14 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



All fruits obtaining premiums become the property of the Society, 

 to be sent elsewhere for exhibition, as the Board of Directors may 

 determine. 



All fruits or other articles in competition for the same premium 

 must be arranged together in groups. This cannot be varied from. 

 When not otherwise specified, there must be five perfect specimens of 

 fruit on each plate, no more and no less. No duplicates of any kind 

 w r ill be tolerated. 



When there is but one exhibitor competing for premium, commit- 

 tees may, at their option, award no premium, second, or first, as merit 

 may warrant. 



If any person shall exhibit for competition any fruits, flowers, or 

 other articles not of his or her own production, as required by the reg- 

 ulations, said exhibitor shall forfeit any premium awarded and be de- 

 b arred from competition for the term of five years. 



All exhibits must remain on exhibition until 4:30 o'clock p. m. on 

 the last day of the Fair, or premiums are forfeited. 



RULES FOE JUDGING FRUITS, WITH A SCALE OF 



POINTS. 



GENERAL RULES. 



1st. In all cases the judges are to be governed by the letter and 

 spirit of the schedule under which exhibitors have made their entries. 

 The general appearance of the fruit, care in its selection, and taste 

 displayed in its arrangement or grouping, each entry being distinctly 

 separated from the rest. These are all elements of the highest im- 

 portance, and should receive appropriate consideration by the com- 

 mittee. 



2d. In every group, whether the single plates, the threes, fives, tens, 

 or larger collections of fruit, there should never be more than one 

 plate of any variety in any one group. Lists of the names of varie- 

 ties exhibited shall accompany each group, and must be attached to 

 the entry card, and have a corresponding number and designation — 

 with or without exhibitor's name — according to rule. 



