THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1073 
1912. 
A NATIONAL SCORE-CARD FOR FRUITS. 
Tart II. 
In many of the leading fruit growing 
districts the judges are instructed to 
have especial regard for uniformity in 
size, symmetry of form, and beauty of 
color. 
Score-card.—Box Pack, Van Denian. 
Values. 
Quality . 20 
Color (for the variety). 20 
Size (standard 2%-3 inches)... 10 
Uniformity . 10 
Condition' (not as to ripeness, but as 
to blemishes, etc.). 20 
Pack ... 20 
100 
Bulge (no side bulge), 4; alignment, 4; 
compactness, 4; style (diagonal, standard; 
side also), 4.; height at end, 4. 
Penalize double for deception in pack¬ 
ing the lower layers. 
Score-card.—Box Pack, Same Variety. 
Taekage: 
Style . 7 
Cheek, diagonal, 7; heel, 5; either, 
straight, 4. 
Composition . 18 
Finish, 5; firmness, 5; alignment, 
3; box, with wrapping and lin¬ 
ing, 5.. 
Uniformity . 15 
Color, 6 ; size, 5 ; form, 4. 
Face . 10 
50 
Height at ends, 4; swell, 6. 
Contents: Optional Values. 
Condition . 20 25 
Color . 25 25 
Blemish (freedom from). 20 25 
Size . 15 10 
Form . 15 10 
Quality . 5 5 
100 100 
Score-card.—Box Pack, Any Variety. 
Package: 
Style . 7 
Cheek, diagonal, 7; heel, 5; either, 
'straight, 4. 
Composition . 18 
Finish, 5; firmness, 5; alignment, 
3; box, with wrapping and lin¬ 
ing, 5. 
Uniformity . 15 
Color, 6; size, 5; form, 4. 
Face . 10 
Height at ends, 4; swell, 6. 
Contents: 
Condition . 
Quality . 
Color . 
Free from blemish 
Form . 
Size . 
50 
Optional Values. 
. 25 20 
25 25 
20 20 
15 25 
10 5 
5 5 
100 100 
Score-card.—Barrel Pack, C. P. .Close. 
Values. 
size. 20 
color. 20 
shape. 10 
freedom from blemishes. 20 
including facing and 
tailing . 15 
Barrel and trimmings. 5 
Firmness . 10 
Uniformity of 
Uniformity of 
Uniformity of 
Condition and 
Attractiveness, 
100 
Score-card.—Box Pack, C. P. Close. 
Values. 
Uniformity of size. 20 
Uniformity of color. 20 
Uniformity of shape. 10 
Condition and freedom from blemishes. 20 
Box, including lining and wrapping... 5 
Bulge or swell. 5 
Height at ends. 5 
Firmness . 5 
Alignment . 5 
Attractiveness . 5 
100 
Score-card.—Mr. R. W. Starr, Nova Sco¬ 
tia.—Plates.—A pples. 
Values. 
Form . 2 
Color . 2 
Size . 2 
Freedom from imperfections. G 
12 
Explanations of the above Scores: 
1. The specimens should have the nor¬ 
mal character of the variety, and should 
be nearly uniform. 
2. Should be bright, clear, and clean, 
and typical of the variety. 
3. Good size is a sign of high culti¬ 
vation. 
4. Should not show worm-holes, spots, 
bruises, or blemishes; the stem should 
be intact, and the bloom undisturbed. 
Score-card.—Northwest Fruit Growers.— 
Plates.—Apples. 
Values. 
Form . 15 
Size . 15 
Color . 25 
Quality . 20 
Freedom from blemishes. 25 
100 
Explanations of the above Scores: 
1. Form.—Should be smooth and 
regular and uniformly correct for the 
variety. 
2. Size.—Moderate to large, and uni¬ 
formly true to type; not overgrown. 
3. Color.—Bright and clean, having 
the uniformly characteristic under color, 
markings, and bloom of the variety. 
4. Quality.—Uniformly characteristic 
of the variety both in texture and 
flavor. 
5. Blemishes.—Must be free from 
blemishes such as bruises, worm-holes, 
decay, absence of stem, etc. 
Recommendations as to Classification 
of Apples for Exhibits: 
First.—That we deem the 12 apples 
named here first in commercial im¬ 
portance and prominence: Jonathan, 
Rome Beauty, Wagener, Esopus Spit- 
zenburg, Winesap, Yellow Newtown, 
Northern Spy, Baldwin, Gravenstein, 
White Winter Pearmain, Arkansas 
Black, Grimes Golden. 
Second—That we deem next in im¬ 
portance the following 10 varieties: 
Tompkins King, Gano, Delicious, 
Fameuse, Stayman Winesap, Winter 
Banana. McIntosh Red, Ben Davis, 
Wealthy, Monmouth. e. r. lake. 
Filter Bed and Septic Tank. 
F. C. 8., Abbottstoicn, Pa .—In the June 
1 Issue there was a very good and practical 
article on septic tanks, and I would be 
glad to have the following questions an¬ 
swered. When a filter bed is used to treat 
eflluents, does that bed become offensive 
in Summer? Is such a septic tank with 
filter bed too near the house at 50 feet? 
What size filter bed is necessary for septic 
tank, 5x5x10? If tiling is used to carry 
effluent away, how many feet of tiling will 
it take? Can the general waste water of 
kitchen, bath rooms, etc., be drained into 
such a tank or only the contents of com¬ 
mode ? 
Ans.—A filter bed connected with a 
septic tank should not become offensive 
in the Summer if of sufficient capacity 
for the work required of it, though the 
surface should be renewed occasionally. 
This surface should have an area of 
one square yard for every SO gallons 
of sewage discharged upon it per day. 
It would be preferable to have the septic 
tank 100 feet or more from the house, 
and, if necessary to place it nearer, the 
underground system of disposing of the 
effluent would probably be more satis¬ 
factory. Underground tiles should be 
laid within a foot of the surface, about 
20 feet apart, and with a slope of four 
inches in 100 feet. The area that they 
should cover depends upon the nature 
of the soil, whether an open gravel or 
heavy clay. A hard clay, with only a 
few inches of top soil, should have an 
area 100 feet square for every 10 per¬ 
sons in the house, while, with an open 
gravelly soil an area 2-5 feet square 
would be sufficient. All waste water 
from the kitchen, bathrooms, etc., should 
be conducted into the septic tank. A 
bulletin describing a septic tank system, 
which they consider preferable to any 
other yet devised, will soon be issued 
by the State Agricultural College at 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., and’ 
will, doubtless, be sent to anyone inter¬ 
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