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The following are the more important principles on which useful prize- 

 lists for fruit and vegetables are based : 



(1.) Fruit and vegetable classes should be pre-eminently educational in 

 character, demonstrating the perfection the district attains, or could attain, 

 in the best products for commercial and home use. 



(2.) In plate exhibits of fruit, larger prizes should be paid to the best 

 commercial and home-orchard varieties. From eight to fifteen of these, 

 depending on the district, should get three prizes, while second-class varieties 

 should get two prizes only; the first prize in the latter case to be one-half 

 the amount of the first prize in the first group. Miscellaneous varieties of 

 limited value, usually far too numerous already, should not be included, or 

 at most should be given little more than recognition. 



(3.) Similarly, the more important types of vegetables should receive more 

 prizes and larger money than the minor types. This is discussed more fully 

 under the " Vegetable Prize-list." 



(4.) The regular prize-list should provide for exhibits of commercial 

 packages and packing, with a view to raising the local standard. Depending 

 on the district, the amount of money given for commercial displays should 

 vary in proportion to the commercial possibilities and progress of the district. 

 The amounts of the awards and the sizes of exhibits should be in line with 

 the commercial value of the various varieties and the possible development of 

 the district. 



(5.) There should be prizes for certain collections, both of home and 

 commercial fruits and vegetables, but great care should be taken in making 

 these collections, so that they may be of genuinely valuable character. The 

 list of collections given below indicates the most valuable ideas. 



(6.) Score-cards for judging should be uniform throughout the Province 

 and in harmony with the rest of Canada. The score-cards given in this 

 circular have been prepared by our Horticultural Branch in co-operation with 

 the fruit-growers' associations of Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, 

 and the Dominion Department of Agriculture. 



(7.) In general, the conditions of entry should harmonize with those of 

 the larger exhibitions, so making each local fair a training-school for the 

 larger fairs of Provincial or international importance. 



(8.) Fairs should endeavour each year to add any new types of exhibits 

 of educational value. 



(9.) Apple-packing contests and other new features of great educational 

 value should be provided for all fairs where the opportunity exists. 



SPECIAL CLASSES FRUITS. 



1. Commercial Classes. One-box, two-box, five-box, and ten-box exhibits 

 of the few best commercial varieties of apples, with prize-money at least 

 double the commercial value of the best exhibit. 



In pears there should also be one-box, two-box, and five-box exhibits, and 

 the same with plums and prunes. In peach districts there should be two-box 

 displays, while in districts where other types of fruit are produced largely 

 enough to make commercial exhibits desirable, we should have encouragement 

 along the same lines. 



These exhibits should be prepared in harmony with the score-cards given 

 in the first part of the circular. 



2. Collection Classes. A collection of plates of apples for home orchard, 

 to be judged according to the requirements of the score-card. 



Collections of plates of apples of commercial value, to be judged by the 

 score-cards given for such commercial collections. 



