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VEGETABLE GARDENING 



soft paper (newspaper will do) and packed carefully in a 

 box or other receptacle to carry to place of exhibition. 

 Care should be used in packing and in transporting, that 

 no injury comes to the vegetable from rough handling. 



Fig. 137. Industrial exhibit and contest, Nelson, Minnesota. 



Amount to Exhibit. The amount of each kind to show 

 is usually specified by the officers of the exhibition. Pota- 

 toes usually are shown in peck, half bushel, or bushel lots, 

 carrots and other roots by number six or twelve or by the 

 peck. The amount specified no more or no less is usually 

 followed by the judge. 



Judging. Judges usually follow the market require- 

 ments in judging vegetables, unless special instructions 

 are given by the management of the exhibition. It is thus 

 important that a judge be very familiar with varieties of 

 vegetables and the market requirements. There are no 

 recognized score cards for the different classes of vegetables 

 except potatoes. A score card used by the Weld County, 



