210 HORTICULTURIST'S RULE-BOOK. 



Three-eighths inch excess of standard allowed (without dis- 

 count) to "medium" and "small" fruit; inch ditto to 

 " large." One unit discount for each deficiency in any size. 



2. FORM, TO 5 (COUNTS). 



Standards. Round, oval, ovate, pyriform. 



Discounts for lack of symmetry and for form blemishes. 

 Navel marks not to be discounted, except when of abnormal 

 size or of bad form. 



3. COLOR, TO 15. 



Subdivisions. Bloom, to 2; of peel, to 10; of flesh, to 3. 



Standard. Bloom to be perceptible, and to be discounted 

 according to degree of deficiency, or of injury thereto ; peel to 

 be of rich, deep orange color, in natural condition, and to be 

 discounted according to degree of deviation therefrom one or 

 more points. Rust, scale, and smut to be discounted 5 to 10 

 points, and fruit that gives visible evidence of having been 

 cleaned of the same to be subject to equal penalty. Also peel 

 that has been rubbed or "polished," giving gloss at expense of 

 breaking or pressing the oil cells, to suffer some discount. 

 Flesh to be rich, clear, and uniform in any of the shades 

 common to fine fruit. 



(Omit consideration of " Flesh Color" until after concluding 

 Division 5, "Peel.") 



4. WEIGHT, TO 10. 



Standard. Specific gravity 1 (equal to that of water) with 

 buoyancy of | ounces allowed to "large" fruit; ounce ditto 

 to "medium," and ounce ditto to "small," all without 

 discount. 



One point to be discounted for first ounce of buoyancy in 

 excess of allowance, and thereafter 2 points for each additional 

 ounce. 



NOTE. Buoyancy may be easily determined by clasping 

 apothecaries' weights to fruit with light rubber elastics, and 

 then placing in water. 



