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They must be free from bruises and limb rubs, and the skin 

 around the stem must not be broken. All apples must be clean, 

 fully matured, not deformed, and must have natural color. All 

 red apples must be of good color. Special instructions will be 

 mailed covering the percentage of color required for all red apples 

 aside from the Spitzenbergs. 



Fancy Grade. This grade consists of apples a little below 

 Extra Fancy, and includes such apples as are not perfect. These 

 must be good apples, not culls. No apples with worm holes 

 or broken skin will be accepted. Limb rubs must not be larger 

 than a ten-cent piece. Only two stings will be allowed, and no 

 sting is permitted where the skin of the apple is broken. No 

 apples will be accepted if affected with San Jose scale, dry rot, 

 or which show an open or black bruise. Apples showing fungus 

 will not be permitted where the spot is larger than a ten-cent 

 piece. All red varieties must show some red ; that is, an en- 

 tirely green apple of a red variety cannot go in this grade. 



C Grade. The C-grade apples shall consist of merchantable 

 apples not included in the above grades, and may include mis- 

 shapen apples, but no apples containing open worm holes, scale, 

 or spots showing decay will be permitted. No color line what- 

 ever will be drawn on this grade. 



HOOD RIVER RULES FOR PACKERS AND GROWERS 



The following rules and regulations cover the operations of the 

 packers and growers : 



1. Each packer, before beginning work, must have his name 

 registered at the office of the Union and receive a rubber stamp. 

 He must stamp each box of packed apples at the lower left-hand 

 corner with his official stamp. 



2. Every packer must put up a first-class pack. 



3. When a box is packed the packer shall stamp with a rubber 

 stamp upon the end of the box, in the center near the top, the 

 exact number of apples the box contains. 



4. Each box of apples must be packed with about a three- 

 quarter inch swell in middle of top and bottom, but no box 

 should be packed so high that it will be necessary to cleat the 



