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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
August, 1917 
The Apple Grading Law 
CHAPTER 492, LAWS OF 1917. 
AN ACT to create section 1668m 
of the statutes, relating to stand- 
ard grades for apples grown in 
the state, and providing a pen- 
alty. 
The people of the state of Wiscon- 
sin, represented in senate and 
assembly, do enact as follows : 
Section 1. A new section is ad- 
ded to the statutes to read : Sec- 
tion 1668m. 1. The standard 
grades for apples grown in this 
state when packed in closed pack- 
ages shall be as follows: 
First: “Wisconsin Standard 
Fancy” shall consist of hand- 
picked, properly packed apples of 
one variety, which are well grown 
specimens, normal in shape, uni- 
form in size, of good color for the 
variety, and which are free from 
dirt, insect injury, fungous disease, 
bruises and other defects, except 
such as are necessarily caused in 
the operation of packing. “Uni- 
form in Size” shall be construed 
to mean that apples contained in 
any one package shall not vary 
more than one-half inch in diame- 
ter. 
Second: “Wisconsin Standard 
A ' ’ shall consist of hand-picked, 
properly packed apples of one 
variety, which are well grown 
specimens, normal in shape, of not 
less than fifty per centum of good 
color for the variety, and which 
are practically free from dirt, in- 
sect injury, fungous disease, bruis- 
es and other defects, except such 
as are necessarily caused in the op- 
eration of packing. 
Third: “Wisconsin Standard 
B” shall consist of hand-picked, 
properly packed apples of one 
variety, which are well grown and 
practically free from insect injury 
and fungous disease; provided, 
that apples having healed over in- 
sect punctures, small scab or blotch 
infections, fruit spots, or other de- 
fects which, taken singly or collec- 
tively, do not materially deform or 
discolor the fruit or injure its 
keeping quality, shall be admitted 
to this grade. 
Fourth: “Wisconsin Unclassi- 
fied” shall consist of apples which 
do not conform to the foregoing 
specifications of grade, or which 
though conforming are not brand- 
ed in accordance therewith ; pro- 
vided. that if more than ten per 
centum of the apples are badly de- 
formed or badly discolored by 
scab, blotch, insect injury or other 
defects, the package containing 
them shall be marked “Culls” in 
addition to the other marks or 
brands required by this section. 
2. In the interpretation of this 
section a tolerance of five per 
centum below the standard shall be 
allowed in the Standard Fancy 
grade, ten per centum in the 
Standard A grade, and fifteen per 
centum in the Standard B grade; 
provided that not more than half 
the foregoing tolerance values shall 
be allowed on any single grade 
specification or defect. Such tol- 
erance shall apply to size, color, 
and other grade specifications and 
shall be computed by counting or 
weighing the specimens which are 
judged to be below the standard 
for the grade in any respect, and 
those which are found to be small- 
er than the minimum size marked 
on the package. 
3. In all of the grades specified 
in this section, the apples included 
in the face or shown surface shall 
fairly represent the size and quali- 
ty of the apples in the package. 
4. Every closed package con- 
taining apples grown in the state 
of Wisconsin which is sold, offered 
or exposed for sale, packed for 
sale, or shipped for sale, shall bear 
upon the outside of one end in 
plain letters or figures, or both, the 
name and address of the person by 
whose authority the apples were 
packed, the true name of the va- 
riety, the grade of the apples there- 
in contained when packed or re- 
packed, and the minimum size or 
the numerical count of the fruit in 
the package, provided that apples 
packed in boxes may be branded 
Extra Fancy in lieu of Standard 
Fancy; Fancy in lieu of Standard 
A; “C” in lieu of Standard B. 
If the true name of the variety is 
not known to the packer or the per- 
son by whose authority the apples 
are packed or branded, then such 
varcity shall be designated as “un- 
known.” Every package of ap- 
ples which is repacked shall bear 
the name and address of the per- 
son by whose authority it is re- 
packed. The letters and figures 
used in marking or branding closed 
packages of apples under the pro- 
visions of this section shall be of a 
size not less than thirty-six point 
Gothic. 
5. The marks and brands pre- 
scribed in this section may be ac- 
companied by any additional 
marks or brands which are not in- 
consistent with or do not in any 
way obscure the marks and brands 
required by this act. Apples 
packed and branded in accordance 
with the United States apple grad- 
ing law approved August third, 
nineteen hundred and twelve, shall 
be exempt from the provisions of 
this section. 
6. The minimum size of the 
fruit in all grades, shall be deter- 
mined by taking the transverse di- 
amter of the smallest fruit in the 
package. Minimum sizes shall be 
stated in variations of one-fourth 
of an inch, as two inches, two and 
one-fourth inches, two and one-half 
