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Rules of Nomenclature, continued. 



or wholly change the same, when they shall occur in its dis- 

 cussions 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 prefer- 

 ence. 



2. RULES FOR NAMING KITCHEN GARDEN VEGETABLES, 



As adopted by the committee on nomenclature of the Associa- 

 tion of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 

 tions : 



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 in- 

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



6. The originator has the prior right to name the variety ; 



