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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

APPLES—continued.
GROUP 3—continued.

Rymer.
McLiver’s Winesap.
Scarlet Nonpareil.
Reinnette du Canada.
Willie Sharp.
Parlins Beauty.
Brighton.
Mobbs Royal.
Stone Pippin.
Premier.
Scarlet Pearmain.
Pioneer.
Adams Pearmain.
Crofton.
Boston Russet.
Bibston Pippin.
Golden Pippin.
Baldwin.
Hoover.
McIntosh Red.
American Horn.
Emperor Alexandra.
Glengyle Red.
Edward Lippiatt.
Mr. Gladstone.
Shepherds Perfection.
Shoreland Queen.
Tasmania Pride.

Cornish Aromatic.
Claygate Pearmain.
Danne Maria.
Dutch Mignon.
Ecklinville Seedling.
Elsie Grant.
Etowah.
French Crab.
Horning.
Jubilee.
Kentish Fill basket.
Kewstick Codlin.
Lord Suffield.
Mother.
Peasgood Nonsuch.
Pigeonette.
Pride of Australia.
Rainer.
Red Northern Spy.
Rhode Is. Greening.
Rhodes Orange.
Scarlet Queen.
Sharps Late Red.
Summer Strawberry.
Symmonds Winter.
Winter Banana.
Winter Majetin.
Winterstein.

GRADING STANDARDS.

XF = Extra Fancy.
F = Fancy.
Com. = Commercial.
HCC = High characteristic colour.
GCC = Good characteristic colour.
CC = Characteristic colour.
CS = Colour showing.
NC = No colour.

Variety—
Beauty of Bath
Irish Peach
Mr. Gladstone
Red Astrachan
Dougherty (minimum size)
Yates (2¾ in.)
Cox’s O.P. (minimum size 2¼ in.)
Other Desert (minimum size 2¾ in.)
Culinary (minimum size 2¾ in.)

Minimum Count.
XF X Com.
252 252 252
252 262 252
252 252 252
234 234 234
216 216 216
216 216 216
252 252 252
198 198 198
180 180 180

General Standard: XF and F shall be sound, free from disease, bitter pit, corky pit, mature, smooth, clean, well-formed, uniform in maturity, hand-picked, one variety, true to name, properly packed.

Commercial shall be as for XF and F except that “reasonably” uniform and “reasonably” well-formed fruits may be included.

Minimum Colour—
Solid Red
Partial Red
Striped
Yellow or Green

XF. F. Com.
Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent.
60-70 25-30 10
45 15 5
20-25 5-10 CS-NC
.. GCC CC

Bruising: Bruises other than caused in harvesting and packing will not be considered as damage if not in excess of 1 in. in diameter, provided keeping-quality is not affected.

Blemish (slight) ..
XF. F. Com.
3 3 3

Blemish which deforms the fruit or affects keeping-quality will not be accepted.

Un-natural Russett—
Solid Red
Partial Red
Striped
Yellow or Green
Sturmer
Jonathan
Delicious
Cox’s Orange

XF. F. Com.
5 10 30
5 10 30
5 10 30
2 12½ 30
10-15 60-75 75
5 15 30
5 15 40
5 30 50

Un-natural Russett: Smooth, un-natural russet only allowed on XF and F. Solid russet up to 20 per cent. in addition to smooth russet allowed in Commercial grade. Worcester and Newtown Pippin varieties may have in addition in XF and F natural russet not extending beyond basin at stem, and in Commercial grade natural russet not extending beyond ¼ in. of the basin.

Stings (well healed)
XF. F. Com.
1 on 5 per cent. 2 on 10 per cent. 3 on 10 per cent.

Where any apple shows two or more defects the total area of the fruit so affected shall not exceed that defect for which the greatest maximum is allowed.

Black Spot (free from cracks and distortions)
XF. F. Com.
Nil. Nil. ⅜ in. on 163 and larger, ¼ in. on smaller sizes.

