Citrus Fruits of grading

DEFINITION OF PRODUCE

• This standard applies to the following varieties (cultivars) of fruit, classified as “citrus fruit”, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, citrus fruit for industrial processing being excluded:
  
  •  lemons grown from the species Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.
  • Persian limes grown from the species Citrus latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka, a largefruited acid lime known also as Bearss or Tahiti and hybrids thereof
  •  Mexican limes grown from the species Citrus aurantiifolia (Christ.) Swingle, also known as key limes and sour limes and hybrids thereof
  •  Indian sweet limes, Palestine sweet limes grown from the species Citrus limettioides  Tanaka
  • mandarins (Citrus reticulata Blanco), including satsumas (Citrus unshiu Marcow.), clementines (Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka), common mandarins(Citrus deliciosa Ten.) and tangerines (Citrus tangerina hort. ex Tanaka) grown from these species and hybrids thereof
  •  oranges grown from the species Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
  •  grapefruit grown from the species Citrus paradisi Macfad. and hybrids thereof
  • pummelos or Shaddock grown from the species Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. and hybrids thereof