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growers have attempted to establish standard grades for 

 the different kinds of apples, that would be recognized 

 on the general market. Still further they have at- 

 tempted to guarantee these brands or grades and if not 

 found up to standard, as per guarantee, the purchas- 

 ing price would be returned to the buyer. A cooperative 



Fig. 20. CORNER IX A PACKING-HOUSE 

 Showing table on which grading and sorting is done. 



organization in the West led in the establishing of uni- 

 form grades. It worked out a set of rules denning the 

 grades and gave instructions to growers or packers ex- 

 plaining the way to handle fruit in order to conform 

 with these standard grades. 



This plan worked so well on a limited scale that other 

 organizations took the matter up, and recently a number 

 cf states have enacted laws covering or denning stan- 



