148 The Horticulturist' s Rule- Book. 



Rules for Exhibition (Mich, Hort, Society), continued, 

 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 

 rendering 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 or 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 exhibi- 

 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. 



Entry cards, name cards, and the cards of the committee on 



