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brand or label or any part thereof, or as qualifying the pack, container 

 or the contents of the container, unless such apples and such container 

 shall comply with all of the requirements of this act. 



Sec. 4. The following standards for apple boxes and for the pack- 

 ing, labeling and branding of apple boxes to which this act is made 

 applicable, are hereby established : 



(a) The standard container shall be a box of the following dimen- 

 sions, inside measurements, when measured without distention of its 

 parts : 



Depth of end, ten and one-half inches ; width of end eleven and one- 

 half inches; length of box, eighteen inches; and having a cubical 

 content of as nearly as possible, two thousand one hundred seventy- 

 three and one-half cubic inches; provided, that a smaller box may be 

 used if plainly marked, on one side and on the labeled or branded end 

 with the words "short box." 



(6) No statement, design, or device, appearing upon any box within 

 which apples are contained, or upon the brand, or lining thereof, or 

 upon the wrapper of any apple, or upon any sign, or placard used in 

 connection therewith, and having reference to or regarding the box or 

 the apples contained therein, shall be false or misleading in any 

 particular. 



(c) Every box, within which apples are contained, shall bear upon 

 the outside of one or both ends thereof, in plain words or figures, and 

 in the English language, the following statement : the number of apples 

 in the box ; the style of pack used ; the variety of the apples contained, 

 unless the variety be unknown to the packer, in which case the variety 

 shall be stated as * ' unknowTi ' ' ; the name and business address of the 

 person, firm, company, organization or corporation, who first packed or 

 caused the same to be packed, and, if re-packed, the name and address 

 of the person, firm, company, organization, or corporation who 

 re-packed, or caused the same to be re-packed ; the name of the locality 

 where said apples were grown; the date when such apples were first 

 packed ; if the apples have been re-packed, the date of re-packing ; and 

 the stamp hereinafter provided for, canceled as required by the state 

 commissioner of horticulture of California. A variation of three 

 apples more, or less, than the number stated, shall be allowed. 



{d) The apples contained within each box shall be well grown speci- 

 mens of one variety, hand picked, well colored for the variety, reason- 

 ably uniform in size, properly matured, well packed, and practically 

 free from dirt; and shall be free from insect pests, diseases, rot, insect 

 bites, bruises and other defects, except such bruises and defects as are 

 necessarily caused in the operation of packing; provided, however, that 

 a variation from the standard as to insect pests, diseases, rot, insect 

 bites, bruises, and other defects, shall be allowed, not to exceed ten per 

 cent total such defects, nor to exceed three per cent of any one such 

 defect. 



Sec. 5. The state commissioner of horticulture of California shall 

 be charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and for 

 that purpose shall have power: 



(a) To enter and to inspect every place within the State of California 

 where apples are packed, shipped, delivered for shipment, offered for 

 sale or sold, and to inspect all apples and apple boxes found in any such 

 place. 



