CAUSES OF REJECTIONS OF BOXED APPLES 7 



There were many controversies concerning sizes of apples used in 

 filling orders in both 1923-24 and 1924-25. In 1923-24 an unusually 

 high percentage of the crop was of the large sizes and there were many 

 complaints by buyers because too many boxes of large-size fruit were 

 included in their shipments. 



Buyers' reasons for rejecting shipments, as shown in Table 5, indi- 

 cate that condition factors w^ere the most frequent causes of rejec- 

 tions. 



Table 5. — Buyers' reasons for rejecting or requesting allowances 



Reason 



Percentage of season's total rejections 

 or requests for allowances 





1922-23 



1923-24 



1924-25 



Average 



Condition: 



Decay 



Per cent 

 17.1 

 9.7 

 7.8 

 9.9 

 10.2 

 5.5 

 15.7 

 3.2 



Per cent 

 14.4 

 4.0 

 1.4 

 1.0 

 7.7 

 3.1 

 6.1 

 5.2 



Per cent 



32.3 



.5 



.3 



3.8 



7.4 



3.0 



14.2 



7.3 



Per cent 

 21.3 



Scald 



4.7 



Deca V and scald 



3.2 



Decay and overripe 



Overripe 



Frozen 



Quality or condition 



Internal breakdown and water core 



4.9 



8.4 

 3.9 

 12.0 

 5.2 



Total 



79.1 



42.9 



68.8 



63.6 



Grade: 



Off grade 



4.4 

 4.1 

 2.7 

 1.4 



4.8 



12.2 



1.9 



1.5 



4.0 

 3.0 

 1.6 

 2.3 



4.4 



Color . 



6.4 



Pack and sizing 



Bruising 



2.1 



1.7 



Total 



12.6 



20.4 



10.9 



14.6 



Misc-eUaneous: 



Railroad service 



Disputes concerning specifications 1 . . 



1.6 

 2.3 

 4.4 



2.4 

 21.2 

 13.1 



1.0 

 15.4 

 3.9 



1.7 

 13.0 



Undetermined (and miscellaneous) 



7.1 



Total 



8.3 



36.7 



20.3 



21.8 



Total, all reasons... 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 







Mostly on account of sizes. 



A bu3^er is not justified in rejecting shipments purchased f. o. b. 

 usual terms which, upon arrival at destination, show damage from 

 such condition factors as scald and decay unless such damage was 

 apparent at shipping point. Federal shipping-point inspection is 

 available in the boxed-apple districts. The certificates issued by 

 this service describe the condition of the fruit at time of shipment 

 and will prevent many disputes between buyer and seller in regard 

 to condition factors which may develop in transit. 



Grade factors were of relatively minor importance. Miscellaneous 

 factors, such as disputes concerning sizes of fruit were, of considerable 

 importance, especially in the two later years. The tabulation shows 

 that scald which was a frequent reason for rejection in 1922-23 was 

 less important the following year and practically of no importance 

 in 1924-25. The increased use of oiled wraps in the two later years 

 was the principal reason for the decreasing amount of scald. In 

 1923-24 there was considerable trouble on account of poor color of 

 the fruit. 



