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variety, the name of the locality where grown and the nattie of 

 the packer or the person by whose authority the apples werp 

 packed and the barrel marked. 



Sec. 6. That any pp.rson, firm or corporation, or associA.' 

 tion who shall knowingly pack or cause to be packerl apples in 

 barrels, or who shall knowingly sell or offer for sale such barrels 

 iu violation of the provisions of this Act, shall be liable to a pen- 

 alty of One Ddllar and costs for each such barrel so sold or 

 offered for sale, lo be recovered at the suit of the United States 

 in any court of the United States having jurisdiction. 



Sec. 7. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and 

 after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirteen. 

 EXPLANATORY NOTES 

 The Package 



The size of the barrel will be found in the first paragraph, 

 and is now in general use in the barreled apple sections. 

 The Grade and Sizes 



These specifications are found in Section 3. There is but 

 one grade. This grade is divided into three sizes governed by 

 the minimum size of the apples in each grade. A limit of tol- 

 erance of ten per cent is provided to allow for erroi'S in packing. 

 This means that if you are not more than 10 per cent below the 

 specifications, your pack is deemed up to the legal standard. 



For example, if you pack your apples "STANDARD GRADE 

 MINIIVnJM SIZE 3 1-2 INCHES" then the apples in the barrel 

 must be "apples of one variety, well grown specimens, hand 

 picked, good color for the variety, normal shape, practically free 

 from insect and fungus injury, etc." (See Sec. 2) or not more 

 than 10 per cent below these specifications, and must not be less 

 than 2 1-2 inches in transverse diameter. They may be as much 

 larger as you desire. Exactly the same principles apply to the 

 2 1-4 inch and «2 inch size. 



Branding 



All barrels marked " Standard Grade," etc., must also have 

 branded upon them (1) the variety, (2) the name of the local- 

 ity where grown, (3) the name of the packer or person by whose 

 authority the apples were packed and the barrel marked. (Sec. 

 5,' sub. second.) 



The brand on the head of the barrel should read something 

 Mke this: 



Stan(i*ard Grade Standard Grade 



Min. Size 2i/a inches Min. Size 2ys inches 



Baldwin or Baldwin 



Grown in Western New York Grown and Packed by 



Packed by John .Tones John Doe 



St. Louis, Mo. Rochester, N. Y. 



An opinion from the Acting Solicitor of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture also advises us that the following or similar 

 words may be used as a part of the brand "Packed in Accord- 

 ance with the Act of Congress approved August 3d, 1912." 



These words may be worked into a small rubber stamp and 

 should lend strength to the brand. As the law has not yet gone 

 iato effect, you are advised to use "Packed in Accordance with."^ 

 etc., rather than "Packed Under the Act of Confires^," etc. 



