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  Commercial 
  Pecans 
  

  

  General 
  Values 
  : 
  

  

  Size 
  20 
  

  

  Form 
  5 
  

  

  Color 
  5 
  

  

  SheU 
  Values: 
  

  

  Thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  10 
  

  

  Cracking 
  quality 
  20 
  

  

  Kernal 
  Values: 
  

  

  Plumpness 
  of 
  kernal 
  20 
  

  

  Color 
  of 
  kernal 
  5 
  

  

  Quality 
  15 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  Score-Card 
  (Plates) 
  — 
  Persian 
  Walnuts 
  

  

  General 
  Values 
  : 
  

  

  Size 
  10 
  

  

  Form 
  10 
  

  

  Color 
  10 
  

  

  Shell 
  Values: 
  

  

  Thinness 
  of 
  shell 
  10 
  

  

  Smoothness 
  of 
  shell 
  • 
  5 
  

  

  Sealing 
  10 
  

  

  Kernal 
  Values; 
  

  

  Plumpness 
  ■. 
  5 
  

  

  Color 
  10 
  

  

  Flavor 
  (sweetness, 
  nuttyness) 
  10 
  

  

  Quality 
  (crispness, 
  richness) 
  20 
  

  

  100 
  

   Note: 
  For 
  insect 
  or 
  fungous 
  injuries 
  deduct 
  5-15 
  points. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris 
  : 
  I 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  excellent 
  system 
  as 
  

   a 
  basis 
  for 
  judging. 
  We 
  must 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  have 
  in 
  mind 
  the 
  idea 
  

   of 
  working 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  quality 
  very 
  high. 
  The 
  reason 
  for 
  that 
  is 
  

   because 
  the 
  tendency 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  direction. 
  Appearance 
  

   has 
  been 
  rated 
  very 
  high, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast, 
  which 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  centers 
  in 
  nut 
  raising 
  today. 
  I 
  observed, 
  while 
  on 
  a 
  

   trip 
  from 
  southern 
  California 
  to 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon, 
  that 
  

   people 
  all 
  spoke 
  about 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  nuts, 
  and 
  said 
  Uttle 
  of 
  

   quality. 
  They 
  will 
  show 
  you 
  great, 
  handsome, 
  bleached 
  nuts, 
  and 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  poorest 
  in 
  quality 
  are 
  the 
  ones 
  about 
  which 
  they 
  

   talk 
  the 
  most, 
  and 
  they 
  recognize 
  this 
  fact 
  among 
  themselves. 
  I 
  

   haven't 
  been 
  looked 
  upon 
  with 
  favor 
  when 
  telling 
  them 
  frankly 
  

   that 
  a 
  certain 
  walnut 
  ought 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  all 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  its 
  quality. 
  They 
  resented 
  that 
  attitude 
  on 
  my 
  part, 
  but 
  

   later 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  standing 
  nearby 
  I 
  overheard 
  rival 
  walnut 
  growers 
  

  

  