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understood that nobody should be allowed to exhibit any 

 fruit that shows any signs of the San Jose scale, or of the 

 Codling- moth, apple scab, or any other disease. There were 

 a good many plates shown at Rockville that had these trou- 

 bles ; I noticed some San Jose scale, and quite a good deal of 

 scab, and a whole lot of fruit that showed signs of 

 the work of the Codling moth. Of course, these same 

 defects were not very noticeable, but I think that they 

 should be thrown out, and, so far as we can, only 

 allow perfect fruit, or as nearly perfect as we can, to be 

 exhibited. I think it should be understood beforehand that 

 the exhibitors should not be allowed to show any such class 

 of fruit, and then they will not be disappointed when their 

 exhibits are thrown out on account of these diseases. I think 

 that is all we have to report. 



Mr. Hale: Air. President, I am in hearty accord with 

 that suggestion, but I just want to make one other suggestion. 

 I agree with all that has been said, but I have noticed at fairs 

 many times that the judges do not take into account the 

 bruises on the apples. They are too much inclined, many 

 times, to regard an apple as perfect, and not to take into 

 consideration, as much as they ought to, bruises and blem- 

 ishes of that kind. I think bruises should count just as much 

 against fruit, as where it shows evidence of fungous disease 

 or insect troubles, because the bruise shows that the man who 

 packed it did not pack it properly. When fruit is put on 

 exhibition in a bruised condition it shows carelessness in the 

 handling somewhere. A man may say, 'T packed it as well 

 as I knew how," but the trouble is that fruit that is accepted 

 in such a condition as that, shows that the man who packed 

 it doesn't know how, and that is just what we are aiming at, 

 to make him learn how to exhibit perfect fruit. I think the 

 judge should take bruises into account just as much as he 

 would insect troubles or blemishes of any other kind. I think 

 they ought to be included, and that it should be understood 

 that such things are to count in making- the awards. 



The President: I think that is a very good suggestion. 

 I had several come to me at Rockville and they wanted to 

 know why they had not been recognized on single plates, 



