s02 – grade standards for avocado

Major Defects

Natures Reserve

Natures Choice

Generic

Anthracnose

Nil

Nil

Minor Speckling

Bruising

Nil

1 - 2 Pressure Marks

Size of 20 Cent Piece

Cuts/Punctures

Nil

Nil

Nil

Other Rots

Nil

Nil

Nil

Over - Ripe Fruit

Nil

Nil

Nil

Rubbery Fruit

Nil

Nil

Yes

Torn Stems

Nil

Yes (Minor)

Yes

Minor Defects

Natures Reserve

Natures Choice

Generic

Abrasion

Size of 10 cent piece

Size of 20 cent piece

Size of 50 cent piece

Chimera

1 slight line of green

Not raised or sunken

Yes

Elongated Fruit

Length: Width, 2.5 - 1

Length: Width, 2.5 - 1

Yes

Foreign Matter

Light Deposit around base or stem

Light deposit around base or stem

Yes

Hail Mark

Nil

1 Healed Mark, 5 cent size, 5mm deep

1 Healed Mark, 10 cent size, 10mm deep

Insect Stings

Nil

2 Healed, Nil Open

3 Per fruit

Long Stems

5 mm

5 mm

10 mm

Misshapen

Nil

Slight

Yes

Pepper Spot Anthracnose

Nil

Minor Speckling

25% No black areas

Pest Chew

Nil

Size of 10 Cent Piece

Size of 50 Cent Piece

Pulled Stems

HASS Only

HASS Only

Yes

Scale

10 per fruit

20 per fruit

20% of surface

Scratches

4cm, unbroken skin

8cm, unbroken skin

Unbroken skin

Skin Netting

10% of surface

25% of surface

100%

Skin Rub

Size of 10 Cent Piece

Size of 10 Cent Piece

Size of 10 Cent Piece

Black Sunburn

Nil

5  - 10 Cent Piece

50 Cent Piece

Sun bleach

Nil

25% Bleaching

50% Bleaching

Sooty Blotch

Nil

Minor coverage

Yes