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or without the commonwealth, shall have marked in a conspicu- 

 ous place on the outside of the package in plain letters a state- 

 ment of the quantity of the contents, the name and address of 

 the packer or of the person by whose authority the apples were 

 packed, the true name of the variety and the grade and the 

 minimum size of the apples contained therein, in accordance with 

 the provisions of sections two, three and four of this act, and the 

 name of the state in which they were grown. If the true name 

 of the variety is not known to the packer or other person by 

 whose authority the apples are packed, the statement shall in- 

 clude the words "variety unknown", and if the name of the 

 state in which the apples were grown is not known, this fact shall 

 also be set forth in the statement. If apples are repacked, the 

 package shall be marked "repacked", and shall bear the name 

 and address of the repacker, or the name and address of the 

 person by whose authority it is repacked, in place of that of the 

 original packer. 



Style and Size of Letters and Figures fixed. 

 Section 6. The branding or marking of barrels under the 

 provisions of this act shall be in block letters and figures of a 

 size not less than thirty-six point Gothic. The secretary of the 

 state board of agriculture shall prescribe rules and regulations as 

 to the lettering to be used in branding or marking other closed 

 packages. 



Packing, Sale or Distribution of Adulterated or Misbranded Apples 



prohibited. 



Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to pack, sell, 

 distribute or offer or expose for sale or distribution, apples which 

 are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this act. 



"Adulterated" defined. 



Section 8. For the purposes of this act, apples packed in a 



closed package shall be deemed to be adulterated if their measure, 



quality or grade does not conform in every particular to the 



brand or mark upon or affixed to the package, or if the faced or 



shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of the 



package. 



"Misbranded" defined. 



Section 9. For the purposes of this act, apples packed in a 

 closed package shall be deemed to be misbranded: — 



First. If the package is packed or repacked in the common- 

 wealth and fails to bear all statements required by sections two, 



