New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS › Chapter IV - Markets › Subchapter C - Apples and Lettuce › Part 185 - Standards For Grades Of Apples › Section 185.1 - Grades

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) U.S. Extra
				  Fancy consists of apples of one variety which are mature but not overripe,
				  carefully hand-picked, clean, fairly well formed; free from decay, internal
				  browning, internal breakdown, scald, scab, bitter pit, Jonathan spot, freezing
				  injury, visible water core, and broken skins and bruises except those which are
				  slight and incident to proper handling and packing. The apples are also free
				  from injury caused by smooth net-like russeting, sunburn or sprayburn, limb
				  rubs, hail, drought spots, scars, disease, insects, or other means; and free
				  from damage by smooth solid, slightly rough or rough russeting, or stem or
				  calyx cracks, and free from damage by invisible water core after January 31 of
				  the year following the year of production. Each apple of this grade has the
				  amount of color specified for the variety. (See color requirements and
				  tolerances.)
(b) U.S. Fancy
				  consists of apples of one variety which are mature but not overripe, carefully
				  hand-picked, clean, fairly well formed; free from decay, internal browning,
				  internal breakdown, bitter pit, Jonathan spot, scald, freezing injury, visible
				  water core, and broken skins, and bruises except those which are incident to
				  proper handling and packing. The apples are also free from damage caused by
				  russeting, sunburn, or sprayburn, limb rubs, hail, drought spots, scars, stem
				  or calyx cracks, disease, insects, invisible water core after January 31 of the
				  year following the year of production, or damage by other means. Each apple of
				  this grade has the amount of color specified for the variety. (See color
				  requirements and tolerances.)
(c)
				  U.S. No. 1. The requirements of this grade are the same as for U.S. Fancy
				  except for color, russeting, and invisible water core. In this grade less color
				  is required for all varieties with the exception of the yellow and green
				  varieties other than Golden Delicious. Apples of this grade are free from
				  excessive damage caused by russeting which means that apples meet the russeting
				  requirements for U.S. Fancy as defined under the definitions of "damage by
				  russeting", except the aggregate area of an apple which may be covered by
				  smooth net-like russeting shall not exceed 25 per cent; and the aggregate area
				  of an apple which may be covered by smooth solid russeting shall not exceed 10
				  per cent; provided, that in the case of the Yellow Newton or similar varieties
				  the aggregate area of an apple which may be covered with smooth solid russeting
				  shall not exceed 20 per cent. Each apple of this grade has the amount of color
				  specified for the variety. There is no requirement in this grade pertaining to
				  invisible water core. (See color requirements and tolerances.)
(1) U.S. No. 1 Early consists of apples which
				  meet the requirements of U.S. No. 1 grade except as to color and maturity, and
				  meet a minimum size requirement. Apples of this grade have no color
				  requirements, need not be mature, and are not less than two inches in diameter.
				  This grade is provided for varieties such as Duchess, Gravenstein, Red June,
				  Twenty Ounce, Wealthy, Williams, Yellow Transparent, and Lodi, or other
				  varieties which are normally marketed during the summer months. (See
				  tolerances.)
(2) U.S. No. 1 Hail
				  consists of apples which meet the requirements of U.S. No. 1 grade except that
				  hail marks where the skin has not been broken, and well healed hail marks where
				  the skin has been broken, are permitted, provided the apples are fairly well
				  formed. (See color requirements and tolerances.)