STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 1385 
than 6 percent of the potatoes in any container may 
be below the requirements of the grade, but not to 
exceed one sixth of this amount or 1 percent shall be 
allowed for potatoes affected by soft rot or wet break- 
down. In addition, not more than 5 percent may be 
seriously damaged by hollow heart. 
U.S. Fancy shall consist of potatoes of one variety 
which are firm, mature (6), bright (7), well shaped 
(8), free from freezing injury, blackheart, shriveling, 
sprouting, soft rot, or wet break-down (2), and hollow 
heart, and free from injury (9) caused by dirt or 
other foreign matter, Sunburn, second growth, growth 
eracks, air cracks, cuts, scab, blight, dry rot, rhizoc- 
tonia, other disease, insects, or mechanical or other 
means (9). 
The size of the potatoes may be stated in terms of 
minimum diameter or minimum weight, or of range in 
diameter or weight, or of a certain percentage over a 
certain size, following the grade name but in no case 
shall the diameter (4) of each potato of this grade be 
less than 2 inches and in addition, for long varieties 
Such as Burbank, Russet Burbank, Early Ohio, Pride 
of Wisconsin, or other similar varieties, not less than 
40 percent of the potatoes in any lot shall be 6 ounces 
or larger in weight, and for round or intermediate 
shaped varieties such as Irish Cobbler, Bliss Triumph, 
Green Mountain, or other similar varieties, not less 
than 60 percent shall be 214 inches or larger in di- 
ameter. (See Tolerance for Size, pp. 186 and 137.) 
TOLERANCH FOR DEFECTS 
In order to allow for variations other than size 
incident to proper grading and handling, not more 
than 6 percent of the potatoes in any container may 
be below the requirements of the grade but not to 
exceed one sixth of this amount, or 1 percent, shall 
be allowed for potatoes affected by soft rot or wet 
break-down. 
Unclassified shall consist of potatoes which are not 
graded in conformity with any of the foregoing 
grades. 
SIZE CLASSIFICATION FOR ALL GRADES EXCEPT U.S. 
FANCY 
When potatoes are designated as “U.S. No. 1”, 
“U.S. Commercial”, or “U.S. No. 2” without speci- 
