52 MAINE^ AGRICUIvTURAL i^XPElRIMENT STATION. I9IO. 



Table showing the results of examination of currants and raisins 

 pu/rchased in February, ipio. The samples are arranged 

 alphabetically by the brand. 



Brand, Maker, Town and State 



Remarks 



8775 



8771 

 8743 



8744 



8734 

 8773 



8786 

 8745 



8731 



8769 



8777 



8733 



CURRANTS 

 'Acme Currants, Thoroughly Clean 

 sed and Stemmed. Ready for 

 Immediate use. One Pound.'' 



'Chariot Brand Cleaned Currants 

 Imported from Greece." 



'Hatchet Brand Currants. Selected 

 cleaned and packed by Twitchell 

 Champion Co., Portland, Me. and 

 Boston, Mass." 



'Hellas Brand Cleaned Currants. 



"Holly Cleaned Currants. 

 No. 9741." 



Serial 



'No. 16 Battleship Cleaned Currants. 

 Thoroughly cleaned and ready 

 for immediate use. The Hooven 

 Mercantile Co., New York." 



"Nymph Brand Cleaned Currants." 



'Parthenon Brand Cleaned Cur- 

 rants." 



'Royal Excelsior Brand Perfectly 

 Cleaned Currants. Hills Bros. 

 Co., New York." 



8746 



8772 



•Wasonco Brand Cleaned Currants. 

 Packed for Wason & Co., Boston." 



RAISINS 



'Blue Ribbon Brand Fancy Seeded 



Raisins. Recleaned Muscatel. 



Fresno Home Packing Co., Fresno 



Cal. Serial No. 5238." 



15.6 



15.1 

 14.3 



78.5 

 .1 



'Commander Brand Seeded Raisins 

 Packed by North Ontario Packing 

 Co., Cal." 



'Daisy Brand Seeded Raisins. 

 Packed for Conant-Pairick Co. 

 Portland, Maine." 



'Golden State Seedless Raisins 

 Hatchet Brand. Selected, Cleaned 

 and Packed by the Twitchell 

 Champlin Co., Portland, Maine 

 and Boston, Mass." 



'Hatchet Brand Seeded Raisins. 

 Packed in Cal. for Twitchell- 

 Champlin Co., Portland, Maine".. 



'Ideal Not-a-Seed Raisins. Grown 

 without seeds in central Cal. 

 American Vineyard Co. Fresno, 

 Cal." 



14.8 

 14.5 



15.1 



15.6 



15.1 



14.6 



5 

 78.9 



76.6 



82.3 



82.0 



Not very clean. Short weight. Un- 

 lawful. Hearing appointed. 



Condition fair. Passed. 



Fair condition. Few seeds. Passed. 



Some seeds. Very dirty. Insect 

 excretions. Unlawful. Hearing 

 appointed. 



Seeds quite abundant. Dirty. Un- 

 lawful. Hearing appointed. 



Some dirt. Not ready for "immed- 

 iate use." Misbranded. Hearing 

 appointed. 



Dirty. Unlawful. Hearing appt'd. 



Quite dirty. Some seeds. Unlawful. 

 Hearing appointed. 



Good condition. Passed. 



Good condition. Passed. 



Condition very good. Passed. 



Fair condition. 

 Passed. 



Small raisins. 



Good condition. Passed. 



Good condition. Passed. 



Good condition. 

 Passed. 



Few seeds. 



Condition very good. Passed. 



