222 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FRUIT JUDGING CONTEST. 



The apple jiuli;iiig- coutest was held in Horticultural Hall 

 at the University Farm, Thursday afternoon, Januar}^ 20. 

 Fifty-five men and four women took part in the contest, 

 thirt^'-eight winning- premiums. 



The following plan, adopted by the Board of Directors of 

 the Society, was used in conducting the contest : 



(1) The Society offers $100 in prizes for an apple judging 

 contest, to be held at the University Farm in connection with 

 the annual meeting and fruit show of the Society. 



(2) The contest shall be open to any regular annual or life 

 member of the Society in good standing who has not been a 

 mend)er of the Society for more than three years. 



(3) The prize money shall be prorated to the contestants 

 scoring above TO points, according to the total number of 

 points above 70 scored by the several contestants. (For the 

 method of determining the score, see paragraph 9.) 



(4) A special exhibit for the contest shall be prepared by 

 the Secretary of the Society. It shall consist of four plates 

 each of ten varieties of standard winter apples, each plate to 

 contain five specimens. Each plate shall be correctly labeled 

 with the name of the variety except as provided in paragraph 

 5; and the plates shall be numbered consecutively from 1 to 

 40. By standard variety is meant any variety of winter apple 

 recommended by the Society for any district of the state. 



(5) In case of not less than four nor more than eight 

 plates, the exact number to be unknown to the contestants, 

 there shall be substituted for the variety named on the label 

 some variety not readily distinguished from it, to try the con- 

 testants' knowledge of varieties. 



(0) Three judges appointed by the Secretary shall pass 

 upon the exhibit before the contest begins and rank each plate 

 as first, second, third, or fourth, according to its merit, ex- 

 cept that in case a plate contains a variety substituted for the 

 variety named, as provided in paragraph 5, that plate shall 



