Code of Federal Regulations Title 7. Agriculture § 7.51.713 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 or light colored and aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Buckskin

Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch 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 3/4 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Creasing

Materially weakens the skin, or extends over more than one-third of the surface

Seriously weakens the skin, or extends over more than one-half of the surface

Very seriously weakens the skin, or is distributed over practically the entire 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 7/8 inch in diameter

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

Hail

Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 1/4 inch in diameter

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 3/4 inch in diameter.

Scab

Materially detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle 5/8 inch in diameter

Seriously detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle 3/4 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

Aggregating more than a circle 5/8 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than a circle 3/4 inch 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

Deep, rough or hard aggregating more than a circle 1/4 inch in diameter; slightly rough with slight depth aggregating more than a circle 7/8 inch in diameter; smooth or fairly smooth with slight depth aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Deep, rough aggregating more than a circle 1/2 inch in diameter; slightly rough with slight depth aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Deep, rough or unsightly that appearance is very seriously affected.

Skin breakdown

Aggregating more than a circle 1/4 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than a circle 5/8 inch in diameter

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Sunburn

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

Affecting more than one-third of the surface, hard, decidedly one-sided, or light brown and aggregating more than a circle 1 1/4 inches in diameter

Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface.

Sprayburn

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

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.

Split, rough or protruding navels

Split is unhealed; navel protrudes beyond general contour; opening is so wide, growth so folded and ridged that it detracts noticeably from appearance

Split is unhealed, or more than 1/4 inch in length, or more than 3 well healed splits, or navel protrudes beyond the general contour, and opening is so wide, folded or ridged that it detracts materially from appearance

Split is unhealed, or more than 1/2 inch in length, or aggregate length of all splits exceed 1 inch, or navel protrudes beyond general contour, and opening is so wide, folded and ridged that it seriously detracts from appearance

Split is unhealed or fruit is seriously weakened.

Thorn scratches

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

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

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

Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.