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apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without disten- 

 tion of its parts: Length of stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diam- 

 eter of head, seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, 

 twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside meas- 

 urement, representing as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six 

 cubic inches: Provided, That steel barrels containing the interior dimen- 

 sions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance there- 

 with. 



SEC. 2. That the standard grades for apples when packed in barrels 

 which shall be shipped, or delivered for shipment in interstate or foreign 

 commerce, or which shall be sold or offered for sale within the District of 

 Columbia or the Territories of the United States, shall be as follows: Apples 

 of one variety, which are well-grown specimens, hand picked, of good color 

 for the variety, normal shape, practically free from insect and fungous 

 injury, bruises, and other defects, except such as are necessarily caused in 

 the operation of packing, or apples of one variety which are not more than 

 ten per cent below the foregoing specifications shall be " Standard grade 

 minimum size two and one-half inches," if the minimum size of the apples 

 is two and one-half inches in transverse diameter ; " Standard grade mini- 

 mum size two and one-fourth inches," if the minimum size of the apples is 

 two and one- fourth inches in transverse diameter ; or " Standard grade 

 minimum size two inches," if the minimum size of the apples is two inches 

 in transverse diameter. 



SEC. 3. That the barrels in which apples are packed in accordance with 

 the provisions of this Act may be branded in accordance with section two 

 of this Act. 



SEC. 4. That all barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be below 

 standard if the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating 

 that the barrel is a standard barrel of apples, as herein defined, and the 

 capacity of the barrel is less than the capacity prescribed by section one of 

 this Act, unless the barrel shall be plainly marked on end and side with 

 words or figures showing the fractional relation which the actual capacity 

 of the barrel bears to the capacity prescribed by section one of this Act. 

 The marking required by this paragraph shall be in black letters of size 

 not less than (seventy- two point) one-inch gothic. 



SEC. 5. That barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be mis- 

 branded within the meaning of this Act: 



First. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating 

 that the apples contained therein are " Standard " grade and the apples 

 when packed do not conform to the requirements prescribed by section two 

 of this Act. 



Second. If the barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating 

 that the apples contained therein are " Standard " grade and the barrel 

 fails to bear also a statement of the name of the variety, the name of the 



