. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page Twelve BETTER FRUIT February, 1922 New Grading: Rules GROWKRS and shippers of the North- west will be interested in learning of the changes in grading rules on apples which are to be put into effect in Wash- ington as result of action taken at the state grade and pack conference, held at Spo- kane in December. At the time the con- ference adopted the new rules Charles L. Robinson, state supervisor of horticulture, announced that they will be accepted by his department. The revised standards are as follows: "Extra fancy, or first grade, apples are define
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page Twelve BETTER FRUIT February, 1922 New Grading: Rules GROWKRS and shippers of the North- west will be interested in learning of the changes in grading rules on apples which are to be put into effect in Wash- ington as result of action taken at the state grade and pack conference, held at Spo- kane in December. At the time the con- ference adopted the new rules Charles L. Robinson, state supervisor of horticulture, announced that they will be accepted by his department. The revised standards are as follows: "Extra fancy, or first grade, apples are defined a? mature, clean, smooth, hand- picked, well-formed apples only, free from all insect pests, diseases, bruises and holes, spray burns, limb rub, visible water core, skin punctures or skin broken at the stem, and shall be free from russeting except that russeting within the basin of the stem shall be permitted. "Fancy, or second grade apples, are de- fined as apples complying with the stand- ard of extra fancy grade except that leaf rubs, slight scratches and russeting be per- mitted up to 10 per cent of the surface d the apple; provided that slight limb ruli not to exceed one-half inch in diameter oi scab spots not larger than one-quarter inch in diameter in the aggregate shall be per- mitted; provided further, that two healed- over worm stings on apples carrying color requirements characteristic of the varien shall be permitted in this grade. "C grade, or third grade apples, are de- fined as all those free from infection, soft bruises and broken skin; provided that this grade may include healed-over stings and scab spots not to exceed one-half inch in diameter in the aggregate. "Extra fancy color requirements shall remain the same as the 1921 except that there shall be no color requirements on green and yellow varieties; that Macintosh Red and Kraign Spitz be changed from solid red to striped red varieties, and the Winter Bananas from the green and yel- low va
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