100 



But there is often an inquiry made respecting the official scale used 

 by judges of citrus fruits at fairs and other competitions. A standard 

 scale of points is that adopted by the Los Angeles Chamber of Com- 

 merce in 1894 and the following year by the Southern California 

 Fruit Exchange. It seems well balanced, comprehensive and practi- 

 cal. At the present time it is the most widely used official scale in 

 California. 



The following rules have been adopted by the executive Committee 

 of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in reference to the judging 

 of citrus fruits : 



No person shall be allowed to serve as judge in any class in which 

 he is an exhibitor. 



Any exhibitor who addresses a judge while the latter is in discharge 

 of his duty, will be debarred from competition. 



A majority of the judges present shall constitute a quorum for de- 

 cision in any class. 



Freliminarij ' lassification.- Season : Early, from December to 

 April ; middle, February to July ; late, June to December. 



Size : Large ; medium ; small 



(The managing committee from each competing state or section is 

 to nominate varieties to any or all of the above classes, with months, 

 and, when practicable, days, for tests of its own fruit. Fruit to be 

 judged by standards of its class. So far as practicable, no committee 

 is to judge fruit of more than one size, as per above classification ) 



ORANGE SCALE TO BE USED. 



Divisions of scale : Size, form, colour, weight, peel, fibre, grain, 

 seed, taste ; to be considered in order named. Credits to be units and 

 tenths thereof, to be expressed decimally ; possible total to equal 100- 



1. Size. Possible credits, 10. 



f Large, 126's, 3| inches in diameter. 



^, , . \ Medium, 176's, 2|| " '' 

 Standards: <g^^^,^ 250's, 2^^ " " " 



l^Tangerines, etc., 2^ " " " . 

 One unit discount for each I inch deficiency or excess in any size. 



2. Form. Possible crtdits, 5. 

 Standards: Round, oval, ovate, pyriform. 



Discount for lack of symmetry and for form blemishes. Navel 

 marks not to be discounted, except when of abnormal size or bad 



form. 



3. Colour. Possible credits, 19, divided as follows ; Bloom, 2 ; peel, 



10 ; flesh, 7. 



Standards : Bloom to be perceptible, and to be discounted according 

 to degree of deficiency or of injury thereto ; peel to be of rich, deep 

 orange colour, in natural condition, and to be discounted according to 

 degree of deviation therefrom, one or more points ; rust, scale and 

 smut to be discounted five to ten points, and fruit that gives visible 

 evidence of having been cleaned of the same to be subject to equal 

 penalty ; also peel that has been rubbed or " polished," giving a gloss 

 at the expense of breaking or pressing the oil-cells, to suffer same dis- 

 count. Flesh to be rich, clear and uniform, in any of the shades com- 

 mon to fine fruit. (Omit consideration of " flesh colour" until after 

 concluding division 5, " peel.") 



