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Unripe Bunches without fruitlet (fraction 0) Unripe Bunches with fruitlets Ripe Bunches Over Ripe Bunches Empty Bunches Dura Bunches Long Stalk Bunches Old Bunches Dirty Bunches Damage Bunches Abnormal Bunches Small Bunches

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Unripe Bunch  The Bunch which has purplish color fruits and without detached fruit let

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Unripe Bunch  The bunch which has reddish orange color fruits and has less than 10 detached fruitlets.

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Ripe Bunch  The bunch which is reddish orange with at least 10 detached fruit lets and more than 50 % of the fruit still attached to the bunch

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Over Ripe Bunch  The bunch which is darkish red with more than 50 % of detached fruitlets but at least 10% of the fruits still attached to the bunch

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Empty Bunch  The bunch which has more than 90% of its fruits have detached from it

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Dura bunch  The bunch which has the following characteristics

DURA (thick shell)

Characteristics Value Shell Thickness Shell fruit ratio

2 – 8 mm 25 - 50 %

Mesocarp fruit 20 – 60 % ratio TENERA4 – 20 % Kernel fruit (Cangkang Tipis) ratio Palm Oil Mill Back

Long Stalk Bunch  The bunch has stalk longer than 5 cm in length measured from the lowest level of the bunch stalk

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Old Bunch  The bunch which has been harvested and left at the field more than 48 hours. It is normally dry and blackish in color

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Dirty Bunch  The bunch which more than half of its surface covered with mud, sand, other dirty particles and mixed with stone or other foreign materials. Palm Oil Mill Back

Damaged Bunch  The bunch which has more than 30% of its fruits damaged by pest, such as rats etc

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Abnormal Bunch  The bunch which has more than 50% parthenocarpic fruits and has abnormal size and density.

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Small Bunch  The bunch which has small fruits and weight less than 2,3 Kg.

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