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(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 addition to the varia-
tions or tolerances for defects provided in grades "Fancy," "A" and "B."

An. Code, 1924, sec. 35. 1912, sec. 32. 1916, ch. 627, sec. 4.

35. (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 packages. 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 block
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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 36. 1912, sec. 33. 1916, ch. 627, sec. 5.

36. 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 statement,
design or device regarding such apples which is false or misleading, 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 37. 1912, sec. 34. 1916, ch. 627, sec. 6.

37. For the purposes of this sub-title apples packed in closed packages
shall be deemed to be adulterated if their quality or grade when packed or
repacked does not conform to the marks upon the package.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 38. 1912, sec. 35. 1916, ch. 627, sec. 7.

38. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless he regrades and repacks
the apples, to erase the original size, grade or variety of apples branded
upon the package and in its place substitute a size, grade or variety-name
different from the one marked upon the barrel by the packer of the apples.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 39. 1912, sec. 36. 1916, ch. 627, sec. 8.

39. No person shall pack, or shall sell, or offer, expose, or have in his
possession for sale any apples packed in any package in which the face or
shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of such package;
and it shall be considered a false representation when more than fifteen