AMERICAN RULES FOR NAMING FRUITS 487 



same at as early a period as practicable, and in making such corrections 

 they shall use cards readily distinguishable from those used as labels 

 by exhibitors, appending a mark of doubtfulness in case of uncertainty. 



SECTION IV. 



EXAMINING AND AWARDING COMMITTEES. 



Rule 1. In estimating the comparative values of collections of 

 fruits, committees are instructed to base such estimates strictly upon 

 the varieties in such collections which shall have been correctly 

 named by the exhibitor prior to action thereon by the committee on 

 nomenclature. 



Rule 2. In instituting such comparison of values, committees 

 are instructed to consider, first, the values of the varieties for the 

 purposes to which they may be adapted ; second, the color, size, and 

 evenness of the specimens; third, their freedom from the marks of 

 insects, and other blemishes; fourth, the apparent carefulness in 

 handling, and the taste displayed in the arrangement of the exhibit. 



