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the standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimen- 

 sions when measured without distention of its parts: Length 

 of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, 

 seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, 

 twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches 

 outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven 

 thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, That steel bar- 

 rels containing the interior dimensions provided for in this sec- 

 tion shall be construed as a compliance therewith. 



Sec. 2. That the standard grades for apples when packed in 

 barrels which shall be shipped or delivered for shipment in 

 interstate or foreign commerce, or which shall be sold or offered 

 for sale within the District of Columbia or the Territories oi 

 the United vStates shall be as follows: Apples of one variety, 

 which are well-grown specimens, hand picked, of good color 

 for the variety, normal shape, practically free from insect and 

 fungous injury, bruises, and other defects, except such as are 

 necessarily caused in the operation of packing, or apples of one 

 variety which are not more than ten per centum below the 

 foregoing specifications shall be "Standard grade minimum size 

 two and one-half inches," if the minimum size of the apples is 

 two and one-half inches in transverse diameter; "Standard 

 grade minimum size two and one-fourth inches," if the mini- 

 mum size of the apples is two and one-fourth inches in trans- 

 verse diameter; or "Standard grade minimum size two inches," 

 if the minimum size of the apples is two inches in transverse 

 diameter. 



Sec. 3. That the barrels in which apples are packed in ac- 

 cordance with the provision of this Act may be branded in 

 accordance with section two of this Act. 



Sec. 4. That all barrels packed with apples shall be deemed 

 to be below standard if the barrel bears any statement, design, 

 or device indicating that the barrel is a standard barrel of 

 apples, as herein defined, and the capacity of the barrel is less 

 than the capacity prescribed by section one of this Act, unless 

 the barrel shall be plainly marked on end and side with words 

 or figures showing the fractional relation which the actual 

 capacity of the barrel bears to the capacity prescribed by sec- 

 tion one of this Act. The marking required by this paragraph 



