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means packages sealed up so that the buyer cannot easily 
examine the contents. All packages not sealed would 
not need to conform in any way to these laws. Second: 
The State of Maine has the only law specifying sizes 
of apples according to the different grades. The other 
states specify that the minimum size shall be marked 
on the package and this minimum size shall not have 
less than 95% of the apples equal to or above the size 
mentioned. Third: That the United States law does 
not refer to anything except standard barrels. Apples 
packed in boxes or other packages need not conform to 
the United States law. 
The grade of apples known as the unclassified, ac- 
cording to the New York and Maine laws, is hardly 
explainable because of its doubtful use. The only in- 
stances where it seems to be of value is in case the 
grower does not wish to pack according to any of the 
other standard grades. In enacting such a law, there 
was considerable opposition among the fruit growers and 
apparently the unclassified was put on to gratify such 
growers who did not care to pack or grade their fruit; 
because any size or any variety or mixtures thereof may 
be included in this unclassified grade, and all that is 
necessary to comply with the law will be to mark the 
packages ‘‘unclassified.’’ 
It is quite possible that these laws will be changed in 
the near future to conform more closely with the stan- 
dard that the Western organizations have set. There ap- 
parently is no question among the more advanced 
growers and handlers of fruit that standard grades and 
packages are necessary, and they predict that in a few 
years there will be scarcely any demand for apples that 
