13611. Adulteration and misbranding of apple jelly.    U. S. v. Old Virginia
Orchard Co., Inc.    Plea of guilty.     Pine, 850 and costs.      (F. & D.
No. 18730.    I. S. Nos. 3439-v, 3441-v.) 
On July 14, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Old Virginia Orchard Co., Inc., Front Royal, Va., alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about June 
29, 1922, from the State of Virginia into the State of South Carolina, and on 
or about March 27, 1923, from the State of Virginia into the State of North 
Carolina, of quantities of apple jelly which was adulterated and misbranded. 
The article was labeled in part: (Jar) "Maiden Blush Brand * * * Pure 
Apple Jelly Old Virginia Orchard Co. Inc. Front Royal, Va. U. S. A. Net 
Weight 6% Oz."
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed that it was a pectin jelly containing added phosphoric acid and 
the average net weight of 12 jars was 5.87 ounces.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a product composed in part of pectin jelly and containing added phos- 
phoric acid had been substituted for pure apple jelly, which the said article 
purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements, to wit, " Maiden 
Blush' Brand Pure Apple Jelly," " Made Where The Fresh Fruits Grow," " Net 
Weight 6V2 Oz.," together with a design showing primitive jelly manufacturing 
plant, basket containing apples, and section of orchard, borne on the jars con- 
taining the article, were false and misleading, in that the said statements and 
design represented that the article consisted wholly of pure apple jelly and
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