DR. CRANE: Mr. President, I want to get this straight. This Association is talking about horticultural varieties, not botanical varieties. A correct term for a horticultural variety is a clone.
The American Pomological Society is over a hundred years old, and they have followed all types of experiences and usages, and they are up to date, and we can't follow any better pattern than what the American Pomological Society has done all down through the years. The Northern Nut Growers Association would be the laughing stock of the world who are in the know if they don't adopt the rules of nomenclature as set forth by the American Pomological Society.
MR. SLATE: Mr. President, we already have a committee on Varieties and Standards. I don't see why that committee can't be revived. If we set up another committee by resolution, we are duplicating the work of that committee, or overlapping. I'd like to see this matter referred to the Committee on Varieties or Judging Standards and possibly report another year. I am not in favor of setting up this committee at the present time.
I would like to amend that motion to refer this matter to the present
Committee on Varieties and Judging Standards.
DR. MCKAY: Second that amendment.
DR. MACDANIELS: There is one other angle to this. The International Committee on Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, has during the past year published a report. I think it would be only wise for us to delay our action on this matter until our committee at least gets the opportunity to study the suitability of this international code for nomenclature of cultivated plants and see how it applies to our situation. In other words, I am complete in accord with Mr. Slate's motion.
MR. DAVIDSON: I would suggest that we refer it to that committee and think about it for another year.
(A vote was taken on the amendment, and it was passed.)
PRESIDENT BEST: The motion of the Resolutions Committee is now referred to the Committee on Varieties and Judging Standards.
MR. STOKE: I move we proceed with the adoption of the resolutions that were presented before the motion.