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CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. 
THE SOCIETY’S RULES FOR EXHIBITING AND NAMING FRUITS. 
The rules of the American Pomological Society for exhibiting and 
naming fruits are as follows : 
SECTION I. 
NAMING AND DESCRIBING NEW FRUITS. 
Buie 1 . — The originator or introducer (in the order named) has the prior right to 
bestow a name upon a new or unnamed fruit. 
Buie 2. — The society reserves the right, in case of long, inappropriate, 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 changes for general 
adoption. 
Buie 3. — The name of a fruit should preferably express, as far as practicable by 
a single word, a characteristic 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. 
Buie 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 precedence. 
Buie 5. — To entitle a new fruit to the award or commendation of the society it 
must possess (at least for the locality for which it is recommended) some valuable 
or desirable quality, or combination of qualities, in a higher degree than any previ- 
ously known variety of its class and season. 
Buie 6. — A variety of fruit having been once exhibited, examined, and reported 
upon as a new fruit by a committee of the society will not thereafter be recognized 
as such, so far as subsequent reports are concerned. 
SECTION II. 
COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS OF FRUITS. 
Buie 1 . — A plate of fruit must contain six specimens, no more, no less, except in 
the case of single varieties not included in collections. 
Buie 2. — To insure examination by the proper committees all fruits must be cor- 
rectly and distinctly labeled and placed upon the tables during the first day of the 
exhibition. 
Buie 3 . — The duplication of varieties in a collection will not be permitted. 
Buie 4. — In all cases of fruits intended to be examined and reported by committees 
the name of the exhibitor, together with a complete list of the varieties exhibited 
by him, must be delivered to the secretary of the society on or before the first day 
of the exhibition. 
Buie 5. — The exhibitor will receive from the secretary an entry card, which must 
be placed with the exhibit, when arranged for exhibition, for the guidance of 
committees. 
Buie 6. — All articles placed upon the tables for exhibition must remain in charge 
of the society till the close of the exhibition, to be removed sooner only upon express 
permission of the person or persons in charge. 
Buie 7. — Fruits or other articles intended for testing, or to be given away to visit- 
ors, spectators, or others, will be assigned a separate hall, room, or tent, in which 
they may be dispensed, at the pleasure of the exhibitor, who will not, however, be 
permitted to sell and deliver articles therein, nor to call attention to them in a 
boisterous or disorderly manner. 
