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11 (6) Eleven quarts, and be 5f inches deep perpendicularly, 18 1 

 inches in length, and 8 inches in width at the top of the basket, 16 f 

 inches in length, and 6l inches in width at the bottom of the basket, as 

 nearly exactly as practicable, all measurements to be inside of the 

 veneer proper, and not to include the top band. 



" (c) Six quarts, and be 4| inches deep perpendicularly, 15f inches 

 in length, and 7 inches in width at the top of the basket, 13| inches 

 in length, and 5| inches in width at the bottom of the basket, as nearly 

 exactly as practicable, all measurements to be inside of the veneer 

 proper, and not to include the top band : Provided that the Governor 

 in Council may by proclamation exempt any province from the opera- 

 tion of this section. 

 , " (rf) Two and two-fifths quarts, as nearly exactly as practicable." 



Proposed United States standards (Provisions in the Lafean Bill, 

 ' now before Congress, 1911). 



First. The standard box package for apples is a box having a ca- 

 pacity of not less than 2342 cubic inches when measured without dis- 

 tention of its parts. 



Second. The standard basket package for apples is a basket having 

 a capacity of not less than 2342 cubic inches, when measured level- 

 full, without distention of its parts. 



Third. The standard barrel package for apples is a barrel of the 

 following dimensions, when measured without distention of its parts : 

 Length of stave, 28| inches ; diameter of head, 17| inches, distance 

 between heads, 26 inches ; circumference of bulge, 64 inches, outside 

 measurement. 



Section 3. That the standard grade for apples which shall be shipped 

 or delivered for shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, or which 

 shall be sold or offered for sale within the District of Columbia or the 

 Territories of the United States, are as follows : 



Apples of one variety, which are well-grown specimens, hand-picked, 

 of good color for the variety, normal shape, practically free from in- 

 sect and fungus injury, bruises, and other defects, except such as are 

 necessarily caused in the operation of packing, or apples of one variety, 

 which are not more than 10 per centum below the foregoing specifica- 

 tions, are standard grade " U. S. Size A," if the minimum size of the 

 apples is two and one-half inches in transverse diameter ; or are stand- 



