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do not conform to some of these standard grades. The 
consuming public has reached the point where it does 
not care to spend money upon uncertainties. The cost 
of living is so high that what it now buys ought to be 
guaranteed, so that if not conforming to the standard, 
consumers will be able to get their money back. Most 
consumers do not object to paying high prices for goods 
that are perfect or up to the standard grade, but they 
do object to being 
buncoed by buying 
fruit or farm pro- 
duce that is not in 
any way reliable. 
Sorting the 
Fruit—Having 
WA determined what 
the standard grade 
shall be, the next 
step is to arrange 
the packing-house 
so as to best per- 
form the operation of grading the fruit. In most of 
the packing-houses in the Eastern states what is known 
as a grading table is used. This is a table of the 
right height to suit the convenience of the individ- 
ual doing the grading (Fig. 21). It is about 8 
feet long and 4 feet wide and is covered on the top with 
heavy burlap. The apples are emptied upon this table 
and then picked into either boxes or baskets, depending 
upon whether the fruit is packed in barrels or standard 
apple boxes. This packing or grading table is arranged 
so as to have the best light possible. The room in 
Fig. 21.—Packing or grading table, 4’ x 8’. 
