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Oranges (score adopted by the Califormaii State of Horti- 

 culture) 



Points. 



Size 10 



Form ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Colour 15 



Peel 10 



Weight 10 



Fibre ... 8 



Grain 4 



Seed 8 



Taste 30 



100 



Size : Large, 3|in. diameter ; medium, 2f in. diameter ; small, 

 2f in. diameter ; Tangerines, etc., 2Jin. diameter. Three- 

 eighths inch excess of standard allowed (without 

 discount) to "medium" and " small" fruit; Jin. ditto, to 

 " large " ; one unit discount for each deficiency in any size. 



Form : Standard. Round, oval, ovate, pyriform. 



Discounts for lack of symmetry and for form 

 blemishes. Navel marks not to be discounted, except 

 when of abnormal size or of bad form. 



Colour: Subdivisions. Bloom, 2'; of peel, 10; of flesh, 3. 



Standard. Bloom to be perceptible and to be dis- 

 counted according to degree of deficiency, or of injury 

 thereto ; peel to be rich, deep orange colour, in natural 

 condition, and to be discounted according to degree of 

 deviation therefrom one or more points. Rust, scale, 

 and smut to be discounted 5 to 10 points, and fruit that 

 gives visible evidence of having been cleaned of the 

 same to be subject to equal penalty. Also peel that 

 has been rubbed or ''polished," giving gloss at expense 

 of breaking or pressing the oil-cells, to suffer some dis- 

 count. Flesh to be rich, clear, and uniform in any of 

 the shades common to fine fruit. 



(Omit consideration of "flesh colour" until after 

 concluding " peel.") 



Peel : Subdivisions. Finish, 3 ; protective quality, 7. 



Standards. Of finish, smoothness, and uniformity 

 of surface, and pleasant touch ; protective quality, firm 

 and elastic texture ; abundant, compact, and unbroken 

 oil-cells ; and \ to ^in. thickness. 



Discount, 1 point for first ^\iu. above maximum 

 or below minimum, and 2 points for second ditto, pro- 

 vided that for too long-picked and fully "cured" 

 oranges the minimum shall be lowered to -^in. ; and 

 that to fresh-picked and to slightly " cured " "large" 

 fruit the maximum shall be raised to Jin. Breaking 



