32 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR CABBAGE 
FOR SAUERKRAUT MANUFACTURE 
(Effective Feb. 11, 1933) 
INTRODUCTION 
Grades for cabbage for sauerkraut manufacture 
which provide a definite basis for contracts between 
the manufacturer and the grower are meetitg with 
increased favor. Such grades must recognize varia- 
tions in commercial value and still be simple enough 
to be practical in actual operation. 
Buying and selling on grade will encourage better 
production and better handling. The practice of 
paying a fiat price for all cabbage which is accepted, 
discriminates against the best growers. The grower 
should be paid a suitable premium for stock of high 
quality which will make a high-quality manufactured 
product. Such stock can be manufactured at a mini- 
mum cost. On the other hand there should be a suit- 
able penalty for the delivery of culls. 
It should be understood at the outset that in the 
application of these grades the only sorting required 
of the grower is the removal of culls. Such cabbage 
should be left in the field. These grades provide a 
basis for sampling the cabbage as it is delivered to 
the factory and with a sufficient premium paid for 
U.S. No. 1 cabbage, over that paid for U.S. No. 2, it 
will be to the advantage of the grower to increase the 
percentage of U.S. No. 1 cabbage and to decrease the 
percentage of U.S. No. 2 by careful growing and har- 
vesting practices. 
Attention is specifically called to the fact that in 
these grades there are no tolerances for defects. The 
reason for this is that the inspection report will 
show the exact percentages of U.S. No. 1’s, U.S. No. 
2’s and culls for each load. It is therefore suggested 
that when the grades are used as a basis for sales 
to distant buyers, the seller should describe the qual- 
ity by quoting the percentage of each grade of cabbage 
in the shipment. For example, a shipper may quote 
**90 percent U.S. No. 1; remainder U.S. No. 2”, or 
“85 percent U.S. No. 1, 2 percent culls, remainder 
U.S. No. 2” in accordance with the facts. Such quo- 
tations should give the distant buyer a picture of the 
quality of cabbage in the shipment. 
The application of these grades requires the services 
of private or official inspectors to determine and re- 
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