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perfect pack or fruit. Either 100 or 1,000 points may be 
used, the latter preferably. Each different class will 
probably call for a different set of weights for each 
point. Where commercial packs are specified the per- 
fect. pack is considered as the one that would bring the 
highest price on the market. Each particular feature 
that the buyer would consider is weighed separately, 
according to its importance. The sum total of these 
points represents the ideal or 100% perfect. 
The score card for the fruit, not associated with a 
market question, represents more the ideal in the minds 
of the judges to which the variety is supposed to con- 
form. Other classes may need to have special score cards 
prepared to meet the needs of the occasion. In the case 
of feature displays the judges devise some means of 
comparison to cover the particular feature under con- 
sideration. There are many different kinds of score cards 
in common use in the different fruit sections of the 
United States. In nearly all cases the important points 
covered are the same, differing only in the relative 
weights given the different points. Efforts have re- 
cently been made to combine these into a universal 
score card for all conditions. Through the efforts of the 
Society of Horticultural Science such a score card has 
appeared. 
Judging the Fruit——With this very elaborate schedule 
to go by, all the judges have to do is to examine the 
package and see how near, in their judgment, it con- 
forms to the standard. While this appears very easy 
to do, it is, in reality, very difficult. Men do not often 
think alike, hence two or three judges are better than 
one, as their opinion represents an average. Where there 
