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iititle keadway .can be msde an .-the Gomparai-ive study of fruits 

 with sucii a burdensome <and confusing nomenclature. 



Ameeicaw Pomological Society Euxes. — The only rules 

 in the United States at the present "time bearing the semblance 

 of authority are those of the American Pomological Society. 

 These are far from satisfactory, and yet, were they generally 

 enforced, our nomenclature would be in far better condition 

 than it now is. The following are the rules : — 



EULES OF THE AMEEICAIT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETT. 



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

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



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 names for general 

 .adoption. 



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

 as practicable by a -single word, the characteristics 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. 



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 preference. 



'CoENELL Code of Rules. — A few years ago a horticulturists' 

 elub at Cornell University worked over all existing rules, added 

 to them and formulated a code far more complete than any we 

 have yet bad. These, without doubt, will at some future time. 



