INSTRUCTIONS TO EXHIBITORS, 
IN GROUP 21.—POMOLOGY. 
Nore.—The fruit exhibit will be made on raised or terraced 
tables. Those next to the wall will be four feet in width. They “ 
will consist of seven shelves, the first or lower one being eight 
inches, the five succeeding ones seven, and the last eleven inches 
in width. The upper surface of the lower shelf will be three feet 
above the floor, and each succeeding shelf will rise three inches. 
The central tables will. be built after the plan of the side tables, 
but will rise from each side toward the center, and will be six 
feet and one-half in width, with six shelves on either side. Addi- 
tional shelves will be erected against the walls above the side 
tables and over the center of the interior tables, for fruits pre- 
served in solutions, etc. Fruits of ordinary size, as the apple 
and pear, will be exhibited on plates seven inches in diameter. 
Those of unusual size and irregular form will be exhibited on ap- 
propriate plates or stands, according to their special require- 
ments. 
rst. Fruits and other articles in this group will be displayed 
in not less than the following numbers and quantities: Grapes, 
three bunches of any one variety; apples, quinces, shaddocks, 
pomegranates, and cocoanuts, four each; pears, oranges, and lem- 
ons, five each; peaches, mangoes, Japan persimmons, sapodillas, 
avacadoes, and star apples, six each; apricots, nectarines, plums, 
limes, guavas, and figs, ten each; bananas, one hand; dates, one 
bunch; cherries, olives, coffee, strawberries, raspberries, black- 
berries, gooseberries, cranberries, and other small fruits, one pint 
each; citrons, pineapples, papaws (Carica papaya), and cheri- 
moyers, three each; tamarinds, almonds, pecans, Madeira nuts, 
chestnuts, Brazil nuts, filberts and other nuts, one pound each; 
glacéd fruits, figs, raisins, prunes, apricots, peaches, dates, pears, 
apples, and other dried fruits, not less than one nor more than 
twenty pounds each, and, when possible, in commercial packages, 
(21) ; 
