86. MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
should be considered in judging texture as large sized 
fruit is not usually as smooth as the small sized. 
Slight furrows or grooves which may be present on 
the stem end portion of the fruit should not be con- 
sidered as slightly rough unless they are of sufficient 
depth, length. and number as to materially affect the 
appearance and smoothness of the fruit. 
‘* Damage” means any injury by the causes men- 
tioned which materially affects the appearance, or 
edible or shipping quality of the fruit. Any one of 
the following defects, or any combination thereof 
the seriousness of which exceeds the maximum al- 
lowed for any one defect, shall be considered as 
damage: 
(1) Dryness, when extending into segments more 
than one fourth inch at the stem end, or more than 
the equivalent of this amount by volume, when 
occurring in other portions of the fruit. 
(2) More than an occasional slight, light-colored 
well-healed and threadlike scar caused by thorn or 
deadwood scratches. Any black, or more than an 
occasional superficial and well-healed thorn, or dead- 
wood prick. 
(3) Sears which are dark in color or which are 
rough. Scars with no depth when affecting more than 
10 percent in the aggregate of the fruit surface. 
Sears which have only slight depth, when not fairly 
smooth to smooth and when more than 2 inches in 
diameter in the aggregate. Deep scars when aggre- 
gating more than 1 inch in diameter. 
(4) Scale, when concentrated, or when scattered 
over a segment comprising more than one third of 
the fruit surface. 
(5) Sunburn when the area affected exceeds 25 
percent of the fruit surface, or when the affected 
portion is appreciably flattened, dry, darkened, or 
hard. 
“Slightly colored” means that sufficient yellow 
color is distributed over the fruit surface which, 
blended with the green color present, is equivalent 
in degree, to 25 percent of full yellow color charac- 
teristic of the variety. 
“* Fairly firm” means that the fruit may be slightly 
soft but not bruised, and the skin may be thick and 
slightly puffy. 
“Badly misshapen” means that the fruit is de- 
cidedly pear-shaped, elongated, sharply pointed, or 
otherwise badly deformed. 
