DISSIMILAR VARIETIES
     Any lot sold by variety can have no more than 5% by weight of another variety

CHIPPED & SCRATCHED
     Fancy:  chips and scratches which together are greater than a 1/8 inch diameter circle
     All other grades: chips and scratches which together are greater than a 14 inch diameter circle

FOREIGN MATERIAL
     Pieces of shell, hulls, etc. greater than 1/8 inch

PARTICLES AND DUST
     Almond pieces and other foreign material smaller than 1/8 inch

WHOLE KERNELS
     Less than 1/8 of the nut is chipped off or missing

SPLIT AND BROKEN
     Less than 7/8 of whole kernals, but larger than 1/8 inch

SERIOUS DAMAGE
     Decay, rancidity, insect injury, mold

DAMAGE
     (a)  chipped and scratched as defined above
     (b)  mold which can easily be rubbed off (except white or gray molds)
     (c) gum covering more than 1/8 of the surface
     (d) shriveled nuts which are less than 3/4 filled
     (e) brown spots which togethe cover more than 1/8 of the nut

OTHER DAMAGE
     (b), (c), (d), and (e) as defined above

UNDERSIZE
     Almond pieces smaller than 20/64 inch

1.70 RULE FOR SIZE UNIFORMITY
     10% largest nuts by count equal 1.70 x 10% smallest nuts by count