1898 Various spraying rigs 



FOB POMOLOGTCAL NOMK 



Form of Na,nes. 

 variety of fruit shall cons: 



listinctiveness and con- 

 nee. Pitmaston Green 

 nre neither simple nor 

 rop, Golden Beauty and 

 varieties of plums, are 



:ts seedling, hybrid, pip- 



written Mcintosh Red, Crawford Early 

 The name of no living horticulturist 

 a variety without his ( 



id) Numbers a 

 dients. to 

 (e) An 



:sidered only 'i^ ttmpuriir; 

 variety is under trial, 

 a new variety should u 

 ir, or by the introducer, < 

 iscoverable local name, provid- 



should 



I to these rules without loss 

 of identity. 



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

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



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

 Summer Quoon, <'nxp, or Sophie (J. W. Kerr, Cat.. 1894) ; or 

 America. Burl.:nik. Xrw Creations, 1898. p. 5. 



(6) It i- . \piri,.,| ili;ii ^urh citations of names will be used 

 only in «'l,iii'ir;it.' wrnks i>n pomology, in scientitlc publica- 

 tions, or in i'D^.'^ u here iliey are necessary for clear diserimi- 



ity. 



3. No two varietii 



subsequently published 



(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. 



PHbliration. 

 4. Publication consists in the public distribution of a printed 

 lame and description, the latter giving distinguishing char- 

 icters of fruit, tree, etc., or in the publication of a new name 

 or a variety properly described elsewhere. 



(a) .Sui li :t i,iiMti;iTi,,ii iii;i>- l>r i]i:ide in any book, bulletin, 



report, tv, !■ .:i',:.,_- r i.<ii<>,iir;il, providing the issue 



bears tli'' ^l !;■ "i '^ - |,ii Imi.:ii i,,n, mni is generally distributed 

 amoui,' li',: •■ ! \ i!ii u. ! I ill ^'n,\\ri-., and horticulturists. 



There are relatively few special technical terms used 

 in the descriptions of pomological fruits. The greater 

 part of them pertain to the pome fruits. The diagrams 

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

 Spherical, nearly or quite globular, the two diameters 

 being approximately equal; cnnical, longitudinal diame- 

 ter equaling or exceeding the transverse diameter, and 

 the shoulders or apex somewhat narrowed ; orate, broad- 

 conical, the base more rounded; oblong, longitudinal 

 diameter distinctly the longer, but the fruit not tapering; 

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

 shown the typical form of the pear, a shape known as 

 pyriform. In the true Japanese or Sand pears, the 

 fruit is usually apple-form. (Fig. 1680.) In Fig. 1901 are 

 shown special parts of the fruit: bashi, the depression 

 at the apex, in which is the calyx or eye; cavity, the 

 depression at the base, in which is the stem or stalk; 



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 

 Craig, illustrate the points that a good description should 



form . . 

 cavity. 



TREE 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Specimens received from Described by Date 



CHERRY .' Grojip . 



cavity., 

 basin. . . 

 flesli... 





TREE 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Specimens received fro7n Described by.. 



APPLE 



The sources of American pomology— of the species 

 and races of fruits that we cultivate— are chiefly four: 

 (1) Original or early importations of western Asian and 

 European fruits; (2) oriental types, from the China- 

 Japanese region; (31 the introduction in recent years of 

 fruits from the Russian region ; (4) the development 



