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{d) Hail marks, drought spots, or other similar depressions or scars 

 which are not superficial or where the injury affects more than one-half 

 inch of the surface in the aggregate. 



(e) Disease. Scab spots which are not corked over or corked-over 

 scab spots which affect a total area of more than one-fourth inch in 

 diameter. 



Cedar-rust infection which exceeds in the aggregate an area of one- 

 quarter inch in diameter. 



Sooty blotch or fly speck which is thinly scattered over more than 

 one-tenth of the surface, or dark, heavily concentrated spots which affect 

 an area of more than one-half inch in diameter. 



(/) Insects. More than two healed insect stings or any healed insect 

 sting which is over one-eighth inch in diameter exclusive of any encircling 

 discolored ring. 



Worm holes. 



8. "Serious damage'* means any injury or defect which seriously 

 detracts from the appearance or keeping quality of the apples 



(a) Russeting which exceeds the following shall be considered as 

 serious damage: 



Smooth solid russeting which affects more than one-half of the sur- 

 face in the aggregate, including any russeting in the stem basin, or rough 

 or barklike russeting which detracts from the appearance of the fruit 

 to a greater extent than the smooth solid russeting permitted, provided 

 that any amount of russeting shall be permitted on Roxbury Russet 

 and similar varieties. 



Any one of the following defects or any combination thereof, the 

 seriousness of which exceeds the maximum allowed for any one defect 

 shall be considered as serious damage : 



{h) Sunburn or spray burn which seriously detracts from the appear- 

 ance of the fruit. 



(c) Limb rubs which affect more than one-tenth of the surface in 

 the aggregate. 



id) Hail marks, drought spots or scars, if they materially deform or 

 disfigure the fruit, or if such defects affect more than one-tenth of the 

 surface in the aggregate, provided that no hail marks which are un- 

 healed shall be permitted and not more than an aggregate area of one- 

 half inch shall be allowed for well-healed hail marks where the skin has 

 been broken. 



(e) Visible water core which affects an area of more than one-half 

 inch in diameter. 

 (/) Disease. 



