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Adapted " Canadian " Case. 



Plate III.(c). — This is an adaptation of a case called in the United 

 States of America the " Special " or " Canadian " case, altered in mea- 

 surement to enable it to conform with the bushel standard of capacity. 

 The " Special " or " Canadian " case itseK measures 20 inches long by 

 10 inches deep by 11 inches wide=cubical content of 2,200 cubic inches, 

 or 18 inches short of the bushel. The adapted case measures 20 inches 

 long by 10 inches deep by llj inches wide=cubical content of 2,225 

 cubic inches. 



For purposes of packing apples under the diagonal numerical system 

 it is doubtful if any material benefit will accrue from the alteration in 

 size. It must be remembered that the fruit-growers of the United States 

 and Canada, in adopting the 20 inches x 11 inches x 10 inches case had in 

 view the packing of apples by number and not by the bushel. A comparison 

 of the two will be made later, when it will be shown that for all practical 

 purposes in connexion with buying and selling the numerical system 

 possesses advantages over the capacity standard. 



Plate IV.— "Gill" Cases. 



(o) Half-bushel "Gin" Case; {b) Quarter-bushel 

 bushel " Gin " Case. 



Gin" Case; (c) One- 



Half-Bushel Cases. 



Plate lll.(d) shows the half -bushel "Peacock" dump, and Plate 

 Ill.(e) the half -bushel "Flat" case. Each of these is the same length 

 as the full bushel case, but only one-half the depth, and therefore one-half 

 the capacity. 



Plate IV. (a) 

 Plate IV.(&) 

 a bushel " gin 



a 



Gin Cases. 



illustrates a one-half bushel " gin 

 one-quarter bushel " gin," and Plate 



case, 

 IV.(c) 

 The first of these measures 18 inches long 

 by llf inches wide by 5J inches deep^-=cubical content of 1,110 cubic 

 inches. The quarter-bushel gin case measures 13f inches long by 10 g 

 inches wide by 4 inches deep=cubical content of 556-|- cubic inches. 

 The bushel "gin" case measures 20 inches long by 11| inches 

 wide, by 10 inches deep. These cases are usually closed, as shown in 

 the illustration, by a lid having leather hinges, and are fastened by a 



