CLASSIFICATION OF AMERICAN WHEAT YAEIETIES. 19 
CODE OF NOMENCLATURE. 
1. Eligibility to Naming. — No variety shall be named unless (a) distinctly 
different from existing varieties in one or more recognizable char- 
acters, or (b) distinctly superior to them in some character or quali- 
ties, and (c) unless it is to be placed in commercial culture. 
2. Peioeity. — ^No two varieties of the same crop plant shall bear the same 
name. The name published (see par, 4) for a variety shall be the 
accepted and recognized name except in cases where it has been ap- 
plied in violation of this code. 
A. The term " crop plant," as used herein, shall be understood to mean those 
general classes of crops which are grouped together in common usage 
without regard to their exact botanical relationship, as corn, wheat, 
sorghum, cotton, potato, etc. 
B. The paramount right of the originator, discoverer, or introducer of a 
new variety to name it, within the limitations of this code, shall be 
recognized, 
C. Where the same varietal name has become thoroughly established for 
two or more varieties, through long usage in agronomic literature, 
it should not be displaced or radically modified for either one, except 
where a well-known synonym can be substituted. Otherwise the varie- 
ties bearing the same name should be distinguished by adding some 
suitable term which will insure their identity, 
D. Where several well-established names are used for the same variety the 
list of synonyms shall be submitted to some committee of the Ameri- 
can Society of Agronomy. This committee shall choose the name 
which it deems most suitable, observing the established Code of 
Nomenclature. 
E. Existing American varietal names which conflict with earlier published 
foreign names for the same or different varieties but which have been 
thoroughly established through long usage shall not be displaced unless 
long-used and available synonyms exist. 
F. It is recognized that certain strains of varieties may occur which do 
not differ from a standard variety in recognizable characters, but may 
differ in yield, adaptation, or quality and are entitled to recognition 
by a distinct name. Such strain shall be given a new name, but the 
name of the type variety in parentheses should follow. 
3. FoEM OF Names, — The name of a variety shall consist of a single word, 
except where it conflicts with rule 2, C or E, 
A. Varietal names shall be short, simple, distinctive, and easily spelled and 
pronounced. 
B. A varietal name derived from a personal or geographical name should 
be spelled and pronounced in accordance with the rules governing in 
the case of the original name, 
C. The name borne by an imported foreign variety should be retained, sub- 
ject only to such a modification as is necessary to conform it to this 
code. 
D. The name of a person should not be used as a varietal name during his 
lifetime. The name of a deceased person should not be so used except 
by the official action of this or other competent agi'onomic bodies. 
Personal names in the possessive form are inadmissible, 
B. Names of stations, States, or countries, in either the nounal or adjective 
form, should not be used as varietal names, except in unusual cases 
where the name is well established, 
