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28 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 
dard grades. Such laws in the Hast have been hard 
to enact because the growers or producers of fruit have 
not been in the habit of taking very great pains with 
their fruit or their orchards. A great quantity of poor 
fruit has been offered for sale for whatever it would 
bring, and little effort has been put forth to improve the 
quality. Under such conditions, the farmers have op- 
posed the enacting of such a law. Even the govern- 
ment has hesitated in making a law that would affect 
the fruit industry as a whole. Their argument has been 
that conditions differ so greatly in different states that 
no law which would affect all alike could be made. How- 
ever, a federal law was passed establishing a standard 
barrel and describing how such fruit shall be marked or 
the package labeled. Up until 1914 this law was not 
enforced because there was no penalty for its disobey- 
ance and the public was not compelled to use it. It 
is interesting to note that while the Western states have 
been the leaders in establishing these standard grades, 
they have been the last to enact laws compelling their use. 
The following are some of the names that apply to 
the different grades of apples as enacted into law by a 
number of the Eastern states. 
MAINE LAW: 
Fancy Apples ........ 00.22. cece 2%" up 
No. 1 or Class 1...............005. 24,” to 24%” 
Nos 2 or Class 22.5 ce00ss08 0 years 2 "to 24," 
Unclassified oi ccgies wae x esueie oe sins No size 
NEW YORK STATE LAW: 
Fancy Grade 
Standard ‘‘A’’ grade. 
Standard ‘‘B’’ grade. No sizes. 
Unclassified. 
