EXHIBITING AND JUDGING 317 



Colorado, Farmers' Club in judging potatoes is given below. 

 Suggestions for judging a few other vegetables are also 

 given, but as a rule a judge must rely on his knowledge of 

 the vegetable and its value. 



WELD COUNTY POTATO SCORE CARD 



Exhibits are disqualified: (1) If they have very deep 

 eyes or are irregular in shape. (2) If they show a mixture 

 of different varieties and types. (3) If over 15% are 

 scabby or wormy. (4) If one-fourth are hollow. 



The sample must be true to type, unless an improvement 

 of type is shown. 



No red potato will score as high as white. 



No deep-eyed or long potato is scored as high on shape 

 as if round and smooth. 



I Dealers' Scale 



(Too large 2 points off 



Too small 12 points off 



Not even 6 points off 



Shape 10 



[Not bright 10 points off 



Appearance 60 < Dirty 10 points off 



[Scabby or wormy 40 points off 



_ .. - f Unsound 5 points off 



\Brittle or spongy 5 points off 



// Final Purchasers' Scale. Knife Examination 



Smoothness 5 



Pares thin 10 



Flesh white 5 



Sound, not hollow 5 



Cortical layer thick 10 



Centers small, not watery 15 



