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TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 

 PLATE SCORE CARD. 



Organization. I'orm. 



Nat'l Apple Show 10 



N. E. Fruit Show 10 



Ontario 15 



Mass. Dept. of 



Pomology .... 10 10 20 15 20 25 



Second: The judge ought to be allozved and required 

 to discuss his awards with the exhibitors. I am aware that 

 this would be a difficult sug'gestion to carry out (and I know 

 from experience that a judge would catch the first train out 

 of tOAv), hut I am sure that nothing would do more to recon- 

 cile the exhibitors to their fates and to educate them for the 

 next show than this very plan. 



Third : Exhibits ought to be better labeled. The visitor 

 is entitled to know that a certain box of apples is the Wagen- 

 er variety and was raised at Turner Hill Farm, or that a cer- 

 tain exhibit of Baldwin apples is shown by C. E. Hardy, of 

 Hollis, New Hampshire, in competition for Governor Foss' 

 cup. 



Fourth : The present plan for demonstration is pack- 

 ing ought to be continued and enlarged. We ought to give 

 instruction in packing both barrels and boxes, for the former 

 will long continue to be our most important package, and 

 many of us still need to know how much to press them, how 

 to lay a proper fan and how to keep the little! apples out of 

 the middle of the barrel. 



Fifth : In our large shows, at least, lectures by trained 

 men // z^'ell advertised will be a valuable feature. 



Sixth : And lastly, after the show has closed there 

 ought to be a full report made, giving the Hst of exhibitors, 

 the prize-winners in the different classes, and the information 

 suggested a moment ago as to how and when the fruit was 

 raised. 



A question which I am still in doubt upon is as to pol- 

 ishing! Shall we polish or shall we not? Personally the un- 

 polished apple looks better to me than the ]:)olished, but I 

 believe that to the general public, the polished apple, particu- 



