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ciation. These should then be printed in quantity and a sample of them sent 

 out to the secretar}' of each agricultural and horticultural society in our Province. 



I think it is important that not only the judges should use these, but also 

 that the public should be fully acquainted with them, in order that the exhibits 

 may be made with greater intelligence than they are at present. 



Here is a sample of card proposed for judging single plates of apples : 



Score Card for Plates of Apples and Pears. 



Then for judging collections of apples and pears, I presume quite a dif- 

 ferent form, perhaps this one, for a large general collection : 



Score Card for Collection of Apples and Pears (General). 



*Ten points as follows : — Form, 2 ; Size, 2 ; txilor, 2 ; freedom from blemishes, 2 ; 



uniformity, 2. 



On this card, the list of the varieties may be entered, the value of the 

 sample showed, and the absolute value of the variety as shown in our apple or 

 pear catalogue as the case may be. The sum of these will be the number of 

 points gained by the variety in the collection, and the sum of these will be the 

 total value of the collection. 



Thus, the value of the sample of Baldwin shown may be only five out of 

 a total of ten possible points, the absolute value of the variety as shown in our 

 report is twenty-two, and adding these together we have twenty-seven as the 

 total value of this variety in the collection. 



I have made ten the maximum in this case, rather than one hundred, for 

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