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dard grades. Such, laws in the East have been hard 

 to enact because the growers or producers of fruit have 

 not been in the habit of taking very great pains with 

 their fruit or their orchards. A great quantity of poor 

 fruit has been offered for sale for whatever it would 

 bring, and little effort has been put forth to improve the 

 quality. Under such conditions, the farmers have op- 

 posed the enacting of such a law. Even the govern- 

 ment has hesitated in making a law that would affect 

 the fruit industry as a whole. Their argument has been 

 that conditions differ so greatly in different states that 

 no law which would affect all alike could be made. How- 

 ever, a federal law was passed establishing a standard 

 barrel and describing how such fruit shall be marked or 

 the package labeled. Up until 1914 this law was not 

 enforced because there was no penalty for its disobey- 

 ance and the public was not compelled to use it. It 

 is interesting to note that while the Western states have 

 been the leaders in establishing these standard grades, 

 they have been the last to enact laws compelling their use. 

 The following are some of the names that apply to 

 the different grades of apples as enacted into law by a 

 number of the Eastern states. 



MAINE LAW: 



Fancy Apples 2y 2 " up 



No. 1 or Class 1 2y 4 " to 2y 2 " 



No. 2 or Class 2 2 "to 2%" 



Unclassified No size 



NEW YOEK STATE LAW: 

 Fancy Grade 

 Standard ' ' A " grade. 

 Standard "B" grade. No sizes, 

 Unclassified, 



