The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
Fruit Dealers Suggest the Regula
tons Which Should Govern
in the Yakima Valley
ABSOLUTE UNIFORMITY
is THE POINT SOUGHT
Is Believed That Growers Best In
erests Have Been Served by the
Conditions Determined Upon
for Next Year


ern here next year. unless thu grow
ers ask for something different. have
been adopted by the dealers of the
Yakima valley. They provide, as pre-
viously outlined in The Herald, for ex-
ira fancy, fancy and C grades. Deal
ers themselves would prefer to adopt
the straight WenGtchee rules, but they
believe those they have adopted are
more in the interests of the grower.
This belief is based upon the enor-
nous increase in crop next and sue
ceeding years. According to the es-
innate o. Fred f. Thompson, there
VIII be 1000 carloads of apples alone
next year in this valley and between
nine and ten thousand carloads of
fruit.
Open to Change
Dealers, however, are open-mind-
ed on the subject. If the growers do
not want the grading rules adopted,
but do want the Wenatchee rules or
something else, they are asked to con-
fer with some dealer and make
known their protests for action at "A
meeting at some later date. 1t is
definitely understood between the
dealers that the rules adopted, what
ever they be, will be adhered to
strictly. without deviation, under
heavy penalty, as the dealers will be
asked to post heavy forfeit. This
is considered essential. Having adopt
ed grades, the feeling is they must be
lived up to, otherwise the fruit will
not be taken. If sold at all it must
be to some outside buyer
No Worm Stngs
Worm stings won't go If growers
produce fruit with worm stings, they
must sell them to the vinegar plant.
A uniform contract has also been de-
cided upon and fruit must be graded
before it goes to the packer. The
grading rules, which were prepared
! by committee consisting of Messrs.
f. e. Thompson, c. r. Paddock and
Lawrence Hayes, We're presented at a
meeti"g of dealers Wednesday and
were adopted, subject to the final say
of the growers, in whose interests, it
is felt, they are the best rules that
can be drawn and superior to those in
use at Wenatchee, though so far as
the dealers are concerned the We
natchee rules are preferred. The new
rules are the following:
Extra Fancy Grade
This grade will be limited to the
following varieties unless packed to
| fill special orders: Spitzenberg, Jon
athan, Winesap, Delicious, Arkansas
Black, Rome Beauty, Grimes Golden
and yellow Newtown. Each specimen
must be perfect, well-formed APP
pie. free from all insect pests, worms
worm stings, scale, scab. sun-scald,
dry-rot water-core or other defects
Limb rub, skin punctures, stemiess
fruit or other evidence of rough hand
ling will be considered defects. Al!
apples heavily coated with dust or
spray must be cleaned. Each speci,
men must also be well-matured and OF
natural color characteristic of the va
riety. Each specimen of Spitzenberg
Jonathan, Winesap, Delicious or Ar
kansas Black must be at least seven
| ty-five per cent cd, red color. Each
| specimen of Rome Beauty must be at
least fifty per cent good, red color
Grim-s Golden and Yellow NeWtown
must have good. bright color. Nc
count greater than 175 will be &C.
copied in this grade. Each individ-
ual apple must be wrapped in paper
and the box must be paper lined.
A violation OF any one or more OF
the above provisions will necessitate
a repack or a lowering TO the fancy
or "C'' grade.
| Fancy Grade
| All varieties of apples will be ad
m ted to this grade. EACH specimen
must be a perfect. well-formed apple
freq from all insect pests, worms
worm stings. scale, scab, sun-scald
dry-rot water-core or other defect
Limb rub, skin puncture, or other evil
dence of rough handling will be con
sidered defects. All apples heavily
coated with dust or spray must be
cleaned. Each specimen must also be
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