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must be labeled to conform either to the customs of the 
markets or to the requirements of the laws of the differ- 
ent states. Some states are very explicit about the label- 
ing, while others have no law 
governing the subject at all. In 
the State of Maine, the require- 
ments would be about as fol- 
lows: 
““There shall be affixed in a 
conspicuous place on the out- 
side of the package a plainly 
printed statement clearly stat- 
ing the size of the package in 
terms of standard bushel box or 
standard barrel; the name and 
address of the owner or shipper 
of the apples at the time of pick- 
ing; the name of the variety ; 
Fig. 73.-MACHINE FOR 
MARKING FRUIT the class or grade of the apples 
PACKAGES contained therein, and if grown 
[t prints all the information jy Maine, that fact shall be 
at one stroke, 
plainly stated.’’ This law un- 
doubtedly was the result of an effort to advertise certain 
grades of Maine grown apples. It was discovered that 
certain shippers were buying apples of other states and 
selling them as Maine grown apples, the reason given be- 
ing that certain varieties colored up better and developed 
better flavor in the northern section of the country than 
they did farther south. 
The United States law and that of New York state 
practically agree in their requirements for branding 
packages. They do not specify the size of the apple but 
