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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



color, shape and condition characteristic 

 of the variety. 



Physical Requirements 



Apples must be sound, smooth and well 

 formed, free from insect pests, disease, 

 blemishes and injuries; worms, worm 

 holes, stings, scale, scab, sun scald, dry 

 or bitter rot, decay, fungus, water core, 

 spray burn, limb rub, skin puncture or 

 sliin broken at stem. 



Color Kequireineuts 



Solid red varieties, such as Arkansas 

 Black, Winesap, Jonathan and Spitzen- 

 burg, must have at least 75 per cent of 

 good natural color. 



Striped or partially red varieties, such 

 as Delicious, Stayman and Rome Beauty, 

 must have at least 50 per cent of good 

 red color. 



Red cheeked or blush varieties, such 

 as Winter Banana and Red Cheek Pippin, 

 must have a distinctly colored cheek or 

 blush. 



Size Requirements 



Apples in this grade shall not be 

 smaller than 150 except the following 

 varieties, which may be admitted as small 

 as 163. 



Winesap, Jonathan, King David, Mis- 

 souri Pippin, Gravenstein, Snow, Yellow 

 Newtown, Grimes Golden, Geniton, Ar- 

 kansas Black, Jefferis, Spitzenburg and 

 White Pearmain. 



Grade >o. 2 [Fancy] 

 Physical Requirements 



All apples of this grade shall have the 

 same physical condition as Grade No. 1 

 except that slight deviation from proper 

 form may be admitted, but not when 

 clearly misshappen. Slight blemishes, 

 such as limb rub, scratches and russet- 

 ing may be admitted, provided that no 

 apple shall show aggregate blemishes of 

 over one-half inch in area. 



Color Requirements 



Solid red varieties must have at least 

 one-third of good natural color. 



Striped or partially red varieties must 

 have at least one-fifth of good red color, 

 except that Rome Beauty may be admit- 

 ted with 10 per cent color, and if 113 

 or larger without color requirements. 



Blushed and yellow varieties, no re- 

 quirements of color. 



Size Requirements 



Apples shall not be smaller than 175 

 except Jonathans, Spitzenburgs, New- 

 towns and Winesaps may be accepted as 

 small as 200 if of color requirement of 

 No. 1 grade. 



Grade Ko. 3 ["C"] 



This grade, when used, shall be made 

 up of all merchantable apples not in- 

 cluded In the No. 1 and No. 2 grades. 

 Apples must be free from all insect pests, 

 disease or serious physical injury, includ- 

 ing bruises or broken skin. Apples shall 

 not be smaller than 150 size. No color 

 requirements except that apples must not 

 be immature. Apples in this grade 

 should not be wrapped unless specially 

 ordered. 



The above specifications will govern 

 apple shipments of the Exchange for the 

 1913 season. 



The laws of many states, as well as 

 trade preferences, require the selling of 

 apples by numerical count, hence the 

 system of designating contents of boxes 

 and manifesting by tiers is to be aban- 

 doned. The only recognized counts for 

 Northwest standard apple packs are as 

 follows: 41, 45, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 

 100, 104, 113. 125, 138, 150, 163, 175, 188, 

 200. 



For convenience in telegraphing, etc., 

 the above counts are put under Groups 

 Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, as follows: 



Group No. 1, sizes 45 to 64 inclusive 



Group No. 2, sizes 72 to 96 inclusive 



Group No. 3, sizes 100 to 125 inclusive 



Group No. 4. sizes 138 to 163 inclusive 



Group No. 5. sizes 175 to 200 inclusive 



The standard apple box is 10%xllil'Xl8 

 inches, inside measurement. 



Grade Rules Nortli Pacific Fruit 

 Distributors' 1914 Season 



Unanimously adopted after three days' 

 discussion by a committee of twenty-four, 

 consisting of the trustees and sales man- 

 agers of the North Pacific Fruit Distri- 

 butors; the head inspectors and other 

 representatives of all the sub-central dis- 

 tricts affiliated with the North Pacific 

 Fruit Distributors. 



