STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 159 
of color, i.e., that soft-fleshed early maturing varieties 
are not mixed with firm-fleshed midseason or late 
varieties, or bright red varieties mixed with varieties 
having a purplish tinge. 
‘‘Mature’” means that the contents of the seed 
eavities have begun to develop a jelly or gluelike 
consistency and the seeds are well developed. 
“Fairly well formed” means that the tomato is 
not decidedly kidney shaped, lop-sided, elongated, 
angular, or otherwise deformed. 
“Fairly smooth” means that the tomato is not 
conspicuously ridged or rough. 
“Damage” means any injury which materially 
affects the appearance, edible or shipping quality. 
The following shall be considered as damage: 
(1) Puffy tomatoes.—These tomatoes are usually 
angular and flat sided. They are damaged if one or 
more locules are materially open when the tomato is 
cut through the center at right angles to a line run- 
ning from the stem to the blossom end. 
(2) Catfaces—These are irregular, dark, leathery 
sears at the blossom end of the fruit. Such scars 
damage the tomato when they are fairly smooth and 
greater in area than a circle three fourths inch in 
diameter, or when rough or deep, or when channels 
extend deeply into the fruit. 
(8) Sears (except catfaces) when aggregating more 
than three eighths inch in diameter. 
(4) Growth cracks.—These are ruptures or cracks 
radiating from the stem scar, or cracks concentric to 
the stem scar. They damage the tomato when not 
well healed, or when more than one half inch in 
length; except, that very narrow well-healed cracks 
concentric to the stem scar shall not be considered as 
damage unless they are so numerous as to damage 
the appearance of the fruit. 
(5) Cuts which are not shallow, not well healed or 
more than one half inch in length, 
“Badly misshapen” means that the tomato is go 
badly deformed that its appearance is seriously 
affected. 
“Serious damage” means any injury which seri- 
ously affects the appearance, edible or shipping qual- 
ity. The following shall be considered as serious 
damage: 
(1) Fruit actually infested with worms. 
(2) Decay. 
