1912. 
A NATIONAL SCORE-CARD FOR FRUITS. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1097 
Part II. 
Score-card.—Plates, Same Variety (Apples, 
Cherries, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Quinces). 
Freedom from blemish. 
Color . 
Uniformity (form, color, size) 
Size . 
Form . 
Quality . 
Values. 
.. 30 
.. 25 
.. 20 
.. 15 
5 
K 
100 
Score-card.—Plates, Any Variety (Apples, 
Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peaches, Quinces). 
Optional Values. 
Quality . 30 30 
Freedom from blemish. 20 25 
Color . 15 20 
Uniformity . 15 15 
Form . 10 5 
Size . 10 5 
100 100 
Score-card.—Massachusetts State Board of 
Agriculture.—Plates. 
Values. 
Quality . 20 
Form . 15 
Color . 15 
Size . 10 
Uniformity in size. 20 
Freedom from imperfections. 20 
100 
Score-card.-—Ontario Fruit-g|rowers’ Asso¬ 
ciation.—Plates.—Apples and Pears. 
Values. 
Form . 10 
Size . 10 
Color . 10 
Freedom from blemishes. 20 
Uniformity . 20 
Quality . 30 
Score-card. — Massachusetts 
College.—Plates. 
Form . 
Size . 
Color . 
Uniformity . 
Quality . 
Freedom from blemishes. 
Score-card. -— Massachusetts 
College.—Plates.—Peaches. 
Form . 
Size . 
Color . 
Uniformity . 
Quality . 
Freedom from blemishes. 
100 
Agricultural 
Values. 
. 15 
. 10 
. 20 
. 20 
. 15 
. 20 
100 
Agricultural 
Values. 
. 15 
. 10 
. 15 
. 20 
. 20 
. 20 
Score-card.—Ontario Fruit-growers’ 
ciation.—Plates.—Grapes. 
Flavor . 
Form of bunch. 
Size of bunch. 
Size of berry. 
Color . 
Firmness . ...” 
Bloom .. 
Freedom from blemishes.! 
100 
Asso- 
Valucs. 
.. 30 
.. 10 
.. 15 
.. 15 
. . 10 
5 
5 
. . 10 
100 
Score-card. — Massachusetts 
College.—Plates.—Plums. 
Form . 
Agricultural 
Values. 
Size . 
Color .. 
Uniformity . 
Quality .. 
Freedom from blemishes. 
100 
Score-card. — For District Exhibits. — 
A. P. S. 
Selection and effective presentation 
of varieties. 35 
Attractiveness of display. 35 
(a) General artistic effect. .. 20 
(b) Accessory decorative ma¬ 
terial . 5 
(c) Selection of package or 
receptacles . 5 
- 30 
Score-card. — Massachusetts 
College. 
Tree : 
Vigor and health. 
Productiveness . 
100 
Agricultural 
15 
20 
Size and form. 5 
Color and appearance. 10 
Market quality: Keeping, ship¬ 
ping, demand. 15 
Dessert quality. 25 
Kitchen quality. 10 
65 
Warty Apple Tree. 
J. C. M. J., New Wilmington, Pa .—I have 
a young and thrifty apple tree, nine years 
old, has has many excrescences on trunk 
and limbs that appear to be of the nature 
of black knot on cherry and plum, but 
they have more the appearance of warts 
on human beings. They occur sometimes 
at the junction of trunk and limb and they 
nearly or quite double the size of the limb. 
Is this gall? If not, what is it? 
Ans. —The peculiar warty affection on 
the trunk and branches of the apple tree 
mentioned leads me to believe that it 
is a Chenango, which is a fault that 
very many of the trees of this variety 
and a very few others have. It is not 
a disease, as I understand it, but some 
sort of peculiarity of the wood growth. 
It may be some gall disease, but if so 
it does not seem to be contagious, for 
I have known an apple tree or two to 
be so affected for many years and no 
others near it show any signs of the 
trouble. It interferes in some measure 
with the growth of the parts affected, 
as the swellings indicate, but neither the 
wood nor bark die from it, so far as I 
have seen. I do not think there is any 
preventive or remedy for it. Apple 
canker is an entirely different thing and 
is a virulent disease like black knot on 
the plum and cherry, both of which are 
contagious and very injurious. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
A Scow of Concrete. 
Many farmers whose land is reached 
by small streams navigable at least a 
portion of the time, will be interested 
in knowing that it is possible to make 
and float a concrete scow serviceable 
for many different purposes. George E. 
Culbert of Michigan City, Ind., has just 
completed and launched a scow of this 
kind, and he appropriately has called it 
the Crock. The Crock is 40 feet long, 
14 feet wide, and three feet deep. The 
walls forming the sides and ends are 
three inches thick, and that is the thick¬ 
ness of the bottom. The scow has a 
center wall running lengthwise to sup¬ 
port the deck, which is of plank. The 
deck has a facing which slips down over 
the top of the concrete walls like the 
rim of a bucket cover. After the maker 
launched the scow it was found to be 
drawing 14 inches of water, it displaces 
about 82,000 feet, it weighs 42,000 
pounds, ahd will safely carry a weight 
of 25 tons. 
