Labels of “cooker” grade or C grade apples were usually green, yellow, or white. Today, collectors will often pay more for these rarer labels. The color of an apple box label generally determined the grade of the fruit. A blue label meant Extra Fancy, a red label meant the second or Fancy grade, and a green, yellow, or white label meant the fruit was rated C (cooker) grade. Naturally, the grower strived to raise mostly Extra Fancy and Fancy fruit because it commanded the best price. Before the 1930s, C grade labels were used probably on less than 10 percent […]