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Northwest Standard Dox Northwest Standard Box Northwest Standard liox 



Grading Rules and Regulations Season 1918 



Washington Standard Pack 



FIRST GRADE, Grade No. 1 or Extra Grade as to defects but regardless of 

 Fancy apples are defined as sound, color, 

 smooth, mature, clean, hand-picked. The following varieties shall be ad- 

 well-formed apples only, free from all niitted to the Extra Fancy and Fancy 

 insect pests, diseases, blemishes, bruises Grades, subject to the color require- 

 and other physical injuries, scald, scab, meats herewith specified: 

 scale, dry or bitter rot, worms, worm solid red varieties 

 stings, worm holes, spray burn, limb Extra 

 rub, visible water core, skin puncture . ., „ . KVIS^ '^o'J^ 



,. , , ., uii-u. Aiken Red ~o% 25% 



or skin broken at stem, but slight rus- Arkansas Black 75% 25% 



seting within the basin of the stem will Baldwin 75% 25% 



Up r.prmiltpH Black Ben Davis 75% 25% 



be permitted. ^ „ , ^^ „ „ Gano 75% 25% 



Second Grade, Grade No. 2 or Fancy King David 75% 25% 



Apples are defined as apples complying Spitzenberg (Esopus) 75% 25% 



.,, ., . irr-t „ 1 Vandcrpool 75% 25% 



With the requirements for first grade winesap 75% 25% 



apples except that slight sun scald or Black Twig 50% 15% 



other blemishes not more than skin Mcintosh Red 50% 15% 



deep shall be permitted up to a total of striped or partial red varieties 



10 per cent of the surface of the apple. ^^^™ P^„^y 



Third Grade, Grade No. 3 or C Grade Delicious 66%% 15% 



Apples shall include all remaining ap- Jonathan ^t^^ isw 



pies free from infection excepting that ;',',"/Savis ;:;;:::::::::::;;:;: 50% ° 10% 



two stings to each apple shall be per- Hubbardston 50% 10% 



mitted and if shipped in closed pack- ^,<:"i^°" .■■:■■ : ^"g' ]9% 



, ,, , , , <i-i^i ■ J, ,^ 1 Missouri Pippm 50% 10% 



ages shall be marked Third Grade or Northern Spy 50% io% 



C Grade " Rainier 50% 10% 



Combination Grade may also include ^°^^ ^'^"^^ ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ^S| "° '^1°^^ 



all other apple varieties not provided ''Wagenei- ................. 50% 10% 



for in First and Second Grades. YoTk ta eri'ai 50% 10% 



When Second and Third Grade apples GravenTtei"". .'.'.....'..'...'..... 25% 10% 



are packed together, the packages must Jeffrey 25% 10% 



be marked "Combination Second and King of Tompkins County 25% 10% 



Third Grade " ^^° cheeked or blushed varieties 



When First, Second and Third Grade Hyde-s'Kin'g'! '''"'''"' '''"''' ^'"^' "'''"' 



apples are packed together, the package Maiden Blush, 



must be marked "Orchard Run," but Red Cheeked Pippin. ^ , , , 



/-vujr> i_ ii^ Percenlibly blushed cheek. 



Orchard Run packages must not con- characierisHc color. 



tain any apples that would not meet the Winter Banana. 



requirements of Third Grade. yellow or green varieties 



.Summer and Early Fall Varieties: Extra Fancy— Characteristic color. 



Summer varieties such as Astrachan, . . Fancu-Characteristic color. 



r. ., , c- . r> •.• i_ • T-> 1. Grimes Golden. 



Bailey s Sweet, Beitigheimor, Duchess, Yellow Newtown. 



Early Harvest, Red June, Strawberry, Cox's Orange Pippin. 



Twenty Ounce Pippin, Yellow Trans- wh»rwinter Penrmain. 



parent and kindred varieties, not oth- Yellow Heiieiieur. 



erwise .specified in these grading rules, Northw^esiern Greening. 



