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BULLETIN 1401, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Spanish, especially when the pods do not fill out well and grading is 
difficult or the stock is otherwise of poor quality. 
GRADES FOR VIRGINIA-TYPE PEANUTS 
Formerly the grades for Virginia-type peanuts were vague and 
indefinite. The grades for cleaned peanuts were especially ill-defined, 
with no uniformity in either count or minimum size specifications. 
Each shipper made his own standards, and there was a wide range 
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Fig. 13. — Different lots of oil stock from plants running Virginia-type peanuts. (Reduced one-third) 
in the same grade as put out by different cleaners. On December 
13, 1921, however, the National Peanut Cleaners and Shellers 
Association n adopted grades for use by its members throughout the 
Virginia-North Carolina territory, which specified the varieties to 
be included, the count per pound, percentages of unsound nuts and 
foreign matter permitted, and other factors. 
" National Peanut Cleaners and Shellers Association. Conditions of purchase and sale [effective De- 
cember 13, 1921]. 8 pp. Suffolk, Va. 1922. 
