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(8.) Fruits or other articles to be given away to visitors, or 

 others, will be assigned a separate 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 Judges. 



(i.) In estimating the comparative values of exhibits, judges 

 are instructed to base such estimates strictly upon the 

 varieties in such collections which shall have been 

 correctly named by the exhibitor prior to the time 

 of judging. 



(2.) In awarding prizes, judges should exclude any and all 

 unlabelled and incorrectly labelled specimens, as well 

 as duplicates, and consider : 1st. The value of the 

 varieties for the required purpose, as given in the 

 society's catalogue of fruits ; 2nd. The colour, size, 

 and evenness of the specimens ; 3rd. Their freedom 

 from the marks of insects and other blemishes ; 

 4th. The apparent carefulness in handling, and the 

 taste displayed in the arrangement of the exhibit. 



(3.) In the case of fruits not named in the catalogue, for 

 dessert, judges should consider: 1st. Quality; 2nd. 

 beauty ; 3rd. Size. For culinary uses : 1st. flavour, 

 2nd. 'Texture ; 3rd. Size. For market : 1st. Pro- 

 ductiveness ; 2nd. Colour ; 3rd. Handling qualities ; 

 4th. Suitable, even size. 



(4.) The society desires to encourage the planting of only 

 a sufficiently large variety of sorts for a desired 

 purpose and adapted to the natural conditions of the 

 district. Hence it is important that the committee, 

 in their reports, specify, in the order of their value, 

 for that particular locality, the varieties upon which 

 the determination o.f their awards is based. 



(5.) Useful and valuable varieties only are expected to 

 influence awards, while indifferent sorts, even though 

 large, showy, and attractive, should not, for these 

 reasons above, be held to add to the value of an exhibit, 

 except, possibly, as a means of education. 



(6.) Prizes will not be awarded when the articles are judged 

 unworthy. 



SCALES OF POINTS FOR JUDGING FRUITS. 



The following scales of points for use in the adjudication of 

 prizes for fruits at agricultural shows will serve as a guide for 

 judges. The score may slightly differ so as to give more or less 



