158 CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Any exhibitor who addresses a judge while the latter 

 is in discharge of his duty, will be debarred from com- 

 petition. 



A majority of the judges present shall constitute a 

 quorum for decision in any class. 



Preliminary Classification. Season Early, from De- 

 cember to April ; Middle, February to July ; Late, June 

 to December. 



Size: Large, medium, small. 



(The managing committee from each competing State 

 or section is to nominate varieties to any or all of the 

 above classes, Avith months, and when practicable days, 

 for tests of its own fruit. Fruit to be judged by standards 

 of its class. So far as practicable, no committee is to judge 

 fruit of more than one size, as per above classification.) 



ORANGE SCALE. 



Divisions: size, form, color, weight, peel, fibre, grain, 

 seed, taste ; to be considered in order named. Counts, 

 credits, points., to be units and tenths thereof, expressed 

 decimally; possible total of same to equal 100. 



1. Size. Possible credits, 10. 

 Standards 



Large 126's 3 1-4 inches in diameter. 

 Medium,- 176's 2 15-16 inches in diameter. 

 Small, 250's 2 7-16 inches in diameter. 

 Tangierines, etc. 2 1-8 inch in diameter. 

 One unit discount for each 1-8 inch deficiency or ex- 

 cess in any size. 



2. Form. Possible credits, 5. 

 Standards Round, oval, ovate, pyriform. 



