STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 125 
U.S. No. 2 shall consist of sweet peppers of similar 
varietal characteristics which are green but not. 
immature; which are fairly well shaped, firm and 
free from decay and from any defect or injury that 
has penetrated through the fleshy wall, and from 
serious damage caused by sunscald, freezing, hail, 
Scars, disease, insects, or mechanical or other means. 
In order to allow for variations incident 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 more than one twentieth of this 
amount or one half of 1 percent shall be allowed for 
peppers affected by decay. * 
Unclassified shall consist of sweet peppers which 
are not graded in conformity with any of the fore- 
going grades. 
RED OR MIXED PEPPERS 
Peppers which conform to the requirements of 
U.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1, or U.S. No. 2, except as to 
color, if uniformly red or turning red shall be desig- 
nated “U.S. Fancy Red”, or “U.S. No. 1 Red”, or 
“U.S. No. 2 Red”, or if mixed red and green peppers 
shall be designated ‘‘ U.S. Fancy Mixed”, ‘U.S. No. 
1 Mixed”, or “U.S. No. 2 Mixed.” 
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
As used in these grades: 
‘Similar varietal characteristics’? means that the 
peppers shall be alike as to type and general char- 
acters of the fruit. 
‘‘Immature” means that the seeds are not fully - 
developed and that the pepper has not reached the 
stage of maturity which will insure a proper comple- 
tion of the ripening process. 
‘Well shaped” means that the pepper may be 
only slightly curved or slightly indented. 
“Fairly well shaped” means that the pepper is 
indented or curved in form but is not badly mis- 
shapen. 
“ Badly misshapen” means that the pepper is of 
the type commonly known as “ buttons’’, or is decid- 
edly crooked, constricted, or otherwise so seriously 
deformed as to detract materially from the appear- 
ance of the pepper. 
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