OFFICIAL INSPECTION 12. ■ 'J'J 



Sec. 4. Number two or class two, shall consist of well matured apples 

 of one variety, not less than two inches in diameter, of medium color 

 for the variety and normal shape. x\pples two and one-quarter inches 

 in diameter or less, must be sound. Apples more th^n two and one- 

 quarter inches in diameter may have one defect such as a worm hole 

 or a bruise if the skin is not broken and shall be properly packed in 

 clean, strong packages. 



Any package, barrel or box of apples containing more than ten per 

 cent of apples below this standard shall not be marked number two or 

 class two. 



Sec. 5. All of the three foregoing classes of apples grown in the 

 state of Maine and packed in closed packages for shipment or sale out- 

 side of the state of Maine shall be marked on the outside in plain letters 

 not less than seven-eighths of one inch long with the word Maine in 

 such manner as to plainly designate that they were grown in the state 

 of Maine. 



Sec. 6. All apples grown in the state of Maine and offered for sale 

 or shipment outside of the state of Maine in closed packages, not con- 

 forming to the foregoing conditions as to variety, size or other condi- 

 tions, shall be marked "Unclassified." 



Sec. 7. The standard measure of capacity for all apple barrels shall 

 be three bushels, the barrel shall be of' no less dimensions than seven- 

 teen and one-eighth inches for the head diameter, length of stave twenty- 

 eight and one-half inches, with bilge circumference not less than sixty- 

 four inches outside measurement, and shall be plainly marked, "stand- 

 ard barrel." Barrels of less dimensions and capacity shall be plainly 

 marked on end and side, "short barrel" with the figures indicating the 

 fractional part of a "standard barrel," therein contained. 



The standard bushel box shall be twenty inches by eleven by ten 

 inches, inside measurement, or of such dimensions as shall contain two 

 thousand two hundred and fifty cubic inches and marked "standard 

 bushel box." 



Any box of less dimensions than the above mentioned shall be plainly 

 marked on the top and side, "short box," and with the fractional part 

 of a bushel therein contained. 



Sec. 8. Any person, corporation, or firm who sells or offers for sale 

 Itarrels, boxes, crates and other closed packages of apples, not conform- 

 ing to the provisions of this act; or any person, corporation or firm who 

 manufactures barrels, boxes, crates or other closed packages for the apple 

 or fruit trade, not conforming to the provisions of this act, shall be 

 punislucl by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for the first 

 offense and not exceeding two hundred dollars for each subsequent 

 offense. Trial justices and municipal and police courts are hereby vested 

 with original jurisdiction concurrent with the supreme judicial and 

 superior courts, to try, and, upon conviction, to punish, for offenses 

 against the provisions of this act. 



