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basis of some other rating form, uniformity, 

 or freedom from blemishes. 



Under present circumstances that is, until 

 the standards of judging become better 

 recognized each judge or committee of 

 judges is at liberty to adjust the scales of 

 points to suit their own ideals. The same 

 judge might very properly change his scale 

 for different varieties, or for the same variety 

 exhibited under different conditions. Sam- 

 ples of Baldwin, for example, shown before 

 the National Apple Shippers' Association 

 would doubtless be judged differently from 

 what the same samples would be judged be- 

 fore the Philadelphia Horticultural Society. 

 The author's ideas on the proper design for 

 score-cards, as nearly as they can be expressed 

 in general formulas, are shown in the follow- 

 ing examples: 



SCORE-CARD FOR APPLES 



Form 15 



Size 10 



Color 15 



Uniformity 20 



Quality 20 



Freedom from blemishes 20 



Total . . . 100 



