September, 1920 



BETTER FRUIT 



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Apple Grading Rules — Season 1920 



Extra Fancy — Extra Fancy apples are de- worm holes will not be permitted. This 



fined as sound", mature, clean, hand-picked, grade must be plainly marked with the word 



well-formed apples only, free from all insect "Unclassified." 

 pests, diseases, blemishes, bruises and holes, COLOR REQUIREMENTS 



mmcWes"";. 'sgn b?ok!n rt'.to^SSftSS A PP'« *haU be admitted to the First and 



punctures or shin biohin at si. m, du sign Second grades, subject to the following color 



usseting wi thin the basin of the stem shall spec . ifu . a f io , ls . Tne J percentage stated refers 



ne permmea. to the area of the surface which must be cov- 



Fancy Grade— I- ancy apples are defined as ered with a , shade of red 



apples complying with the standard of Extra 



Fancy Grade", except that slight leaf rubs, SOLID RED VARIETIES 



scratches, or russeting shall be permitted up Extra 



to a total of ten per cent of the surface, and I- ancy Fancy 



provided that scab spots not larger than one- Aiken Red 75% 25% 



quarter inch in diameter in the aggregate Arkansas Black 75% 25% 



shall be permitted in this grade. Baldwin .. i ', 259i 



"C" Grade— "C" grade apples shall con- Black Ben Davis ,_.y , 25J 



sist of sound, mature, hand-picked apples Detroit nea /a . --_' 



which are practically free from infection, Gano • • • ; • if %e jS,"h 



bruising or broken skin and which are not King David 75% 25% 



badly misshapen, provided that two healed «ed June .., , -._> , 



worm stings, slight sun scald, and scab up to Spi zenburg hsopus 75% 2o% 



a total of one-half inch in diameter shall be SpiUcnburg Kaign 759j 25 . 



permitted in this grade. Vanderpool 75* 2|9i 



Combination Grade— When Extra Fancy iVnTth™ M* r >v 



and Fancy apples are packed together the „ ! m '' ru.'j l v 



boxes must be marked ••Combination Extra Mdntosn mil i.i. 



Fancy and Fancy." When Fancy and "C" STRIPED OR PARTIAL RED VARIETIES 



grade apples are packed together trie box must Extra 



be marked "Combination Fancy and "C" Fancy Fancy 



Grades." Combination grades must contain Delicious 66 -'• , -V 



at least 25 per cent of apples which are of Stayman Winesap i",t; J ', 25% 



such grade as would be permitted in the Black Twig 50' , 15', 



higher grades. None of the higher grade Ben Davis ."."' 15', 



apples shall be sorted out of any lot and the Bonum .Ml', I.v 



remainder packed as combination grade. Fameuse 50', 15' , 



Orchard Run— When Extra Fancy, Fancy Geniton 50% 15% 



and "C" Grade apples are packed together the Hubbardston 50% 15% 



boxes must be marked "Orchard Run." but Limbertwig Mr. 1591 



Orchard Run apples must not contain any Missouri Pippin iO 15 



fruit that will not meet the requirements of Northern Spy Mi. 15 



"C" Grade. It shall be unlaw fill to remove Ontario 50 IV 



any of the higher grade apples from any lot Red Astrachaii 50' I i' 



and then pack the remainder as "Orchard Rainier 50 ', I 



Run." Rome Beauty *50 15 



Unclassified— All firm apples which are Salome 50', 15% 



practically free from infection but which do Stark 509! 15 



not conform to the foregoing specifications of Sutton 50', i, 



grade, or if conforming, are not branded in Willow Twig 50', 15' 



accordance therewith shall be classed as "Un- Wagener 50' ; 15% 



classified," and so branded, provided, thai no Wealthy : 5o- , i 



restriction shall be placed on the number of York Imperial 



worm stings admitted to this class. Open Alexander 25' ; 10% 



Chenango 25% 10% 



Gravenstein 25% 10% 



Jeffries 25% 10% 



King 25% 10% 



Oldenburg 25% 10% 



Shiawassee 25% 10% 



Twenty Ounce 25% 10% 



* No color requirement on Fancy Rome 

 Beauty 96 and larger. 

 RED CHEEKED OR BLUSHED VARIETIES 



Extra Fancy — Perceptibly blushed cheek. 

 Fancy — Tinge of color. 

 Hvdes King 

 Maiden Blush 

 Red Cheek Pippin 

 Winter Banana. 



GREEN AND YELLOW VARIETIES 

 Extra Fancy — Characteristic color. 

 Fancy — Characteristic color. 

