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i in grade. A number 20 sirup therefore received a value ol 

 5 and anything darker than jo a value of <>. A table "l" value- 1 

 given below. 



TABLE 7. VALUES ASSIGNED TO COLOR GRADES 



In scoring- for flavor certain samples were found which 

 clearly were not sufficientlv fine to he ranked as number 2 and 

 at the same time were superior to number 3. Two fractional 

 numbers were used to designate these groups. These were 2 1 

 and 2-. Similarly one group was introduced between 3 and 4, 

 which is designated as 3*. In preparing the numerical score 

 card the following table of values was employed: 



TABLE S. VALUES ASSIGNED TO FLAVOR GRADES 



The numerical score was obtained by multiplying by 5 die 

 sum of the numerical values assigned for color and for flavor. 

 The highest score theoretically possible is thus seen to he 1.000, 

 hut as a matter of fact no maple sirup has the color of clear 

 glycerin so that a sirup of number 1 color is not to be expected, 

 and the highest attainable score becomes 975. 



[noculation Experiments ix 1900 



The first inoculations were made in 1909 and were carried 

 out at a farm house some distance from the sugar woods where 