Stem Cracks (slight and dry)
¼ in. ¼ in. ¼ in.

Punctures (slight) .. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent.
Hail Mark (well healed) Nil. ¼ in. ¼ in.
Limb-Rub or Leaf Mark (slight) ¼ in. ¼ in. ¼ in.

Sunscaled or Spray Burn (slight)
XF. F. Com.
Nil. Nil. 10 per cent.

Jonathan Spot .. Nil. Nil. ¼ in.

Colour: The percentage of colour specified for solid red, partial red, and striped varieties should mean the portion of the surface which has reached full characteristic red colour for the variety, and “Colour showing” shall mean quite noticeable blush colour. An apple having solid red or red striped colour of a lighter shade than that considered as full characteristic red colour for the variety may be admitted to a grade provided it has sufficient additional area covered so that the apple has as good an appearance as one with the minimum percentage of full characteristic red colour for the variety for that grade. Faded brown stripes shall not be considered as colour.

For yellow and green varieties a natural blush is not objected to.

Sturmers for inclusion in XF and F grades shall have a bronze-reddish blush or tint in association with a ground colour of light green and may carry the full percentage of russet allowed for the respective grades. Light green, clear-skinned Sturmer apples with smooth russeting which does not extend over an aggregate area in the case of XF of more than 10 per cent., and in the case of Fancy grade fruit of more than 60 per cent., shall also be eligible for the respective grades mentioned. Dark-green, dull-skinned sturmers are not eligible for inclusion in XF or F grades.

Gravenstein XF pronounced stripe; F and Com. grade, clean bright skinned fruit.

PEARS.

VARIETY GROUPS—GROUP 1.

Winter Cole.
William Bon Chretien.
Winter Nelis.
B. Bosc.
Doy. du Comice.

Josephine.
Louise bon Jersey.
Packhams.
Marie Louise.

GROUP 2.

P. Barry.
Glumorceau.
B. Clairegeau.
Keiffer.
Vicars.
B. Diel.
Capiaumont.

Conference.
B. Easter.
Fertility.
Harrington Victoria.
L’Inconnue.
Winter Bartlett.
Various.

GRADING STANDARDS.

F = Fancy.
Com. = Commercial.
GCA = Good characteristic appearance.
CA = Characteristic appearance.

Variety—
Louise Bon de Jersey
Other long type
Short type
Winter Cole
Winter Nelis
Josephine
Sugar Pear
Jargonelle
Doyenne d’, &c.

Minimum Count.
F. Com.
195 195
180 180
210 210
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..

Minimum size 2¼ in.
Minimum count 228.
Minimum size not less than 1¾ in.
GCA CA
5 per cent. 7 per cent.

Un-natural Russet—
Corky Russet
Solid Russet
Smooth Russet
Total per cent. Russet allowed
Stings (well healed)

Nil. 20 per cent.
Nil. 55 per cent.
20 per cent. 75 per cent.
20 per cent. 3 on 10 per cent.

Black Spot (free from cracks and distortions)
Nil. ⅜ in. on 165 and larger ¼ in. on smaller sizes.

Punctures (slight) .. 5 per cent. 5 per cent.
Hail Mark (well healed) ¼ in. ¼ in.
Limb-rub or Leaf-mark (slight) Aggregate Aggregate

General Standard: Fancy-grade pears shall be sound, free from disease, corky pit. Mature, smooth, clean, well formed, uniform in maturity, hand-picked, one variety, true to name, properly packed. Commercial grade shall be as for Fancy, except that pears “reasonably” well formed and “reasonably” uniform in maturity may be included.

Bruising: Bruises other than caused in harvesting and packing will not be considered damage if not in excess of 1 in. diameter, provided keeping-quality is not affected.

Blemish which deforms the fruit or affects keeping-quality will not be accepted. Where any pear shows two or more defects the total area of the fruit so affected shall not exceed that defect for which the greatest maximum is allowed.

W. NASH, Minister of Marketing.

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price 6d.]