PACKING 



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TABLE 3 



Apple Grading Record of Michigan Growers' 

 Selling through a Cooperative* 



(Five- Year Period — ^in Percentages) 



Number 



A 



B 



C 



Canner 



Unclassi- . 

 fied 



Bulk 



1 



57 



22 



9 



5 



6 



1 



13 



74 



13 



9 



0 



0 



4 



25 



24 



7 



10 



0 



0 



59 



28 



30 



30 



28 



3 



2 



7 



29 



22 



32 



41 



3 



0 



2 



70 



70 



17 



10 



1 



0 



2 



* V. R. Gardner, Proceedings, N. Y. State Horticultural Society, 1928. From 

 Mich. Special Bui. 160, by H. P. Gaston. 



TABLE 4 



Causes of Low Grades of Apples* 



Variety 



Injury 



B Grade 



C Grade 



Grower 1 



Grower 2 



Grower 1 



Grower 2 







Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Mcintosh. . . . 



Scab 



70.3 



7.1 



60.6 



6.8 



King 



Stings 



45.5 



20.2 



28.3 



10.0 



N. Spy 



Bruises 



47.3 



14.4 



44.7 



8.4 





Limb rub 



58.7 



24.1 



73.7 



14.5 





Size 



94.4 



63.0 



90.3 



44.4 



* V. R. Gardner, Proceedings, N. Y. State Horticultural Society, 192^. From 

 Mich. Special Bui. 160, by H. P. Gaston. 



