The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-06-19


: Striped or partial red varieties as
designated above to have not less than
one-half good red color and when the
size of l75 or smaller is admitted to
this grade they must have at least
three fourths good red color. Except
that Gravensteins, Jetfries and King
of TOmpkins County in all sizes must
have least one-third good red color.
Red checked or blush varieties such
as Hyde's King, Red Cheek Pippin,
Winter Banana, Maiden Blush, must
have a red cheek.
0rtleys must be white, yellow or
waxen.
Yellow or green varieties such as
White Winter Pearmain, Grimes Col
den. Yellow Newtown and Cox S Or
ange Pippin must have the Characters
tic color of the variety. No sizes
admitted to this grade smaller than as
follows:
Aiken Red, 200; Arkansas Black,
l75; Ben Davis, 1863; Cox's Orange
Pippin. 1863; Delicious. 1850; Fall Wine,
200. Gano, 1863; Grimes Golden, 200; (;
Gravenstein, 200; Hubbardson None
such, 1863; Hydes King, $50; Jenton,
200: Jonathan, 200; Jetfries, 225: King
of Tompkins County. l63; King David,
200; Mammoth Black Twig $50; Mis-
souri, Pippin, 200; Melntosh.Red, 200 !;
Maiden Blush, 1863: Northern Spy, l50 /;
Oregon Red. IFS; Ortley. l75; Rome
Beauty. 1863; Red Cheek Pppin, 1863
Spitz. (Esopus), 200; Steele Red. 1863;
Staymen. 1863; Snow. 225; Vanderpool,
1863; Winesap, 225; Wagener, 200:
Winter Banana. l50; White Winter
Pearmaln. 200; Wealthy, 200: Yellow
Newtown, 225 York Imperial, 1863.
All boxes must be lined and card
board placed at top and bottom.
Fancy Grade In this grade all APP
Piles must be matured, hand picked,
clean and sound, free from insect
pests, water core. sun damage, broken
skin, scald, scale. dry or bitter rot,
worms, worm stings, infectious disease
and ALL other defects equally ,detri
mental. excepting that slight limb rub
or leaf rub, scratches or russetting
will be permitted provided that no ap-
pie shall show total blemishes aggre-
eating more than one half inch square.
Fruit clearly mis-shapen, bruised or
bearing evidence of rough handling
shall not be permitted in this grade.
| The varieties admitted to this grade
are the same as in the extra fancy.
All boxes are to be lined and card
board placed at the top and bottom.
Color requirements are as follows:
The solid red varieties must have
| fully one-third of good solid red color.
Striped and partial red varieties
must have at least one-fourth of good
red color.
Red checked or blushed varieties
must have correct physical qualities
with tinge of color
All apples of green or yellow vari-
ETY. shall be of characteristic color. Ne
sizes shall be admitted to this grade
smaller than as follows:
Aiken Red, IFS; Arkansas Black.
IT'S; Ben Davs, 1907 Black Ben Davis,
l50; Cox's Orange Pippin, $50; Deli
cious. $50; Fall Wine, IT'S; Gano, l50;
Grimes Golden, l75; Gravenstein, IT'S;
aubbardson Nonesuch, $50; Mcintosh
Red, IT'S; Maiden Blush, 100; Northern
Spy. $50; Oregon Red. 1863; Ortley,
1863. Rome Beauty, $50; Red Cheek
Pippin, $50; Sptz (Esopus), l75;
Steele Red, $50; Staymen, l50; Snow,
100; Hydes King, l50: Jeniton, l75;
Jonathan. IFS; JefTres. 200; King of
Thomkpins. County, $50; King David.
l75; Mammoth Black Twig, $50; Mis-
souri, Pippin. IT'S; Vanderpool, l50;
Winesaps, 200; Wagner, It's; Winter
Banana. l50; White Winter Pearmain,
| l75; Wealthy, l75; Yellow Newtown,
200, York Imperials, $50.
Single grade-Ihe following apples
to be packed one grade combining the
extra fancy. and fancy grades as pro-
viied by these grading rules, size not
smaller than 1853 count. windfalls abso-
lutely excluded, the pack to be marked
or labeled as fancy: Apple of Com
merce, Baldwin, Ben Hur Bismark,
Canada Red, Chicago, Champion, Dele
ware Red. Golden Russet. Hoover
Ingram, kaighn Spitzenberg, Kentish,
Kinnaird, Kann, Mother, Mcmahon, N.
W. Greening, pewaukee, Prior Red,
Rambo, Rhode Island Greening, Rox
Russet, Russian Red, Salome, Shakle-
ford Senator, Stark, Swaar, Walhrdge,
Westfeld, Willow Iwig, Yellow Belle
| fleur.
Exceptions Summer varieties such
as Astfachan, Bailey's Sweet, Betting
heimer, Duchess, Early Harvest, Red
June, Strawberry, Twenty Ounce Pip
pin, Yellow Transparent, and kindred
varieties not otherwise specified in
these grading rules, together with
early fall varieties such as Alexander,
Blue Pearmain, Wolf River, Spokane
Beauty, Fall Pippin; Waxen, Talman
Sweets, Sweet Bough, and other vari-
eties not provided for in these grading
rules as grow in sections of early ma
turity, shall be packed in accordance
with the grading rules covering fancy
grade as TO defects, but regardless of
color rules size not smaller than 1853
count for the larger growing varieties,
and 225 count for the smaller growing
varieties, windfalls to be absolutely
excluded. All boxes to be lined and
cardboard used at tops and bottoms.
Endorsements Your executive com
mittee advises the use of the regular
northwestern standard box in all sec
tions, inside measurements l0bxllAxlS
with solid ends. We believe that we
should make this the uniform box as
standard in all sections. lnasmuch as
the laws as we'll as the trade require
ments will force US to sell our apples
by numerical count, we abolish the
system of designating or manifesting
fruit by tiers and we employ the num-
erical system exclusively hereafter.
The recognized and endorsed counts
for Northwestern standard pack are as
follows:
S6, as, 48, 56, Ga, 72, 80, 88, 96, lO4,
ll2, ll9, l25, 1856, $50, l63, us, 1873,
200, 2l3, 225.
Crab Apples-These should be care
/ fully assorted, as to varieties, making
one grade only, keeping out all insect
D pests, worm holes, sting, scale, mis-
shapen and blemished fruit. Put up in
D apple boxes, line the box, fill in gently
: so as to prevent bruising.
= Lady Apples These should be packed
in half boxes, boxes lined, remember
ing that the more attractive the better
: the sale. Make only one grade, keep
ing out all insect pests, worm holes,
/. sting, scale, misshapen and blemished
n fruit.
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