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color, shape and condition characteristic 
of the variety 
Physical Requirements 
Apples must be sound, smooth and well 
formed, free from insect pests, disease, 
blemishes and injuries, worms worm 
holes, stings, scale, scab, sun scald, dry 
or bitter rot, decay, fungus, water core, 
spray burn, limb rub, skin puncture or 
skin broken at stem 
Color Requirements 
Solid red varieties, such as Arkansas 
Black, Winesap, Jonathan and Spitzen- 
burg, must have at least 75 per cent of 
good natural color 
Striped or partially red varieties, such 
as Delicious, Stayman and Rome Beauty, 
must have at least 50 per cent of good 
red color 
Red cheehed or blush varieties, such 
as Winter Banana and Red Cheek Pippin 
must have a distinctly colored cheek or 
blush 
Size Requirements 
Apples in this grade shall not be 
smaller than 150 except the following 
varieties, which may be admitted as small 
as 163 
Winesap, Jonathan, King David, Mis 
sour. Pippin, Gravenstein, Snow, Yellow 
Newtown, Grimes Golden, Geniton, Ar- 
kansas Black, Jefferis, Spitzenburg and 
White Pearmain 
Grade No. 2 [Fancy] 
Physical Requirements 
All apples of this grade shall have the 
Same physical condition as Grade No 1 
except that shght deviation from proper 
form may be admitted, but not when 
clearly muisshappen Slight blemishes, 
such as limb rub, scratches and russet- 
ing may be admitted, provided that no 
apple shall show aggregate blemishes of 
over one half inch in area 
Color Requirements 
Solid red varieties must have at least 
one third of good natural color. 
Striped or partially red varieties must 
have at least one fifth of good red color, 
except that Rome Beauty may be admit- 
ted with 10 per cent color, and if 113 
or larger without color requirements 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
Blushed and yellow vanieties 
quirements of color 
no te 
Size Requirements 
Apples shall not be smalle: than 175 
except Jonathans, Spitzenbuigs, New 
towns and Winesaps maj be accepted as 
small as 200 if of colo requirement ot 
No 1 grade 
Grade No. 3 [“C"] 
This grade, when used, shall be made 
up of all merchantable apples not in 
cluded in the No 1 and No 2 grades 
Apples must be free from all insect pests 
disease or serious physical injury includ 
ing bruises or broken skin Apples shall 
not be smaller than 150 size No color 
requirements except that apples must not 
be immature Apples in this grade 
should not be wrapped unless specially 
ordered 
The above specifications will govern 
apple shipments of the Exchange for the 
1918 season 
The laws of many states as well as 
trade preferences, require the selling of 
apples by numerical count hence the 
system of designating contents of boxes 
and manifesting by tiers 1s to be aban 
doned The only recognized counts for 
Northwest standard apple packs are as 
follows 41, 45, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88 96 
100, 104, 118, 125, 138, 150 163, 175, 188 
200 
For convenience in telegraphing ete 
the above counts are put undei Groups 
Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, as follows 
Group No 1, sizes 45 to 64 inclusive 
Group No 2, sizes 72 to 96 inclusive 
Group No 8, sizes 100 to 125 inclusive 
Group No 4, sizes 138 to 163 inclusive 
Group No 5, sizes 175 to 200 inclusive 
The standard apple box 1s 10%4+11144x18 
inches, inside measurement 
Grade Rules North Pacific Fruit 
Distributors’ 1914 Season 
Unanimously adopted after three days 
discussion by a commuttee of twenty four, 
consisting of the trustees and sales man 
agers of the North Pacific Fruit Duistri 
butors, the head inspectors and other 
representatives of all the sub-central dis 
tricts affiliated with the North Pacific 
Fruit Distributors 
