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■which may be found of such superior excellence in particular re- 
gions, as to render it well worthy of cultivation. 
Rule 2d. The discoverer, originator, or he who first makes 
known a new native variety of merit, shall be at liberty to 
name it; which name, if appropriate, and coming within the 
rules of nomenclature, must be adopted by the writer, de- 
scribinof the fruit for the first time: but no new native fruit can 
be considered as definitely named, until the same has been accu- 
rately described in promological terms by the Fruit Committee of 
some State Agricultural or established Horticultural Society, or 
by some pomologist of reputation, conversant with existing Va- 
rieties, or until such description shall have been published in at 
least one Horticultural or one Agricultural Journal, or some pomo- 
logical work of acknowledged standard character, and when two 
persons have named or described a new native variety, then the 
name first published — if consistent with the above — shall be the 
name of the fruit. 
Rule 3d. The description shall embrace the following particu- 
lars: the size, form, and exterior color, the texture and color of 
the flesh, the flavor and time of ripening of the fruit, with the 
addition in stone fruits of the size of the stone, adherence or non- 
adherence of the flesh, form of the suture, and the hollow at the stem, 
and in kernel fruits of the size of the core and seeds, the length, 
position, and insertion of the stalk, and form of the eye. In 
peaches the form of the leaf glands, and size of the blossoms. In 
grapes the form of the bunches, and in strawberries the character 
of the blossoms whether staminate or pistillate, and also where 
there is any marked character in the foliage, growth of the young 
wood or bearing tree, the same shall be given. 
Rule Ath. In giving names to newly originated varieties, those 
in some way descriptive of the qualities, origin, or habit of fruit, 
or tree, or those which commemorate a particular place or per- 
son, shall be preferred, all harsh and inelegant names must be 
avoided, and unless the originator's name be added, no name shall 
be given which consists of more than two words, and no fruit in- 
troduced from abroad shall be renamed. 
