(a) No handler shall handle any variety of avocados, except Hass, Fuerte, Zutano, and Edranol, grown in the production area unless:

(1) Any portion of the skin of the individual avocados has changed to the color normal for that fruit when mature for those varieties which normally change color to any shade of red or purple when mature, except for the Linda variety; or

(2) Such avocados meet the minimum weight or diameter requirements for the Monday nearest each date specified, through the Sunday immediately prior to the nearest Monday of the specified date in the next column, for each variety listed in the following table I: Provided, that avocados may not be handled prior to the earliest date specified in column A of such table for the respective variety; Provided further, There are no restrictions on size or weight on or after the date specified in column D; Provided further, That up to a total of 10 percent, by count to the individual fruit in each lot may weigh less than the minimum specified or be less than the specified diameter, except that no such avocados shall be over 2 ounces lighter than the minimum weight specified for the variety: Provided further, That up to double such tolerance shall be permitted for fruit in an individual container in a lot.

Table I

Open Table
Variety A date Min. wt. Min. diam. B date Min. wt. Min. diam. C date Min. wt. Min. diam. D date
Dr. Dupuis #2 5-30 16 3716 6-13 14 3516 7-04 12 3216 7-18
Simmons 6-20 16 3916 7-04 14 3716 7-18 12 3116 8-01
Pollock 6-20 18 31116 7-04 16 3716 7-18 14 3416 8-01
Hardee 6-27 16 3216 7-04 14 21416 7-11 12 7-25
Nadir 6-27 14 3316 7-04 12 3116 7-11 10 21416 7-18
Ruehle 7-04 18 31116 7-11
7-18
16
14
3916
3716
8-01
8-08
12
10
3516
3316
8-15
Bernecker 7-18 18 3616 8-01 16 3516 8-15 14 3416 8-29
Miguel (P) 7-18 22 31316 8-01 20 31216 8-15 18 31016 8-29
Nesbitt 7-18 22 31216 8-01 16 3516 8-08 14 3316 8-22
Tonnage 8-01 16 3616 8-15 14 3416 8-22 12 3016 8-29
Waldin 8-01 16 3916 8-15 14 3716 8-29 12 3416 9-12
Tower II 8-01 14 3616 8-15 12 3416 8-29 10 3216 9-05
Beta 8-08 18 3816 8-15 16 3516 8-29 14 3316 9-05
Lisa (P) 8-08 12 3216 8-15 11 3 8-22
Black Prince 8-15 28 4116 8-29 23 31416 9-12 16 3916 10-03
Loretta 8-22 30 4316 9-05 26 31516 9-19 22 31216 9-26
Booth 8 8-29 16 3916 9-12 14 3616 9-26
10-10
12
10
3316
3116
10-24
Booth 7 8-29 18 31316 9-12 16 31016 9-26 14 3816 10-10
Booth 5 9-05 14 3916 9-19 12 3616 10-03
Choquette 9-26 28 4416 10-10 24 4116 10-24 20 31416 11-7
Hall 9-26 26 31416 10-10 20 3916 10-24 18 3816 11-07
Lula 10-03 18 31116 10-10 14 3616 10-31 12 3316 11-14
Monroe 11-07 26 4316 11-21 24 4116 12-05
12-19
20
16
31416
3916
1-02
Arue 5-16 16 5-30 14 3316 6-20 12 7-04
Donnie 5-23 16 3516 6-06 14 3416 6-20 12 7-04
Fuchs 6-06 14 3316 6-20 12 3016 7-04
K-5 6-13 18 3516 6-27 14 3316 7-11
West Indian Seedling1 6-20 18 7-18 16 8-22 14 9-19
Gorham 7-04 29 4516 7-18 27 4316 8-15
Biondo 7-11 13 8-15
Petersen 7-11 14 3816 7-18 12 3516 7-25 10 3216 8-08
232 7-18 14 8-01 12 8-15
Pinelli 7-18 18 31216 8-01 16 31016 8-15
Trapp 7-18 14 31016 8-01 12 3716 8-15
K-9 8-01 16 8-22
Christina 8-01 11 21416 8-22
Catalina 8-15 24 8-29 22 9-19
Blair 8-29 16 3816 9-12 14 3516 10-03
Guatemalan Seedling2 9-05 15 10-03 13 12-05
Marcus 9-05 32 41216 9/19 24 4516 10-31
Brooks 1978 9-05 12 3416 9-12 10 3116 9-19 8 21416 10-10
Rue 9-12 30 4316 9-19 24 31516 10-03 18 3916 10-17
Collinson 9-12 16 31016 10-10
Hickson 9-12 12 3116 9-26 10 3016 10-10
Simpson 9-19 16 3916 10-10
Chica 9-19 12 3716 10-03 10 3416 10-17
Leona 9-26 18 31016 10-03 16 10-10
Melendez 9-26 26 31416 10-10 22 31116 10-24 18 3716 11-07
Herman 10-03 16 3916 10-17 14 3616 10-31
Pinkerton (CP) 10-03 13 3316 10-17 11 3016 10-31 9 11-14
Taylor 10-10 14 3516 10-24 12 3216 11-07
Ajax (B-7) 10-10 18 31416 10-31
Booth 3 10-10 16 3816 10-17 14 3616 10-31
Semil 34 10-17 18 31016 10-31 16 3816 11-14 14 3516 11-28
Semil 43 10-24 18 31016 11-7 16 3816 11-21 14 3516 12-05
Booth 1 11-14 16 31216 11-28 12 3616 12-12
Zio (P) 11-14 12 3116 11-28 10 21416 12-12
Gossman 11-28 11 3116 12-26
Brookslate 12-05 18 31316 12-12 16 31016 1-02 12 3516 1-30
                12-19 14 3816 1-16 10
Meya (P) 12-12 13 3216 12-26 11 3016 1-09
Reed (CP) 12-12 12 3416 12-26 10 3316 1-09 9 3016 1-23

1Avocados of the West Indian type varieties and seedlings not listed elsewhere in table I.

2Avocados of the Guatemalan type varieties and seedlings, hybrid varieties and seedlings, and unidentified seedlings not listed elsewhere in table I.

(3) Avocados which fail to meet the maturity requirements specified in this section must be maintained under the supervision of the Federal or Federal-State Inspection Service using the Positive Lot Identification program, and when presented for reinspection, must meet the maturity requirements which correspond to the date of the original inspection.

(b) The term diameter means the greatest dimension measured at a right angle to a straight line from the stem to the blossom end of the fruit.

[59 FR 30869, June 16, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 53185, Oct. 1, 1999; 71 FR 11294, Mar. 7, 2006; 73 FR 26945, May 12, 2008; 79 FR 55353, Sept. 16, 2014]


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