Quoting%20commentary for Sukkah 3:2

הֲדַס הַגָּזוּל וְהַיָּבֵשׁ, פָּסוּל. שֶׁל אֲשֵׁרָה וְשֶׁל עִיר הַנִּדַּחַת, פָּסוּל. נִקְטַם רֹאשׁוֹ, נִפְרְצוּ עָלָיו אוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ עֲנָבָיו מְרֻבּוֹת מֵעָלָיו, פָּסוּל. וְאִם מִעֲטָן, כָּשֵׁר. וְאֵין מְמַעֲטִין בְּיוֹם טוֹב:

A stolen or dried out hadas is pasul. (A hadas) from an asheirah or from a city gone astray (after idolatry) is pasul. If its head were severed, or if its leaves were broken, or if its grapes were more than its leaves, it is pasul. And if he diminished them, it is kasher. But they may not be diminished on the festival. [("If its head were severed, etc.":) The halachah is not in accordance with the anonymous Mishnah, but according to R. Tarfon, who says below (3:4) that even if all three were severed, it is kasher. ("its grapes":) It has a fruit similar to grapes. ("If its grapes were more than its leaves, etc.":) This is so only with black or red grapes; but if they were green, they are one with the hadas, and it is kasher. ("But they may not be diminished, etc.":) For this is "amending" (which is forbidden on a festival)].

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