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NEW YORK STATE APPLE GRADING LAW 

 Chapter 41.S 



An act to regulate the grading, packing, marking, shipping, and 

 sale of apples 



That the standard grades or classes for apples grown in this state when 

 packed in closed packages shall be as follows : 



First : New York standard fancy grade shall consist of apples of one vari- 

 ety, which are well-grown specimens, hand-picked, properly packed, of good 

 color for the variety, normal shape, free from dirt, diseases, insect and fungus 

 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 five 

 per centum below the foregoing specifications on a combination of all defects 

 or two per centum on any single defect. 



Second: New York standard "A" grade shall consist of apples of one vari- 

 ety which are well-grown specimens, hand-picked, properly packed, normal 

 shape, practically free from dirt, diseases, insect and fungus 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 centum 

 below the foregoing specifications on a combination of all defects or five per 

 centum on any single defect. No apples in this grade shall show less than 

 thirty-three and one-third per centum of good color for the variety. 



Third : New York standard " B " grade shall consist of apples of one vari- 

 ety which are well-matured, hand-picked, properly packed, practically normal 

 shape, practically free from dirt, diseases, insect and fungus injury ; or apples 

 of one variety which are not more than fifteen per centum below the fore- 

 going specifications on a combination of all defects or five per centum on any 

 single defect. 



Fourth : Ungraded. Apples not conforming to the foregoing specifications 

 of grade, or, if conforming, are not branded in accordance therewith, shall be 

 classed as ungraded and so branded. The minimum size of the fruit in the 

 package shall also be branded upon it as hereinafter specified and in addition 

 to the other marks hereinafter required. 



The marks indicating grade as above prescribed may be accompanied by 

 any other designation of grade or brand if that designation or brand is not in- 

 consistent with or marked more conspicuously than the one of the said four 

 marks which is used on the said package. Apples packed and branded in ac- 

 cordance with the United States law approved August third, nineteen hundred 

 and twelve, shall be exempt from the provisions of this act. 



The minimum size of the fruit in all classes or grades, including the un- 

 graded, 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, like two inches, 



