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POTATOES 



Cut i point for each half ounce below the lesser weight and 

 i point for each half ounce above the greater weight. 



3. Cut i to 5 points according to degree of poor form. 



4. The eyes of the potato should be shallow in all potatoes 

 listed under No. 2 except possibly in the case of the Triumph 

 and the Irish Cobbler. They generally have rather deep eyes. 

 In case of Triumph and Irish Cobbler potatoes cut .25 of a point 

 for every deep eye. In case of all other potatoes listed under 

 No. 2 cut .5 point for every deep eye. 



5. Cut 15 points for any disease seen on a tuber. 



6. Cut 15 points for any injury such as a bad bruise, a severe 

 cut or hole punched by any apparatus used in digging, or for 

 generally peeled-up skin of tuber. 



7. Cut i to 5 points according to the amount of tuber that 

 would probably have to be wasted in careful paring. 



Fig. 103. Green Mountain potatoes. First prize winning sample on right; second, 



on left. 



8. Only in extreme cases is it necessary to cut open pota- 

 toes to determine prizes. Allow full scores for texture unless 

 a tuber has to be cut open. If the potato is cut open and a 



