The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-05-27
Unanimously Adopted at the Spokane c
First Grade. Grade No. L., or
Extra Fancy"

from all insect pests, diseases, blemishes,
bruises, and other physical injuries, seald,
scabs, scale, dry or bitter rot, worms, worm
stings, worm holes, spray burn, limb rub, Wis
ible water core, skin puncture or skin broken
at stem.
The following varieties shall be admitted 10
this grade, subject to the color requirements
specified
Solid Red Varieties:
Aiken Red King David
Arkansas Black Mcintosh Red
Baldwin Spitzenburg (Esopus)
Black Ben Davis Vanderpool
GanO Winesap
must have not less than three-fourths good
red color.
Jonathan
must have not less than two-thirds good red
color.
Black Twig Missouri Pippin
must have not less than fifty per cent good
red color.
Striped or Partial Red Varieties:
Delicious Stayman
must have not less than two-thirds good red
color.
Ben Davis
Hubbardson None Such Rome Beauty
Jeniton Rainier
Ksighn spitzenburg Snow
Northern Spy Wagener
must have not less than fifty per cent good
red color
Gravenstein Jeffrey
King of Tompkins Co.
must have not less than one fourth good red
color.
Red Checked or Blushed Varieties:
Hydes King Red Cheek Pippin
Int
must have preceptbe blushed cheek.
Yellow or Green Varieties:
Grimes Golden WhiteWin. Pearman
Yellow Newtown Cox's Orange Pippn
must have the characteristic color of the var
iety.
0rtley
must be white, yellow or waxen
Second Grade" Grade No. g." Fancy
are defined as apples, complying with the stand
ard Of first grade apples, except that slight
leaf rub scratches, or russeting shall be per-
mitted up to a total of one inch in diameter in
counts running l25 or less to the box, or three
f0urths of an inch in diameter in counts runn-
ing from 1873 to 1863 to the box, and one-half
inch in diameter in counts running ITS or more
to the box; and limb rubs will be permitted
showing an aggregate area in the various
providing that no apple will show total blemish-
es aggregating more than one inch in diameter
in counts running l25 to the box or less; more
than three-fourths inch in diameter in counts
running 1873 to 1863 to the box and one
half inch in diameter in counts running
running l75 to the box or more. No clearly
misshapen or bruised apple, or apples bearing
evidence of rough handling shall be permitted
in this grade.
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this grade, subject to the color requirements
specified:
Solid Red Varieties:
Aiken Red King David
Arkansas Black Mcintosh Red
Baldwin Spitzenburg (Esopus)
Black Ben Davis Vanderpool
must have not less than forty per cent good
red color
Jonathan
must have not less than one-third good red
color.
Black Twig Missouri Pippin
must have not less than twenty-five per cent
good red color.
Striped or Partial Red Varieties:
Delicious Staymen
must have not less than one third good red
color.
Ben Davis Rainier
Hunbardson None Such Snow
Jeniton Wagner
Kaighn Spitzenburg Wealthy
Northern Spy York Imperial
must have not less than 25 per cent good red
color.
Gravenstein Jeffrey
King of Tompkins Co.
must have not less than ten per cent good red
color.
Rome Beauty
No specific color requirement is defined for
Rome Beauty in this grade, other than that
each specimen must show a perceptible blush
or overspread of reddish color characteristic
of the variety; except that Rome Beauty APP
pies of 90 size and larger shall be admitted
without color.
Red Checked or Blushed Varieties:
must have correct physical quality with tinge
of color
Yellow or Green Varieties:
must be of the characteristic color
Third Grade" Grade No. g." or &c"
grade apples shall consist of mature apples
free from all insect pests, worms, worm holes
infectious diseases, skin punctures, bruises, or
broken skin, but slightly misshapen apples,
or those having sun scald, not to exceed two
healed over stings, and the blemishes allowed
for Second Grade apples shall be permitted
and there shall be no requirement as to color
Combination Extra Fancy and Fancy
grade. When first and second grade apples
are packed together the packages must be
marked Combination Extra Fancy and
Fancy"
Combination grade may also include all other
varieties not provided for in First and Second
grades.
When Second and Third grade apples are
packed together, the packages must be mark
ed Third Grade"
When First, Second and Third grade apples
are packed together, the packages must be
marked Orchard Run, but Orchard Run
packages must not contain any apples that
would not meet the requirements of Third
Grade.
Summer and Fall Varieties:
Summer varieties such as Astrachan, Bal
ley's Sweet, Bietingheimer, Duchess, Early
Harvest, Red June, Strawberry Twenty Ounce
Pippn, Yellow Transparent and kindred varie-
ties not otherwise specified in these grading
rules, together with early fall varieties, such
as Alexander, Blue Pearman, Wolf River,
Spokane Beauty, Fall Pippin, Waxen, Tolman
Sweet, Sweet Bough, and other varieties not