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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 preliminary test. 



I. In applying the various provisions of this rule to an existing varietal name which 

 has through long usage become firmly embedded in American pomological literature, 

 no change shall be made which will involve loss of identity. 



Rule 3. In the full and formal citation of a variety name, the name 

 of the author who first published it shall be given. 



PUBLICATION. 



Rule 4. 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 

 which is properly described elsewhere; such publications to be made 

 in any book, bulletin, report, trade catalogue, or periodical, providing 

 the issue bears the date of its publication and is generally distributed 

 among nurserymen, fruit growers, and horticulturists; or (3) in cer- 

 tain cases the general recognition 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 or more names have been 

 given in the same publication, that which stands first shall have precedence. 



REVISION. 



Rule 5. No properly published variety name shall be changed for 

 any reason except conflict with this code, nor shall another variety be 

 substituted for that originally described thereunder. 



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