Size code
Orange size 10, and the four smallest codes
Size 10 opens the tight cluster at the bottom of the scale. Its floor is exactly where size 13 stops, so the four smallest codes together cover a stretch barely half as wide as the four largest. Four numbers, very little room between them, and nothing in our catalogue reaches any of the four.
The figures
| Size code | 10 |
|---|---|
| Diameter range | 60–68 mm |
| Varieties we pack in this size | None of ours is packed mainly in this size |
| Span of sizes 10 to 13 together | 53–68 mm |
| Span of sizes 0 to 3 together | 81–110 mm |
What it changes on an order
You are building a size ladder for a retailer
Four rungs packed into a short stretch of diameter give you a ladder with almost no daylight between its steps. Deciding how many of them you stock is cheaper before the listing is written than after.
You are converting a count specification
A count translates into diameter differently at each end of the scale, and down here a small change in diameter moves the count a long way. Do the conversion with the packer, not with a spreadsheet.
You are sourcing outside our catalogue
Nothing we grade reaches these codes, and saying so is worth more to you than a number we cannot fill. Tell us what the size is meant to do and we will say whether anything of ours does it.
What this note does not settle
- This page explains the geometry of the scale. It claims no supply at these codes, because we have none.
- Counts per box at any code are still to be confirmed with the packer and are not published here.
- Where a buyer's own size ladder sits is a commercial decision, and no marketing standard makes it for them.
Four codes in a very short stretch
The scale is not evenly spaced. At the top, four codes spread themselves across a broad reach of diameter. At the bottom, four codes crowd into a fraction of it. This one opens the crowded end, and its floor falls exactly where the smallest code stops.
A size ladder built from all four gives you rungs with almost nothing between them. Buying houses working down here settle on two of the four, and choosing which two before the listing is written beats renegotiating it afterwards.
Counts behave differently down here
A specification written as a count translates into diameter at a different rate along the scale. Small changes in diameter move the count a long way at this end, which is how a box that measures correctly still arrives holding the wrong number of fruit.
Do the conversion with the packing house rather than in a spreadsheet, because the box, the lay and the packing method all enter into it. Ours are still to be confirmed, and until they are we will not publish a figure that would look authoritative and be a guess.
Talk to the grower
Tell us the variety, the sizes and the delivery week you need. You get a delivered price and what we can commit to in writing, from the person who picks the fruit.
The grower handles enquiries. Response times are still to be confirmed.