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dition and tasteful appearance will be considered, and should rank thus, 

 respectively: First, number; second, quality or value; third, condition, 

 approaching perfection; fourth, taste in display. To illustrate on a 

 scale of ten: 



No. 1 may have 100 plates, the largest collection 10 



Quality; some inferior varieties 5 



Condition of fruit; rather poor 5 



Taste in display 5 



Total 25 



No. 2 may have 90 plates ranking 8 



Quality; superior in most, ranking 8 



Condition of fruit; perfect, ranking 10 



Taste in the arrangement; good, ranking 9 



Total 34 



No. 2 would in this case take the premium. 



In the case of single plates of the several kinds named, or in a 

 competition for the best plate or basket of any kind of fruit, we may 

 consider condition, form, size, color, and texture, with flavor. 



On the same scale we may have two entries to decide, thus: 



No. 1 ; condition perfect 10 



Form; abnormal 8 



Size; overgrown 10 



Color; perfect 10 



Texture and flavor; superior 10 



Total 46 



No. 2 ; condition, stem lost 8 



Form; perfect .' 10 



Size; uneven 6 



Color; too pale 6 



Texture and flavor; insipid 5 



Total 35 



This scaling might be used in deciding between any number of 

 single plates of designated varieties competing with one another for 



