268 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 



sentatives of agricultural colleges, government service, 

 or some fruit-handling organization. They, ordinarily, 

 are men of wide experience and of much traveling, and 

 familiar with a great variety of conditions. Many judges 

 for large shows are men of prominence, who are not 

 accustomed to much physical work, and who are in the 

 habit of turning over details to clerks or subordinates. 

 Often the work must be done in the presence of noisy 

 crowds. A man's judgment may be keen and active at 

 the beginning of the work, but at the end of the day 

 becomes fagged from pure exhaustion. 



In most cases judges get no pay except sufficient to 

 cover traveling expenses, considering that the experience 

 and knowledge gained will offset the loss of time. Most 

 shows cannot afford salaried judges, yet many dollars in 

 prizes, good will and prestige depends upon the opinion 

 of the ones examining the fruit. Exhibitors are often 

 critical, and it is only right and just that they should 

 know how their fruit scores and wherein they may im- 

 prove another year. Score cards are best left with the 

 exhibitor or placed on file to be reviewed or studied over. 

 Such work is largely educational, and were it not for the 

 fact that the various educational institutions so con- 

 sidered it and allowed their instructors to go on with 

 such work without loss of time, fruit shows would find 

 competent judges hard to get. 



Score Card. The score card giving the scale of points 

 on which the judges are to award the prizes is always 

 prepared ahead of time. It is best to include this in- 

 formation in the premium list so the exhibitors can place 

 their fruit with the importance of the different points 

 in mind. The score card is based on a percentage of 



