Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-07
THE HORTICULTURAL FAIR
Rules and Regulations Adopted by the
H0rticural Society for Guidance
of Exhibitors at the Coming
Exhibition.
SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS In PREMIUMS
The Complete Premium List Will Be
Issued in Few Days and Dis
tributed for General In
formation.

For the guidance of exhibitors at the
Horticultural fair, to be held in Santa Fe
on September Z, 8, and 8, the following
regulations have been adopted by the
society:
Every member of the society is en-
titled to make as many entries as he de-
sires. All exhibitors must be members
of the society.
2-All fruits entered for competition
must have been grown in New Mexico.
Entries for exhibition only, will be re-
oeIved from any locality.
3-All exhibits must be entered at the
office of the secretary, in the name of the
grower or owner. Exhibitors are urged
to make their entries early SO as to avoid
confusion and facilitate business. En-
tries will be received until a. m. of Sep
be in place by 10 O'Clock of that day.
4-Eve-y person making an entry will
receive an exhibition card for each ex
hibit. For articles not entered for com
petition, the card will contain the num-
Der of the entry and the name of the
article as entered, but not the name of
the exhibitor. No marks of any kind
indicating ownership will be permitted
until the award of premiums and the
distribution of premium cards, and any
violation of this rule will bar the article
so marked from competition.
5-Every article exhibited will, during
the fair, be under the control Of the off.
GERS of the society, and will not be per-
mitted to be removed without their con-
sent; and while every precaution will be
taken for safe keeping, yet the society
will in no case be responsible for loss of
articles or damages thereto.
6-Each exhibit of fruit except grapes,
and those under the head of miscellaneous,
shall contain five specimens; in the ex-
oepted cases, the amount is discretionary
with the exhibitor.
THE same plate of fruit cannot be
entered for two premiums; that is to say
plate which constitutes portion of an
entry for the best collection of five, ten
or more varieties, cannot be entered for
the separate variety premium. But there
is no objection to the same exhibitor
competing for both premiums if separate
plates of fruit are presented.
8-Fruit that has ripened earlier in
the year than the time of holding the fair,
may be exhibited in solution in jars.
9-Oompetent judges will be appoint
ed by the society, but their names will not
be publishsd until their duties are con.
cluded. Great care will be exercised in
their selection and as far as possible all
localities in the territory will be fairly
represented. No person can act as Judge
of any class of fruit of which he is an ex-
hibitor; and if 80 acting, his exhibits in
that class are barred from competition.
10--In cases where there is but one
entry, and therefore no competition, the
judges may award the fruit the second
premium or refuse to award at all, ac-
cording to the worthiness of the entry; it
being the intention of the society to
award no premiums except for general
excellence. In non, competitive awards,
the premium money, if any, shall be one
half that offered in case of competition.
1.-THE accurate naming of fruits is
one of the principal objects of the So
ciety, and correct knowledge of varie-
ties one of the important benefits of the
fair. Judges are therefore directed to re-
quire all fruits submitted to their de-
cision to be accurately marked.
12-In addition to awarding the prem
iums regularly offered in their respective
classes, the judges are authorized to re-
port any articles appropriately belong
ing to that class for which no premium
is offered, and the officers of the society
may therefore direct the bestowal of a
diploma as discretionary premium.
13-In making their estimates of the
comparative value of collections of fruits,
judges are instructed to consider the fol-
lowing points:
First-The nomenclature, which should
accord with the fruit lists of the Pomo.