Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.51.652 Classification of defects

Ammoniation

Not occurring as light speck type

Scars are cracked or dark and aggregating more than a circle 3/4 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Buckskin

Aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface

Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface.

Caked melanose

Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Dryness or mushy condition

Affecting all segments more than 1/4 inch at stem end, or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when occurring in other portions of the fruit

Affecting all segments more than 1/2 inch at stem end, or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when occurring in other portions of the fruit

Affecting all segments more than 3/4 inch at stem end, or the equivalent of this amount, by volume, when occurring in other portions of the fruit.

Green spots or oil spots

More than slightly affecting appearance

Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than a circle 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Hail

Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 3/8 inch in diameter

Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 1/2 inch in diameter

Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 5/8 inch in diameter

Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter.

Scab

Materially detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle 3/4 inch in diameter

Seriously detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Scale

More than a few adjacent to the “button” at the stem end, or more than 6 scattered on other portions of the fruit

Blotch aggregating more than a circle 3/4 inch in diameter, or occurring as a ring more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Blotch aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter, or occurring as a ring more than a circle 1 1/2 inches in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Scars

Depressed, not smooth, or detracts from appearance more than the amount of discoloration permitted in the grade

Very deep or very rough aggregating more than a circle 1/2 inch in diameter; deep or rough aggregating more than 1 inch in diameter; slightly rough or of slight depth aggregating more than 10 percent of surface

Very deep or very rough aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter; deep or rough aggregating more than 5 percent of the fruit surface; slight depth or slightly rough aggregating more than 15 percent of surface

Very deep or very rough or unsightly that appearance is very seriously affected.

Skin Breakdown

Aggregating more than a circle 3/8 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than a circle 5/8 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter.

Sprayburn

Hard or aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Sprouting

More than 6 seeds are sprouted, including not more than 1 sprout extending to the rind, remainder average not over 1/4 inch in length

More than 6 seeds are sprouted, including not more than 2 sprouts extending to the rind, remainder average not over 1/2 inch in length

More than 6 seeds are sprouted, including not more than 3 sprouts extending to the rind, remainder average not over 3/4 inch in length.

Sunburn

Skin is flattened, dry, darkened, or hard, aggregating more than 25 percent of surface

Skin is hard, fruit is decidedly one-sided, aggregating more than one-third of surface

Aggregating more than 50 percent of fruit surface.

Thorn scratches

Not well healed, or more unsightly than discoloration permitted in the grade

Not well healed, hard concentrated thorn injury aggregating more than a circle 3/4 inch in diameter, or slight scratches aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter

Not well healed, hard concentrated thorn injury aggregating more than a circle 7/8 inch in diameter, or slight scratches aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.