. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. there are varying conditions in the various growing areas made the project of setting up a fair standard for all more difficult. It had been hoped that repre- sentatives from Wisconsin and New Jersey would be present, as several from those states were in the area, having attended a meet- ing of the National Cranberry Association at Hanson the day previous. The proposed slanuards were three in number, grade A, grade B and off-grade, the latter con- sisting of all fruit which did not meet requirements of U. S. grades A and B. There w
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. there are varying conditions in the various growing areas made the project of setting up a fair standard for all more difficult. It had been hoped that repre- sentatives from Wisconsin and New Jersey would be present, as several from those states were in the area, having attended a meet- ing of the National Cranberry Association at Hanson the day previous. The proposed slanuards were three in number, grade A, grade B and off-grade, the latter con- sisting of all fruit which did not meet requirements of U. S. grades A and B. There was some discussion as to whether a "consumer grade" might be better than the "com- mercial" grade which was under consideration. It seemed evident that the main interest of the growers was to have codes rigid enough to get fruit in the hands of the consumer in the best pos- sible condition. There was debate concerning inspection at shipping point and at destination, but some growers felt there might be a lag then in getting fruit onto the store shelves ready for consumer purchase. Mr. Kee and Mr. Irish were extremely cooperative, the growers felt, in hearing all points raised by the growers and agree- ing to some changes. Proposed Consumer Grade A, as in the first draft, with packing "tolerances", was: "U. S. Grade A. 'U. S. Grade A' consists of fresh cranberries of similar varietal characteristics which are clean, bright, mature, firnr, dry, and not soft or decayed and which are free from damage caused by stems, bruises, freezing, smothering, scarring, shriveling, sun-scald, foreign material, dis- ease, insects, or mechanical or other means. Individual cran- berries shall be fairly well colored and the cranberries in the con- tainer shall be fairly uniform in color. Each cranberry shall be not less than 13/.32 of an inch in diameter. Incident to proper grading and handling, the following toler- ances, by count, shall be permit- ted in any lot
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