Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
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Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting: Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
Northern Nut Growers Association -- Periodicals; Nut trees -- Periodicals; Nuts -- Periodicals
Bearing in mind, then, the principle that _all_ cultivated hybrids
should have a third part, cultivar-name, we can turn again to the use of
the various possible designations for the second part listed above. The
choice of designations depends, broadly speaking, on _convenience_, that
is to say, on what, in practice, will be found the most useful method of
referring to the plants concerned. In principle, of course, every hybrid
whose parentage is known has an appropriate formula-designation, and in
certain cases such a formula would be sufficient as a second part
designation without inventing either a Latin name or a vernacular
collective name. For instance, when there are only a very few forms of a
particular cross, it might not be considered necessary to be able to
refer to the forms collectively, and a second part name would not then
be given. For example, _Rubus_ 'Merton Thornless,' when raised, was the
only form of the hybrid _R. rusticanus inermis_ x _thyrsiger_ to be put
into circulation, and it was not given a second part designation other
than the appropriate formula. On the whole, however, it is usually
desirable to have a second part, collective designation, rather than a
formula only. Whether such designation should be a Latin name or a
vernacular phrase, or both, depends on a number of factors which, as I
have said, are not yet fully worked out or appreciated. Broadly
speaking, if there are a large number of cultivars of a particular cross
and these cultivars form a well-marked group, distinct from other hybrid
groups in the genus, it is useful to have a vernacular designation for
general use, _e.g._ 'Bellingham Hybrids' for all cultivars of the cross
_Lilium Humboldtii_ x _pardalinum_. This purpose can, however, be
equally well served by a Latin name, _e.g. Camellia_ x _Williamsii_ for
all cultivars of the cross _C. japonica_ x _saluenensis_. Whichever
method is chosen, two points are of great importance. Firstly, if a
Latin name is given, it _must_ be accompanied by a Latin description.
Secondly a vernacular designation _must_ contain some such word as
Hybrids, Crosses, or the like, to distinguish it from a cultivar-name.
The practice, in some groups, of giving "straight" cultivar-names as
second part collective designations, followed by "var. so-and-so," is
condemned by the Code. Existing names of this kind, however, can easily
be brought into line by adding a word such as Hybrids or Grex to the
old, second part, cultivar-name, and omitting the "var." thus,
_Cattleya_ 'Fabia' var. 'Prince of Wales,' would become _C._ ('Fabia
Grex') 'Prince of Wales' (Grex can he abbreviated to G. if desired).
This alteration may seem over-pedantic, but if, in the naming of
cultivated hybrids, a clear distinction is not kept between second and
third part names, confusion, as I have pointed out, is likely to result.
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