Every one who competes must not have more than half his allotment in potatoes.

The greater the variety of vegetables the other half contains, the better is his chance for the first prize.
The appraiser is some disinterested person of good judgment, perhaps from an adjoining town, who knows none of the competitors.

To prevent any possible favoritism, the allotments are all numbered, and he awards prizes to numbers only, not knowing to whom they belong.

Another feature, illustrating the generous disposition of the proprietor, characterises this good work.

On the evening appointed for paying the rents, he gets up a regular, old-fashioned English supper of roast beef and plum-pudding for them, giving each fourpence instead of beer, so that they may all go home sober as well as cheerful.