182 THE JUDGING OF FARMS, CROPS, AND PLANTS 



Special rules of the fruit committee. All fruits offered for pre- 

 miums must be correctly named. Indefinite appellations, such as " Pip- 

 pin," "Sweeting," "Greening," etc., will not be considered as names. 



2. All Fruits offered for premiums must be composed of exactly the 

 number of specimens or quantity named in the Schedule. A " dish " of 

 Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Quinces, Figs, Apricots, 

 etc., is understood to contain twelve specimens, and this number will 

 be required of all Fruits when not otherwise specified. 



3. The whole quantity required of any one variety of Fruit must be 

 shown in a single dish or basket except in collections. 



4. Contributors of Fruits for Exhibition or Prizes must present the 

 same in the Society's dishes. All Small Fruits must be shown in 

 baskets of uniform size, which will be furnished to exhibitors by the 

 Superintendent at cost. 



5. No person can compete for more than one Prize with the same 

 variety or varieties of Fruit ; except that a single dish of the same 

 variety, but not the same specimens of fruit, may be used by an ex- 

 hibitor for both Special and Regular Prizes. 



6. The Fruit Committee, in making its awards, will consider the 

 flavor, beauty, and size of the specimens, comparing each of these 

 properties with a fair standard of the variety. The adaptation of the 

 variety to general cultivation will also be taken into account. Other 

 things being equal, specimens most nearly in perfection as regards 

 ripeness will have the preference. Score-cards may be used at the 

 discretion of the Committee. 



Special rules of the vegetable committee. 1. The specimens offered 

 must be well grown and placed on the tables clean and correctly 

 labeled. 



2. All exhibits of Vegetables offered for premium must be composed 

 of exactly the number of specimens or quantity named in the Schedule. 



3. At all exhibitions of Fungi distinctively colored cards, having the 

 word "Poisonous" plainly printed thereon, shall be provided, and all 

 persons exhibiting Fungi not known to be edible shall be required to use 

 these cards in labeling all such exhibits. 



4. All collections of vegetables will be judged on merit, giving con- 

 sideration, first, to quality; second, to arrangement; and third, to 

 variety. Not more than two varieties of one kind of vegetable admis- 

 sible in collections. 



