Division III PROVISIONS CONCERNING SIZINGF1

Size is determined either by the maximum diameter of the equatorial section or by weight.

The minimum size shall be 60 mm, if measured by diameter or 90 g, if measured by weight. Fruit of smaller sizes may be accepted, if the Brix level^f1 of the produce is equal to or greater than to 10,5° Brix and the size is not smaller than 50 mm or 70 g.

To ensure the uniformity in size, the range in size between produce in the same package shall not exceed:

1. (a)

   for fruit sized by diameter:

   • 5 mm for ‘Extra’ Class fruit and for Classes I and II fruit packed in rows and layers. However, for apples of the varieties Bramley's Seedling (Bramley, Triomphe de Kiel) and Horneburger, the difference in diameter may amount to 10 mm, and

   • 10 mm for Class I fruit packed in sales packages or loose in the package. However, for apples of the varieties Bramley's Seedling (Bramley, Triomphe de Kiel) and Horneburger, the difference in diameter may amount to 20 mm.

2. (b)

   for fruit sized by weight:

   • For ‘Extra’ Class and Classes I and II apples packed in rows and layers:

     Range (g)	Weight difference (g)
     70-90	15 g
     91-135	20 g
     136-200	30 g
     201-300	40 g
     > 300	50 g

   • For Class I fruit packed in sales packages or loose in the package:

     Range (g)	Uniformity (g)
     70-135	35
     136-300	70
     > 300	100

There is no sizing uniformity requirement for Class II fruit packed in sales packages or loose in the package.

Varieties of miniature apples, marked with an ‘M’ in the appendix to this standard, are exempted from the sizing provisions. Those miniature varieties must have a minimum Brix level^f2 of 12°.