New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter IV - Markets
Subchapter A - Grading of Farm Products (Article 12-A Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 165 - Potato Grades And Definitions Of Culls
Section 165.1 - Grades
Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 165.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Extra No. 1. "Extra No. 1" consists of potatoes which meet the following requirements:
(1) Similar varietal
characteristics.
(2)
Firm.
(3) Clean.
(4) At least fairly well matured.
(5) Fairly well shaped, with 50 percent or
more well shaped.
(6) Free from:
(i) freezing;
(ii) blackheart;
(iii) late blight, southern bacterial wilt
and ring rot; and
(iv) soft rot and
wet breakdown.
(7) Free
from injury caused by:
(i) sprouts;
and
(ii) internal
defects.
(8) Free from
damage by any other cause.
(9)
Size. The potatoes shall be not less than 2 1/4 inches in diameter or five
ounces in weight and shall not vary more than 1 1/4 inches in diameter or more
than six ounces in weight.
(10) For
tolerances see section
165.4 of this Part.
(b) No. 1. "No. 1" consists of potatoes which meet the following requirements:
(1) Similar varietal
characteristics.
(2)
Firm.
(3) Fairly
clean[FN1].
(4) Fairly well
shaped.
(5) Free from:
(i) freezing;
(ii) blackheart;
(iii) late blight, southern bacterial wilt
and ring rot; and
(iv) soft rot and
wet breakdown.
(6) Free
from damage by any other cause.
(7)
Size. Not less than 1 7/8 inches in diameter, unless otherwise specified in
connection with the grade.
(8) For
tolerances see section
165.4 of this Part.
(c) Commercial. "Commercial" consists of potatoes which meet the requirements of No. 1 grade except for the following:
(1) Free from serious damage
caused by:
(i) dirt or other foreign
matter;
(ii) russet scab;
and
(iii) rhizoctonia.
(2) Increased tolerances for
defects specified in section
165.4 of this Part.
(d) No. 2. "No. 2" consists of potatoes which meet the following requirements:
(1) Similar varietal
characteristics.
(2) Not seriously
misshapen.
(3) Free from:
(i) freezing;
(ii) blackheart;
(iii) late blight, southern bacterial wilt
and ring rot; and
(iv) soft rot;
and wet breakdown.
(4)
Free from serious damage by any other cause.
(5) Size. Not less than 1 1/2 inches in
diameter, unless otherwise specified in connection with the grade.
(6) For tolerances see section
165.4 of this Part.
[FN1] Potatoes in containers bearing official State seed certification tags and seals are not required to be fairly clean but shall be free from damage by dirt.
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