m FlGTOillAL FliAGTICAL VEGETABLE GROWING. 



Chapter 32 — exDibUIng, 



As rules for exhibiting gardens and allotments, and vegetables 

 at shows, are often asked for, I venture to give those drawn up 

 and used by mj^self for several years under the competitions 

 scheme of the Kent County Council Technical Education Com- 

 mittee, Avhich I believe to be the most extensive and complete 

 of all. 



For plot judging, the following scale of points is used : — 



Maximum 

 Points. 



Ceop ok Subject. 



3Iaximum 

 Points. 



Crop oe Subject. 



10 



Potatoes. 



6 



Rhubarb. 



9 



Winter Grreeiis. 



5 



Tomatoes. 



9 



Onions. 



4 



Cabbage (Red). 



8 



Peas. 



4 



Asparagus. 

 Seakale. 



8 



Carrots. 



4 



8 



Parsnips. 



4 



Artichokes. 



8 



Cabbage (Green). 



4 



Shallots 



7 



Turnips. 



4 



Salads. 



7 



Beet. 



4 



Spinach. 



7 



Broad Beans. 



4 



Cucumbers. 



7 



Scarlet Biinners. 



3 



Herbs. 



6 



Leeks. 



4 



Minor Crops. 



6 



Celery. 



10 



Fruit. 



■ 6 



Cauliflowers. 



10 



Order and System. 



6 



French Beans. 



8 



Flowers (Window 



6 



Vegetable Marrows. 





and Garden) 



Two visits are paid to each garden and allotment, the first 

 usually between the middle and the end of June • the second 

 during August. Thus early and late crops are iDoth caught. 

 The points gained by each competitor are placed to his credit on 

 the judging sheet. 



Prizes are not fixed in number and amount, but depend upon 

 the number of points earned. By this system the best Centres 

 and the worst do not receive just the same amount, as is the ca?e 

 where fixed sums are given as prizes, but the amount earned by 

 each is correlative with the merits of its work. Moreover, in- 

 dividual competitors are rewarded in precise proportion to the 

 respective merits of their plots. If two points divide a pair of 

 allotments 2d. is the difference in the prize. 



Prizes, not exceeding four in number, are given at each 

 Centre to competitors obtaining 90 points or upwards. If, how- 



