The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-12

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following defects shall not be con-
!sidered as serious damage:
(a) Scab spots affecting an ag.
,gregate area of not to exceed u
inch in diameter.
(b) Five stings, each having an
encircling hard ring or a slight
depression, provided stings do not
exceed Is inch in diameter, ex-
elusive of any encircling ring.
(c) Heavy russetting which does
not exceed more than one-fourth
of the surface.
I'D Visible water core which
does not affect an area of more
than " inch in diameter.
(e) Aphis pebbling not serious
ly detracting from appearance of
the apple.
(f) Slightly larger handling and
box bruises than specified in Fan
cy, but no soft bruises will be al
lowed in C grade.
(g) Growth cracks such as oc-
cur in Staymans shall be permitted
where no crack exceeds y inch in
length.
Combination Grades
When extra fancy and fancy
apples are packed together the
boxes may be marked "Combina-
ton Extra Fancy and Fancy" and
when Fancy and &C" grade apples
are packed together the boxes NAV
be marked Coordination Fancy L
'C' Grade" but combination grades
must contain at least $3.50 of an
pies which would be permitted in
the higher grades. When Extra
Fancy, Fancy and C grade apples
are packed together, the boxes
must be marked "Orchard Run
or Combination Extra Fancy,
Fancy and Sc Grade" but any
boxes so marked must not contain
any fruit that will not meet the
requirements of the "C'' grade. In
case the boxes are marked "Com-
bination Elk. Fancy, Fancy and c
Grade" they must contain at least
$3.50 Extra Fancy apples and it
shall be unlawful to remove any
of the higher grade apples and the,
pack the remainder as "Orchard
Rum or Combination Extra Fan
cy, Fancy and Sc Grade" except
that the larger sizes of all grades
may be removed and the rest box
ed and marked tumble" or "Face
and Fill" in addition to the grade.
Color Requirements
Apples shall be admitted to the
grades subject to the following
color specifications:
in the following tables means that
the aggregate area of the surface
must be covered with good shade
or shades of red characteristics of
the variety.
Red Varieties
Aiken Red, Ark. Blacks, Bald
win, Black Ben Davis, Detroit RED,
Gano, Spitz, Winesap, Red Sport
Varieties, 1910 Extra Fancy; 33ea
Fancy; some color in &c" grade.
Except King David, where extra
color requirement is $50.
When sport varieties are mark
ed as such, they shall meet the re-
quirements of Red Sport varieties
and boxes must also bear the
name of the parent variety.
Partial Red Varieties
The percentage of color required
shall De the specified percentage
Of area in which the stripes of good
red shades shall be in excess of
the stripes of thin red,. green Or
yellow.
Delicious, Jonathan, Stayman
Winesap, Elk, $50; Fancy, $3.50;
C, some color. Mcintosh Red, Van
derpool, Black Twig, Extra, $50;
Fancy, $50; C, none.
Ben Davis, Fameuse, Geniton,
Missouri (Pippin), Northern Spy,
Rainier, Rome Beauty Wagner,
Wealthy, York Imperial, Extra,
500; Fancy, 1919; C, none.
Duchess, Jeffries, Alexander,
Bailey Sweet, Beitigheimer, Fall
Pippin Gravenstein, King, Red As
trachan, Red June, 20 Ounce, Wolf
River, $50 color in Extra, none
in other two grades.
**-No color requirement for
Fancy Rome 88 and larger.
Blushed Varieties
Maiden Blush, extra fancy, some
color, Red Cheek Pippin, Winter
Banana, fancy, no color required.
Green or Yellow Varieties
Cox's Orange (Pippin). Early
Harvest, extra fancy. Golden De-
licious, fancy, no color required
Grimes (Golden), C grade. Ortley
Rhode Island (Greening). Tolman.
White Winter Pearmain, natural
blush not Objectionable. Yellow
Bellefluer. Yellow Newtown. Vel
low Transparent
Box Packs
All apples meeting Hail Grade,
C or Third Grade specifications, or
better, packed under these regu-
lations, shall be arranged in the
box according to the approved and
recognized methods with the stems
pointing towards the ends of the
box, except when jumbled, and all
boxes shall be tightly packed at
time of packing, but the contents
shall not show excessive or unnec-
essary bruising because of an over
filled package. Each apple wrapped
shall be well wrapped.
Apples which do not meet the
requirements of &c" Grade or Hail
Grade, shall not be wrapped nor
packed. nor sold by count, nor
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