434 THE APPLE 



A score card for fruit testing is devised to give the different 

 characters of the fruit under examination their correct relative 

 values. It requires long experience to determine what these rela- 

 tive values should be, and in the end an absolute agreement be- 

 tween experts cannot be reached. Nevertheless, a great deal can 

 be done, and disagreements are not in most cases so serious as to 

 discredit the system. What we need is more practical experience 

 in the use of the score card. 



Score cards. A very good general score card has been adopted 

 by the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. This, however, 

 is used for judging all kinds of fruit. 



MASSACHUSETTS SCORE CARD 

 All Fruit 



Number of „ 



T1 Score 



Points 



Quality 20 



Form 15 



Color 15 



Size 10 



Uniformity in size 20 



Freedom from imperfections . . 20 



Perfection 100 



As we become more and more intensive in our methods, we 

 shall demand a card that gives more emphasis to the one fruit — 

 apples. The Ontario Fruit-Growers have designed a very good 

 score card for apples : 



ONTARIO SCORE CARD 



Apples 



Value of 



Points 



Form 10 



Size 10 



Color 10 



Freedom from blemishes .... 20 



Uniformity 20 



Quality 30 



Perfection 100 



Score 



