Smyrna times., 1928-08-29
FEDERAL INSPECTION OF FRUIT
PAYS DEL-MAR-VA GROWERS
w. I. DERRICKSON, FOR STATE,
RELEASES STATEMENT
Service Reduced by System Has In
creased the Demand for inspection
and Demand for Delaware Fruit

w. T. Derickson, Director of Mar
kets of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, has just released a very inter
esting statement about the results
obtained through StateFederal ship
ping point inspection of fruit in Del
aware. The report is of special in
terest to fruit growers, who are the
beneficiaries Of the inspection service.
Mr. Derickson says:
"Oficial State Federal Shipping
Point Inspection of farm products
was first provided in Delaware in
1928, under the direction Of Wilmer
L. Derickson, Director of the Bureau
of Markets of the State Board Of Ag-
riculture.
"This service is provided through
cooperative arrangement between the
Delaware State Board of Agriculture
and the United States Department Of
Agriculture, and its chief purpose is
the standardization Of grades for the
mutual benefit Of producers and con
sumers.
"By establishing definite grades for
farm products, the producer Of ship
per and the buyer are enabled to buy
OF Sell farm products and know eX-
actly what they are buying or selling.
For instance, a Delaware grower or
shipper may offer a car Of some pro
duct " a buyer in a distant city. HI
the grower oil shipper can only offer
"good" apples Or "good" peaches, then
on arrival Of the car, it might be r.
Jected, because Of the fact that the
growers idea of "good" fruit and the
distant buyers idea Of "good' fruit
may be entirely different. However,
when one of our Delaware growers
or shippers offers a car of ". s. No. !
quality fruit or produce to a distant
buyer, the buyer knows exactly what
he is buying, and the shipper knows
exactly What he IL selling; thus en-
abIing them To transact business on
definite standard basis.
"NIany instances have been brought
to JUL attention where the grower re-
ceived j premium varying anywhere
fro mfive to forty cents per package
for, his graded fruit The local buy
er Fly enabled to pay premium, Cthe
amount of which depends, of course,
upon market conditionS) for such pre-
duce because he can secure 4 prem
ium UT the distributing point ter pro
duce that is graded, over that which
il not graded.
Standardization of Fruit Pays
\ Standardization vi Shipping Point
Inspection, tending as il does to en-
able tile producer to secure better
prices for fruit or produce, encour-
age him to produce better fruit
knowing that when he spends TINS
and money in the pruning, fertillza-
ton, cultivation, and spraying of his
fruit trees that this will enable him
! to produce better fruit, and that wher
: 1T is sold it viii bring a price higher
that fruit from trees which have no
been properly taken care of, anC
which III not produce such high qual
ity
shipping Point Inspection p!
standardizing grades also tends t
create confidence, increase demand
and thereby help il greater diStribu
! ton. Buyers in distant cities prefe
tC buy produce that they know is in
spected and UP to grade, rather thal
; to purchase products which have no
been graded, and which may not NEE
Z their expectations.
{ eat the time Of inspection, State
y Federal Certificate II issued which
e accepted as prima facie evidence
ali courts Of the United States; thi
naturally tends to reduce claims. Flo
instance, if the distant buyer claim
: that the purchased fruit was not u
to the size, color or quality which h
bought, the shipper or producer sim
e ply states that he holds a governmen
Y certificate showing exactly the siz'
; quality, color and condition of tn
e fruit shipped, and in the majority Q
: cases, nothing further IS heard of tn
!. claim.
"From the consumers standpoin
he is willing and can well afford
pay a premium for Delaware frui
e which he knows is carefully grade
/ and packed, over the price that
u would pay for fruit which does M
e bear any marks, is not graded or il
y spected, and in which he may be di
7 appointed.
. Market Bureau Called on Frequent
During the shipping season Il
Bureau Of Markets is called upc
e many times daily, to send an inspe
L tor to various packing houses. It
-e well known that small amounts of vi
t dersize Of poor quality fruit in eaC
/ package will lower the grade for Il
entire shipment, and we have bee
a able in many cases to show the grov
er that BY removing just a few a.
Y plez or peaches he can raise his graz
!; from u. S. No. or Unclassified