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HINTS FOR THE GUIDANCE OP EXHIBITORS AT 

 SCHOOL SHOWS— Conthi,.,,!. 



Class. 



Mode of Preparation, 

 Packing, etc. 



Good Qualities. 



Carrots. 

 Chrystophines. 



Unenumerated. 



Flowering Annuals in 

 pots 



As turnips. 



As melongene. 



Set < General Hints. 



Grow in pots 6 or S inches in 

 diameter ; pack in box with 

 grass or paper pushed 

 tightly between pots to 

 prevent breakage ; plants 

 should have stakes to sup- 

 port the main stem ; bam- 

 boo strips may be bent 

 over the plants and fixed 

 to the sides of the box as 

 further protection. A 1 >ox 

 or crate a little deeper 

 than the pots is best. 



As melongene. 



Wellgrown plants should have 

 plenty of good flowers, clean 

 healthy foliageand a robust, 

 sturdy habit. 



N.B. — An annual is a plant 

 which comes from seed an- 

 nually and dies after flower- 

 ing. Biennial plants last 

 two years. Perennial plants 

 flower annually but last 

 several years. 



Fruits. 



Mode of Preparation. 



Good Qualities. 



Pine Apples. 



Oranges and all citrus 

 fruits. Lemon, 

 Shaddocks, Limes, 

 &c, &c. 



Pumpkins. 



Sapodilla, Star Apple 

 Mango. 



Water Melon, Musk 

 Melon. 



Bananas, Plantains. 



Cut stems, leaving about 4 

 inches. See that the fruit 

 is mature. 



Handpick all fruit, do not 

 allow it to fall. Cut stems 

 off short, do not pull out 

 stem. 



Cut from vines when mature. 

 Do not bruise. 



Pick when mature or "full." 

 That is to say, when they 

 will ripen by keeping. 



Cut when mature, not ripe. 



Cut when " full" or mature. 



Flavour, size, colour. 



Flavour, size, colour. Thin- 

 ness of skin. (Coarse skin 

 is a bad quality). 



Quality of interior, size, of 

 good quality. 



Flavour, colour and size. 



Flavour and size. Colour of 

 interior. 



Flavour and size combined. 



GENERAL HINTS. 



Cut fruits, i.e., bananas, plantains, oranges and tomatoes when " full " or 

 one to two days before the date of despatch, in order to " condition " or " wilt " 

 the skin. When once wilted they can be much more safely handled. Fruits such 

 as oranges and tomatoes should have short stalks left attached to the fruit. 



Handle all produce carefully to avoid bruising. A blow that will break an 

 egg will damage and destroy a fruit, although its effect is not at once seen. If 

 possible each kind of produce should have a separate package, but several small 

 packages may be put together in a larger one, if there is no danger of bruising 

 the produce by so doing. Vegetables should be prepared on the afternoon of the 

 day previous to the show or as early as possible on the morning of the show-day 

 so as to have them fresh. 



