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U. S. MO. 1 APPLES - 



FAIR COLOR - NO SERIOUS DEFECTS AND PRACTICALLY FREE OF BLEMISHES - GOOD FOR 

 EATING OUT OF HAND, IN SALADS AED IN PREPARED DESSERTS - APPRECIATED IN THE 

 LUNCH BOX FOR DESSERT OR AN AFTERNOON SNACK - THE SAME QUALITY AS THE NEXT 

 HIGHER GRADE EXCEPT FOR SOME LESS COLOR AND A LITTLE MORE RUSSETING - AN 

 ECONOMICAL APPLE FOR PLAYTIME TREATS. 



U. S. UTILITY APPLES - 



THE "PEELING" APPLE FOR SALADS AND ALL COOKING USES IN THE MOST ECONOMICAL FORM - 

 SOUND APPLES WITH ONLY SLIGHT WASTE IN PREPARATION - THE APPLE GRADE FOR ECONO- 

 MICAL TASTE-TEMPTING APPLE DESSERTS - AN EATING APPLE FOR MANY OCCASIONS. 



The term, "Unclassified" means that no grade classification has been applied. 

 Descriptions of particular lots marked "Unclassified" may be used as long as they 

 are not misleading. 



Growers servicing retail stores, selling to roadside stands and other estab- 

 lishments may find hand-out material on the subject of "Grade Terms For Consumers" 

 an excellent promotional activity. 



W. J. Lord 



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A RED "TWIST" FOR TUESDAY '. 



When bagging apples in polyethylene bags for servicing stores it would be 

 worthwhile to use different colored "twists" or tapes for denoting packing dates. 



This would be useful to both the grower and Produce Manager in the store for 

 keeping unsold apples of the previous delivery separated from the most recent 

 delivered lot. 



VJhen the grower examines the fruit carrying his name in the various stores 

 serviced, the colored twists or tapes on the bags will enable him to know the date 

 the fruit was packed and delivered and the amount of carry-over of fruit from one 

 delivery to another. Some stores have the tendency to buy too many apples at one 

 time which results in fruit remaining on display long after the time it should be 

 sold. This can be substantiated by facts obtained by F. E. Cole and the writer as 

 a part of the study currently being conducted on the "Operational Procedures of 

 Apple Growers Servicing Retail Stores and Merchandizing Practices of the Stores 

 Retailing their Apples." 



Produce Managers in stores have indicated that the use of different colored 

 twists or tapes would be useful. It would enable them to keep different lots of 

 apples separate in the store coolers. Also, it would be easier to be sure that the 

 fruit displayed longest is sold first. 



W. J. Lord 



