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"Massachusetts Standard A" shall include only apples of one 

 variety which are well matured specimens, properly packed, of 

 medium color for the variety, normal shape, sound, practically 

 free from disease, insect and fungus injury, bruises and other 

 defects except such as are necessarily caused in the operation of 

 packing: provided, that apples of one variety which are not more 

 than five per cent below the foregoing specifications may be 

 graded as "Massachusetts Standard A". 



"Massachusetts Standard B" shall include only apples of one 

 variety, which are well matured, properly packed, practically 

 normal shape, practically free from disease, insect and fungus 

 injury or any other defect that materially injures the appearance 

 or useful quality of the apples, and which may be less than 

 medium color for the variety: provided, that apples of one 

 variety which are not more than ten per cent below the fore- 

 going specifications may be graded as "Massachusetts Standard 

 B". 



"Ungraded". Apples not conforming to the foregoing speci- 

 fications of grade, or, if conforming, not branded in accordance 

 therewith, shall be classed as ungraded and so branded. 



Use of Other Marks permitted. 

 Section 3. The marks indicating the grade, as above pre- 

 scribed, may be accompanied by any other designation of grade 

 or brand if such designation is not inconsistent with, or marked 

 more conspicuously on the package than, the mark or marks 

 required by section five of this act. 



Minimum Size to be marked on Packagre. 

 Section 4. The minimum size of the fruit in all grades, in- 

 cluding the ungraded, shall be marked upon the package, and 

 shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the 

 smallest fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and 

 blossom end. Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of one 

 quarter of an inch, such as two inches, two and one quarter 

 inches, two and one half inches, two and three quarters inches, 

 three inches, three and one quarter inches, and so forth, in ac- 

 cordance with the facts. Minimum sizes may be designated by 

 figures instead of words. The word "minimum" may be desig- 

 nated by using the abbreviation " min." 



Closed Packages to be Branded. 



Section 5. Every closed package of apples packed or re- 

 packed in the commonwealth and intended for sale, either within 



