MARKETING OF BERMUDA ONIONS 55 
If any lot which meets the requirements of this grade contains more than ten 
percentum by weight of onions with a diameter of three and one-half inches or 
more, the grade name shall be "U. S. Grade No. 2 Large." 
If any lot which meets the requirements of U. S. Grade No. 2 or U. S. Grade 
No. 2 Large contains more than ten percentum by weight of noticeably pink 
onions, the grade name shall be "TJ. S. Grade No. 2 Pink" or "U. S. Grade 
No. 2 Large, Pink," as the case may be. 
U. S. Grade Boilers 
U. S. Grade Boilers shall consist of sound onions of one variety which are free 
from doubles, splits, bottlenecks, and seed-stems, and practically free from dam- 
age caused by moisture, sunburn, cuts, disease, insects, or mechanical means. 
The diameter shall not be less than one inch nor more than two inches. 
In order to allow for variations incident to commercial grading and handling, 
six percentum by weight of any lot may be below the requirements of this grade. 
U. S. Grade No. 3 
IT. S. Grade No. 3 shall consist of onions which do not meet the requirements 
of any of the foregoing grades. 
DEFINITION OF GRADE TERMS 
As used in these grades — ' 
"Sound" means free from water-soaked, decayed, sprouted, or otherwise un- 
sound onions. 
"Mature" means having reached a stage of development at which the onions 
are firm — not soft or spongy. 
"Bright" means having the normal, attractive, pearly luster of Bermuda 
onions. 
"Well shaped" means having the general appearance of being round — not 
three, four, or five-sided, or badly pinched by dry, hard soil, or thick necked, but 
need not be of the exact, typical flat Bermuda shape. 
"One variety" means one variety or type, such as the Crystal Wax or White 
Bermuda (white) , or Yellow Bermuda (yellow) , and not a mixture of different 
varieties or types. 
"Practically free from damage" means that the appearance shall not be 
injured to an extent readily apparent upon casual examination. 
"Sunburn" means discoloration or other damage due to exposure to the sun, 
but does not mean the green color running down the "veins" in the Crystal Wax 
or White Bermuda (white) variety, unless such green color covers the surface 
between the veins. 
"Diameter" means the greatest dimension at right angles to a straight line 
running from the stem to the root. 
"Noticeably pink" means the pink color often found in the Yellow Bermuda 
variety, which is so conspicuous as to be readily apparent upon casual examina- 
tion of the lot. 
