§ 51.713 - Classification of defects.

§ 51.713 Classification of defects.

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Link to an amendment published at 85 FR 68428, Oct. 29, 2020.

Table IV

All references to area or aggregate area, or length in this standard are based on an orange 27⁄8 inches in diameter, allowing proportionately greater areas on larger fruit and lesser areas on smaller fruit.

Table 1 to § 51.713

Factor	Injury	Damage	Serious damage	Very serious damage
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 11⁄4 inches in diameter on a 200 size orange	Aggregating more than 25 percent of the surface.
Buckskin		Aggregating more than a circle 1 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange.	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 on a 200 size orange	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 on a 200 size orange	Aggregating more than a circle 11⁄4 inches in diameter on a 200 size orange .
Hail	Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 1⁄4 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 3⁄8 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 1⁄2 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	Not well healed, or aggregating more than a circle 3⁄4 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange.
Scab		Materially detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle 5⁄8 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	Seriously detracts from the shape or texture, or aggregating more than a circle 3⁄4 inch in diameter on a 200 orange	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 on a 200 size orange	Aggregating more than a circle 3⁄4 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	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 aggregation aggregating more than a circle 11⁄4 inches in diameter. All areas based on a 200 size orange	Deep, rough aggregating more than a circle 1⁄2 inch in diameter; slightly rough with slight depth aggregating more than a circle 11⁄4 inches in diameter. All areas based on a 200 size orange	Deep, rough or unsightly that appearance is very seriously affected.
Skin breakdown		Aggregating more than a circle 1⁄4 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	Aggregating more than a circle 5⁄8 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	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 1⁄3 one-third of the surface, hard, decidedly one-sided, or light brown and aggregating more than a circle 11⁄4 inches in diameter on a 200 size orange	Aggregating more than 50 percent of the surface.
Sprayburn			Hard, or aggregating more than a circle 11⁄4 inches in diameter on a 200 size orange	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 on a 200 size orange	Not well healed, or hard concentrated thorn injury aggregating more than a circle 3⁄4 inch in diameter on a 200 size orange	Aggregating more than 5 25 percent of the surface.

[85 FR 68428, Oct. 29, 2020]