SPECIAL RULES OF THE FRUIT COMMITTEE. 9 



Special Rules of the Fruit Committee. 



1. AH collections and single dishes of Fruit offered for Prizes at any 

 Exhibition must have marked, upon the envelopes the numbers 

 of the Prizes for which they are oSered. 



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, Nectarines, Quinces, Figs, Apricots, etc., is 

 understood to contain twelve specimens, and this number will be required 

 of all Fruits when not otlierwise specified. 



4. The whole quantity required of any one variety of fruit must be shown 

 in a single dish or basket. 



5. Contributors of Fruits for Exhibition or Prizes must present the same 

 in the Society's dishes. All small Fruits must be shown in" baskets, not 

 more than an inch and three-quarters in depth, which will be furnished to 

 exhibitors by the Superintendent, at cost. Market baskets will not be 

 allowed on the tables. 



6. No person can compete for more than one Prize with the same variety 

 or varieties of Fruit; except that a single dish may be of the same variety — 

 but not the same specimens — as one of a collection ; and also that the same 

 variety — but not the same specimens — may compete for both Special and 

 Regular prizes. 



7. All Fruits offered for Prizes, except Nos. 103, 236, 343, 484, 486, 500, 

 and 599, and those for Foreign Grapes, must be of outdoor culture. 



8. The Fruit Committee, in making their awards, will consider the flavor; 

 beauty, and size of the specimens, comparing each of these properties with a 

 fair standard of the variety. The adaptation of the variety to general culti- 

 vation will also be taken into account. Other things being equal, specimens 

 most nearly in perfection as regards ripeness will have the preference. 



^^^ Competitors for Prizes are particularly referred to the General 

 Rules and Regulations on pages 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, which will be strictly adhered 

 to by the Committee. 



Special Rules of the Vegetable Committee. 



1. The specimens offered must be well grown, and placed on the tables 

 clean, correctly labelled, and fully complying with the Rules and Regulations 

 on pages 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. 



2. All exhibits of Vegetables oft"ered for premium must be composed of 

 exactlythe number of specimens or quantity named in the Schedule. 



3. All Vegretables offered for premium at any Exhibition must have 

 marked upon the envelopes the numbers of the Prizes for 

 which they are offered. 



4. At all exhibitions of fungi distinctively colored cards having the word 

 '•Poisonous" plainly printed thereon, shall be provided, and exhibitors of 

 fungi not known to be edible shall be required to use these cards in labeling 

 all such exhibits. 



