Code of Fruit Nomenclature
American Pomological Society
This code aims to establish a simple and
the compounding or hyphenating of two
dear system of pomological nomenclature
or more existing names, but this does not
that shall be appropriate and stable.
Ac
prohibit the formation of a one-word
cordingly it is urged that all persons nam
name by the use of parts of two or more
ing new varieties of fruits choose simple
existing names.
one-word names that are fittingly express
used between the words of a name. Thus,
The hyphen shall not be
ive of some character, quality, place, per
neither Bartlett-Seckel nor Bar-^Sec may
son, or event associated with the source,
be used, but Barseck is admissible.
time or place of origin of the variety.
The paramount right of the originatot,
discoverer, or introducer of a new varie
ty to name it, within the limitations of
6.
7.
1.
nized English equivalent may be, but are
not necessarily, so rendered.
his consent.
9.
Names of existing varieties
pomological body, preferably that with
which the deceased was most closely asso
The spelling and pronunciation of
ciated.
a variety name shall be the same as that
of the person, place, substance, circum
II.
stance, or quality from which it is derived.
PRIORITY,
10.
USAGE
AND
DUPLICATION
The name first published for a va
riety shall be the accepted and recognized
name except when contrary to the provi
of a variety name.
5.
person
through formal action by some competent
lead to confusion or loss of identity.
Initials should not be used as a part
The name of a deceased
shall not be applied to a variety except
shall not be changed in such way as to
4.
The name of a person shall not be
applied to a variety in his lifetime without
Names of new varieties shall be of
A possessive noun shall not be used.
foreign
as is necessary to conform it to this code,
FORM OF NAMES
3.
its
and provided that names having a recog
one word preferably, but two words may
2.
retain
name, subject only to such modification
8.
be accepted.
seedling,
A variety imported from a for
eign country should
berry, etc.
I.
as
bigarreau, should not be used.
this code, is recognized and established.
The term "kind" as herein used shall
be understood to apply to these general
classes of fruits which are grouped to
gether in common usage without regard
to their exact botanical relationship, as
apple, cherry, grape, peach, plum, rasp
Such general terms
hybrid, beurre, damson, pippin, rareripe,
sions of this code; but names established
A name shall not be formed bv
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ture may be retained even though they
do not conform to these rules.
11. A name once used shall not be
used again for a variety of the same kind,
except that a name once established
through long usage for two or more
American varieties shall not be displaced
for either or radically modified unless a
well-known synonym can be used in its
place; or when such synonym is available,
the varieties bearing identical names may
be distinguished by the addition of the
name of the author who first described
each, or by some other suitable distin
guishing termi
III.
PUBLICATION, DESCRIPTION
AND
12.
CITATION
Publications consist in: (1) The
public distribution of a printed name and
description or
fruit;
characterization
of
the
( 2) the publication of a new name
for a variety described elsewhere under a
different name, number, or other unten
able
designation,
the
synonym
being
given.
13.
Publications of a name may be
of its origin, when well-known, and shall
be considered as published and have pre
cedence over a later printed name for the
same variety.
15. Complete description of a variety
consists of a detailed account of the char
acteristics of the plant, foliage, flowers,
fruit, and habit of growth, so as to dis
tinguish it from other varieties of sim
ilar appearance.
16. The type of a variety is the fruit
of the original plant; and type description
or illustrations shall be made from ma
terial produced by the original plant, or
when this is not available, from a plant
as near as possible to the original in a
sexual reproduction, and preferably grown
in the same pomological region.
17. The full citation of a variety name
consists of the name of the author who
first described the variety, and the name,
page, and date_pf the publication in which
the description first appeared. An authorcitation following a name refers to the
author of the original description of a
variety; e. g., Turley, C.P.C. Names of
catalog or periodical or public distribu
tion and bearing date of issue.
the authors and published works may be
abbreviated, in accordance with the usages
of this Society.
14. But a varietal name may be es
tablished by current usage in the locality
Adopted November 8, 1923, at
New York Meeting of the Society.
made in any book, bulletin, report, trade
the