STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ZS 
ORIGINAL 
Form FV 47 (Virginia) 
(12-86-48) 
Formerly FPA10 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AND IMMIGRATION B 44979 
INSPECTION CERTIFICATE 
This certificate is issued in compliance with the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture governing the inspection of various products pursuant to the act 
making appropriations for the United States Department of Agriculture, the Acts of Virginia Assembly, and is admissible as prima facie evidence in all courts 
of the United States and of Virginia. This certificate does not excuse failure to comply with any of the regulatory laws enforced by the United States Department 
of Agriculture, or by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration or the Federal Food and Drug Administration. 
Inspection Kind Car initials 
point ____Winchester, Va. _ of car_Refrigerator and number FGEX 5 6 2 6 5 
Inspection begun 4:15 p-m., Jan. 17, 1956- Completed 8:4 -m., Jan. 18, 1956 
(Hour, date) (Hour, date) 
Applicant____Winchester Apple Co, _____ Address_\inchester, Va. 
Shipper_____ __Same Address _____—=—=— Same 
I, the undersigned, on the date above specified made personal inspection of samples of the lot of products herein described, and do hereby cert that the 
quality and/or conditions, at the said time and on said date, pertaining to such products, as shown by said samples, were as stated below: ty 
Condition of car: Hatch covers closed, plugs in, bunkers full of ice. 
Products: Red York APPLES - in tub type bushel baskets labeled "W. Brand, 
Winchester Apple Co., Winchester, Va.", and stamped "U. S. 
Fancy, Red York, 2-3/4 inches up." Loader's count 528 baskets. 
Loading: Through load, end to end offset, 22 stacks, 6 rows, 4 layers. 
Generally fairly tight. Ring faced. Paper lined. Corrugated 
Paper caps under lids. Shredded oil paper in face only. 
Generally 2-3/4 to 3-3/4 inches in diameter, mostly 3 
to 3-1/2 inches. 
Quality and condition: Generally 50% to full red, mostly 60% to 90% good red color. 
Grade defects within tolerance. Mostly firm, some firm ripe. 
No decay. 
U. S. Fancy, 2-3/4 inches up. 
Inspector. 
PLEASE REFER TO THIS CERTIFICATE BY NUMBER 
DN—838 
Figure 4.—The Federal-State inspection certificate is an offical record of the grade, con- 
dition, and description of the shipment. 
In connection with the inspection of raw products, Federal supervisors and 
inspectors give a great deal of service to growers by demonstrating the applica- 
tion of the U. S. standards for the products. For cannery tomato inspection in 
particular, where color of the tomatoes is such an important factor, inspectors 
take time at the beginning of the season to show growers which ones they should 
pick in order to receive maximum returns for their product. Also, Federal 
supervisors and inspectors are often called upon to demonstrate the application of 
