96 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
In order to allow for variations incicent to proper 
grading and handling, not more than 10 percent, by 
count, of any lot may be below the requirements of 
this grade but not to exceed a total of 5 percent shall 
be allowed for defects causing serious damage and 
not more than two fifths of this amount or 2 percent 
shall be allowed for decay. 
Unclassified shall consist of mustard greens which 
are not graded in conformity with the foregoing 
‘rade. 
. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
“Damage” means any injury from the causes 
mentioned which materially affects the appearance 
or edible or shipping quality of the individual leaves 
or of the lot as a whole. 
“Serious damage” means any injury from the 
causes mentioned which seriously affects the appear- 
ance or edible or shipping quality of the individual 
leaves or of the lot as a whole. 
UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR OKRA 
(Effective Dec. 18, 1928) 
GRADES 
U.S. No. 1 shall consist of pods of okra of similar 
varietal characteristics which are fresh, tender, not 
badly misshapen, free from decay, and from damage 
caused by dirt or other foreign matter, disease, 
insects, mechanical or other means. 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
grading and handling, not more than 10 percent, by 
weight, of the okra in any lot may be below the 
requirements of this grade but not to exceed a total 
of 5 percent shall be allowed for defects causing 
serious damage, and not more than one fifth of this 
amount or 1 percent shall be allowed for decay. 
Unclassified shall consist of pods of okra which are 
not graded in conformity with the foregoing grade. 
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
“ Damage’? means any injury from the causes men- 
tioned which materially affects the appearance, or 
the edible or the shipping quality of the individual 
pods or of the lot as a whole. 
