Rules. 



Rules for Exhibition, continued. 

 given away to visitors, spectators, or others will be assigned a 

 separate hall, room or tent, in which they may be dispensed 

 at the pleasure of the exhibitor, who will not, however, be 

 permitted to sell and deliver articles therein, nor to call at- 

 tention to them in a boisterous or disorderly manner. 



For the Guidance of Examining and Awarding Committees. 



1. In estimating the comparative values of collections of 

 fruits, committees are instructed to base such estimates strictly 

 upon the varieties in such collections which shall have been 

 correctly named by the exhibitor, prior to action thereon by 

 the committee on nomenclature. 



2. In instituting such comparison of values, committees are 

 instructed to consider : ist, the values of the varieties for the 

 purposes to which they may be adapted ; 2d, the color, size, 

 and evenness of the specimens ; 3rd, their freedom from the 

 marks of insects and other blemishes; 4th, the apparent care- 

 fulness in handling, and the taste displayed in the arrangement 

 of the exhibit. 



2. MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RULES. 



Special Rules of the Fruit Committee. i. All collections 

 and single dishes of fruit offered for prizes at any exhi- 

 bition must have marked zipon the cards the numbers of the prizes 

 for which they are offered. 



2. All fruits offered for premiums must be correctly named. 

 Indefinite appellations, such as "Pippin," "Sweeting," 

 "Greening," etc., will not be considered as names. 



3. All fruits offered for premiums must be composed of 

 exactly the number of specimens or quantity named in, the 

 Schedule. A "dish" of apples, pears, peaches, plums, nec- 

 tarines, quinces, figs, apricots, etc., is understood to contain 

 twelve specimens, and this number will be required of all 

 fruits when not otherwise specified. 



4. The whole quantity required of any one variety of fruit 

 must be shown in a single dish or basket. 



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