SIZES OF FRUIT PACKAGES 



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Table of commercial box packs 



Fruit packages in Canada (Fruit Marks Act). 



The minimum legal limit of apple barrel is a barrel having a dimen- 

 sion of not less than 26 1. inches between the heads, inside measure, 

 and a head diameter of 17 inches, and a middle diameter of 18| inches, 

 representing as nearly as possible 96 quarts. 



When apples are packed in Canada for export, for sale by the 

 box, they shall be packed in good strong boxes, of seasoned wood, the 

 inside dimensions of which shall not be less than 10 inches in depth, 

 11 inches in width, and 20 inches in length, representing as nearly 

 as possible 2200 cubic inches. 



The Inspection and Sale Act, dealing with fruit baskets (May, 1907), 

 reads as follows : 



" 2. Every basket of fruit offered for sale in Canada, unless stamped 

 on the side plainly in black letters at least three-quarters of an inch 

 deep and wide, with the word ' Quart ' in full, preceded with the mini- 

 mum number of quarts, omitting fractions, which the basket will hold 

 when level-full, shall contain, when level-full, one or other of the fol- 

 lowing quantities : 



" (a) Fifteen quarts or more. 



