Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-06-07
THE IANFOR APPLE GROWERS
ann APPLE DEALERS

The bill to be enacted by the
United States Congress, in refer
ence to apples and apple pack
ages as agreed upon by the Con-
gressional Committee and Repre-
sentatives of the apple growers
is as follows:
BILL to establish standard
barrel and standard grades for
apples when packed in barrels and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the stand
ard barrel for apples shall be the
following dimensions when mea-
sured without diStention of its
parts: Length the stave, twenty
eight and one-half inches; diane
ter of head, seventeen and one
eighth inches; distance between
heads, twenty-six inches; circum-
ference of bulge, sixty-four inch
es outside Measurement, repre-
senting as nearly as possible
seven thousand and fifty-six cubic
inches.
Sec. ?. That the standard
grades for apples when packed in
barrels which shall be shipped or
delivered for shipment in inter
state or foreign commerce, or
which shall be sold or offered for
sale within the District of Column
bia or the territories of the Uni
ted States shall be as follows
Apples of one variety, which are
well-known specimens, hand pick
ed, of good color for the variety,
normal shape, practically free
from insect and fungus injury,
bruises and other defects, except
such as are necessarily caused in
the operation of packing, or ap-
pies of one variety which are not
more than ten per centum below
the foregoing specifications, shall
be u. S. Standard minimum size
21-2 inches" If the minimum size
of the apple is two and one-halt
inches in transverse diameter; or
u. S. Standard minimum size
? IA inches,'. if the minimum
size of the apples is two and two
fourth inches in transverse dia-
meter; or u. S. Standard mini
mum size ? inches" if the miri-
mum size of the apples is two in
ches in TRAVERSE diameter.
Sec. 3. The apples packed in
barrels in accordance with the
provision of this Act may be
branded as above.
Sec. 4. That all barrels pack.
Ell with apples shall be deemed tc
be below standard if the barrel
bears any statement, design, OF
device indicating that the barrel
is a standard barrel of apples, az
herein defined, and the capacity
of the barrel is less than the
capacity prescribed by section one
of this Act, unless the barre
shall be plainly marked on enc
and side with the words Short
BARREL" or with words or figures
showing the fractional relation
which the actual capacity of the
barrel bears to the capacity pre-
cribed by section one of this Act
The marking required by thi.
paragraph shall be in block let
tiers of size not less than seventy
two point block gothic.
Sec. 5. That barrels packed
with apples shall be deemed to b.
mis- branded within the meaning
of this Act
First. If the barrel bears an,
statement, design, or device in
dicating that the apples contain
ed therein are u. S. STANDARD
mi nimum size 2 ID inches" O
u. S. Standard minium size 2 l..
inches," or u. S. Standard mini
m um size 2 inches" as the cas-,
may be, and the apples do no
conform when packed to the re
quirements prescribed by section
two of this Act.
Second. If the; barrel bear
any statement, design, or devic,
indicating that the apples con
tanned therein are u. S. Stan
dard minimum size 2 1-2 inches,
or III. s. Standard minimum sizt
IA inches," or u. S. STANDARD
size 2 inches," as the case may
be, and the barrel fails to beal
also a statement of the name and
variety, the name OF the locality
where grown. and the name of the
packer or the person by whose
authority the apples were packed
and the barrel marked.
Sec. 6 That any person, firm
or corporation, or association who