RULES GOVERNING EXHIBITS AT STATE FAIR, 1899. 371 



RULES GOVERNING EXHIBITS, HORTICULTURAL 

 DEPARTMENT, MINNESOTA STATE FAIR, 1899. 



(Study this and make suggestions.— Sec'y.) 

 Ist. To be entitled to compete for premiums and receive awards, 

 ■each exhibit must be in place by Saturday night, Sept 2nd, before 

 the fair opens. 



2nd. The different kinds of exhibits of fruits must be arranged 

 together, unaer the direction of the superintendent. 



3rd. AH articles competing for premiums must have been grown 

 in Minnesota, or made from Minnesota products, and by the person 

 in whose name they are entered, except as otherwise noted. When 

 required, a statement to the judges must certify that they were so 

 -grown or made. 



4th. A collection shall consist of three or more varieties, except 

 as hereinafter noted, and they must be placed together, and a list of 

 all the varieties included therein must accompany the collection. 

 Any variety may be exhibited in a collection except a seedling, 

 the original tree, bush or vine producing which is the property of 

 the exhibitor. 



5th. Four specimens, no more, no less, except as otherwise pro- 

 vided, must be shown of each variety of fruit exhibited, except that 

 the number may be increased not to exceed one quart in quantity. 



6th. Each article must be correctly labeled with its name, or, if an 

 un-named seedling,it must be so stated; labels and pinsof a uniform 

 size for this purpose will be furnished exhibitors by the superin- 

 tendent and must be used by the exhibitors. 



7th. Each exhibitor must place his name and address conspicu- 

 ously on his exhibit. 



8th. Separate articles must be furnished for each entry. No 

 duplication of varieties will be permitted in any exhibit, nor can 

 any variety be shown under synonymous names. Apples of the 

 same type, such as the Borovinka and Anisette, of the Duchess 

 type, and Silken-leaf, Romna, Lieby, etc., of the Hibernal type, will 

 be considered as duplicates in collective exhibits. The report of 

 the La Crosse Commission, appointed by the Minnesota State Horti- 

 cultural Society, will be recognized authority in matters of Russian 

 nomenclature. 



9th. Decayed, injured or inferior specimens must not be exhibi- 

 ted, and when such specimens appear in a collection not only will 

 they not be counted but thej* will be considered by the judges as 

 lowering the comparative standard of the exhibit. Taste in 

 -arrangement and neatness in the keeping of the exhibit will also be 

 considered by the judges in making awards. , 



10th. Seedlings— fa/ The exhibitor of a seedling must be the 

 owner of the original tree, bush or vine producing the same, or his 

 sole authorized representative. 



(b). Persons exhibiting seedlings which receive awards, except 

 in collections, are required before receiving the premium money 

 to furnish a written description of the tree, bush or vine, its loca- 

 tion, age and history, and the owner's and originator's names and 

 addresses. 



