Page Twelve 



BETTER FRUIT 



February, 1 922 



New Grading: Rules 



GROWKRS and shippers of the North- 

 west will be interested in learning of 

 the changes in grading rules on apples 

 which are to be put into effect in Wash- 

 ington as result of action taken at the state 

 grade and pack conference, held at Spo- 

 kane in December. At the time the con- 

 ference adopted the new rules Charles L. 

 Robinson, state supervisor of horticulture, 

 announced that they will be accepted by 

 his department. 



The revised standards are as follows: 



"Extra fancy, or first grade, apples are 

 defined a? mature, clean, smooth, hand- 

 picked, well-formed apples only, free 

 from all insect pests, diseases, bruises and 

 holes, spray burns, limb rub, visible water 

 core, skin punctures or skin broken at the 

 stem, and shall be free from russeting 

 except that russeting within the basin of 

 the stem shall be permitted. 



"Fancy, or second grade apples, are de- 

 fined as apples complying with the stand- 

 ard of extra fancy grade except that leaf 

 rubs, slight scratches and russeting be per- 

 mitted up to 10 per cent of the surface d 

 the apple; provided that slight limb ruli 

 not to exceed one-half inch in diameter oi 

 scab spots not larger than one-quarter inch 

 in diameter in the aggregate shall be per- 

 mitted; provided further, that two healed- 

 over worm stings on apples carrying color 

 requirements characteristic of the varien 

 shall be permitted in this grade. 



"C grade, or third grade apples, are de- 

 fined as all those free from infection, soft 

 bruises and broken skin; provided that this 

 grade may include healed-over stings and 

 scab spots not to exceed one-half inch in 

 diameter in the aggregate. 



"Extra fancy color requirements shall 

 remain the same as the 1921 except that 

 there shall be no color requirements on 

 green and yellow varieties; that Macintosh 

 Red and Kraign Spitz be changed from 



solid red to striped red varieties, and the 

 Winter Bananas from the green and yel- 

 low varieties to the red-checked or blushed 

 variety; that color requirements for fancy 

 grade remain the same as in 1 92 1 except 

 that there be no color requirements on 

 red-checked or blushed varieties and on 

 green and yellow varieties; that the C 

 grade shall have no color requirements 

 and that tolerance be increased from 5 

 per cent to 10 per cent. 



"Scald, decay and other defects develop- 

 ing in fruit after packing shall be defined 

 as applying to condition rather than grade; 

 provided, that satisfactory evidence be pre- 

 sented to show that such defects were not 

 evident at the time of packing." 



The standard depth of the tin top pack 

 for prunes was placed at 4J4 inches and 

 the standard depth for suitcase pack placed 

 at 3/4 inches. 



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