CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 (parts 51 to 75) > PART 51—FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER PRODUCTS 1,2 (INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS) > SUBPART —United States Standards for Grades of Bermuda-Granex-Grano Type Onions (§51.3195 to §51.3212) > 51.3198—Size classifications.

51.3198—Size classifications.

Size shall be specified in connection with the grade in terms of minimum diameter, range in diameter, minimum diameter with a percentage of a certain size or larger, or in accordance with one of the size classifications listed below: Provided, that unless otherwise specified, onions shall not be less than 1 1/2 inches in diameter, with 60 percent or more 2 inches or larger in diameter.
Size designation Minimum diameter Maximum diameter
Inches Millimeters Inches Millimeters
Small 1 25.4 21/4 57.2
Repacker/Prepacker 1 13/4 44.5 3 76.2
Medium 2 50.8 31/4 82.6
Large or Jumbo 3 76.2 (2)
Colossal 33/4 95.3 (2)
1 In addition to the sizes specified, a lot of onions designated as Repacker or Prepacker shall contain at least 60 percent or more 2 inches or larger in diameter.
2 No requirement.