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718 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. [ART. XCVII
two and three-quarter inches, three inches, three and one-quarter inches,
and so on, in accordance with the facts.
(b) Minimum sizes may be designated by figures instead of words.
The word "minimum" may be designated by using the abbreviation
"nun."
(c) A tolerance or variation of five per centum on size shall be
allowed in all classes, but such five per centum shall not be in addi-
tion to the variations or tolerances for defects provided in grades
"Fancy," "A" and "B."
1916, ch. 627, sec. 4.
32. (a) Every closed package containing apples grown in the State
of Maryland which is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or packed for
sale, or transported for sale by any person shall bear upon the outside
of one end in plain letters and figures the name and address of the
packer or the person by whose authority the apples were packed and the
package marked, the true name of the variety, the grade or class of the
apples therein contained and the minimum size of the fruit in the pack-
ages. If the true name of the variety shall not be known to the packer
or the person by whose authority the package is packed or branded, then
such variety shall be designated as "variety unknown." Every package
of apples which is repacked shall bear the name and address of the
repacker or the name of the person by whose authority it is repacked in
place of that of the original packer.
(b) The brands or marks as prescribed by this sub-title shall be in
Hock letters and figures of size of not less than thirty-six point Gothic.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person within the State to sell,
offer or expose for sale, or pack for sale, or transport for sale apples
which are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this sub-
title.
1916, ch. 627, sec. 5.
33. For the purposes of this sub-title apples packed in a closed
package shall be deemed to be misbranded.
(a) If the package shall fail to bear the statements required by this
sub-title.
(b) If the package shall be falsely branded or shall bear any state-
ment, design or device regarding such apples which is false or mislead-
ing, or if the package bears any statement, design, or device indicating
that the apples contained therein are a given Maryland "standard
grade," or "cull grade," or "orchard run class," and said apples when
packed or repacked do not conform to the requirements of such grade.
1916, ch. 627, sec. 6.
34. For the purposes of this sub-title apples packed in closed pack-
ages shall be deemed to be adulterated if their quality or grade when
packed or repacked does not conform to the marks upon the package.
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