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Mammoth Tours. This is the large green pumpkin grown for household 

 use, and the two specimens submitted should be uniform, especially in size 

 and shape. The very large sizes are not to be particularly encouraged, as 

 they are inclined to be coarse and to weigh light. The colour should be clear 

 and uniform. There should be no flat side. 



LETTUCE. 



There are three general types of lettuce commonly exhibited the leaf, 

 the head, and cos types. In all cases the heads should be large, clean, 

 uniform, of proper colour, free from aphis. The roots in all cases should 

 be removed, as well as the smaller damaged outside leaves ; and the head 

 should be washed. 



In the head varieties the two heads should be of good size, firm, and 

 white. The inner leaves of the cos varieties should form a good proportion 

 of the weight, and should be well blanched. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Cucumbers are of two principal types the long, smooth, dark-green, 

 frame or greenhouse type, and the spine varieties, which are shorter, thicker, 

 inclined to be three-sided, and characterized by whitish dots, which, in some 

 varieties, are tipped by very short spines. 



In both types there should be uniformity, moderate size, proper colour, 

 good type, freedom from blemishes, and, above all, there should be a minimum 

 of seeds and a great depth of flesh, as shown by cross-section. 



In pickling-cucumbers. these should be uniform, of nice colour, on an 

 average 2 inches long, and not tapered too much from stem to blossom end. 

 They should be clean and the withei-ed blossoms should be absent. 



CANTALOUPS AND MUSKMELONS. 



These two fruits are generally grouped together, but the term " cantaloup " 

 should properly refer to the white-fleshed, soft type, the term " muskmelon " 

 properly belonging to the firmer, yellow-fleshed varieties. In both cases there 

 should be the usual uniformity in size and form. The netting should be well 

 developed all over, and in cross-section the flesh should be of proper colour, 

 white or golden-yellow, thick, and of high quality. 



CITRONS. 



The two citrons exhibited should be uniform in size, shape, and on a cross- 

 section should show depth of flesh. This might otherwise be obtained by 

 weighing them, but as facilities for weighing such fruits as citrons, squash, 

 pumpkins, etc., are usually absent, it is more satisfactory to learn by a cross- 

 section which is the heaviest. Size and weight are the important characters. 



TOMATOES. 



There may be classes for red. pink, and pickling tomatoes. We do not 

 recommend the class of pink varieties, as they are going out of favour under 

 the popularity of the red kinds. 



The red and pink varieties should be uniform in size and shape. They 

 should be true to colour, of sizes varying with the variety, but usually about 

 3 inches in diameter. The more globular forms are preferred. There should 

 be freedom from blemish, especially blossom-end rot, splitting around the stem 

 end, and open core. They should be firm in condition and should be exhibited 

 with the steins removed. 



