STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 97 
“Serious damage” means any injury from the 
causes mentioned which seriously affects the appear-. 
ance, or the edible or the shipping quality, of the 
individual pods or of the lot as a whole. 
UNITED STATES STANDARDS FOR BERMUDA 
ONIONS 
(Effective Mar. 10, 19338) 
GRADES 
U.S. No. 1 shall consist of Bermuda onions of one. 
variety which are mature, well shaped, free from soft 
rot, doubles, splits, bottle necks, seed stems and notice- 
ably pink onions, and from damage caused by dirt or 
other foreign matter, moisture, Sunburn, sunscald, 
cuts, disease, insects, or mechanical or other means. 
(See Size Classification.) 
In order to allow for variations, other than size, 
incident to proper grading and handling, not more 
than a total of 10 percent, by weight, of the onions in 
any container * may be below the requirements of this 
grade provided that not more than one half of this tol- 
erance, or 5 percent, shall be noticeably pink, and not 
more than one fifth, or 2 percent, shall be allowed for 
onions which are water-Soaked or affected by soft rot. 
U.S. No. 2 shall consist of Bermuda onions of one 
variety which are free from soft rot, bottle necks, 
splits, seed stems, and noticeably pink onions, and 
from damage caused by moisture, sunscald, cuts, dis- 
ease, insects, or mechanical or other means. (See 
Size Classification. ) 
In order to allow for variations, other than Size, 
incident to proper grading and handling, not more 
than a total of 10 percent, by weight, of the onions 
in any container®” may be below the requirements 
of this grade but not more than one fifth of this 
tolerance, or 2 percent, shall be allowed for onions 
which are water-soaked or affected by soft rot. In 
89 The tolerances specified for the various grades are placed 
_ on a container basis. However, any lot of onions shall be 
considered as meeting the requirements of a specified grade 
if the entire lot averages within the tolerances specified pro- 
vided that no sample from the containers in any lot is found 
to exceed the following amounts: For a specified tolerance 
of 10 percent or more, not more than 11% times the toler- 
ance shall be allowed in any 1 package. For specified 
tolerances of 5 percent or less, not more than double the 
tolerance shall be allowed in any 1 package. 
