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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
of apples which is repacked shall bear the name and ad¬ 
dress of the repacker or the name of the person by whose 
authority it is repacked in place of that of the original 
packer. 
(b) The brands or marks as prescribed by this act shall 
be in block letters and figures of size of not less than 
thirty-six point Gothic. 
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person within the 
State to sell, offer or expose for sale, or pack for sale, 
or transport for sale apples which are adulterated or mis¬ 
branded within the meaning of this act. 
Section 5. For the purposes of this act apples packed 
in a closed package shall be deemed to be misbranded: 
(a) If the package shall fail to bear the statements re¬ 
quired by this act; 
(b) If the package shall be falsely branded or shall 
bear any statement, design or device regarding such ap¬ 
ples which is false or misleading, or if the package bears 
any statement, design, or device indicating that the ap¬ 
ples contained therein are a given Maryland “standard 
grade,” or “cull grade,” or “orchard run class,” and 
said apples when packed or repacked do not conform to 
the requirements of such grade. 
Section 6. For the purposes of this act apples packed 
in closed packages shall be deemed to be adulterated if 
their quality or grade when packed or repacked does not 
conform to the marks upon the package. 
Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless 
he regrades and repacks the apples, to erase the original 
size, grade or variety of apples branded upon the pack¬ 
age and in its place substitute a size, grade or variety- 
name different from the one marked upon the barrel by 
the packer of the apples. 
Section 8. No person shall pack, or shall sell, or offer, 
expose, or have in his possession for sale any apples 
packed in any package in which the face or shown sur¬ 
face gives a false representation of the contents of such 
package; and it shall be considered a false representation 
when more than fifteen per centum of such fruit is sub¬ 
stantially smaller in size than, or inferior in grade to, or 
different in variety from, the faced or shown surface of 
such packing. 
Section 9. Any person who misbrands or adulterates, 
or falsely represents apples within the meaning of this 
act, or who violates any of the provisions of this act shall, 
upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay to the people of 
the State of Maryland a sum of not less than twenty-five 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars for the first violation 
and not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars for each subsequent violation. 
Section 10. No person shall be prosecuted under the 
provisions of this act when he can establish satisfactory 
evidence to the effect that he was not a party to the pack¬ 
ing and grading of such articles and had no knowledge 
that the same were misbranded or illegally packed, or 
when he can establish a guaranty, signed by the person 
from whom he received such articles, to the effect that 
the same are not adulterated or misbranded within the 
meaning of his act. Said guaranty, or said satisfactory 
evidence, to afford protection, shall contain the true name 
and address of the party or parties from whom said ar¬ 
ticles were received, or who made the sale or shipment 
of such articles to such person. 
Section 11. Definitions. The word “person” as used 
herein shall be construed to include both the singular and 
plural, individuals, corporations, copartnerships, com¬ 
panies, societies and associations. The act, omission or 
failure of any officer, agent, servant or employee acting 
within the scope of his employment or office shall be 
deemed the act, omission or failure of the principal. The 
Words “closed package” shall mean a box, barrel, basket, 
hamper, or other package covered with burlap, tarlatan, 
slat or other covers, the contents of which cannot be seen 
or inspected when such package is closed. 
Section 12. No person shall on behalf of any other 
person pack any apples for sale or transportation con¬ 
trary to the provisions of this act. . 
Section 13. This act shall not apply to apples actually 
transported in barrels to storage within this State until 
the same are sold, offered or exposed for sale, packed for 
sale, or transported for sale. Regulations and require¬ 
ments herein in relation to transportation shall not apply 
to common carriers. 
Section 14. The business of packing and marketing- 
apples in the State of Maryland is hereby declared to be 
affected with a public interest and is subject to regula¬ 
tion and control by the State. 
Section 15. The enforcement of this act shall be 
vested in the State Board of Agriculture, and its officers, 
employees, agents and servants are authorized to enter 
upon the land and premises of any person within this 
State for the purpose of inspecting packages of apples 
and securing evidence of violation of this act. Provided, 
however, that any such grades or classes for apples 
packed in closed packages which may hereafter be estab¬ 
lished by the United States shall be established and pro¬ 
mulgated by the State Board of Agriculture, as the 
official grades and classes for apples packed in closed 
packages in the State of Maryland. 
Section 16. This act shall take effect July 1st, 1916. 
VIBURNUM OPULUS NANA 
The Viburnum opulus, or High-Bush Cranberry, is 
well known, also the V. opulus sterilis, or common Snow¬ 
ball, but the dwarf sterile variety V. opulus nana is not 
nearly so well known or used as much as it should be. 
This plant even at maturity rarely gets more than two 
feet high. The growth is very short and compact, in¬ 
dividual plants forming complete little balls, with very 
little if any pruning. There is no plant among the 
shrubs that grows quite so neat and compact. It is a 
splendid thing for the foreground of shrubbery borders 
edging walks similar to the purpose for which box is 
used. Perhaps the one great objection to its use instead 
of box is that it is not evergreen, but during summer 
.there is nothing better and it will thrive where box will 
perish in the winter, as it is extremely hardy. The best 
way to propogate it is by layering, as a few stool plants 
will produce a very great number. 
