STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 103 
Unclassified shall consist of onions wheh are not 
graded in conformity with any of the foregoing grades. 
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
‘* Mature” means dry and well cured. Midseason 
onions which are not customarily held in storage shall 
be considered mature when harvested in accordance 
with good commercial practice at a state which will 
not result in the onions becoming soft or spongy. 
“Fairly firm” means that the onion may yield 
slightly to moderate fe but is not appreciably 
soft or spongy. 
“Fairly well shaped” means having the shape 
characteristic of the variety but slightly off-type, 
slightly elongated or slightly misshapen onions shall 
be admitted to U.S. No. 1 grade. 
“ Badly misshapen” means that the onion is-~-so 
elongated or misshapen ee its appearance is seri- 
ously affected. 
“ Doubles” and “splits” are onions which have 
developed more than one distinct bulb. All such on- 
ions which are either distinctly misshapen or which 
show a splitting of the dry outer scales shall be ex- 
cluded from U.S. No. 1. 
“Bottle necks” are Onions with abnormally thick 
necks. 
“ Scallions ” are onions which have thick necks and 
relatively small and poorly developed bulbs. 
‘* Damage” means any injury from the causes 
mentioned which materially affects the appearance of 
the lot, or the edible or shipping quality of the 
individual onions. Any one of the following defects 
shall be considered as “ damage”: 
(1) “Peeled” onions when more than one half of 
the thin papery skin is missing, leaving the larger 
portion of the fleshy outer scale unprotected. Such 
onions are sometimes referred to as “bald” or 
‘skinned ” onions, or ‘ peelers.”’ 
(2) Onions which have one or more of the fleshy 
scales cracked. Such onions are undesirable because 
of the possibility of decay organisms entering the 
injured tissue. Cracking of the thin papery skins 
shall not be regarded as damage. 
(3) Any lot of onions which is materially stained. 
A lot of onions shall be considered as materially 
stained when there are enough stained onions to 
