WAC 16-403-141   Red Delicious, Delicious, Golden Delicious -- Minimum soluble solids.  For harvest of the crop of the current growing season, apples of the Red Delicious and Delicious varieties cannot be shipped prior to October 1, unless they have at least eleven percent soluble solids as determined by refractometer. Apples of the Golden Delicious varieties, cannot be shipped prior to September 20 unless they have at least ten and one-half percent soluble solids as determined by refractometer.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.17 and 34.05 RCW. 02-12-011, § 16-403-141, filed 5/23/02, effective 8/1/02. Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.17 RCW. 01-12-079, § 16-403-141, filed 6/5/01, effective 7/6/01; 99-14-036, § 16-403-141, filed 6/29/99, effective 7/30/99; 86-14-026 (Order 1892), § 16-403-141, filed 6/25/86.]