Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-06-19
Grade Rules
of Apples
Grade Rules North Pacific Fruit Dis.
tributors, Season 1e13-14.
Apples.

Apples.
The grades to be used will be
designated as Extra Fancy, FaLcy
and &c" grades and defined as TO-
lows:-
Extra Fancy.
This grade shall consist of sound,
smooth, matured, clean, hand picked,
well-formed apples only; free from
all insect pests, disease, blemishes,
bruises and other physical injuries,
stings, scald, scab, sun scald, dry
or bitter rot, worms, worm holes,
decay, spray burn, limb rub, water
core, skin puncture, or skin broken
at stem. All apples must be Of
good matured color, shape and con-
dition characteristic of the variety.
The following varieties defined as
to color shall be admitted tc this
grade:
Solid Red Varieties.
Aiken Red, Arkansas Black, Black
Ben Davis, Fall Wine, Gano, Jeni-
ton, Jonathan, King David, Nam
moth Black Twig, Missouri Pippin,
Oregon Red, Spitzenberg (Esopus),
Steele Red, Vanderpool, Winesap.
Striped or Partial Red Variet es.
Ben Davis, Delicious, Gravenstein,
Hubbardson Nonesuch, Jeffries, Kirg
of Tompkins Co., Mcintosh Rel,
Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, Stay
Snow, Wagner, Wealthy, York
Imperial.
Color Requirements for Extra Fam
cy are as follows:
Solid Red varieties to have not
less than three fourths good red
color. and the size of IT'S and small
Ter when admitted to the grade to
have at least ninety per cent good
red color.
Striped or partial red varieties as
designated above to have not less
than one half good red color and
when the size of IT'S or smaller is
admitted to this grade they must
have at least three fourth good red
color.
Except that Gravensteins, JEFF
fries and King Of Tompkins County
in all sizes must be at least one
third good red color,
Red Cheek or blushed var cites
such as Hydes King, Red Cheek
Pippin, Winter Banana, Maiden
Blush, must have red cheek.
Ortleys must be white, yellow or
waxen.
Yellow or green varieties such
as Grimes Golden, White Winter
Pearmain, Yellow Newtcwn, and
Cox's Orange Pippin must have the
color of the variety.
No sizes admitted to this grade
smaller than as follows:
Aiken Red, 200; Arkansas Black,
IFS; Ben Davis, 1853; Black Ben Dav-
is, 1853; Cox's Orange Pippin, 169; |
Delicious, $50; Fall Wine. geo; Gano,
1863; Grimes Golden, 200; Craven
stein, 200; Hubbardson Nonesuch,
1863; Hydes King, $50; Jeniton, 200;
Jonathan, 200; Jeffries, 225; King |
Of Tompkins Co., 1853; King David,
200; Mammoth Black Twig, $50; Mis-
souri, Pippin, 200; Mcintosh Red, 200;
Maiden Blush, 1853; Northern Spy,
$50; Oregon Red, IT'S; Ortley, us;
Rome Beauty, 1853; Red Cheek Pip
pin, 1863; Spitz (Esopus), 200; Steele |
Red, 16S; Stayman, 1853; Snow, 225;
163; Winesaps, 225;
Wagner, 200; Winter Banana, $50;
White w. Pearmain, 200; Wealthy,
200; Yellow Newtown, 225; York
imperial, 165.
All boxes to be lined and card |
board to be used top and bottom.
Fancy Grade.
In this grade all apples must be
matured, hand picked, clean aud |
sound, free from insect pests. water
core, sun damage, broken skin,
scald, scale, dry or bitter rot,
worms, worm stings, infectious dis
eases and all other defects equally
detrimental, excepting that slight
limb or leaf rub, scratches or russell
ing will be permitted provided that
no apple shall show total blemish-
IS aggregating more than one half
nch square. Fruit clearly mis-shap-
ened, bruised or bearing evidnece /
Of rough handling shall not be per-
mitted 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 to be used top and bottom.
Color requirements are as follows;
The solid red varieties must have
FULLY one third of good solid color,
red.
Striped or partial red varieties
must have at least one fourth of
good red color