42 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



tkis on we shall 'take 'the Cornell code as a basis of our dis- 

 exission. 



Form of ISTames. — In addition to the statements under this 

 head in the Cornell Code, there are several minor considerations 

 of importance. Chief of these is that so far as possible a name 

 should be significant and appropriate. It is often well to desig- 

 nate the particular variation which gave rise to the va^riety, as ; 

 Eed Eusset, Limber Twig, Early Harvest, Winter Nelis, Pur- 

 ple Cane, etc. Again a name may often give clue to the place of 

 origin, as ; the Concord grape, the Kalamazoo peach, the Ontario 

 apple. Or it may commemorate the name of the originator or 

 introducer, as ; the Burbank plum, Logan berry, Bartlett pear. 

 It is true that a name is only a label and that it need not have 

 significance but how much better are the above significant 

 jiames than the meaningless terms Eldorado for a blackberry or 

 World's Fair for a strawberry. It must be remarked, however, 

 that meaningless names are seldom misleading and if euphoni- 

 ous and not too long;, their use should be permissible and is 

 sometimes desirable. 



Another quality of a good name is, and this is mentioned in 

 the code, that it be distinctive and give individuality to a 

 ' variety. No person can ever convey to another a distinct idea 

 of a variety if he uses a name that is not absolutely distinctive. 

 A lack of this quality in a name permits of fraudulent practices 

 by nurserymen, and is a source of great inconvenience to the 

 fruit grower. 



The use of numbers to indicate a variety shoiild be permissible 

 only by the plant originator, nurseryman and the experimenter 

 in testing varieties. For this purpose nunibers are a great con- 

 venience and almost indispensable biit for the public they are 

 not sufiiciently distinctive and lead to confusion. 



