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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 priv- 

 ilege 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 the right to the bestowal of a 

 name, if that right is not promptly and prop- 

 erly occupied. If a variety should be dis- 

 tributed 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 nomen- 

 clature. 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, 