 Grimes Golden 

 Y'ellow Newtown 

 White Winter Pearmain 

 Cox's Orange Pippin 

 Ortlev 



Yellow Bellefleur 

 Rhode Island Greening. 



SUMMER AND EARLY FALL VARIETIES 

 Summer varieties such as Astrachan, 

 Bailey's Sweet, Beitigheimer, Duchess, Early 

 Harvest, Bed June, Strawberry, Twenty Ounce 

 Pippin. Yellow ^Transparent and kindred 

 varieties, not otherwise specified in these 

 grading rules, together with early fall varie- 

 ties such as Alexander, Blue Pearmain, Wolf 

 River, Spokane Reauty, Fall Pippin, Waxen, 

 Tolman Sweet. Sweet Bough and other varie- 

 ties not provided for in these grading rules, 

 as grown in sections of early maturity, shall 

 be packed in accordance with the grading 

 rules covering Fancy Grade as to defects but 

 regardless of color. 



All apples packed otherwise than accord- 

 ing to the foregoing rules shall be accom- 

 panied by a printed description of the 

 contents of each package. 



APPLE PACKS No. in 



Style of Pack: Box 



2x1 diagonal pack 5x5 long, 3 tier deep. . 45 

 2x1 diagonal pack 5x6 long, 3 tier deep. . 50 

 2x2 diagonal pack 3x3 long, 4 tier deep. . 48 

 2x2 diagonal pack 3x4 long, 4 tier deep. . 56 

 2x2 diagonal pack 4x4 long, 4 tier deep. . 64 

 2x2 diagonal pack 4x5 long, 4 tier deep.. 72 

 2x2 diagonal pack 5x5 long, 4 tier deep. . 80 

 2x2 diagonal pack 5x6 long, 4 tier deep. . 88 

 2x2 diagonal pack 6x6 long, 4 tier deep. . 96 

 2x2 diagonal pack 6x7 long, 4 tier deep. . 104 

 2x2 diagonal pack 7x7 long, 4 tier deep. . 112 

 2x2 diagonal pack 7x8 long, 4 tier deep. . 120 

 3x2 diagonal pack 4x5 long, 5 tier deep.. 113 

 3x2 diagonal pack 5x5 long, 5 tier deep. . 125 

 3x2 diagonal pack 5x6 long, 5 tier deep. . 138 

 3x2 diagonal pack 6x6 long, 5 tier deep. . 150 

 3x2 diagonal pack 6x7 long, 5 tier deep.. 163 

 3x2 diagonal pack 7x7 long, 5 tier deep. . 175 

 3x2 diagonal pack 7x8 long, 5 tier deep. . 188 

 3x2 diagonal pack 8x8 long, 5 tier deep. . 200 

 3x2 diagonal pack 8x9 long, 5 tier deep. . 213 



5 straight pack 8 long, 5 tier deep. . 200 



5 straight pack 9 long, 5 tier deep.. 225 



DIMENSIONS OF STANDARD APPLE AND 



PEAR PACKAGES 



The standard size of an apple box shall be 

 18 inches long, 11 W. inches wide, 10% inches 

 deep, inside measurement. 



Pear — lSxllVjxS 1 :: inches, and outside length 

 199i inches. 



3%-inch suitcase pack Peach-Plum — 18x1114 

 x3U inches. 

 DIMENSIONS OF APPLE BOX MATERIALS 



Ends— %xl0V?;xll%, 2 pieces, 20 to bundle. 



Sides— " s xl0':.xl9%, 2 pieces, 40 to bundle. 



Top and Bottom— iix5M.xl9%, 4 pieces, 100 

 to bundle. 



Cleats — "ix ?4xl li v., 4 pieces, 100 to bundle. 



Thirty-two 6d nails commonly used per box. 



RULES FOR ESTIMATING PAPER AND 



CARDBOARD 



Apples and Pears. 



Wraps for packing 100 boxes, 50 pounds. 



Lining for packing 100 boxes, 7% pounds. 



Cardboard for packing 100 boxes (apples), 

 16 pounds. 



RULES FOR USE OF PAPER 

 Apples. 



Use 8xS for 188-200-213-225 Packs. 



Use 9x9 for 175-103-150-138-125-113 Packs. 



Use 10x10 for 112-104-100-96-88 Packs. 



1 se 11x11 for 80-72-64-56 Packs. 



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

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Use S\8 for 210-228-215 Packs. 



Use 9x9 for 193-180-165 Packs, 



Use 10x10 for 150-135-120-110-100 Packs. 



Use 11x11 for 90-80-70-60 Packs. 



CEMENT COATED NAM S 



Per keg: 4d, 55,000; od, 39,700; 5%d, 31,000; 

 6d, 23,600. 



