The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-23
THE NEW FRUIT cArALoGur.

THE NEW FRUIT CATALOGUE.
The U. 8. Department Of Agriculture
Division Of Pomology, has just issue,
Bulletin No. 6 entitled IA Catalogu
of Fruits, recommended for cultivation
in the the various parts Of the Unite,
States" by the American Pomologica
Society. Revised by committee of tn,
society which was composed as follows
T. 7. Lyon, chairman, L. H. Bailey
Henry L. Layman, Louis A. Berck
mans and G. L. Watrus. This is tn,
long looked for catalogue which was t,
contain complete revision of the We r.
much confused nomenclature of our
fruits.
That committee composed of men
SO prominent in the genealogical world
would get out good catalogue goe.
without saying. They have done theil
work and done it we'll. All progressive
fruit growers and nursery men will
hail with delight this revised catalogue
1t will settle forever the much con
fused synonymy add nomenclature oil
our fruits.
The Department of Horticulture OF
the Washington Agricultural Expert.
ment station will hereafter adopt the
new nomenclature and we wish at this
time to point out few of the changes
that have been made in the new cata.
lOgue. Many varieties of fruit are at
present sailing under several synonyms.
Rule /, in the American Pomologi-
cal SOciety's rules for naming fruits,
says: 1.-THE originator or introducer lin
the order named) has the prior right to
DestOW q name upon new or unnamed
fruit"
Rule 2. 'The society reserves the
right, in case of long, Inappropriate or
otherwise 0bjectiOnal names, to shorten,
modify or wholly change the same
when they shall occur in its dicussions
reports; and also to recommend such
changes for general adoption"
Rule 8. 1.-THE name of the fruit
should, preferably, express as far as
practicable by a single word, charac-
teristic OF the variety, the name of the
originator or the of its origin. Under
no ordinary circumstances should more
than single word be employed"
Rule 4. "Should the question of
priority arise between different names
for the same variety of fruit, other cir
cumstances being equal, the name first
publicly bestowed will be given pre-
cedence."
Working these rules the committee
on revision of catalogue have gone to
the root of matters and have, as far as
possible, given the original and correct
name and in many cases these have
been abbreviated in accordance with
the rules of the society. Wherever
possible one word only has been used
in naming fruits. The meaningless
word ''pippin" in connection with so
many Of our apples has been left out
almost entirely. The ugly French
word "beurre" which has so long stood
sentinel over column of pears is rele-
gated to oblivion. Old Eastern fruits
that were brought west and rechristen-
ed are now given their proper name.
1t will seem a little strange at first
to drop such names as "RoyaI Ann
and "Black Republican" and use the
original and proper names Napoleon
and "Lewelling." But if number OF
progressive fruit growers and nursery.
men will sustain the American PomO.
logical Society in this matter we will
soon forget the nicknames these fruits
now bear.
1t is not in the province of this short
article to 60 through the whole list of
fruits and point out the changes; those
who want the catalogue can get it by
applying to the Department of Agri.
culture, Washington, ID. c.
A few of the principle changes are
here given:
Apples-Mammoth Black Twig is
now Arkansas; Kentucky Red is now
Bradford; American Golden Russell il
now Bullock; Red Winter Pearmain il
now Buncombe; Pomme Royal is now
Dyer; Robinson Superb is now Farrer
American Golden Pippin is now Gold
ing; Western Beauty is now Grosh;
Fourth of July is simply July; Della
ware Red Winter is LAWYER; Long
Island Russet is abbreviated to Long;
Pound Sweet is now Pumkin Sweet
American Beauty is now Sterling, and
Edgar Red Streak is changed to Wal
bridge. The words greening, sweet
russell, beauty, favorite, strawberry and
all such superfuities are eliminated
entirely.
The names of pears, plums, peaches
grapes, etc., have all passed under the
pruning knife of the committee. Wher
ever name was composed of more
than one word these have been short
ened in accordance with the rules.
The American Pathological Society
certainly deserve the thanks Of all fruit
growers for the excellent work they
have done in the past and for thii
much needed reform. The Society
meets biennially. the last meeting hav
ing been held in Columbus, Ohio, thu
present year. At this meeting thu
membership feefwas reduced from 81 &c
81 per session. This was done with 8
view to increasing the membership
which at present is too low. The So
ciety invites to membership all who
are interested in the development o
American Pomology. Send your 81 te
the secretary, VIM. A. Taylor, IS @ st
n. e. Washington, d. c., or to the
treasurer. Prof. L. r. Taft, Agricul
tural College, Michigan. The payment
| Of $40 at one time entities you to q lii
membership aud also to the reports o
the Society since its birth. 10 On,
fruit grower these reports are WORTH
many times the price OF membership
J. A. BALMER, horticultural, WASH
ington Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, Pullman, Washington.
Dec. Is, 1897.
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