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FRUIT EXHIBITS AND JUDGING 



Score Cards for Collections 



(a) With specified number of plates: 



Value of varieties for purpose stated 50 



Fruit (average of individual plate scores) 50 



Total 100 



{b) Largest and best collection: 



Number of varieties 100 



Value of varieties for purposes stated 100 



Fruit (average of individual plate scores) 100 



Total 300 



A score card for baskets and hampers has not been worked 

 out as carefully as for other packages. The following is 

 suggested: 



Package (appearance and workmanship) 15 



Bulge or height of pack including compactness .... 15 



Fruit: 



Form 10 



Size : 10 



Color - 20 



Condition (including blemishes) 30 



100 



Use of Score Card. The exact score of a plate or package 

 is usually of less importance than its relative rank when 

 compared with other plates or packages. One judge may 

 cut or score much more heavily than another; yet if both are 

 * consistent the final ranking or order of placement will be 

 the same. The use of the score card for a time impresses the 

 relative importance of the different items so that the user 

 unconsciously takes the different points into consideration in 

 ranking the exhibits in later work, even though the score card 

 may not actually be used. 



It is usually best to do the judging in the comparative 

 sense. Certain entries may usually be eliminated without tak- 



