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ART. XCVII] APPLES. 717
(6) "Maryland standard A Grade" shall consist of apples of one
variety which are well grown specimens, hand-picked, properly packed,
normal shape, practically free from dirt, diseases, insect and fungus
injury, bruises and other defects except such as are necessarily caused
in the operation of packing; or apples of one variety which are not
more than ten per centum below the foregoing specifications on a com-
bination of all defects or five per centum on any single defect. No
apples in this grade shall show less than thirty-three and one-third per
centum of good color for the variety.
(c) "Maryland standard B grade" shall consist of apples of one
variety which are well matured, hand-picked, properly packed, prac-
tically normal shape, practically free from dirt, disease, insect and
fungus injury; or apples of one variety which are not more than fifteen
per centum below the foregoing specifications on a combination of all
defects or five per centum on any single defect.
(d) "Cull grade" shall consist of apples not conforming to the fore-
going specifications of grade, and shall be classed as culls and shall be
so branded. This grade shall bemused to include those apples rejected
as not meeting the specifications of the foregoing "Fancy," "A" and
"B" grades. The minimum size of the fruit and the grade of the fruit
in the package shall b© branded upon it as hereinafter specified and in
addition to the other marks hereinafter required.
(e) "Orchard run" class shall consist of all apples grown in the-
orchard irrespective of grade or quality. It shall be unlawful for any
person to cull or sort from a lot of apples any of the larger sizes or bet
ter grades or qualities thereof, and then pack, brand, sell or ship the
remaining fruit as "Orchard run." The minimum size of the fruit
and the class of the fruit in the package shall also be branded upon it
as hereinafter specified and in addition to the other marks hereinafter
specified.
1916, ch. 627, sec. 2
30. The marks indicating grade as above prescribed may be accom-
panied by any other designation of grade or brand if that designation
of grade or brand is not inconsistent with or marked more conspicuously
than the one of the said five marks which is used on the said package.
Apples packed and branded in accordance with the United States law
approved August third, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be exempt
from the provisions of this sub-title.
1916, ch. 627, sec. 3.
31. (a.) The minimum size of the fruit in all classes or grades
shall be determined by taking the transverse diameter of the smallest
fruit in the package at right angles to the stem and blossom end.
Minimum sizes shall be stated in variations of one-quarter of an inch,
like two inches, two and one-quarter inches, two and one-half inches,
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