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Very serious
Factor Injury Damage Serious damage damage----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ammoniation..................... .................. Not occurring as Scars are cracked Aggregating more
light speck type. or dark and than 25 percent
aggregating more of the surface.
than a circle \3/
4\ inch in
diameter or light
colored and
aggregating more
than a circle 1\1/
4\ inches in
diameter on a 200
size orange.Buckskin........................ .................. Aggregating more Aggregating more Aggregating more
than a circle 1 than 25 percent than 50 percent
inch in diameter of the surface. of the surface.
on a 200 size
orange..Caked melanose.................. .................. .................. Aggregating more Aggregating more
than a circle \3/ than 25 percent
4\ inch in of the surface.
diameter on a 200
size orange.Creasing........................ .................. Materially weakens Seriously weakens Very seriously
the skin, or the skin, or weakens the skin,
extends over more extends over more or is distributed
than one-third of than one-half of over practically
the surface. the surface. the entire
surface.Dryness or mushy condition...... .................. Affecting all Affecting all Affecting all
segments more segments more segments more
than \1/4\ inch than \1/2\ inch than \3/4\ inch
at stem end, or at stem end, or at stem end, or
the equivalent of the equivalent of the equivalent of
this amount, by this amount, by this amount, by
volume, when volume, when volume, when
occurring in occurring in occurring in
other portions of other portions of other portions of
the fruit. the fruit. the fruit.Green spots or oil spots........ More than slightly Aggregating more Aggregating more
affecting than a circle \7/ than a circle 1\1/
appearance. 8\ inch in 4\ inches in
diameter on a 200 diameter on a 200
size orange. size orange.Hail............................ Not well healed, Not well healed, Not well healed, Not well healed,
or aggregating or aggregating or aggregating or aggregating
more than a more than a more than a more than a
circle \1/4\ inch circle \3/8\ inch circle \1/2\ inch circle \3/4\ inch
in diameter on a in diameter on a in diameter on a in diameter on a
200 size orange. 200 size orange. 200 size orange. 200 size orange.Scab............................ .................. Materially Seriously detracts Aggregating more
detracts from the from the shape or than 25 percent
shape or texture, texture, or of the surface.
or aggregating aggregating more
more than a than a circle \3/
circle \5/8\ inch 4\ inch in
in diameter on a diameter on a 200
200 size orange. orange.Scale........................... More than a few Aggregating more Aggregating more Aggregating more
adjacent to the than a circle \5/ than a circle \3/ than 25 percent
``button'' at the 8\ inch in 4\ inch in of the surface.
stem end, or more diameter on a 200 diameter on a 200
than 6 scattered size orange. size orange.
on other portions
of the fruit.Scars........................... Depressed, not Deep, rough or Deep, rough Deep, rough or
smooth, or hard aggregating aggregating more unsightly that
detracts from more than a than a circle \1/ appearance is
appearance more circle \1/4\ inch 2\ inch in very seriously
than the amount in diameter; diameter; affected.
of discoloration slightly rough slightly rough
permitted in the with slight depth with slight depth
grade. aggregating more aggregating more
than a circle \7/ than a circle 1\1/
8\ inch in 4\ inches in
diameter; smooth diameter. All
or fairly smooth areas based on a
with slight depth 200 size orange.
aggregation more
than a circle 1\1/
4\ inches in
diameter. All
areas based on a
200 size orange.Skin breakdown.................. .................. Aggregating more Aggregating more Aggregating more
than a circle \1/ than a circle \5/ than 25 percent
4\ inch in 8\ inch in of the surface.
diameter on a 200 diameter on a 200
size orange. size orange.
Sunburn......................... .................. Skin is flattened, Affecting more Aggregating more
dry, darkened or than \1/3\ of the than 50 percent
hard, aggregating surface, hard, of the surface.
more than 25 decidedly one-
percent of the sided, or light
surface. brown and
aggregating more
than a circle 1\1/
4\ inches in
diameter on a 200
size orange.Sprayburn....................... .................. .................. Hard, or Aggregating more
aggregating more than 25 percent
than a circle 1\1/ of the surface.
4\ inches in
diameter on a 200
size orange.Split, rough or protruding Split is unhealed; Split is unhealed, Split is unhealed, Split is unhealed
navels. navel protrudes or more than \1/ or more than \1/ or fruit is
beyond general 4\ inch in 2\ inch in seriously
contour; opening length, or more length, or weakened.
is so wide, than 3 well aggregate length
growth so folded healed splits, or of all splits
and ridged that navel protrudes exceed 1 inch, or
it detracts beyond the navel protrudes
noticeably from general contour, beyond general
appearance. and opening is so contour, and
wide, folded or opening is so
ridged that it wide, folded and
detracts ridged that it
materially from seriously
appearance. detracts from
appearance.Thorn scratches................. Not slight, not Not well healed, Not well healed, Aggregating more
well healed, or or hard or hard than 5 percent of
more unsightly concentrated concentrated the surface.
than thorn injury thorn injury
discoloration aggregating more aggregating more
permitted in the than a circle \5/ than a circle \3/
grade. 8\ inch in 4\ inch in
diameter on a 200 diameter on a 200
size orange. size orange.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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