144 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Sept.^ 



circumference of bulge sixty-four inches, outside measurement; and 

 the thickness of staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch; pro- 

 vided any barrel of a different form having a capacity of seven 

 thousand and fifty-six cubic inches shall be a standard barrel. The 

 standard box for apples shall be of the following dimensions, by inside- 

 measurement: Eighteen inches by eleven and one-half inches by ten 

 and one-half inches, without distention of its parts, and shall have a 

 capacity of not less than two thousand one hundred and seventy- three- 

 and one-half cubic inches. 



Sec, 2. The standard grades of apples when packed or repacked 

 in closed packages within this state shall be as follows: "(Name of 

 state) Standard Fancy" shall consist only of apples of one variety of 

 which not less than ninety-seven per centum shall be well matured 

 specimens, shall be hand-picked, color above medium and high for the 

 variety, normal shape, of good size for the variety and reasonably 

 uniform in size; with none less than two and one -half inches in 

 diameter, sound and free from dirt, disease, insect or fungus injury, 

 bruises and other defects, except such as are necessarily caused in the 

 operation of packing, and shall be packed properly in clean, strong 

 packages. "(Name of state) Standard A" shall consist only of apples of 

 one variety of which not less than ninety- five per centum shall be well 

 matured specimens, shall be hand-picked, properly packed, of medium 

 color for the variety, normal shape, sound and practically free from 

 dirt, disease, insect or fungus injury, bruises and other defects, except 

 such as are necessarily caused in the operation of packing. '•(Name of 

 state) Standard B" shall consist only of apples of one variety of which 

 not less than ninety per centum shall be properly packed, shall be of 

 practically normal shape, practically free from dirt, disease, insect or 

 fungus injury, bruises and other defects that materially injure the use- 

 ful quality of the apples. "Unclassified." Apples not conforming to 

 the foregoing specifications of grade or, if conforming, not branded in 

 accordance therewith, shall be classed as "unclassified" and so branded. 



Sec. 3. Every closed package of apples packed or repacked in 

 the state and intended for sale, either within or without the state, 

 shall have marked in a conspicuous place on the outside of the pack- 

 age in plain letters the following statements in the order named: (1) 

 The name of the state where grown; (2) the name of the grade as 

 specified in section two of this act; (3) the minimum size of the apples 

 contained therein; (4) a true statement of the quantity of the contents; 

 (5) the name of the variety; (6) the name and address of the person by 

 whose authority the apples were packed. If the true name of the variety 

 shall not be known to the person by whose authority the apples were 

 packed, then such statement shall include the words "variety unknown." 

 Every closed package of apples which is repacked shall bear the name 

 and address of the person by whose authority the apples are repacked 

 in place of that of the original owner. 



Sec. 4. The minimum size of the fruit in all grades, including the 

 unclassified, shall be marked upon the package as required in section 

 three, and shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of 

 the smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and 

 blossom end. Minimum size shall be stated in variations of one-quarter 

 of an inch. Minimum sizes may be designated by figures instead of 

 words. The word "minimum" may be designated by using the abbre- 

 viation "min." 



Sec, '5. The marks indicating the grade shall not be accompanied 

 by any other designation of grade or brand which is inconsistent with 

 or marked more conspicuously on the package than the rhark or 

 marks required by section three of this act. 



