THE APPLE GRADING LAW 677 



PERCENTAGE OF TOLERANCE 



Percentage of tolerance refers to total quantity and may be 

 expressed or computed in terms of quarts or weights. 



STORING OF APPLES 



Closed packages of apples can be transported to storages within 

 the state for storage without marking them, but such closed pack- 

 ages of apples must be graded, packed and marked in a way to 

 comply with the law before they are removed in closed packages 

 from the storage for sale or transportation for sale. 



CLOSED PACKAGES 



" Closed packages " means all double-headed or burlap-covered 

 barrels, boxes, baskets or other packages, the contents of which 

 cannot be seen when closed. 



REPACKING OF CLOSED PACKAGES 



Any person responsible for the repacking in New York State of 

 closed packages of apples for sale, that were grown, packed, and 

 branded in New York State, must erase the name and address of 

 the original packer and substitute his own. Apples not raised in 

 New York State cannot be branded as New York State apples. 

 (See second clause under Subdivision D, bottom^ojf page 672.) 



The New York Standard apple barrel is of the following meas- 

 urements and capacity: Head 17% inches, stave 28!/o inches 

 long, capacity 7,056 cubic inches, bilge 64 inches outside measure- 

 ments, distance between heads 26 inches. 



VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW 



If closed packages of apples not properly branded or, if 

 branded, and the contents do not conform to the marks branded 

 upon the package within the limits of tolerance are sold, offered 

 or exposed for sale, packed for sale, or transported for sale, the 

 owner or person responsible for packing or branding such apples 

 violates the law, and is subject to such penalties as are provided in 

 Subdivision F. (See page 673.) 



UNITED STATES APPLE GRADING LAW 



Apples packed and branded in accordance with the United 

 States Law, approved August 3, 1912, do not have to be branded 

 or graded in accordance with the New York State Apple Grading 

 Law. A copy of the United States law follows : 



