144 The Horticulturist' s Rule- Book. 



Rules for Exhibition (Am. Pom. Society), continued, 

 purposes to which they may be adapted ; 2nd, the color, size, and 

 evenness of the specimens ; 3rd, their freedom from the marks of 

 ins.ects and from other blemishes ; 4th, the apparent carefulness in 

 handling, and the taste displayed in the arrangement of the ex- 

 hibit. 



2. MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RULES. 



Special Rules of the Fruit Committee. — 1. All collections and 

 single dishes of fruit offered for prizes at any exhibition must 

 have marked upon the cards the numbers of the prizes for which they 

 are offered. 



2. All fruits offered for premiums must be correctly named. 

 Indefinite appellations, such as " Pippin," ''Sweeting," " Green- 

 ing," etc., will not be considered as names. 



3. All fruits offered for premiums must be composed of exactly 

 the number of specimens or quantity named in the schedule. A 

 '•dish" of apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, quinces, 

 figs, apricots, etc., is understood to contain twelve specimens, 

 and this number will be required of all fruits when not other- 

 wise specified. 



4. The whole quantity required of any one variety of fruit 

 must be shown in a single dish or basket. 



5. Contributors of fruits for exhibitions or prizes must present 

 the same in the Society's dishes. All small fruits must be shown 

 in baskets, not more than an inch and three-quarters in depth, 

 which will be furnished to the exhibitors by the superintendent, 

 at cost. Market-baskets will not be allowed on the tables. 



6. No person can compete for more than one prize with the 

 same variety or varieties of fruit, except that a single dish may 

 be of the same variety — but not the same specimens — as one of a 

 collection ; and also that the same variety — but not the same 

 specimens — may compete for both special and regular prizes. 



7. Grapes grown on girdled vines cannot compete for a 

 premium. 



8. All fruits offered for prizes [exceptions noted] , and those for 

 foreign grapes must be of outdoor culture. 



The Fruit Committee, in making their awards, will consider 

 the 11a vor, beauty and size of the specimens, comparing each of 

 these properties with a fair standard of the variety. The 



