STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 9 
Any one of the following defects, or any combina- 
tion thereof, the seriousness of which exceeds the © 
maximum allowed for any one defect, shall be con- 
sidered as damage: 
(6) Sunburn or spray burn which has caused blis- 
tering or cracking of the skin or when the discolored. 
area does not blend into the normal color of the 
fruit unless the injury can be classed as russeting 
(fa). 
(c) Dark-brown or black limb rubs which affect 
a total area of more than one half inch in diameter or 
light-brown limb rubs which affect a total area of 
more than 1 inch in diameter. 
(d@) Hail marks, drought spots, or other similar de- 
pressions or scars which are not superficial or where 
the injury affects more than one half inch of the 
surface in the aggregate. 
(e) Disease. Scab spots which are not corked 
over or corked-over scab spots which affect a total 
area of more than one fourth inch in diameter. 
Cedar-rust infection which exceeds in the aggre- 
gate an area of one quarter inch in diameter. 
Sooty blotch or fly speck which is thinly scattered 
over more than one tenth of the surface, or dark, 
heavily concentrated spots which affect an area of 
more than one half inch in diameter. 
(f) Insects. More than two healed insect stings or 
any healed insect sting which is over one eighth inch 
in diameter exclusive of any encircling discolored 
ring. 
Worm holes. 
8. “Serious damage” means any injury or defect 
which seriously detracts from the appearance or keep- 
ing quality of the apples. 
(a) Russeting which exceeds the following shall be 
considered as serious damage: 
Smooth solid russeting which affects more than one 
half of the surface in the aggregate, including any 
russeting in the stem basin, or rough or barklike 
russeting which detracts from the appearance of the 
fruit to a greater extent than the smooth solid rus- 
seting permitted, provided that any amount of russet- 
ing shall be permitted on Roxbury Russet and similar 
varieties. 
Any one of the following defects or any combina- 
tion thereof, the seriousness of which exceeds the 
maximum allowed for any one defect shall be con- 
sidered as serious damage: 
