STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 83 
juice to drop from the berry under ordinary pressure 
between thumb and finger. Change of color and. 
flavor are in some cases additional characteristics of 
raisining berries. 
While wilting is prerequisite to the raisining proc- 
ess, berries which merely are wilted, or which show 
the fine wrinkling of the skin characteristic of ad- 
vanced maturity without distinct shriveling or change 
of color or taste, are not considered as raisining. 
‘ Raisined berries”? means grape berries which are 
fully cured, resembling raisins, which do not contain 
sufficient juice to drop from the berry a ordinary 
pressure between thumb and finger. 
“Sunburned or dried grapes”? means grapes which 
show complete drying out, from any cause, of part or 
all of any individual berries. 
“Damage caused by mildew” means any active 
powdery mildew, or scars which cause cracking or 
deformity of the berries, or which affect the appear- 
ance of the bunch. 
‘* Stems free from damage caused by mildew ”’ means 
free from active powdery mildew or from any scars 
caused by this disease which constrict or weaken 
any part of the main, lateral, or capstems. 
‘Decay’ means any infection or rhizopus, blue 
mold, gray mold, or black mold, and does not include 
Slight surface development of green mold (Clado- 
sporium). 
‘Seriously damaged” includes grapes which are 
split, crushed, wet, completely dried, or affected with 
redberry, waterberry or decay, excepting that raisin- 
ing grapes which are cracked or split, and grapes 
which show cracks at the blossom end shall not be 
considered as seriously damaged. 
“Wet”? means moisture from crushing or rain. 
“Damage caused by discoloration” means that 
more than 15 percent, by count, of the berries on any 
bunch, show either a dark brown discoloration or 
“ring mildew.” ‘“ Buckskin” berries of the Flame 
Tokay variety are considered as damaged by discolora- 
tion, but ‘“sun-kissed” berries of white varieties 
which are amber or light brown in color shall not be 
considered as damaged. 
