STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ol 
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
‘One type” means that all the lot is pointed, Dan- 
ish, domestic, Savoy, or red as the case may be. 
Pointed type includes such varieties as Early Jersey 
Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield, Karly York, Win- 
ningstadt, and others which normally develop oblong, 
conical, or pointed shaped heads. Danish type in- 
cludes such late maturing varieties as Danish Ball- 
head or Hollander, Danish Roundhead, etc., and such 
early maturing varieties aS Cannonball, Danish Sum- 
mer Ballhead, ete., which normally develop hard, tight- 
leaved, compactly formed heads. A head of any such 
variety even after trimming will appear tight and 
smooth leaved around the basal portion and when 
viewed from the stem end, circular and regular in out- 
line. Domestic type includes such varieties as Succes- 
sion, All Head Early, Flat Dutch, and others that are 
commonly termed domestic and which normally de- 
velop heads flat in shape and less compactly formed 
than those of the Danish type. The term also in- 
cludes such varieties as Copenhagen, Glory of Enkhu- 
izen, and others that develop heads roundish in shape 
but which in solidity of head and storage qualities 
are similar to the flat domestic type. 
** Reasonable solidity ” means fairly firm for pointed 
type cabbage and southern domestiec-type cabbage. 
Northern domestic-type cabbage shall be firm and Dan- 
ish or Hollander type fairly hard. 
“Well trimmed” means that the head shall have 
not more than four wrapper leaves attached and any 
portion of these leaves appreciably injured by worms 
or other means shall be removed, and the stem Shall 
be not longer than one half inch. 
“Soft”? means loosely formed or lacking compact- 
ness. 
“Puffy ”’ means that the heads are very light in 
weight in comparison to size and have air spaces in 
the central portion. They normally feel firm at time 
of harvesting but soften quickly. They are known as 
“balloon heads” in certain sections. 
“Seed stems” means those heads which have seed 
stalks showing or in which the formation of seed 
stalks has plainly begun. 
“Free from damage” means that the head shall 
not be injured to an extent readily apparent upon 
examination. 
