Minimum Requirements for Trade

Internal Quality

It is mandatory to subject Eustoma to a prior treatment and to supply it in water containing the prior treatment agent with the active ingredient sodium dichlorisocyanurate (code 11 on the product’s label). Dosage: 1 tablet in 3 liters, according to the legal instructions for use on the label. 

Quality and Grading Criteria

Quality and Grading Criteria

The following criteria also apply:

• The lot must be free of roots;
• The bottom 5 cm of the stems must be stripped of leaves (defoliated).

Overview 1 in the general regulations for Cut Flowers applies here.

Eustoma should be sorted according to:

• Length, and the minimal length should be specified; and supplementary to the general regulations for Cut Flowers, the stems should be equal at the bottom of the bunch. Length is graded according to overwiew 1;

• Maturity, in conformance with the maturity serie;

• Number of flower buds, and the minimal number should be specified.

Overview 1 sorting by length

Grading codes overview

S20 = Minimum stem length

S22 = Minimum number of flower buds of cut flowers

S05 = Maturity stage

L11 = Number of stems per bunchA lot of Cut flowers may be designated ‘mixed’ if at least 2 clearly distinguishable colors/shapes per bunch or per packaged unit are present. One color or shape can form no more than 50% of the number of cutflowers in the lot (for ‘2 mixed a ratio of 50/50 applies). The mix ratio between reciprocal the bunches and the packaging units in each lot should be uniform.

Packing Requirements

Eustoma should:

• be supplied in bunches of 10 stems;

• be packaged in an adequately perforated sleeve (P40).

If container Fc588 is used, it is advised to supply a minimum of 4 bunches (40 stems) per container.