Mr. Culbert says that he gave this 
scow all kinds of severe tests to find 
out how many different kinds of hard 
jolts it would stand before he let it 
slip into the water. It was jacked up 
and then allowed to fall on a horse in 
the center without causing a break or 
rupture of any kind. All of the con¬ 
crete work is reinforced by the use of 
iron rods. The builder says that his 
next scow will be built of concrete en¬ 
tirely, that there won't be a piece of 
wood about it as big as a match. This 
scow will be used for heavy work in 
dredging and improving rivers and 
streams and city docks. j. l. graff. 
1 
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OU can clear an acre or more 
of stumps a day. No stumps 
can resist the Hercules. 
Doubles land value—enables 
to make 11200.00 on 40 acres 
the first year after stumps are 
out—and 8750.00 in crops 
every year after. Get the 
proof. Why not 
Write lls Now 
Book tells all the 
many 
photos and letters 
from owners—tells all 
about the many Her¬ 
cules features. We’ll 
also quote you a special money-saving: price 
proposition that will interest you. Address 
HERCULES MFG. CO. 13!)21st St., Centerville, Iowa 
To Win This War 
The MICHIGAN “40” This Year Sells at $1,585 
With Electric Lights and 300 Improvements 
In the past three years the demand 
has turned to 40-horsepower cars. 
In hilly sections and on country 
roads men have found that they need 
this power. And they want this size 
and room. 
So seventy-two factories now build 
cars close to 40 horsepower. And the 
fiercest war in Motordom is raging 
between these cars. 
Get AH You Can 
The most luxurious cars on the mar¬ 
ket now are in this Forty class. Also 
some of the best cars ever built. Hun¬ 
dreds of the ablest engineers now give 
their whole time to Forties. 
Prices on Forties have been cut in 
two since this war began. And every 
maker tries to outdo others in some 
appealing way. 
If you make careful comparison, you 
can this year get more for your money 
in Forties than ever was offered before. 
Cameron's Car 
Four years ago we saw this war com¬ 
ing, and we started then to get ready. 
We made W, H. Cameron engineer- 
in-chief. He has built 100,000 cars. 
And no man has ever excelled him. 
We employed John A. Campbell, the 
famous body designer, to create for 
this car his masterpiece body. 
For working out each important 
part we employed the best expert 
obtainable. 
In four years we have built 5,000 
cars, and watched each car’s per¬ 
formance. We have worked out 300 
improvements. We have watched 
the great makers, all the world over, 
so this car could embody all the latest 
ideas. 
We built a great factory with modern 
equipment, so this car could be built 
at a minimum cost. 
Now the Michigan “40,” in many 
ways, excels every car in this class. It 
has electric lights, four forward speed 
transmission, 4^-inch tires. It has 
14-inch Turkish cushions, for comfort. 
It is wide and long and roomy. And, 
for big margin of safety, each important 
part is made ample for 60 horsepower. 
This car we offer at the record price 
of $1,585 equipped. 
Write for our catalog and get all the 
details. You will find no car on the 
market this year which gives what the 
Michigan gives for the money. Write 
us today and see. 
MICHIGAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Kalamazoo, Michigan 
Owned by the Owners of the Michigan Buggy Co. 
100 
Explanations of above values: The 
above ratings are for varieties suited to 
and grown below 1,200 feet in Massa¬ 
chusetts, under favorable site, soil and 
location conditions. 
Score-card.—St. Louis Exposition.—As used 
to encourage large exhibits, 20 points 
were given for extent of exhibit, and 
should be added to each set of values, 
thus making 100 for the set. All scores 
for plates. 
Apples.—Size, 15; color, 15; form, 15; 
quality, 15 ; freedom from blemish, 20. 
Pears.—Size, 15; color, 15; form, 10; 
quality, 20 ; freedom from blemish, 20 . 
Peaches.—Size, 20 ; color, 20 ; form, 10 ; 
quality, 20 ; freedom from blemish, 10 . 
Plums.—Size, 20 ; color, 15 ; form, 10; 
quality, 20 ; freedom from blemish, 15. 
The American Pomological Society 
has a special committee at work upon 
this subject and it will be especially 
pleased to hear from all persons inter¬ 
ested in this subject who desire to offer 
suggestions as to the value table given 
varieties as. well as the points to be 
considered in arriving at a score-card 
suitable for judging fruit throughout 
the nation. e. r. lake. 
Michigan “40" 
. 
Electric lights with dynamo. 
Four forward speeds. 
Tires, 35 x 4 'A inch. 
Center control. 
Left-side drive. 
14-inch cushions. 
Rear seat, 50 inches wide. 
Wheel base, 118 inches. 
Body has 22 coats. 
4/f-inch bore, 5/f-inch stroke, 
40 to 46 horsepower. 
Big, comfortable springs. 
Extra efficient brakes. 2% s 
16-inch drums. 
Firestone Q. D. Demountable 
rims. 
Adjustable steering post. 
Adjustable clutch and brake 
pedals. 
Nickel mountings. 
$50 speedometer. 
Mohair top and curtains. 
Windshield built in. 
Robe rail—foot rail. 
Electric horn, etc. 
Choice of gas or electric self¬ 
starter. at moderate extra 
price. {125) 
