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for each additional one-half ounce, 2 points. 

 (Buoyancy may be determined easily by fas- 

 tening small weights to the fruits with light 

 rubber bands and placing the whole in 

 water.) 



Peel counts 10 points, of which 3 go to 

 finish, and 7 to protective quality. Finish 

 requires that the peel should have smooth- 

 ness and uniformity of surface, and should be 

 pleasant to the touch. For protective qual- 

 ity, firm and elastic texture is required, with 

 abundant, compact, and unbroken oil cells ; 

 and the peel should be one-eighth to three- 

 sixteenths of an inch in thickness. Discount i 

 point for the first thirty-second of an inch 

 above or below required thickness, and 2 

 points for the second thirty-second of an inch 

 shortage or excess. As the peel shrinks as 

 the fruit cures, these standards are subject to 

 some allowance for fruits freshly picked or 

 for those thoroughly cured. 



In scoring fiber the judge considers the 

 core and septa. The septa should be deli- 

 cate and translucent. The maximum diame- 

 ter of the core should be three-sixteenths 

 of an inch in " large " fruit, and one-eighth of 

 an inch in other grades. 



