MARKETING PEANUTS 
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Virginia- type peanuts in the shell are sold as jumbos, fancys, and 
extras. The chief difference between jumbos and fancys is that the 
count per pound for jumbos shall not exceed 200 per pound as against 
240 for fancys. Extras consist principally of nuts blown out, picked 
out, or screened out when making jumbos and fancys. They are 
not permitted to weigh less than 85 pounds to the 70-inch bag, 
and the count per pound can not be more than 320. 
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Fig. 14.— Three grades of shelled Virginia peanuts: Extra large (at the upper left), No. 1 (at the 
upper right), and No. 2 (below). (Reduced one-third) 
Shelled Virginias come on the market as extra large, No. 1 and 
No. 2 According to the rules of the association, extra large must 
not contain less than 528 to the pound, or 33 to the ounce, and the 
count for No. 1 can not exceed 675 to the pound, or slightly; more than 
42 to the ounce. The specifications for unsound nuts, foreign matter, 
and splits for the two grades are much the same. No. 2 peanuts 
contain shrivels in addition to splits, although the rules specify that 
not more than 5 per cent of No. 2 peanuts shall pass through a 16/64 
round screen. During the 1924-25 season, No. 2 Virginias con- 
sisted principally of shrivels. 
