THE DISTRIBUTION OF NORTHWESTERN BOXED APPLES. 



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Shipments of less than car lots and apples brought into large 

 terminal markets from near-by producing sections are not included. 





Wash- 

 ington. 



Oregon. 



Idaho. 



Mon- 

 tana. 



Total 

 Pacific 

 North- 

 west. 



New 

 York. 



Central 

 Appa- 

 lachian. 



Total 

 United 



States. 



1916-17.. 

 1917-18.. 

 1918-19.. 

 1919-20.. 



14, 426 

 15,837 

 16,232 



24, 476 



3,041 



3,448 

 2,246 



4,768 



182 

 3, 528 



536 

 3,574 



145 

 171 

 262 

 452 



17,693 

 22, 984 

 19, 276 

 33, 270 



10, 206 



5,867 



22,900 



10,234 



• 11,748 

 7,212 

 9,625 

 11,392 



57, 821 

 58, 534 

 69, 552 

 82, 514 



Exhibit No. 4. 



grading rules and regulations for apples. 



[As adopted by Washington State Department of Agriculture.] 



DEFINITION OF TERMS. 



Tolerance. — In order to provide for the variations incident to 

 commercial grading and handling, a " tolerance " of 5 per cent for a 

 total of all defects from the standard will be permitted in all grades, 

 and shall be computed by counting, weighing, or measuring the 

 specimens judged to be below the standard of the grade. 



Uniform in size. — The term " uniform in size " shall be construed 

 to mean that apples in any one package shall not vary more than 

 one-half inch in their greatest transverse diameter. 



Packing. — The term " properly packed " shall refer to the arrange- 

 ment of apples in each package; apples to be properly packed shall 

 be arranged in the container according to the approved and recog- 

 nized methods, and all packages shall be tightly filled, but the con- 

 tents shall not show excessive or " unnecessary bruising " as a result 

 of the pressure exerted in inclosing an overfilled package. 



APPLE-GRADING RULES. 

 (Season 1920.) 



Extra Fancy. — Extra Fancy apples are defined as sound, mature, 

 clean, hand-picked, well- formed apples only, free from all insect 

 pests, diseases, blemishes, bruises and holes, spray burns, limb rub, 

 visible water core, skin punctures or skin broken at stem, but slight 

 russeting within the basin of the stem shall be permitted. 



Fancy Grade. — Fancy apples are defined as apples complying with 

 the standard of Extra Fancy Grade, except that slight leaf rubs, 

 scratches, or russeting shall be permitted up to a total of 10 per cent 

 of the surface, and provided that scab spots not larger than one- 

 quarter inch in diameter in the aggregate shall be permitted in this 

 grade. 



" G " Grade. — " C " Grade apples shall consist of sound, mature, 

 hand-picked apples which are practically free from infection, bruis- 

 ing, or broken skin, and which are not badly misshapen, provided that 

 two healed worm stings, slight sun scald, and scab up to a total of 

 one-half inch in diameter shall be permitted in this grade. 



C oinbination Grade. — When Extra Fancy and Fancy apples are 

 packed together, the boxes must be marked " Combination Extra 



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