Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-10-04
new LAWS IN FAVOR
FRUIT GROWERS TO MAKE MOST
OF REGENT ENAcTMENTs.
Measures Hit at Acknowledgements
ages Must Show Grade-Penaity for
Violation Of the Law-Sun-
ryrlpe Law.

The fruit growers or the western
Michigan country propose to make the
most possible out Of the recently en-
acted laws covering the subject OF
fruit packing. One OF the laws was
enacted by congress and defines what
legal apple is. also defines stand
ard" grade. The other law was en-
acted by the Michigan legislature and
has to do with all fruits. 1t says
that all closed packages Of fruit shall
bear upon the face of the package In
lettering that can be easily read, the
name of the grower or responsible
packer, along with his address. The
feredal law went into effect July LIST.
and the state law August is. Both
laws insist that there shall be no mis-
branding. II an apple grower marks
his apples Standard Grade" they
must be such, or he will be subject to
prosecution under the national law
and run the chance of having to pay
a penalty of 81 barrel. Further
more, IL he marks his apples or
other fruits fancy, they must be
that or he will be violator of the
state law. If found guilty OF violat-
ing the state law he may be fined or
sent to Jail for so days.
In addition to the federal and state
laws is the "Sunnyripe" law which Is
being promulgated by the Western
Michigan Development bureau. This
law is fully as strict as the others.
1t tells exactly how apples must be
picked and packed, furthermore, 1t de-
scribes specifically what virtues an
apple must have to be in the Sunny
ripe" class. The penalty for the vio-
lation of this law is disbarment from
the apple aristocracy. The law In
full is as follows:
Picking.
All fruit should be carefully picked
at the proper stage of ripeness and
laid mot dropped) into buckets or
baskets, or into bags that open at the
bottom. No windfalls nor fruit that
drop from the trees from any cause
shall be placed with the picked fruit.
Apples spotted with dirt must be
cleaned.
All wagons used for conveying fruit
from the orchard to the packing house
and to the shipping point should be
supplied with springs SO that there
will be no jar to mar or bruise the
fruit. Tarpaulins or other covering
should be placed over the loads to
keep out the heat, dust and rain.
sunnyrlpe Grade.
All apples must be of natural color,
shape and condition Characteristic Of
variety. Apples must also be sound,
smooth. we'll formed, free from all
insect pests, diseases, blemishes, in
juries, worm holes, stings, scale, scab,
sun-scald, dry rot, decay, fungus,
water-core. spray burn, limb rub, skin
puncture and skin broken at stem.
All solid red apples should be IS
per cent. red. and all partially red va
rieties should be so per cent. red.
Packing.
Apples should be inspected on the
packing table and should be packed
in the presence Of the inspector. But
one variety should 60 into any pack
age. End cushions should be used m
all barrels and lining paper In all
boxes. Box apples should be individ-
ually wrapped in paper. All packages
OF Sunnyripe fruit should be sealed as
soon as packed. whereupon the in
spector shall place labels upon both
ends of each package and mark each
package with the name of the variety,
his inspection number and the date
OF inspection.
inspection Charges.
The inspection fee, which includes
two labels for each package, is 15
cents a barrel and ten cents bushel
box. This amount is duo and payable
with the completion Of each lnepec'