| Defects and summary of allowances
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| Grade A maximum
| Grade B maximum
| Grade C maximum
| Substandard maximum
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| Total of all defects, including off-color | 10 percent | 15 percent | | No limit except as indicated below.
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| Total of all defects, including off-color and poor texture | | | 20 percent
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| Poor texture, end cracks, skin or flesh damage,
3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay | But no more than 6 percent | But no more than 8 percent
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| End cracks,
2 skin or flesh damage,
3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay | | | 10 percent
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| Skin or flesh damage,
3 fermentation, scars, heat damage, insect injury, other means, mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay | | | But no more than 8 percent
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| Mold, dirt, foreign material, insect infestation, decay | 3 percent | 4 percent | 5 percent | 5 percent.
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| Decay | But no more than 1 percent | But no more than 1 percent | But no more than 1 percent | But no more than 1 percent.
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| Total
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| U.S. Grade (including all factors)
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