1 82 FRUIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 



CANADIAN KRUIT-PACKAGE LAW 



Chapter 26, sections 4 and 5, of the statutes of 

 1 901, Dominion of Canada,' make the following pro- 

 visions : 



Section 4. (i) All apples packed in Canada for export 

 for sale by the barrel in closed barrels shall be packed in good 

 and strong barrels of seasoned wood having dimensions not 

 less than the following, namely: twenty-six inches and one- 

 fourth between the heads, inside measure, and a head diam- 

 eter of seventeen inches, and a middle diameter of eighteen 

 inches and one-half, representing as nearly as possible ninety- 

 six quarts. 



(2) When apples, pears, or quinces are sold by the barrel, 

 as a measure of capacity, such barrel shall not be of lesser 

 dimensions than those specified in this section. 



Every person who offers or exposes for sale, or who packs 

 for exportation, apples, pears, or quinces by the barrel, other- 

 wise than in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this 

 section, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty 

 of twenty-five cents for each barrel of apples, pears, or 

 quinces so offered or exposed for sale or packed. 



Sec. 5. (i) Every box of berries or currants offered for 

 safe and every berry box manufactured and offered for sale 

 in Canada shall be plainly marked on the side of the box, in 

 black letters at least half an inch square, with the word 

 "Short," unless it contains when level-full as nearly exactly 

 as practicable — 



(a) at least four-fifths of a quart, or 



(*) two-fifths of a quart. 



(2) Every basket of fruit offered for sale in Canada, unless 

 stamped on the side plainly in black letters at least three- 

 quarters of an inch deep and wide, with the word "Quart" in 

 full, preceded with the minimum number of quarts, omitting 

 fractions, which the baskets will hold when level-fuU shall 



