RULES. 205 



Fruits will be valued by committees according to their adapta- 

 tion to the requirements under which they are entered. A 

 really superior dessert fruit, if entered in a market collection, 

 can only receive credit for its value for the market, as given in 

 the society's catalogue ; and, vice versa, market varieties found 

 in a dessert or family collection must be adjudged by their 

 proper value for family purposes. 



A plate of fruit, unless otherwise specified, must contain five 

 specimens no more, no less. Of those usually designated 

 " small fruits," the exhibit must be one pint of each variety. 

 Of crab-apples and plums, one dozen of each variety. Of dried 

 fruits, one quart of each separate variety or article. Jellies, 

 canned, pickled, and preserved fruits may be entered and shown 

 in glass vessels of such character and capacity as are commonly 

 employed for family or market purposes. 



Flowers, plants, evergreens, and such other articles as the 

 fancy of the exhibitor may suggest, may be freely employed in 

 the ornamentation of exhibits, in any manner that shall not 

 essentially interfere with the examinations of committees or 

 the general designs of decoration ; and full weight will be given 

 to such ornamentation by the awarding committees in render- 

 ing their awards. 



The entry-card furnished by the secretary, specifying the 

 class and number of the entry, must in all cases be placed in 

 connection with the articles to which it appertains, as a guide 

 to committees. 



Articles when entered, named, and arranged for exhibition 

 will thenceforth be strictly under the control of the officers in 

 charge of the exhibition, and neither exhibitors nor spectators 

 will be permitted to handle them, except by permission of the 

 proper officer. 



Any exhibitor having been awarded a premium upon an 

 article, and removing the same prior to the close of the exhi- 

 bition, without permission of the officer in charge, will by so 

 doing forfeit his right to such premium. 



The name of the fruit should in no case appear on the entry- 

 card, except only in the case of single plates or other single articles. 



