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SECTION II. 



COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS OF FRUITS. 



Rule 1. A plate of fruit must contain six specimens, no more, no 

 less, except in the case of single varieties not included in collections. 



Rule 2. To insure examination by the proper committees, all 

 fruits must be correctly and distinctly labeled, and placed upon the 

 tables during the first day of exhibition. 



Rule 3. The duplication of varieties in a collection will not be 

 permitted. 



Rule 4. In all cases of fruits intended to be examined and re- 

 ported by committees, the name of the exhibitor, together with a 

 complete list of the varieties exhibited by him, must be delivered 

 to the secretary of the society on or before the first day of the exhibi- 

 tion. 



Rule 5. The exhibitor will receive from the secretary an entry 

 card, which must be placed with the exhibit, when arranged for exhibi- 

 tion, for the guidance of committees. 



Rule 6. All articles placed upon the tables for exhibition must 

 remain in charge of the society till the close of the exhibition, to be 

 removed sooner only upon express permission of the person or persons 

 in charge. 



Rule 7. Fruits or other articles intended for testing, or to be 

 given away to visitors, spectators, or others, will be assigned a 

 separate hall, room, or tent, in which they may be dispensed at the 

 pleasure of the exhibitor, who will not, however, be permitted to sell 

 and deliver articles therein, nor to call attention to them in a bois- 

 terous or disorderly manner. 



SECTION III. 



COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 



Rule 1. It shall be the duty of the president, at the first session of 

 the society, on the first day of an exhibition of fruits, to appoint a 

 committee of five expert pomologists, whose duty it shall be to super- 

 vise the nomenclature of the fruits on exhibition, and in case of 

 error to correct the same. 



Rule 2. In making the necessary corrections they shall, for the 

 convenience of the examining and awarding committees, do the 



