64 BULLETIN 1237, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
GRADE SPECIFICATIONS. 
Sunkist Oranges.- -Mature oranges of one variety; of good eating quality; well-grown 
specimens of normal form, picked from the tree; of good color for the variety; of good 
texture, excluding rough, coarse, more than slightly puffed, more than slightly scarred, 
more than slightly sunburned, or misshapen fruit, or dirty fruit, making it uninviting 
in appearance to the consumer; substantially free from scale, other insect or fungous 
diseases, splits, or defects of any kind that cause fruit to decay; excluding fruit 
showing effects of frost or which cuts dry for any other reason. Oranges packed under 
the Sunkist brand shall not vary more than 10 per cent below the foregoing specifi- 
cations, except as provided in the special rule relating to frosted or dry fruit. 
Red Ball Oranges. — Mature oranges of one variety, of good eating 'quality; well- 
grown specimens of fair form; picked from the tree; of fair color for the variety; of 
fair texture; excluding badly sunburned, very rough, very coarse, badly puffed, 
badly scarred fruit or fruit so scaly as to make it uninviting in appearance to the 
consumer, substantially free from other insect or fungous diseases, splits or defects of 
any kind that cause fruit to decay; excluding fruit showing effects of frost or which 
cuts dry for any other reason. Oranges packed under this grade shall not vary more 
than 5 per cent below foregoing specifications. 
Sunkist Lemons. — Lemons, well-grown specimens of normal form; excluding fruit 
with abnormally long necks; of good uniform color; excluding fruit more than slightly 
sunburned or more than slightly green in color; of good texture, excluding rough, 
coarse fruit and fruit with deep dark scars, or dirty fruit making it uninviting to the 
consumer; substantially free from scale, other insect or fungous diseases or defects of 
any kind that cause fruit to decay; excluding spongy, hollow-center fruit and fruit 
affected with Interior Decline, Blossom End Decay or fruit showing effects of frost 
or which cuts dry for any other reason. Lemons packed under the Sunkist Brand 
shall not vary more than 10 per cent below foregoing specifications except as provided 
in the special rule relating to frosted and dry fruit. 
Red Ball Lemons. — Lemons, well-grown specimens of fair form, of fairly uniform 
color; excluding fruit badly sunburned or very green in color; of fair texture; exclud- 
ing very rough, very coarse, badly scarred, dirty fruit, fruit so scaly as to make it 
uninviting in appearance to the consumer, other insect or fungous diseases or defects 
of any kind that cause fruit to decay; excluding jrery spongy or badly hollow-center 
fruit and fruit affected with Interior Decline, Blossom End Decay, or fruit showing 
effects of frost or which for any other reason cuts dry. Lemons packed under this 
grade shall not vary more than 5 per cent below foregoing specifications. 
