STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 11 
For a specified tolerance of 10 percent, not more 
than one and one half times the tolerance shall be 
allowed in any one package. 
For specified tolerances of 5 percent or less, not 
more than double the tolerance shall be allowed in 
any one package. 
CONDITION AFTER STORAGE OR TRANSIT 
Decay, scald, or other deterioration which may 
have developed on apples after they have been in 
storage or transit shall be considered as affecting 
condition and not the grade. 
SIZE REQUIREMENTS 
The numerical count or the minimum size of the 
apples packed in a closed container shall be indi- 
cated on the package. 
When the numerical count is marked on the con- 
tainer the apples shall not vary more than one-fourth 
inch in their transverse diameter. 
When the numerical count is not shown the mini- 
mum size shall be plainly stamped, stenciled, or 
otherwise marked on the container in terms of whole 
inches, whole and half inches, whole and quarter 
inches, or whole and eighth inches, as 24% inches 
minimum, 21%, inches minimum, or 254 inches mini- 
mum, in accordance with the facts. It is suggested 
that both minimum and maximum sizes be marked 
on the container, as 2% to 234 inches, or 216 to 2% 
inches, as such marking is especially desirable for 
apples marketed in the export trade. 3 
‘Size’? means the transverse diameter of the ap- 
ple taken at right angles to a line running from the 
stem to the blossom end. 
in order to allow for variations incident to proper 
Sizing, not more than 5 percent of the apples in any 
container may not meet the size requirements, pro- 
viaed that when the maximum and minimum sizes are 
both stated an additional 10 percent tolerance is 
provided for apples which are larger than the maxi- 
mum size stated. 
PACKING REQUIREMENTS 
Hach package shall be packed so that the apples 
in the shown face shall be reasonably representative 
in size, color, and quality of the contents of the 
package. 
