74 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Bunehes may be loose but shall not be stragely, 
shall weigh not less than one-half pound, and shall 
be not less than 5 inches in length measured from 
shoulder to tip, except the Almeria variety which 
shall have bunches not less than 4 inches in length. 
Sterzs shall be well developed, strong, not dry and 
brittle, and shall be free from mold and damage 
caused by mildew. 
Berries shall have a minimum diameter of not less 
than five eightks of an inch, measured through the 
widest portion of the cross section, except Almeria 
variety which shall have berries with a minimum di- 
ameter of not less than nine sixteenths of an inch, and 
the Sultanina (Thompson Seedless) variety, which 
shall have berries with a minimum diameter of not 
less than seven sixteenths of an inch. 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
grading and handling, not more than 10 percent, by 
weight, of the bunches, and in addition not more than 
5 percent, by weight, of the berries in any container ™ 
may be below the prescribed size. Not more than 5 
percent, by weight, of the grapes in any container ~ 
may fail to meet the remaining requirements of this 
grade, but not more than a total of 0.5 percent may 
be seriously damaged. 
Unclassified grapes shall not contain more than 10 
percent, by weight, of berries in any one container 
which are affected by decay and they shall not con- 
tain more than 10 percent, by weight, of bunches in 
any container™ which are immature. 
MATURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAPES 
“Well matured’ means that each bunch of grapes 
shall show a sugar test of not less than 17 percent of 
soluble solids in juice, as determined by the Balling 
or Brix scale hydrometer, except that the Flame 
Tokay variety shall test not less than 18 percent, and 
except that Malaga, Sultanina (Thompson Seedless), 
and all muscat varieties shall test not less than 20 
percent when produced jin any district except Imperial 
Valley, Coachella Valley, or Palo Verde Valley of 
California, or any section of Arizona, in which dis- 
tricts these varieties shall test not less than 18 
percent. 
27 See footnote 25. 
