With respect to Rule 1, it may be said that this matter has usually 

 adjusted itself. If the originator does not introduce his own variety, 

 he commonly disposes of his right to name it when he turns his new 

 apple or strawberry over to another man to introduce. The privilege 

 of naming a new variety or at least the division of that privilege 

 between the originator and the introducer is commonly considered 

 a property right, and is bought and sold like any other property, 

 without reference to rules of nomenclature. What ought to be chiefly 

 noted in the application of this rule is that both originator and intro- 

 ducer may lose their right to the bestowal of a name, if that right is 

 not promptly and properly occupied. If a variety should be distribu- 

 ted without a name, such a one might be named by any pomologist 

 who should have occasion to publish or advertise the variety ; and a 

 name so given would hold against any subsequent action of originator 

 or introducer, if it conformed to the other rules of nomenclature. Or 

 if the originator or introducer should give a name contrary to any of 

 the other rules, such an incorrect name could be revised or changed 

 either by the American Pomological Society, as provided in Rule 2, 

 or by any author making formal publication w r ith reference to the 

 variety in question. 



Rule 2 appears to be rather indefinite, but it is a wise one, and 

 one for which a large and unfortunate necessity exists. Those who 

 have had any experience in working over fruit lists, either for 

 nursery catalogues, bulletin publication, or for any other purpose, 

 have been deeply impressed with the long, awkward, bungling, inapt, 

 meaningless names which in some way have to be managed. It is quite 

 customary tor nurserymen, in their catalogues, to revise such names 

 to suit themselves, and as different nurserymen hit upon different 

 adaptations, this introduces a good deal of confusion. The right to 

 make such revisions cannot be questioned ; but for the sake of 

 uniformity, we must endeavor to follow some authority or some 

 agreed system in the changes which we make. 



