MARKETING WESTERN BOXED APPLES 11 
pried recognition and its market integrity has been assured. Only 
y establishing and adhering to such standards has the boxed-apple 
industry been able to compete with other apple-producing sections 
more favorably located as to markets. 
Many of the far western States that pack boxed apples have estab- 
lished definite grades for this product and provide means and methods 
of forcing growers to grade and pack their fruit according to law. 
Extra Fancy, Fancy, and C grades are those most commonly packed. 
A lower, or fourth, grade is sometimes put up. A Combination 
grade is made by combining Extra Fancy and Fancy or Fancy and C 
Fic. 6.—Motor truck used for the haul to the packing house 
sie An Orchard-run grade consists of Extra Fancy, Fancy, and 
orades. 
These States use the grades mentioned, but there is some difference 
. between the requirements of the grade as packed in various States. 
For example, there is no official or recognized definition of Extra 
Fancy common to all boxed-apple States. In general, only the best 
of their apples are packed in this grade, but color requirements for 
various varieties may vary as well as tolerance for blemishes and other 
deficiencies. 
SORTING AND PACKING 3 
In packing houses other than those on very small ranches, separate 
crews are used for sorting and packing. ‘The sorters, mostly women 
working by the hour, inspect each apple and determine its correct 
grade. Packers are usually paid 5 to 7 cents per packed box. The 
3 For more detailed discussion see Farmers’ Bulletin 1204, ‘‘ Northwestern Apple Packing Houses,”’ by 
Raymond R. Paiithorp and Harold W. Samson, and Farmers’ Bulletin 1457, “‘ Packing Apples in Boxes, 
by Raymond R. Pailthorp and Frank S. Kinsey. 
