(A) Color standards USDA Visual Aid APL-CC-1 (Plates a--e) consists of a folder containing the color requirements for apples set forth in this section and five plates illustrating minimum good shade of solid red or striped red color, minimum compensating color and shade not considered color, for the following 12 varieties: Red Delicious, Red Rome, Empire, Idared, Winesap, Jonathan, Stayman, McIntosh, Cortland, Rome Beauty, Delicious, and York.
These color standards will be available for examination and purchasing information in the Fresh Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, South Building, Washington, DC 20250; in any field office of the Fresh Products Branch; or upon request of any authorized inspector of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Service.
Table 1 \1\
[Only the varieties listed below shall be required to meet a minimum
color requirement]------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. extra
Variety fancy U.S. fancy U.S. No. 1
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent)------------------------------------------------------------------------Red Delicious.................... 66 40 25Red Rome......................... 66 40 25Empire........................... 66 40 25Idared........................... 66 40 25Winesap.......................... 66 40 25Jonathan......................... 66 40 25Stayman.......................... 50 33 25
McIntosh......................... 50 33 25Cortland......................... 50 33 25Rome Beauty...................... 50 33 25Delicious........................ 50 33 25York............................. 50 33 25------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Variations on varietal designations listed above must meet or exceed
those color requirements listed.
Tolerances