with the regard to apples, means the physiological breakdown of cells under the skin, causing slight depressions generally concentrated at the calyx end of the fruit. The tissue in these depressed areas is darkened, dry and spongy;

with regard to prunes, means a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin;

with regard to apples and pears, means the removal of the seed capsules and pips from the fruit;

with regard to apples, means a major disorder affecting the fruit, affected fruit have a hard lump in the pulp and dry acidic flesh, but have no external symptoms;

means—

means  apples,  apricots,  nectarines,  peaches,  pears,  plums  and prunes;

with regard to apples and pears, means—

means cut fruits which are not symmetrical or cleanly cut, including torn halves: Provided that the original shape of the cut or torn fruit is retained and shall not deviate more than 6 mm from the fruit seam;

in the case of prunes mean cracks or splits which exceed 10 mm in length, excluding destoning holes, which are markedly calloused, or which detract markedly from the appearance of the prunes;

in the case of prunes mean cracks or splits less than 10 mm in length, excluding destoning holes, which are not markedly calloused, of which the callous is not cracked and which does not markedly detract from the appearance of the prunes;

means peaches with loose stone (pit), clingstone and nectarines;

with regard to apples and pears, means pieces of core exceeding 49 mm2 in aggregate area attached to the dried fruit units;

with regard to apple rings and apple segments , means pieces which will readily pass through a sieve of 16 mm mesh;

with regard to apples, means a physiological disorder characterised by water-soaked tissue around the vascular bundles or core area due to the spaces between cells becoming filled with fluid instead of air. Affected tissue is water-soaked and glassy looking; and

means rings or portions of rings which shall be cut or broken, but which consist of at least three quarters of the original whole rings.

The maximum moisture content for the various dried deciduous fruit products is as follows:

(4)        The following quality factors shall be used to determine the grade for each dried deciduous fruit product concerned: