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as is necessary to conform to this code or to render it in- 

 telligible in English. 



(e) The name of a person should not be applied to a 

 variety during his life without his expressed consent. The 

 name of a deceased horticulturist should not be so applied 

 except through formal action by some competent horti- 

 cultural body, preferably that with which he was most 

 closely connected. 



(f) The use of such general terms as seedling, hybrid, 

 pippin, pearmain, beurre, rare-ripe, damson, etc., is not ad- 

 missable. 



(g) The use of a possessive noun as a name is not ad- 

 missable. 



(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 a preliminary test. 



(i) In applying the provisions of this rule to an existing 

 varietal name, that has, through long usage, become firmly 

 imbedded in American pomological literature, no change 

 shall be made which will involve loss of identity. 



Rule ITI. In the full and formal citation of a variety 

 name, the name of the author who first published it shall 

 be given. 



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Rule IV. Publication consists (1) 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 publication to be made in any 

 book, bulletin, report, trade catalogue or periodical, pro- 

 viding 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 recog- 

 nition of a name for a propagated variety in a community 

 for a number of years shall constitute publication of that 

 name. 



(a) In determining the name of a variety to which two 



