| "Damage" means: | "Serious damage" means: | ||
| (1) Any injury or defect that materially affects the prune's appearance, or its edible or shipping quality. | (1) Any injury or defect that seriously affects the prune's appearance, or its edible or shipping quality. | ||
| Note: Internal growth cracks, cavities or gum spots are not considered damage. | |||
| (2) Any one of the following defects or any combination of defects, the seriousness of which exceeds the maximum allowed for any one defect, is "damage": | (2) Any one of the following defects, or any combination of defects, the seriousness of which exceeds the maximum allowed for any one defect, is "serious damage": | ||
| (a) Broken skins that are unhealed. | (a) Broken skins that are unhealed and more than one-eighth inch in diameter or depth. | ||
| Note: | Note: | ||
| • | Broken skins caused by pulled stems where the skin is not torn beyond the stem basin are not damage. | • | Broken skins caused by pulled stems where the skin is not torn beyond the stem basin are not serious damage. |
| • | Broken skins that have healed are considered scars. | • | Broken skins that have healed are considered scars. |
| (b) Heat injury that is extensive or not light in color. | (b) Heat injury that causes any softening or dark discoloration of the flesh. | ||
| Note: | |||
| • | Heat injury may cause internal or external discoloration, and may or may not be serious. | ||
| • | Heat injury should not be confused with sunscald, which causes softening or collapse of the tissue, and which is always classed as serious damage. | ||
| (c) External growth cracks, when: | (c) External growth cracks that are: | ||
| • | There are more than one on a prune; or | • | Not well healed; or |
| • | One is deep; or | • | More than 3/16 inch in depth; or |
| • | One is not well healed; or | • | More than 1/2 inch in length. |
| • | One is more than 1/4 inch in length. | ||
| (d) Sunburn that has: | (d) Sunburn that causes: | ||
| • | Materially changed the normal color of a prune; or | • | Decided flattening of a prune; or |
| • | Caused the skin to blister or crack. | • | Blistering, cracking, or noticeable brownish discoloration of the skin. |
| (e) Split pit that: | (e) Split pit that: | ||
| • | Causes a readily apparent crack at the stem end; or | • | Causes a crack at the stem end more than 3/16 inch in length, including any part that may be covered by the stem; or |
| • | Affects a prune's shape so it is not well-formed. | • | Affects the shape to the extent that the fruit is badly misshapen. |
| (f) Hail marks, or other similar depressions or scars that: | (f) Hail marks that: | ||
| • | Are not shallow or superficial; or | • | Are more than 3/16 inch deep; or |
| • | Total more than 3/8 inch in diameter; or | • | Total more than 1/2 inch in diameter. |
| • | Break the skin. | ||
| (g) Drought spots or external gum spots that are more than 1/4 inch in diameter. | (g) Drought spots or external gum spots that total more than 1/2 inch in diameter. | ||
| (h) Russeting that is: | (h) Russeting that is: | ||
| • | Not excessively rough but totals more than 1/10 of a prune's surface; or | • | Not excessively rough but totals more than 1/3 of a prune's surface; or |
| • | Excessively rough and totals more than 1/4 inch in diameter. | • | Excessively rough and totals more than 1/2 inch in diameter. |
| (i) Scars: | (i) Scars that are: | ||
| • | Dark, rough or depressed scars totaling more than 1/4 inch in diameter. | • | Very dark or excessively rough and total more than 1/2 inch in diameter; or |
| • | Fairly smooth, superficial scars that total more than 1/2 inch in diameter. An example is fairly light discoloration such as that caused by handling or packing or by prunes rubbing against each other while on the tree. | • | More than 3/16 inches deep. |
| • | Thorn and limb scratches that are not well healed, or that total more than 1/2 inch in length. | ||