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person by whose authority the apples were packed and the barrel 

 marked. 



Sec. 6. That any person, firm or corporation, or association who 

 shall knowingly pack or cause to be packed apples in barrels, or who 

 shall knowingly sell or offer for sale such barrels in violation of the 

 provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of one dollar and costs 

 for each such barrel so sold or offered for sale, to be recovered at the 

 suit of the United States in any court of the United States having 

 jurisdiction. 



Sec. 7. That this act shall be in force and effect from and after the 

 first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 



PAJARO VALLEY APPLE GRADE RULES. 



The committee formed for the purpose of establishing grades or 

 standards for Pajaro Valley apples, after hearing all parties interested 

 and after taking into consideration the character of our fruit and the 

 markets it is destined to reach, begs leave to submit the following report, 

 which report has been approved and adopted by the four fruit-growers' 

 associations now formed in Santa Cruz County, viz : 



Corralitos Fruit Growers' Association. 



Carlton Fruit Growers' Association. 



Casserly Fruit Growers' Association. 



Soquel Fruit Growers' Association. 



Fancy or No. 1 Grade. 



Apples placed in this grade must be mature and of normal shape 

 for the variety and free from defects except leaf and limb rub, russet 

 and similar defects which have not distorted the fruit and which do 

 not aggregate more than one half inch in diameter, will be allowed. 

 Wormy apples must be excluded from this grade, also all apples less 

 than two and one fourth (2|) inches in diameter-. 



No. 2 Grade. 



In this grade may be placed all merchantable apples not included in 

 the fancy or No. 1 grade. All apples must be free from bruises with 

 skin unbroken and of good shape. Sizes smaller than two and one 

 half (2|) inches not allowed. 



Boxes. 



We recommend the adoption, as far as possible consistent with clean- 

 ing up shooks now on hand, of the Northwestern standard box, which 

 is ten and one half (10|) inches by eleven and one half (ll^) inches 

 by eighteen (18) inches inside measurement, and the diamond or 

 diagonal pack, and we further strongly recommend that each grower 

 provide himself with orchard picking boxes, to the end that our fruit 

 shall reach the markets in bright, new and clean boxes. 



Proper Marking. 



In marking boxes, care should be taken that all marks are placed in 

 a neat manner and in the proper place ; the grower's name (if desired) , 



