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operated to offer these products commercially. These factories help a great 

 deal to give stability to the fruit industry, and it is to the advantage of all 

 to encourage them. 



REVISION OF PRIZE-LISTS. 



The judges of fruits and vegetables at each fair, on its conclusion, reported 

 to the Provincial Horticulturist, enclosing a copy of the prize-list, indicating 

 the number of entries in each class, and making recommendations on many 

 points connected with the exhibits themselves, and with the organization of 

 the fair, its prize-list, rules and regulations, arrangement, etc., which has put 

 at our disposal a great deal of information that should be of value to every 

 fair in preparing for a larger exhibit next year. 



The officials of the Horticultural Branch are at the service of Revision 

 Committees to assist them in making their prize-lists and the rules and regu- 

 lations more educational and more progressive. This work in the past has 

 had the sympathy of all fairs, and has had the heartiest support from those 

 which are most progressive. The recommendations which are made in this 

 circular have been largely gleaned from experience in the judging of fairs hi 

 this Province. 



It is hoped that arrangements can be made for the judges of fairs, especi- 

 ally those who are connected permanently with the Horticultural Branch, and 

 the Provincial Horticulturist, to confer with fair officials throughout the 

 Province, so as to give more direct assistance in recommendations and in 

 revision. 



The Horticultural Branch is arranging to deliver lectures throughout the 

 Province on fruit-judging and exhibition standards. We expect that this 

 work, especially with the hearty co-operation of each fair, will not only 

 increase the educational value of the fairs, but will greatly stimulate the 

 number and quality of the exhibits and the interest and attendance, so creat- 

 ing a greater degree of local support for our fall fairs. 



VICTORIA, B.C. : 



Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 



1913. 



