2]^ inches 



2 



2^ 



3 ". 

 over 3 in 



UNIFORMITY 



For No. 2 apples, 



X or No. 3 



XX or No. 2 



For No. I apples, 



XXX Small or dessert 



XXX No. I 



X XXX A No. I 



XX XXX Extra 



XXX XXX Extra large 



IN GRADE MARKS MOST 

 DESIRABLE 



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Fig. 24.58 Woodstock Surroundings. 



NOW these marks are most suitable and 

 convenient. Perhaps they seem too 

 many to those who have bulked everything 

 together, big or little. But those days are 

 passed, and we find that uniformity of size 

 in a package pays in dollars and cents. 

 Now if all who try to put up graded fruit 

 would adopt these marks and grades, we 

 would soon find the confidence of the British 

 buyer growing, and our goods in greater de- 

 mand. 



AN INSPECTOR'S OPINION ON GRADE 

 MARKS 



MR. A. McNeill, one of the Inspectors 

 under the Fruit Marks Act, looked 

 over this copy before it went to our 

 printer. " You are on the right track," 

 said he. *' Those X's are confusing, 

 and your 3rd column is much better. 

 Those terms describe exactly the grade, 

 and are fully in accord with the Fruit 

 Marks Act. 



' ' Ordinarily speaking, most shippers 

 will simply ship No. i and No. 2 ap- 

 ples ; but of course you who put up 

 fancy grades in boxes, and use a grade 

 to reach uniformity in size, will need 

 the higher grades. 



"The speculators, who buy largely, will 

 not grade as you do. How can a man, who 

 handles 40 or 50,000 bbls. of apples in a 

 single season, stop to do it." 



"Well, the whole question, in a nutshell, 

 is, would it pay ? If 2^,000 bbls. so graded 

 would give as much profit as 40,000 care- 

 lessly graded, then it would pay." 



