Miscellaneous. 351 



RULES FOR GRADING FRUIT— WHAT CONSTITUTES NUM- 

 BER ONE? 



The following questions are submitted by one of our New York State 

 readers: "A sells his crop of apples at a certain price per barrel, the 

 buyer agreeing to give the same price for No. i and No, 2 quality. Can 

 the buyer create his own code of rules as to what shall constitute No. 2 

 quality, or are there certain fixed rules which protect the seller in this 

 case ?" What is the custom in your locality ? 



There should be no creating of code of rules by either the seller or 

 buyer after a sale is made unless both agree to the rules. The rules and 

 specifications should be agreed upon at the time of sale as to what con- 

 stitutes a No. I and a No. 2 apple and be a written contract. 



J. B. COLLAMER. 



Hilton, N. Y. 



I understand that there is a fixed code of rules, stating what shall 

 be No. ti apples and No. 2. As I understand it, No. i are nothing less 

 than 2^ inches in diameter, free from worms and fungus. No. 2 are 

 nothing less than tw^o inches in diameter and not more than one worm 

 hole and fairly free from fungus. The above is what I suppose is the 

 rule of the New York State grower. 



B. J. Case. 



Sodus, N. Y. 



There is no code of rules for grades of apples that I know of. All per- 

 fect apples 2% inches in diameter go for No. i here, unless it is specified 

 that they shall be 2^ inches. . No. 2 are all other apples reasonably fair that 

 are two inches or over, but any man makes a mistake to sell in that way, 

 and not have some definite understanding. Fungus on Greenings is a bad 

 condition this year, and we should put ourselves in the place of the 

 buyer, at least part of the time, when we are packing. 



T. B. Wilson. 



Hall's Corners, N. Y. 



If A sells a hundred barrels of apples for $2 per barrel, what differ- 

 ence does it make if 50, 60 or 90 barrels are graded as No. i and the 

 remainder No. 2? If same price is paid for No. i and No. 2, the buyer 

 grades to suit himself. If A should sell his No. i for $2 and No. 2 

 for $1.50 the parties would agree on size and condition of No. i, as 



