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Grading and Packing ArpLEs. 



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the labels, and for the general organisation of the scheme. 



All growers of fruit, and associations of such growers, will 

 be able to join this Marketing Association, and so reap all the 

 advantages which are afforded by a scheme of this kind. 

 Whilst an organisation of this kind cannot relieve the grower 

 of financial responsibility for packages bearing the label, the 

 contents of which foil below the stated standards, it mast, 

 as a necessary safeguard to the scheme, set up a Tribunal of 

 Arbitration with power to give authoritative decisions in such 

 cases. ' 



The Scheme of the Federation of British Growers. — The 

 particulars of the scheme as agreed to by the industry are as 

 follows : — 



1. Apples.— Special Dessert fruit such as Cox's, &c. 



Quality — Perfect fruit only. Uniform colour and size. 

 Grade — Miu. diam, 2\ in. 



Package — Peach box 17^ x llf x 4^ in. inside. 

 Count — 



2. Apples.— Dessert. 



Quality — Colour, even throughout package ; sound, without any 

 blemishes affecting keeping or quality ; skin blemishes not to 

 exceed 10 per cent, of the apples; evenly sized, min. diam. 2 in. 



Grades — (sizes) 2 to 2^ in.. Blue paper ; to 3 in., Pink and White 

 paper ; 3 in, and over, Pink paper. 



Packages — British standard box, 18 x 11^ x 10^ in. inside ; Bonnet; 

 Half-bushel sieve. 



3. Apples.— Cooking. 



Quality — As in 2 ; Min. diam. 2\ in. 



Grades — (sizes) 2^ to 2f in., Blue paper ; 2f to 3^ in., Pink and 

 White paper ; 3^ in. and over, Pink paper. 

 Packages— HaXi-hfiXVQX] Barrel; Bushel-sieve; British standard box. 

 2 and S. Every package to be well lined, with coloured paper showing 

 at top. All wicker packages to be lined with stiff paper. Every 

 apple packed in British standard boxes to be diagonally packed 

 and separately wrapped. • 

 Sale, (a) Boxes — count or net weight, or minimum net weight. 



(b) Bonnet — Half-bushel and bushel sieves — tightly packed in layers. 

 Half-barrels aijd barrels — tightly packed. 

 Net weight or minimujn net weight. 

 All these conditions only apply " when j^ticked.'' 

 Reconnnended standard sizes of empties (inside) : — 



Half-bushel — diam. 15 in.; dei)th at side 8 in.: depthin middle 7 in. 

 Bushol-sieve — 17 : ., .. lOJ „ : .. in. 



Half-barrel— diam at top and bottom 1') in.; depth It'i^ in. 

 miil(llt> 17 in. 



It will he notici'd that the a|)j-)los are classified into three 

 groups : Special Dessert, r'(>ss(>rt and Cooking. To be 



