Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
HORTICULTURE-FEES-STANDARDS
Chapter 16-439 - Pears, summer and fall
Section 16-439-218 - Serious damage defects
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 16-439-218
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) More than the following shall be considered serious damage:
(a) Slight handling bruises and carton
bruises that are incident to proper handling.
(b) Sunburn or sprayburn, if there is only a
slight change to the normal color of the fruit and no softening of the flesh or
blistering or cracking of the skin.
(c) Russeting that is characteristic of the
variety.
(d) Pebbling on Bartlett
pears that does not seriously affect the culinary or edible value of the
fruit.
(e) Limb rubs that are
light, not soft, and do not affect an aggregate area to exceed ten percent of
the surface of the fruit.
(f)
Drought spots that affect an aggregate area not to exceed one-fourth inch in
diameter.
(2) In addition, a pear may show any one or a combination of the following as long as the aggregate area does not exceed the maximum area specified for each variety mentioned below:
(a) Heavy or dark heavy limb
rubs that are not soft and do not affect an aggregate area exceeding
three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
(b) Hail marks when they affect an aggregate
area exceeding three-fourths inch in diameter.
(c) Frost damage.
(i) Frost rings on Bartlett pears that do not
completely encircle the pear and when the surface is only slightly
grooved.
(ii) Frost damage on
Bartlett pears such as occurs at the calyx end and does not materially detract
from the appearance of the pear.
(iii) On other varieties other than Bartlett,
heavy russeting by frost that is not soft and affects an aggregate area not to
exceed three-fourths inch in diameter.
(d) Scab spot affecting an aggregate area not
to exceed one-half inch in diameter.
(e) Shallow healed depressions not seriously
affecting the general appearance of the fruit and affecting an aggregate area
not to exceed three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
(f) Sooty blotch that affects an aggregate
area of not more than fifty percent of the surface when the spots are thin and
widely scattered, or not more than one and one-fourth inch in diameter when the
blotch is moderate, or not more than three-fourths inch in diameter when the
blotch is heavy.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.17 RCW, RCW 15.17.030, and chapter 34.05 RCW. 09-01-095, § 16-439-218, filed 12/16/08, effective 1/16/09.
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