The law specifically prohibits the sale or transporting for sale of apples, either in open or closed packages, if the package or the label shall bear any statement, design or device which is false or misleading in any particular.
Statements such as "Fancy" on U.S. No. 1, or on any grade other than U.S. Fancy, or the use of the term "Extra Choice" on poor apples branded "Unclassified", and all similar deceptive and misleading statements are forbidden by statute.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 1 § 186.3