---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 51.1864"
title: "7"
number: "51.1864"
heading: "Similar varietal characteristics."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/51.1864"
---

# §51.1864. Similar varietal characteristics.


Similar varietal characteristics means that the tomatoes are alike as to firmness of flesh and shade of color (for example, soft-fleshed, early maturing varieties are not mixed with firm-fleshed, midseason or late varieties, or bright red varieties mixed with varieties having a purplish tinge).


## Notes

### Source

Source: 38 FR 23932, Sept. 5, 1973, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.