Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › HORTICULTURE-FEES-STANDARDS › Chapter 16-414 - Washington standards for cherries › Part I - SWEET CHERRIES › Section 16-414-005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Clean"
means cherries are practically free
					 from dirt, dust, spray residue, or other foreign material. For example, clean
					 means the product is practically free from leaves, fruit spurs, bark, twigs,
					 dirt or foreign material.
"Condition defects"
means defects that may
					 develop or change during shipment or storage. Condition defects include, but
					 are not limited to, decayed or soft cherries and such other factors as pitting,
					 shriveling, sunken areas, brown discoloration and bruising that, because of its
					 location appears to have occurred after packing.
"Damage"
means any injury or specific defect
					 described in WAC
					 16-414-045 or any equally
					 objectionable variation of those defects, any other defect, or any combination
					 of defects, which materially detracts from the appearance, or the edible
					 quality or marketing quality of the fruit.
"Department"
means the Washington state
					 department of agriculture (WSDA).
"Diameter"
means the greatest dimension
					 measured at right angles to a line from the stem to the blossom end of the
					 cherry.
"Director"
means the director of the
					 Washington state department of agriculture or the director's designee.
"Face packed"
means the cherries in the top
					 layer of any container are placed so the stem ends are pointing downward toward
					 the bottom of the container.
"Fairly well colored"
means that at least
					 ninety-five percent of the surface of the cherry shows characteristic color for
					 mature cherries of the variety.
"Firm"
means the cherries:
(1) Possess a firm, fleshy texture;
(2) Retain their approximate original
				  shape;
(3) Are not shriveled;
				  and
(4) Do not show more than
				  slight collapsed areas of flesh.
"Mature"
means cherries have reached the stage
					 of growth that will insure the proper completion of the ripening process.
					 Rainier cherries or other varieties of "light colored sweet cherries" shall
					 meet a minimum of seventeen percent soluble solids as determined from a
					 composite sample by refractometer prior to packing, at time of packing, or at
					 time of shipment; provided that individual lots shall not be combined with
					 other lots to meet soluble solids requirements.
"Permanent defects"
means defects that are not
					 subject to change during shipping or storage. Permanent defects include, but
					 are not limited to, factors of shape, scarring, skin breaks, injury caused by
					 hail or insects, and mechanical injury that, because of its location, appears
					 to have occurred before shipment.
"Off-size"
means a cherry whose diameter fails
					 to meet a designated size when measured at right angles to a line from its stem
					 to its blossom end.
"Serious damage"
means any specific defect
					 described in WAC
					 16-414-065 or an equally
					 objectionable variation of any one of these defects, any other defect, or any
					 combination of defects that seriously detracts from the appearance, edible
					 quality or marketing quality of cherries.
"Shipping point"
means:
(1) The point of origin of the shipment in
				  the producing area or at the port of loading; or
(2) The port of entry into the United States
				  in the case of shipments from outside the continental United States.
"Similar varietal characteristics"
means the
					 cherries in any container are similar in color and shape.
"Well formed"
means a cherry has the normal
					 shape characteristic of the variety. Mature well-developed doubles are
					 considered well formed if the halves are approximately evenly formed with a
					 variation of no more than 2/64 of an inch.