The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-08-21
FOLLOWING ARE RULES FOR
GRADING 1914 APPLE PACK
Farmers and FruitgrOwers Should Pay
Attention to Requirements Before
Packing Their Apple Crop

adopted by the Northwestern Fruit
Exchange for grading the 1914 pack
All varieties may be admitted in all the
grades. Specifications Of each grade
are all follow:
Extra Fancy Grade
Physical Requirements Apples
must be properly matured, clean, o
natural color, shape and condition
characteristic OF the variety, sound
smooth and we'll formed, free from in
sect pests, disease, blemishes and in
juries, worms, worm holes, stings, scale
scab, sun-scald, dry or bitter rot, decay,
fungus, water core, spray burn, limb
rot, skin puncture or skin broken at
stem.
Color Requirements-Red or striped
varieties must show at least the per
centage OF good natural color named in
list following:
754o Aristo Black, Arkansas Black,
Akin, Baldwin, Bismarck, Black Twig,
Black Ben, Blue Pearmain, Canada Red
Champion, Gano, Hoover, Ingram,
Jonathan, Kaight, King David, Kin
nard, Lauver, Missouri, Northern Spy,
Pewaukee, Pryor, Salome, Senator,
Shackleford, Spitzenburg, Starck, Wage
ner, Walbridge, Wealthy, Westfeld,
Willow, Winesap, Wolf River, York
Imperial.
6623& Ben Davis, Ben Hur, Ben
nett, Delicious, Jeferis, Stayman,
Tompking King.
50%: Alexander, Chicago Com
merce, Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Rambo,
Rome Beauty, Hubbardston.
Red checked or blush varieties must
have distinctly colored cheek OF
blush.
Yellow and Green varieties must
show the characteristic color of the
variety.
Size Requirements-Apples in this
grade shall not be smaller than $50 ex-
cept Gravensteins, Grimes, Jonathan,
White Pearmain, and Winesap which
may be as small as 1853 and Yellow
Newton, which may be as small as 200.
Fancy Grade
Physical requirements shall be the
same as in grade No. except that
slight deviation from proper form may
be admitted, but not when clearly mis-
shapen. Slight blemishes such as a
limb rub, scratches, and russeting may
be admitted, provided that no apple
shall show aggregate blemishes of over
one-half inch in area.
Color Requirements All red or
striped varieties must show at least 40
20 of good red color, except those
varieties which are admitted to No. l
grade with minimum of &c 20 on col
or, may be admitted to this grade with
one-6fth OF good red color, provided
that Rome Beauty when 88 size or
larger need show no color.
Size Requirements Apples shall
not be smaller than IT'S except Jona-
thans, Fameuse, Spitzenburg, King
David, White Pearmain and Winesap
may be admitted as small as 200 if Of
color requirements OF No. l Grade and
Yellow Newton as small as 225.
''C,, Grade
This grade when used shall be made
up Of all merchantable apples not in
cluded in Grades No. /. and 9.
Apples shall be we'll grown speci-
mems of one variety, reasonably uni
form in size, properly matured, prac-
tically free from dirt, insect pests,
disease, bruises and other defects ex-
cept such as are necessarily caused in
the operation of packing.
Apples shall not be smaller than the
163 size.
special Grade
This grade shall be the same in all
respects as No. Q or Fancy grade, ex-
cept that the aggregate blemishes of
not over one-half inch in area therein
permitted, may include fungus or scab.