i6 State Horticultural Society. 



emphasized: Distinctiveness, simplicity, ease of pronunciation and spell- 

 ing, indication of origin or parentage. 



C. The spelling and pronunciation of a varietal name derived from 

 a personal or geographical name should be governed by the rules which 

 control the spelling and pronunciation of the name from which it was 

 derived. 



D. A variety imported from a foreign country should retain its 

 foreign name, subject only to such modification as is necessary to con- 

 form it to this code or render it intelligible in English. 



E. The name of a person should not be applied to a variety dur- 

 ing his life without his express consent. The name of a deceased horti- 

 culturist should not be so applied except through formal action by some 

 competent horticultural body, preferably that with which he was most 

 closely connected. 



F. The use of such general terms as seedling, hybrid, pippin, pear- 

 main, buerre, rare-ripe, damson, etc., is not admissible. 



G. The use of a possessive noun as a name is not admissible. 



H. The use of a number, either singly or attached to a word, 

 should be considered only as a temporary expedient while the variety is 

 undergoing preliminary test. 



I. In applying the various provisions of this rule to an existing 

 varietal name which has through long usage become firmly imjbedded in 

 American . pomological literature, no change shall be made which will 

 involve loss of indentity. 



RULE 3 In the full and formal citation of a variety name, the 

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



RULE 4 Publication consists ( I ) in the distribution of a printed 

 description of the variety named, giving the distinguishing characters of 

 fruit, tree, etc., or (2) in the publication of a new name for a variety 

 that is properly described elsewhere ; such publications to be made in any 

 book, bulletin, report, trade catalogue or periodical, providing the issue 

 bears the date of its publication and is generally distributed among 

 nurserymen, fruit growers and horticulturists; or (3) in certain cases, 

 the general recognition 'O>f a name for a propagated variety in a com- 

 munity for a number of years shall constitute publication of that name. 



A. In determining the name of a variety to "which two .or more 

 names have been given in the same publication, that which stands first 

 shall have precedence. 



RULE 5 Revision. No properly published variety name shall be 

 changed for any reason except conflict with this code, nor shall another 

 variety be substituted for that originally described thereunder. 



