4 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 5561

Variety Minimum Colour Percentage
Partial Reds
Splendour 50
Braeburn 40
All other partial reds 25
Striped Varieties
Cox’s Orange Pippin 10
Fuji 33
Gala 24
Royal Gala 66
All other striped varieties 10
Yellow on Green Varieties
These varieties must be reasonably even in colouring.
Sturmer Colour showing

3. Russeting Allowance for Apples and Pears
   (a) Patches of russet typical of the variety of fruit are permitted:
   (i) on each apple within the stem and calyx cavities; or
   (ii) on each pear within the calyx cavity.
   (b) Each apple or pear may also have smooth solid patches of russet on each variety up to a maximum percentage of the fruit surface area listed against that variety in the following table.

Variety Maximum Percentage of Russet
(i) Apples:
Cox’s Orange Pippin, Sturmer Pippin with a bronze blush or colour showing 30
Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, Royal Gala, Regal, Doughtery, Richared, Splendour, Premier Red, Democrat 10
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith Red Jonathan 5
(ii) Pears:
Clear skinned pear varieties such as Packham’s Triumph, Clapps Favourite, Doyenne Du Comice, William Bon Chretien, and Louise Bonne de Jersey 25
Russet susceptible pear varieties such as Beurre Bosc, Winter Cole, Winter Nelis, and P. Barry 100
(c) On all apple varieties, with the exception of Cox’s Orange Pippin and Sturmer Pippin, then net-like or tracery russet is permitted provided:
(i) it does not contrast strongly with the general colouring of the fruit, and
(ii) the aggregate area of thin net-like russet alone or in combination with solid patches of smooth russet does not exceed the maximum percentage specified in the table to clause 3 (b) of the Second Schedule to this notice, and is not spread over more than 20 percent of the surface of the fruit.

On Cox’s Orange Pippin, and Sturmer Pippin, and all pear varieties there is no restriction of the percentage of the fruit surface area carrying thin net-like russet.

THIRD SCHEDULE
Cartons
Packages that apples and pears for export will be packed in are the traycartons supplied by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board (comprising standard apple traycartons, heavy duty apple traycartons, standard pear traycartons and Beurre Bosc cartons) single trays and bulk bins.

Traycarton Weights
To overcome excessive overfill and underfill, and associated bruising, gross carton weights must fall within the following weight ranges:

                          Minimum Gross    Maximum Gross

Standard size carton Golden Delicious/Red Jonathon 19.5kg 20.5kg
Standard size carton All other apple varieties 20.0kg 21.0kg
Standard size carton All pear varieties 20.0kg 21.0kg
Heavy duty cartons Golden Delicious 20.0kg 21.0kg
Heavy duty cartons All other varieties 20.5kg 21.5kg

The material components of a heavy duty carton weigh 0.5kg above that of a standard size carton.

Heavy Duty Cartons
These will be utilised only in Hawke’s Bay and Nelson.
Granny Smith—Counts 72—80—88—both regions.
Sharbatly—total shipment—both regions.
Gala and Royal Gala—Counts 80—88—100—Hawke’s Bay and Nelson.

Variety and Size Range
The following are the varieties and count (fruits per carton) range accepted by the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board for export in the respective regions:

Shipping Mark Variety Auck Gis Hawkes Bay Nelson Marlb. Cantiby/Otago
— Braeburn — — 72-198 72-198 —
35 Cox’s Orange — — 88-198 88-198 88-198
41 Coromandel Red — — 80-163 80-163 —
03 Doughtery — — 100-175 100-175 —
63 Red Doughtery — — 64-198 100-198 —
36 Gala — — 80-198 80-198 80-198
39 Royal Gala — — 80-198 80-198 80-198
49 Regal — — 80-198 80-198 —
04 Golden Delicious 64-175 64-175 88-163 88-163 88-163
02 Granny Smith — — 65-198 64-198 64-198
16 KOR — — — 113-163 —
66 Premier Red — — 64-198 64-198 64-198
55 Red Jonathan — — 100-198 100-198 —
18 Richared — — 100-175 100-175 —
37 Spartan — — 100-175 — 100-175
08 Sturmer — — — 100-163 100-163
23 B Bosc — — 70-150 70-150 —
22 Packhams T — — 64-150 64-150 —

KOR FROM MARLBOROUGH ONLY

Packing Requirements
The following are the export packing requirements for apples:

Braeburn Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Cox’s Orange Top layer diagonal plain wraps (and perforated polyliner
Democrat Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Doughtery Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Red Doughtery Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Fuji Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Gala Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Golden Delicious Top layer diagonal plain wraps and perforated polyliner
Granny Smith* Fully wrapped oil wraps
Kidd’s Orange Red Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Premier Red Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Red Delicious Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Red Jonathan Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Regal Top layer diagonal plain wraps
Richared Top layer diagonal plain wraps