THE STANDARD AMERICAN RULES FOR EXHIBITING 

 AND NAMING FRUITS. 



The rules of the American Pomological Society for exhibiting and 

 naming fruits are as follows: 



SECTION I. 



NAMING AND DESCRIBING NEW FRUITS. 



Rule 1. The originator or introducer (in the order named) has the 

 prior right to bestow a name upon a new or unnamed fruit. 



Rule 2. The society reserves the right, in case of long, inappro- 

 priate, or otherwise objectionable names, to shorten, modify, or 

 wholly change the same, when they shall occur in its discussions or 

 reports; and also to recommend such changes for general adoption. 



Rule 3. The name of a fruit should, preferably, express, as far 

 as practicable by a single word, a characteristic of the variety, the 

 name of the originator, or the place of its origin. Under no ordinary 

 circumstances should more than a single word be employed. 



Rule 4. Should the question of priority arise between different 

 names for the same variety of fruit, other circumstances being equal, 

 the name first publicly bestowed will be given precedence. 



Rule 5. To entitle a new fruit to the award or commendation of 

 the society, it must possess (at least for the locality for which it is 

 recommended) some valuable or desirable quality, or combination 

 of qualities, in a higher degree than any previously known variety 

 of its class and season. 



Rule 6. A variety of fruit having been once exhibited, examined, 

 and reported upon as a new fruit by a committee of the society, will 

 not thereafter be recognized as such, so far as subsequent reports are 

 concerned. 



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