,, ... , ,- 11 • .. i_ Rhode Island Greening. 



together with early fall varieties such as 



Alexander, Blue Pcarmain, Wolf River, All apples packed otherwise than ac- 



Spokane Beauty, Fall Pijipin, Waxen, cording to the foregoing lules shall be 



Tolman Sweet, Sweet Bough and other accompanied by a printed description 



varieties not provided for in these grad- of the contents on each package, 



ing rules, as grown in sections of early The term "Worm Stings," as used in 



maturity, shall be packed in accordance the above rules, shall be interpreted to 



with the grading rules covering Fancy mean "healed over stings," as the heal- 



How to start a 2/ 

 Diagonal Pack 



How to start a 3 2 

 Diagonal Pack 



ing over of the sting is the only evi- 

 dence we have to show that the so- 

 called sting is not infected. 



Grading rules recommended by reg- 

 ularly elected delegates to the Apple 

 Grade and Pack Conference held in 

 Spokane November 23, 191G,andadopted 

 by the advisory Board of the State De- 

 partment of Agriculture, January, 



1918- E. F. Benson, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 M. L. Dean, 

 Assistant Commissioner, 

 Chief Division of Horticulture. 



APPLE PACKS 



ck No. 



pack 5x5 long, 3 tier deep, 

 pack 5x6 long, 3 tier deep, 

 pack 3x3 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 3x4 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 4x4 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 4x5 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 5x5 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 5x6 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 6x6 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 6x7 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 7x7 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 7x8 long, 4 tier deep, 

 pack 4x5 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 5x5 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 5x6 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 6x6 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 6x7 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 7x7 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 7x8 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 8x8 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 8x9 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 8 long, 5 tier deep, 

 pack 9 long, 5 tier deep. 



No. in Box 

 .. 45 

 .. 50 

 .. 48 

 .. 56 

 .. 64 

 .. 72 

 .. 80 

 .. 88 

 .. 96 

 ..104 

 ..112 

 ..120 

 ..113 

 ..125 

 ..138 

 ..150 

 ..163 

 ..175 

 ..188 

 ..200 

 ..213 

 ..200 

 ..225 



Slyle of Pa 

 2x1 diagonal 

 2x1 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 2x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 

 3x2 diagonal 



5 straight 



5 straight 



The standard size of an apple box 

 shall be 18 inches long, UVi inches 

 wide, lOVj inches deep, inside measure- 

 ment. (Sec. 9831, R. & B. Code.) 



DIMENSIONS OF APPLE BOX MATERIALS 



Knds— %xinV.xllV2, 2 pieces 20 to bundle 



Sides— %xlOi/'Xl9?4, 2 pieces 40 to bundle 



T. & B.— Ux5V.xl9!)4, 4 pieces. . .100 to bundle 



Cleats— %x%xili/<!, 4 pieces 100 to bundle 



32 6d nails commonly used per box. 



RULES FOR ESTIMATING PAPER AND 

 CARDBOARD 



Apples Pears Peaches 

 Ihs. lbs. lbs. 

 Wraps for packing 100 bxs. 50 50 25 



Lining for packing 100 bxs. 7',4 

 Cardboard for packing 100 

 boxes 16 



RULES FOR USE OF PAPER 



Apples — • 



L'se 8x8 for 188-200-213-22.') packs. 



Use 9x9 for 175-103-150-13S-I25-113 packs. 



Use 10x10 for 112-104-100-9(1-88- packs. 



Use 11x11 for 80-72-64-56 packs. 



Use 12x12 for 50-48-41-36-32 packs. 

 Pears — 



Use 8x8 for 210-228-245 packs. 



Use 9x9 for 19,!-18n-165 packs. 



Use 10x10 for 150-135-120-1 t0-1(i0 packs. 



Use 11x11 for 90-80-70-60 par ks. 

 Peaches — ■ 



Use 8x8 for 96-90 packs. 



Use 9x9 for 84-78-72-05-60 packs. 



Use 10x10 for 55-50-45 pack.s. 



Use 11x11 for 40-36 packs. 

 Cement Coated Nails per Keg- 

 Ad. 55,000; 5d, 39,700; 5>id, 31,000; 6d, 

 23,600. 



