STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 30 
ored, fairly well formed, and fairly smooth; which 
are free from decay, and from damage caused by 
growth cracks, seed stems, dirt, sunburn, disease, in- 
sects, or mechanical or other means. ‘The tops shall 
be fresh and free from damage by any cause. Unless 
otherwise specified the carrots shall have full tops. 
Unless otherwise specified the diameter of each carrot 
shall be not less than 1 inch, and the length of tops 
shall be not more than 20 inches. (See Length of 
Tops. ) 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by 
count, of the carrots in any container’ may be below 
the specified minimum diameter and not more than 5 
percent, by count, may not meet any maximum di- 
ameter which may be specified in connection with 
the grade. In addition, not more than 25 percent of 
the bunches may have tops longer than the specified 
length. In addition, not more than 5 percent, by 
count, may fail to meet the color requirements, and 
not more than 5 percent, by count, may be below the 
remaining requirements of this grade but not more 
than one tenth of this amount, or 0.5 percent shall 
be allowed for decay at shipping point. In addition, 
a total of not more than 3 percent shall be allowed 
for decay en route or at destination. 
Unclassified shall consist of carrots which are not 
graded in conformity with the foregoing grade. 
SIZE TERMS 
The following terms are provided for describing 
the diameter of any lot: 
For varieties similar to the Chantenay, Danvers 
Half Long, or Nantes types, “ small’? means less than 
1 inch; “medium” means 1 to 1% inches; “ large”’ 
means over 14 inches in diameter. 
For varieties similar to the Oxheart type, “small”’ 
means less than 1% inches; ‘medium’ means 13% 
to 2% inches; “large” means over 214 inches in 
diameter. 
5 Application of tolerances: The tolerances specified for 
this grade are placed on a container basis. However, any 
lot of carrots shall be considered as meeting the require- 
ments of the grade if the entire lot averages within the 
tolerances specified, provided that no sample from the con- 
tainers in any lot is found to exceed the tolerance specified 
by more than double the amount allowed. 
