102 Appendix. 



Rule 2 — To insure examination by the proper committees all fruits must be 

 correctly and distinctly labeled and placed upon tlie tables during the first day 

 of the exhibition. 



Rule M — The duplication of A'arieties in a collection will not be permitted. 



Rule 4 — In all cases of fruits intended to l)e examined and reported by com- 

 mittees the name of tlie exliibitor. togetlier with a complete list of the varieties 

 exhibited by him, must be delivered to the secretary of the society on or before the 

 first day of the exhibition. 



Rule .') — The exhibitor will receive from the secretary an entry card, whicli 

 must l)e placed with the exliibit, wlien arranged for exliibition, for tlie guidance 

 of committees. 



Rule (i — All articles placed upon the tables for exliibition must remain in 

 charge of the society till the close of tlie exhibition, to be removed sooner only 

 upon express permission of the person or persons in charge. 



Rule 7 — Fruits or other articles intended for testing, or to be given away 

 to visitors, spectatoi-s, or otliers, will lie .assigned a separate hall, room, or tent. 

 in which they may be dispensed, at the pleasure of tlie exhibitoi'. who will not. 

 however, lie i)ermitted to sell and deliver articles tlierein. nor to call attention 

 to them in n boisterous or disorderly manner. 



SECTION in. 



CninnTTEE OS NU.MKNl'LATritE. 



Rule 1 — It shall be the duty of the president, at the first session of the so- 

 ciety, on the first day of an exhibition of fruits, to appoint a committee of five 

 expert pomologists, whcse duty it sliall be to supervise the nomenclature of fruits 

 on exliibition, and in case of error to correct the same. 



Rule 2 — In making the necessary corrections tliey shall, for the convenience 

 of the examining and awarding committees, do the same at as early a period as 

 practicable, and In making such corrections they shall use cards readily distin- 

 guishable from tliose used as labels by exhibitors, appending a mark of doubtful- 

 ness in case of uncertainty. 



SECTION IV. 



EX.VJIINIXG AND AWARDING COMMITTEES. 



Rule ] — In estimating the comparative values of collections of fruits, commit- 

 tees are instructed to base such estimates strictly upon the varieties in such col- 

 lections which shall have been correctly named by the exhibitor prior to action 

 thereon by the committee on nomenclatui'e. 



Rule 2 — In instituting sucli comparison of values committees are instructed 

 to consider : First, the values of the varieties for the purposes to which they 

 may be adapted ; second, tlie color, size, and evenness of the specimens ; third, 

 their freedom from the marks of insects, and otlier blemishes ; fourth, the appar- 

 ent carefulness in handling, and the taste displayed in the arrangement of the 

 exhibit. 



