At the second annual meeting of the National Nut Growers' Association, held in New Orleans, the following scale of points for judging pecans was adopted:
| Pecan Nuts. | |
| External characters. | Points. |
| Size, | 20 |
| Form, | 5 |
| Color, | 5 |
| Shell characters. | |
| Thinness, | 10 |
| Cracking quality, | 20 |
| Kernel characters. | |
| Plumpness, | 20 |
| Color, | 5 |
| Quality, | 15 |
| —— | |
| Total, | 100 |
| Tree. | Points. |
| Vigor, | 10 |
| Habit, | 10 |
| Toughness, | 10 |
| Resistance to disease, insects, | 10 |
| Precocity, | 10 |
| Uniformity of ripening, | 10 |
| Productiveness, | 40 |
| —— | |
| Total, | 100 |
The rating of a variety to be determined by averaging the rating of nut and tree.
Explanatory Notes, Character and Condition of Samples.
All samples submitted for judging shall be fair average samples of the crop and not selected specimens. They should he tree-ripened, and should be thoroughly cured before judging. Polishing, coloring or other manipulation to disqualify:
Size—The nuts should be large and reasonably uniform in size; nuts running smaller than 100 per pound, to be disqualified.
Form—The nuts should be symmetrical in form and reasonably smooth of surface.
Color—The shell should be bright and clear in color without excess of surface markings.
Thinness—the shell should be sufficiently thin in proportion to size of nut to crush readily.