TfiE CAJTADtAN fiOETICULTITRIST. 



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the case of single varieties, not included 

 in collections 



Rule 2. — To insure examination by the 

 proper committees, all fruits must be cor- 

 rectly and distinctly labeled, and placed 

 upon the tables during the first day of the 

 exhibition. 



Rule 3. — The duplication of varieties in 

 a collection will not be permitted. 



Rule 4. — In all cases of fruits intended 

 to be examined and reported by commit- 

 tees, the name of the exhibitor* together 

 with a complete list of the varieties exhi- 

 bited by him, must be delivered to the Sec- 

 retary of the Society on or before the first 

 day of the exhibition. 



Rule 5. — The exhibitor will receive 

 from the Secretary an entry card which 

 must be placed with the exhibit, when ar- 

 ranged for exhibition, for the guidance of 

 committees. 



Ru'e 6. — All articles placed upon the 

 tables for exhibition must remain in charge 

 of the Society till the close of the exhibi- 

 tion, to be removed sooner only upon ex- 

 press permission of the person or persons 

 in charge. 



Rule 7. — Fruits or other articles intend- 

 ed for testing, or to be given away to visi- 

 tors, spectators, or others, will be assigned 

 a separate hall, room, or tent, in which 

 they may be dispensed at the pleasure of 

 ttie exhibitor, who will not, however, be 

 permitted to sell and deliver articles there- 

 in, nor to call attention to them in a bois- 

 terous or disorderly manner. 



SECTION III. 



Committee on Nomenclature. 



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 

 fruit.s, to appoint a committee of five ex- 

 pert pomologists, whose duty it shall be to 

 supervise the nomenclature of the fruits on 

 exhibition, and in case of error to correct 

 the same. 



Rule 2. — In making the necessary cor- 

 rections they shall, for the convenience of 

 examining and awarding committees, do 

 the same at as early a period as practicable, 

 and in making such corrections they shall 

 use cards readily distinguishable from 

 those used as labels by exhibitors, append- 

 ing a mark of doubtfulness in case of un- 

 certainty. 



SECTION IV. ■ 



Examining and Awarding Committees. 



Rule 1. — In estimating the comparative 

 values of collections of fruits, committees 

 are instructed to base such estimates 

 strictly upon the varieties in such collec- 

 tions which shall hive been correctly 

 named by the exhibitor, prior to action 

 thereon by the committee on nomencla- 

 ture. 



Rule 2. — In instituting such compari- 

 son of values, committees are instructed 

 to consider: — 1st, the values of the varie- 

 ties for the purposes to which they may 

 be adapted ; 2nd, the color, size, and even- 

 ness of the specimens; 3rd, their freedom 

 from the marks of insects and other 

 blemishes ; 4th, the apparent carefulness 

 in handling, and the taste displayed in the 

 arrangement of the exhibit. 



THE CUTHBERT AND SHAFFER'S 

 COLOSSAL RASPBERRIES. 



Among the red 7'aspberries we have 

 found nothing better for marketing than 

 the Cuthbert, and for drying or can- 

 ning we think very much of Shaffer's 

 Colossal. Its berry is very large ; it 

 is a wonderful grower, and as far as we 

 have tried a great bearer. We know 

 of nothing equal to it when cooked ; 

 colour too dark for general market pur- 

 poses. We intend to put out about 

 ten acres the coming spring. We have 

 had an opportunity to contract all we 

 can raise on twenty acres at ten cents 

 for canning, which we did not accept, 

 as we have no doubt they will sell for 

 more. Canners are using them largely, 

 and offer good paying prices. We last 

 year sold 25,000 quarts at ten cents 

 for our whole crop. We have usually 

 found that they pay better to evapo- 

 rate, which can be done with much 

 less cost and trouble ; and notwith- 

 standing that the acreage has increased 

 largely during the last few years the 

 demand grows stronger, and we do not 

 anticipate seeing the prices fall below a 

 profitable point for years to come. 



In evaporating, the temperature 



