FRUIT-PACKING OPERATIONS 



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do require that the package be so labeled as to indicate 

 the minimum size. Apples that average 2% inches in 

 diameter or above, should be labeled "Standard grade, 

 minimum size, 2y 2 inches," and this would mean that 

 at least 95% of the apples contained in the package 

 shall be 2y% inches or more in transverse diameter. 



Fig. 76. PACKING SWEET CHERRIES IX CALIFORNIA 



Nearly all of the Western fruit-growing organizations 

 have a registered "trade-mark" or "brand" and each 

 grower is instructed to use these standard marks. In 

 some sections, the grower's name and address is put on 

 each package. In other places the growers have numbers 

 which are put on each package for identification pur- 

 poses in case the work is not up to standard. 



For the purpose of getting this information on the 



