18 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
count, of any lot may be below the requirements of 
this grade, and not more than one tenth of this 
amount or 1 percent shall be allowed for decay. 
Unclassified shall consist of apricots which do not 
meet the requirements of the foregoing grades. 
MARKING AND PACKING REQUIREMENTS 
The minimum size, numerical count, or description 
of pack of the apricots in any package shall be plainly 
labeled, stenciled, or otherwise marked on the package. 
When the numerical count is used the apricots in 
any container shall not vary more than one fourth 
ineh in diameter. 
“Minimum size” refers to the diameter of the 
smallest apricot in the package. It shail be stated in 
terms of whole and eighth inches as 1% inches 
minimum, 1% inches minimum, etc., in accordance 
with the facts. 
“ Description of pack” refers especially to apricots 
packed in four-basket crates and shall be designated 
according to the arrangement of the apricots in the 
basket as 44, 4.5, 5-5, 5-6, or 6-6. 'These packs shall 
not be more than three layers deep. The figures 
given represent the number of rows of apricots each 
way in the basket. The bottom layer in any basket 
shall contain one row less than the two upper layers, 
ie., that in a 5—5 pack the apricots in the bottom layer 
must not be smaller than will pack 4-5. 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
sizing not more than 10 percent, by count, of the apri- 
cots in any package may be below the minimum size 
specified. 
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
‘*Mature” means having reached the stage of ma- 
turity which will insure a proper completion of the 
ripening process. 
* Well formed ” means having the shape character- 
istic of the variety. 
“Damage” means that the apricot is injured to an 
extent readily apparent in the process of proper grad- 
ing and handling. Well-healed growth cracks not over 
three eighths of an inch in length, or smooth shallow 
limb rubs not more than one fourth of an ineh in 
diameter, or russeting affecting not to exceed one 
tenth of the surface of the apricot, shall not be re- 
garded as damage. 
