672 TJIE FRUIT IXDUSTRY ix NEW YORK STATE 



three inches, three and one-quarter inches, and so on, in accord- 

 ance with the facts. 



Minimum sizes may be designated by figures instead of words. 

 The word " minimum " may be designated by using the abbrevia- 

 tion "min." 



A tolerance or variation of five per cenium on size shall be 

 allowed in all classes, but such five per centum shall not be in addi- 

 tion to the variations or tolerances for defects provided in grades 

 " Fancy," " A " and " B." ' 



(A) Every closed package containing apples grown in the state 

 of New York which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or packed 

 for sale, or transported for sale by any person shall bear upon the 

 outside of one end in plain letters and figures the name and ad- 

 dress of the packer or the person by whose authority the apples 

 were packed and the package marked, the true name of the 

 variety, the grade or class of the apples therein contained and the 

 minimum size of the fruit in the packages. If the true name of 

 the variety shall not be known to the packer or the person by 

 whose authority the package is packed or branded, then such 

 variety shall be designated as " unknown." Every package of 

 apples which is repacked shall bear the name and address of the 

 repacker or the name of the person by whose authority it is re- 

 packed in place of that of the original packer. 



(B) The marks or brands as prescribed by this act shall be in 

 block letters and figures of size of not less than thirty-six point 

 Gothic. 



(C) It shall be unlawful for any person within the state to 

 sell, offer or expose for sale, or pack for sale, or transport for sale 

 apples which are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning 

 of this act, 



(D) For the purposes of this act apples packed in a closed 

 package shall be deemed to be misbranded. 



First. If the package shall fail to bear the statements required 

 by this act. 



Second. If the package shall be falsely branded or shall bear 

 any statement, design or device regarding such apples which is 

 false or misleading, or if the package bears any statement, design, 

 or device, indicating that the apples contained therein are a given 

 New York " standard grade " and said apples when packed or 

 repacked do not conform to the requirements of such grade. 



