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pies which have been in cold storage shall not be sold or 

 distributed, or offered or exposed for sale or distributioa, in 

 closed packages imtil they have been inspected in accordance 

 with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the secretary 

 of the state board of agriculture, unless a statement of the 

 length of time during which the apples have been kept in 

 .storage shall be plainly marked upon the package." We 

 are asking that that last statement be stricken out so that 

 we will have a chance to make elastic rules and regulations 

 lor that inspection. I realize that it is one of the most 

 'lifficult questions in handling this whole law\ 



]\IR. MANN: I would like to ask what standing a barrel 

 of apples packed under the Sulzer law would have in ^Mas^a- 

 ehusetts ? 



SECRETARY WHEELER: Apples grown in ]Massaehu- 

 setts for sale in the State must be packed under the JMassa- 

 chusetts laAv. If for shipment interstate they may he 

 I'-acked under the Sulzer laAv. 



MR. MANN: What if they are packed outside the State 

 under the Sulzer law and shipped into ^lassachusetts ' 



SECRETARY AVHEELER: We have nothing to say 

 about them, that is inter-state commerce. I have some 

 stencils here which show the order in which the marlvs on 

 tlie packages will be rquired ; if any of you care to come up 

 I will be glad to show them to you. The marks on the 

 ])ackage will be required to be put on in this order, '' ^lassa- 

 chusetts standard." are the words at the top, then the grade, 

 then the minimum size, and in order to comply Avith the 

 <T0vernment requirements we have got to put on all our 

 packages the fact that it is a standard barrel, if it is a 

 f-tandard barrel, then the variety, and then who it is packed 

 or repacked by. That order of stencilling will be adhered 

 to. 



]MR. GEER: We use a good many peach baskets in our 

 packing, and T would like to know if it is necessary to stamp 

 the quaiitity or weight on each package of those peach 

 1 askets. 



