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the secretary of the society on or before the first day of the 

 exhibition. 



5. The exhibitor will receive from the secretary an entry- 

 card, which must be placed with the exhibit, when arranged for 

 exhibition, for the guidance of committees. 



6. All articles placed upon the tables for exhibition must 

 remain in charge of the society till the close of the exhibition, 

 to be removed sooner only upon express permission of the per- 

 son or persons in charge. 



7. Fruits or other articles intended for testing, or to be given 

 away to visitors, spectators, or others, will be assigned a sepa- 

 rate 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, or to call attention 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 value, committees are 

 instructed to consider : 1st, the values of the varieties for the 

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

 evenness of the specimens ; 3d, their freedom from the marks 

 of insects and from other blemishes ; 4th, the apparent careful- 

 ness in handling, and the taste displayed in the arrangement of 

 the exhibit. 



2. MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RULES. 



Special Mules of the Fruit Committee. — 1. All collections 

 and single dishes of fruit offered for prizes at any exhibition 

 must have marked upon the cards the numbers of the prizes for 

 which they are offered. 



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



