128 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
U.S. No. 1 shall consist of pineapples of one variety 
which are mature, fairly dry, and free from decay, 
bruising, sunscald, and free from damage caused by 
sunburn, gummosis, disease, insects, rodents, mechan- 
ical, or other means. The fruit shall be firm, well 
formed, and eyes well developed. The butts shall 
be well trimmed and not bleeding or badly cracked. 
The tops shall be single and shall have not more than 
5 crown slips but not more than 2 crown slips shall 
be over 234 inches in length. The tops shall be of 
good green color, reasonably straight, well attached 
to the fruit, and not less than 4 inches in length nor 
more than twice the length of the fruit. 
U.S. No. 2 shall consist of pineapples of one variety 
which are mature and free from decay, bruising, sun- 
seald, and free from serious damage caused by sun- 
burn, gummosis, disease, insects, rodents, mechanical, 
or other means. The fruit shall be firm, fairly well 
formed and eyes fairly well developed. The butts 
shall be free from bleeding. ‘The tops shall consist of 
not more than two fairly well-developed stems but 
any number of crown slips shall be permitted. The 
tops shall be of good green color, well attached to the 
fruit, and not completely curved over. 
Unclassified shall consist of pineapples which are 
not graded in conformity with any of the foregoing 
grades. 
TOLERANCES FOR PRECEDING GRADES 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper 
grading and handling, not more than a total of 10 per- 
cent, by count, of the pineapples in any lot shall be 
below the requirements of the grade but not more than 
one tenth of this tolerance or 1 percent shall be al- 
lowed for decay. However, individual containers in 
any lot may be permitted to exceed the tolerances 
specified, by not more than one half of the amount 
allowed, except that not more than one pineapple in 
any container may be seriously damaged; provided 
that the entire lot averages within the tolerances 
specified. 
SIZE AND MARKING REQUIREMENTS 
The pineapples shall be generally fairly uniform in 
size in each package and the count shall be plainly 
stamped, stenciled, or otherwise marked on the 
container. 
