286 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



cumference of bulge, sixty-four inches, outside measurement; and the 

 thickness of staves not greater than four tenths of an inch: provided, that 

 any barrel of a different form having a capacity of seven thousand and fifty- 

 six cubic inches shall be a standard barrel. 



The standard box for apples shall be of the following dimensions by inside 

 measurement: eighteen inches by eleven and one half inches by ten and 

 one half inches, without distention of its parts, and having a capacity of 

 not less than two thousand one hundred seventj^-three and one half cubic 

 inches. 



Section 2. The standard grades of apples grown in this commonwealth 

 when packed in closed packages shall be as follows: — "Fancy" shall 

 include only apples of one variety which are well matured specimens, hand- 

 picked, above medium color for the variety, normal shape, of good and 

 reasonably uniform size, sound, free from disease, insect and fungus injury, 

 bruises and any other defects except such as are necessarily caused in the 

 operation of packing, and shall be packed properly in clean, strong pack- 

 ages: provided, that apples of one variety which are not more than three 

 per cent below the foregoing specifications may be graded as "fancy." 



Standard "A" shall include only apples of one variety which are well 

 matured specimens, hand-picked, properly packed, of medium color tor 

 the variety, normal shape, sound, practically free from disease, insect and 

 fungus injury, bruises and other defects except such as are necessarily 

 caused in the operation of packing: provided, that apples of one variety 

 which are not more than five per cent below the foregoing specifications 

 may be graded as standard "A." 



Standard "B" shall include only apples of one variety, which are well 

 matured, hand-picked, properly packed, practically normal shape, practi- 

 cally free from disease, insect and fungus injury or any other defect that 

 materially injures the appearance or useful quality of the apples, and which 

 may be less than medium color for the variety: provided, that apples of one 

 variety which are not more than ten per cent below the foregoing specifi- 

 cations may be graded as standard "B." 



"Ungraded." Apples not conforming to the foregoing specifications of 

 grade, or, if conforming, not branded in accordance therewith, shall be 

 classed as ungraded and so branded. 



Section 3. The marks indicating the grade, as above prescribed, may 

 be accompanied by any other designation of grade or brand if such desig- 

 nation is not inconsistent with, or marked more conspicuously on the 

 package than, the mark or marks required by section two of this act. 



Section 4. The minimum size of the fruit in all grades, including the 

 ungraded, shall be marked upon the package, and shall be determined by 

 taking the transverse diameter of the smallest fruit in the package at right 

 angles to the stem and blossom end. Minimum sizes shall be stated in 

 variations of one quarter of an inch, such as two inches, two and one 

 quarter inches, two and one half inches, two and three quarters inches, 

 three inches, three and one quarter inches, and so forth, in accordance with 



