavity stem 



(d) Numbers are to be considered only as temporary expe- 

 dients, to be used while the variety is under trial. suture apex 



(e) An author publishing a new variety should use the s j c ^ n color 

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



should choose the oldest discoverable local name, provid- flesh juice 



ing such name may be conformed to these rules without loss 



of identity. 8tone quality 



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



name of the author who first published it shall also be given. 



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



Summer Queen, Coxe, or Sophie (J. W. Kerr, Cat., 1894); or GENERAL NOTES 



America, Burbank. New Creations, 1898, p. 5. 



(b) It is expected that such citations of names will be used 



only in elaborate works on pomology, in scientific publica- 

 tions, or in cases where they are necessary for clear discrimi . 



nation of synonyms. 



Priority. 



3. No two varieties in the same group shall have the same 



name. ;uid the name first published for a variety must always Specimens received from Describedby Date 



be used to designate it. All names subsequently published 



must stand as synonyms. CHERRY Cfroup. 



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

 nate the large general groups specified by words in common 

 language, such as raspberry, plum, apricot. \arne 



Publication. 8ize ...form... 



4. Pxiblication consists in the public distribution of a printed 7 



name and description, the latter giving distinguishing char- or skin 



acters of fruit, tree, etc., or in the publication of a new name cavity stem 



for a variety properly described elsewhere. 



(a) Such a publication may be made in any book, bulletin, basin calyx 



report, trade catalogue or periodical, providing the issue 



bears the date of its publication, and is generally distributed fle8tl quality 



among nurserymen, fruit-growers and horticulturists. texture core 



Revision. seed... 



5. No one is authorized to change a name for any reason ex- 

 cept when it conflicts with these rules. 



TREE 



There are relatively few special technical terms used GENERA I 

 in the descriptions of pomological fruits. The greater 



part of them pertain to the pome fruits. The diagrams 



(Pigs. 1899, 1901) illustrate some of these terms: 

 Spherical, 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; ovate, broad- 

 conical, the base more rounded; oblong, longitudinal 



diameter distinctly the longer, but the fruit not tapering; APPLE 



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



shown the typical form of the pear, a shape known as The sources of American pomology of the species 



pyriform. In the true Japanese or Sand pears, the and races of fruits that we cultivate are chiefly four: 



fruit is usually apple-form. (Fig. 1680. ) In Fig. 1901 are (1) Original or early importations of western Asian and 



shown special parts of the fruit: basin, the depression European fruits; (2) oriental types, from the China- 



at the apex, in which is the calyx or eye; cavity, the Japanese region; (3) the introduction in recent years of 



depression at the base, in which is the stem or stalk; fruits from the Russian region ; (4) the development 



