12 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Boxes—Apples packed in the standard northwest- 
ern apple boxes shall be arranged in the containers 
according to the approved and recognized methods 
with the stems pointing toward the ends of the boxes, 
except when jumbled, and ail packages shall be well 
filled but the contents shall not show excessive or un- 
necessary bruising because of overfilled packages. 
Apples packed in the standard northwestern apple 
boxes shall show a total bulge (top and bottom) of 
not less than three-fourths inch. Each wrapped apple 
shall be completely enclosed by its individual wrapper. 
Baskets—Apples packed in round-stave bushel 
baskets or tubs shali be ring faced and tightly packed 
with sufficient bulge to prevent any appreciable move- 
ment of the apples within the containers when lidded. 
Barrels.—Apples in barrels shall be tightly packed. 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
packing not more than 5 percent of the containers in 
any lot may not meet these requirements. 
MARKING 
In order to conserve space, abbreviations may be 
used for marking the United States grade names on 
containers, ‘The following abbreviations are sug- 
gested where it is not desired to use the full grade 
name: 
1. U.S. Fey. for U.S. Fancy. 
. U.S. No. 1 for U.S. Number 1. 
. U.S. Com. for U.S. Commercial. 
. U.S. Util. for U.S. Utility. 
. Combination grades may be designated by ab- 
breviations of the grades preceded by the abbrevia- 
tion “Comb.” as “ Comb. U.S. Fcy—vwU-:S. No. 1.” 
STANDARDS FOR EXPORT 
As applied to condition factors. 
1. The apples in any lot shall be generally tightly 
packed when in barrels or baskets and either gen- 
erally fairly tight or tightly packed when in boxes. 
2. Not more than 5 percent of the apples in any 
container shall be further advanced in maturity than 
firm ripe. 
3. Not more than a total of 5 percent of the apples 
in any container shall be damaged by bitter pit, 
Jonathan spot, scald, internal breakdown, water core, 
freezing, decay, or other condition factors, except 
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