Of one variety or similar varietal characteristics
| Grading Guide: Cabbage | sizes | packs | |
| Illustrated Criteria for USDA US No. 1 Cabbage | |
A USDA US No. 1 Cabbage is:
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Of one variety or similar varietal characteristics |
Reasonable Solidity | Not withered, puffy, or burst |
A USDA US No. 1 Cabbage is free from:
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| Soft Rot | Seedstems | |
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| Discoloration | Disease | Insects Damage |
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| Mechanical or other means of damage | Freezing | |
A USDA US No. 1 Cabbage has:
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| Stems do not extend more than one-half inch beyond attachment of outermost leaves |
Classification of defects.
| Factor | Definition | |
| Similar Varietal Characteristics | Cabbage shall have the same general characteristics | |
| Reasonable Solidity | Fairly firm for pointed type cabbage and southern Domestic cabbage. Northern Domestic type cabbage and Danish or Hollander type cabbage shall be firm. Applied to Savoy cabbage means not soft or puffy. | |
| Puffy | Heads are very light in weight in comparison to size, or have excessive air spaces in the central portion. Normally feel firm at harvest time, but often soften quickly. May be called baloon heads in certain sections. | |
| Seedstems | Heads which have seed stalks showing or in which the formation of seed stalks has plainly begun. | |
| Damage | Any injury or defect which materially affects appearance, or the edible or shipping quality. Worm injury on the outer head leaves or wrapper leaves which materially affects the appearance of the head or worm holes which extend deeply into the compact portion of the head shall be considered as damage. | |
| Well Trimmed | The head shall not have more than four wrapper leaves. | |
| Fairly Well Trimmed | The head shall not have mor than seven wrapper leaves. | |
| Wrapper Leaves | Leaves which do not enfold the head fiarly tightly more than two-thirds the distance from teh base to the top. | |
| Reasonably Firm | The head is not soft and is of reasonable weight for its size but may have considerable open spaces between the leaves in the lower portion of the head. | |
| Serious Damage | Any injury or defect which seriously affects the appearance or the edible or shipping quality. Cabbage affected by soft rot or which is seriously puffy, badly burst or seriously injured by seedstems, discoloration, freezing, disease, insects mechanical or other means shall be considered seriously damaged. Worm injury on the outer head leaves or wrapper leaves which seriously affects the appearance of the heads, or worm holes which seriously affect the compact portion of the head shall be regarded as serious dmage. | |