STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 59 
Unclassified shall consist of cucumbers which are 
not graded in conformity with any of the foregoing 
grades. 
TOLERANCES FOR PRECEDING GRADES 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by 
count, of the cucumbers in any container may be be- 
low the specified minimum length. In addition, not 
more than 10 percent, by count, of the cucumbers in 
any container may be below the remaining require- 
ments of this grade but not more than one tenth of 
this tolerance, or 1 percent, shall be allowed for decay. 
The tolerances specified for the various grades are 
placed on a container basis. However, any lot of 
cucumbers shall be considered as meeting the require- 
ments of a specified grade if the entire lot averages 
within the tolerances specified, provided that no 
sample from the containers in any lot is found to 
exceed the following amounts: 
For a specified tolerance of 10 percent, not more 
than one and one haif times the tolerance shall be 
allowed in any one package. 
For specified tolerances of 5 percent or less, not 
more than double the tolerance shall be allowed in 
any one package. 
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
‘Well formed” means the normal typical shape for 
the variety. 
“Fresh ’”’ means bright, not wilted or old. 
“ Sufficiently mature for slicing purposes” means 
the cucumber has a bright color and the warts or 
knobs when present are fairly prominent. The seeds 
are not hard and the flesh firm and fairly crisp. 
“Full grown” means that the cucumber has a dull 
appearance, is fairly smooth and warts when present, 
are not prominent. Such cucumbers are generally 
well filled out at the ends and yield to slight pressure 
of the thumb. The seeds are fairly hard to hard 
and the pulp in the seed cavity is usually watery or 
jellylike. 
“Fairly well formed” means that the cucumber is 
not more than slightly curved, tapered slightly more 
than normal at one or both ends, or otherwise slightly 
misshapen, 
