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Chapter XI. 



LAWS AND EEGULATIONS ON APPLE GEADING AND 



PACKING. 



WILPEID WHEELER AND H. LINWOOD WHITE. REVISED BY W. A. MUNSON. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The purpose of a grading law is to furnish a common denomi- 

 nator by which sellers and buyers may trade in a particular com- 

 modity in language which means the same thing to both of them. 

 As long as each individual grower has his own idea of what is meant 

 by a "Fancy," a "No. 1 " or a "No. 2" apple, such a common de- 

 nominator is, of course, impossible. Apple grading legislation has 

 furnished this standard for the apple business. 



The first grading law in the east was passed in Maine in 1910; 

 this was followed by a law in New York in 1914; in Vermont, 

 Connecticut and Massachusetts in 1915; and in New Hampshire 

 in 1917. Apple grading laws have also been passed in ten or 

 more other States. 



This chapter contains the text of the United States Standard 

 Barrel Law, the United States Apple Grading Law and the Massa- 

 chusetts Apple Grading Law, and also the regulations which have 

 been adopted by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 under the authority granted by sections 105 and 110 of the last- 

 named law. Cuts of model stencils will also be found on the fol- 

 lowing pages. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS APPLE GRADING LAW. 



The Massachusetts Apple Grading Law is an act to regulate 

 the grading, packing, marking, shipping and sale of apples in 

 closed packages. It applies to all apples in closed packages, 

 packed or repacked in Massachusetts, and intended for sale either 

 within or without the State, and also to apples grown in other 



