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that ease is to deal with the person who receives them. 



MH. MITCHELL OF NEW YORK : Say a grower packs 

 j-Tcenings and they are inspected, sold, put in storage, hav- 

 ing been inspected and packed, when they are taken out of 

 storage they are badly scalded and fungous has developed 

 end they are not up to the standard when they were stored; 

 who is responsible? Must they be re-graded and re-brand- 

 ed? What Avould be the adjustment in a case like that? 



SECRETARY WHEELER : We probably would have to 

 re-brand apples that had gone so badly as to be affected in 

 that way; I think there is going to be a great deal of difficul- 

 ty in enforcing this law on those particular varieties that 

 are likely to scald in storage, but I do think there is a 

 possibility of putting greenings into storage so they will not 

 scald. I know that several growers are doing it so they 

 don't scald. I think it may be a defect in the way they are 

 put into the barrel, and that can be avoided, but if it comes 

 to a question of our inspecting those, w;e can do it at both 

 ends if necessary, and also put a statement on the barrel 

 ihat at the time of inspection when they go into the storage 

 they are free from scab or scald. 



MR. MITCHELL : I raised the question particularly 

 because in New York State a great many apples have gone 

 through that particular trial, and in our market quotations 

 in New York City the apples are now quoted as Fancy, 

 Grade A and Grade B and unbranded, so that the shipper 

 and grower can tell from the price current what each grade 

 is selling for when the apples are coming out of storage; 

 sometimes a barrel of apples marked Fancy has degenerated 

 imtil it is as bad as Grade B or Ungraded, and that quota- 

 tion is put into Fancy Grades, so that it militates against 

 accurate market reports for the grower, and those points 

 are so fine and hard to regulate that I wanted to see if the 

 different officers and states that are enforcing these laws can 

 get together and enforce these laws so that we get accurate 

 market reports. 



SECRETARY WHEELER: The law now rearls, "Ap- 



