212 HORTICULTURIST'S RULE-BOOK. 



element, and excess to be like cause against sweetness, and 

 against acid in citrous quality. 



Staleness and flavors of age or of decay to be discounted 

 from the aggregate of points in this division. 



Lemons. 



Size, form, color, weight, peel, fiber, grain, seed, taste. 

 Rules of counts and discounts as in scale for oranges. 

 Total of possible counts (points), 100. 



1. SIZE, TO 7. 



Standards. Large, 250's, 2 f inches in diameter; medium, 

 300's, 2 1 inches diameter ; small, 360's, If inches diameter. 



All sizes between 250's and 300's allowed. 



Larger fruit to be discounted 1 point for each \ inch in 

 excess. Smaller to be discounted 1 point for 400's (If inches), 

 and 4 points for 450's (1 inches). 



2. FORM, TO 2. 



Standard. Oblong, with allowance of well-formed points 

 at stem and tip. Symmetry required. 



3. COLOR, TO 10. 



Standard. Bright, clear lemon. 



Discounts according to degree for green splashes, dashes of 

 bronze, or deep shades or for sunburn. 



Rust, scale, and smut, with fruit that gives evidence of having 

 been cleaned of the same, to be discounted 5 to 10 counts. 



Rubbing or dusting, if heavy enough to press oil from the 

 cells, to be causes for discount. 



4. WEIGHT, TO 10. 



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

 buoyancy of \ ounce allowed to "large" lemons, and \ ounce 

 to " medium and small," all without discount. 



One point to be discounted for first \ ounce excess of allow- 

 ance, and 2 for each \ ounce thereafter. 



