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Show Peach Growers Receive Rules On Shipping Crop Utah County farmers, preparing to harvest their peach crop Sept. 1, have been informed by the Production Pro-duction and Marketing Administration Admini-stration that peaches shipped out side of Utah will be restricted to UO S. No. 1, and must be not smaller than two inches in diameter. dia-meter. A tolerance of not over 10 per i cent undersize in any lot ' or 15 ; per cent in any individual con-; con-; tainer is permitted, i The equivalent on a packed-box basis is a maximum count of 78 j in standard peach boxes or 90 in I "L. A. lugs" with a tolerance not to exceed four' undersize peaches ' pea" box or lug. The P. & M. regulation, efective i immediately, is issued under provision pro-vision of the federal marketing order, which applies to Utah peaches of all varieties. It will be effective through Oct. 16. Because of last spring's frosts. Utah County fruit crc-p is expected to be light this year. |