GRADING 273 



Cooking or cider apples. The following apples cannot be placed in any of 

 the grades, but may be disposed of for cooking purposes : those too poorly 

 colored to meet the color requirements of the grades, windfalls, sunburned, 

 bruised, infested with fungus, water core, Baldwin spot or other physiological 

 defects, any of which do not render the apple undesirable for culinary purposes. 

 No sizes smaller than 1 50's allowed. 



Apples infested with San Jose scale, oyster-shell bark louse, and codling 

 moth must be disposed of according to the Oregon horticultural law. 



Sizes. Three-tier: 36, 45, 54, 63, 64; three-and-one-half-tier : 72. 80, 84, 

 88; four-tier: 96, 104, 112, 120, 125, 128; four-and-one-half-tier : 13S, 140, 

 144, 150, 165, 175; five-tier: 185, 188, 190, 200, 215, 225. 



RULES OF THE WENATCHEE VALLEY WASHINGTON FRUIT 

 GROWERS' ASSOCIATION 



Proper marking. In marking all fruit packages, care should be taken that 

 all marks are made in a neat manner and in the proper place. The grower's 

 name, and the grade, variety, and number of apples in the box should appear 

 on the labeled end of the box above the label. We suggest that the following 

 rule be adopted : 



Summer apples. Pack only one grade of summer apples — Orchard Run; 

 but in making this pack, keep out all small and imperfect fruit, or, in other 

 words, pack only sound apples free from worms, scale, and other defects, and 

 pack none smaller than 200 apples to the box. All boxes shall be stamped with 

 the grower's name, the variety, and the number of apples which they contain. 



Fall and winter apples. All fall and winter apples shall be packed in 

 standard-size boxes, which must be new and clean. The sidepieces shall be 

 nailed with four nails in the end of each piece. Both the top and the bottom 

 shall be cleated, and four nails shall be used in each cleat. No smaller than 

 fivepenny cement nails are to be used throughout. Do the nailing properly. 

 All boxes shall be lined with paper on the inside, and all apples shall be 

 wrapped, unless otherwise specified. The apples shall be firmly packed in boxes 

 in tiers, and each box shall contain a uniform size of apples. The boxes after 

 being packed shall show not more than 1^ inches nor less than 1 inch bulge 

 on top and bottom, inclusive. While the apples must be firmly packed, so that 

 the boxes will be full and the apples secure in their places, the pack must not 

 be so tight as to bruise the fruit. Apples range from 36 to 200 to the box. This 

 year [19 14] the number of apples the box contains should be stamped on the 

 outside instead of tiers. This is done so that the retailer will know how many 

 apples are in the box and the cost per apple or dozen. All apples must be 

 packed diagonally, with solid sides. All fall and winter apples shall be graded 

 in three grades, namely, Extra Fancy, Fancy, and Grade C. 



Extra Fancy. In this grade all apples shall be sound, smooth, free from 

 worms, worm stings, scale, water core, sun damage, or diseases of any kind, 

 and of proper shape according to the variety. No apples smaller than 1 75 s 



