7 CFR 51.1837 – Classification of defects
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Factor | Damage | Serious damage | Very serious damage |
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Ammoniation | Not occurring as light speck type, or detracts more than discoloration permitted in the grade | Scars are cracked or dark and aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Bruises | Segment walls are collapsed, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured | Segment walls are collapsed, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured | Fruit is split open, peel is badly watersoaked, or rag is ruptured and juice sacs are ruptured causing a mushy condition affecting all segments more than |
Buckskin | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface | Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface. |
Caked melanose | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than a circle | 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 | Affecting all segments more than | Affecting all segments more than |
Green spots | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Oil spots | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Scab | Materially detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle | Seriously detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Scale | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Scars, Hail, and Thorn scratches [For smooth or fairly smooth superficial scars see § 51.1828.] | Deep or rough aggregating more than a circle | Deep or rough aggregating more than a circle | Deep or rough or unsightly that appearance is very seriously affected. |
Skin breakdown | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than a circle | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Sprayburn | Skin is hard and aggregating more than a circle | Skin is hard and aggregating more than a circle 1 | Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface. |
Sunburn | Skin is flattened, dry, darkened, or hard and the affected area exceeds 25 percent of the surface | Skin is hard and affects more than one-third of the surface | Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface. |