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ance, texture, flavor or aroma, by which characteristics it may he dis- 
tinguished from fruit or other trees of the same species. Some of the 
botanical characters of the plant may also be distinct from those of other 
plants of the same species.” There are, doubtless, many instances where 
two mangos sufficiently distinct to be classed as separate varieties are 
grown under one and the same name. When this is the case, the two 
should be distinguished by the addition of an identifying term. This has 
already been done by some writers; as an instance may be mentioned the 
“Banchore of Alandi Keir” and “Banchore of Dhairey” of Woodrow. 
As regards the form of mango names one cannot do better than adhere 
to the Code of Nomenclature of the American Pomological Society, which 
specifies that in choosing names for new varieties the following points 
shall be borne in mind: distinctiveness, simplicity, ease of spelling and 
pronunciation, atid indication of origin or parentage. Varietal names 
must consist of a single word, and the use of a number* either singly or 
attached to another word, is tolerated only as a temporary expedient; the 
use of such terms as seedling or hybrid is not admissible, neither is the use 
of a possessive noun. Thus a qualifying word would have to be substituted 
for the numeral in such a name as “Fernandino No., 2,” the addition of a 
second word being allowable in such an instance, while “Phillip’s” and 
“Society's” would have to be changed to “Phillip” and “Society.” 
Troublesome Spelling. 
The orthography of mango names has always given a deal of trouble, 
probably because many of the names are of vernacular origin, and have 
been spelled by each individual according to his own ideas on the subject. 
In India and other oriental countries, the investigator unfamiliar with 
the native language can arrive at a close approximation to the true name 
by getting an educated native to pronounce it for him several times, slowly 
and distinctly, and then writing down these sounds, giving consonants their 
English value, but vowels the value they bear in Italian and other conti- 
nental languages. Every letter should be pronounced and no unnecessary 
ones inserted; thus there will no longer be perpetrated such monstrosities 
as Kheershapottee for Khirsapati and Killeemookoo for Kilimuku, or varied 
spellings of the same word, such as “Pairi,” “Pirie,” “Peary,” “Pyrie” and 
“Paheri.” For scientific purposes, however, the only satisfactory solution 
of the problem is to have the names written in the native character by an 
educated man, and then transliterated into English spelling on the system 
laid down by the International Congress of Orientalists at Geneva in 1894 
and since adopted by practically all governments and scientific bodies); a 
system whose principle is that mentioned above for the guidance of the 
ordinary investigator. 
New varieties of the mango are constantly being produced in every 
mango growing region, and the names of many of them sooner or later find 
their way into print. If in publishing these names the authors are careful 
to make them simple, distinctive, easily spelled and easily pronounced, mango 
nomenclature will in the future look after itself; as for those five or six 
hundred varietal names already published, their revision should be under- 
