STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 539 



eleven and one-half inches by twenty-four inches, the slats are 

 twenty-six inches long, but the thickness of the ends and center- 

 pieces is two inches, making the inside length twenty-four inches. 

 No. 2 Jumbo orange box, eleven and one-half inches by twelve 

 and one-half inches by twentj'-four inches. 



The California box for lemons shown in the tariff is ten 

 and one-half inches by fourteen inches by twenty-five inches. 

 Recently the lemon shippers adopted a new-sized box which packs 

 lemons to better advantage, and this new box will be used as 

 soon as the accumulation of old stock is exhausted, and the 

 tariffs will be changed to show its dimensions, which are ten 

 and three-eighths inches by thirteen and one-half inches by 

 twenty-five inches inside. Old box, 3675 cubic inches ; new box, 

 3501 9/16 cubic inches. 



Florida orange box, twelve by twelve by twenty-four and one- 

 half inches inside. Half box, five and five-eighths by twelve by 

 twenty-four and one-half inches. 



Apple boxes (W. A. Taylor).— The following table shows 

 legal weight to the bushel of apples and legal sizes of the apple 

 boxes and barrels; also the usual standard (not legal) size of 

 apple boxes and the heaped-bushel expressed in cubic inches in 

 such states as have expressed the capacity of the heaped bushel 

 in that form. 



All these boxes when actually used are subject to considerable 

 variation in capacity, resulting from the use or non-use of cleats 

 under the covers. 



Apple Legislation 

 Box and barrel sizes and ^veights per bushel. 



rOI'XDS PER BU. 



KARREL SIZE 



Arkansas 



Connecticut 

 Florida . . . . 



Iowa 



Kansas . . . . 

 Maine 



Maryland . . . . 

 Massachusetts 

 Michigan 



Apples, green, 50 



Apples 4S 



Apples, green, 4S 



Apples 4S 



Apples, green, 48 

 Apples 44 



Apples 4S 



Apples 4S 



20" X 12" X 9" 

 ( lawful bushel 

 measure) . 



20" X 11" X 10" 

 = 2,250 cu. in. 

 (stand, bu. box) 



2,212 cu. in 



2,160 cu. in. 



Heads, IGV-" 

 Stave, 281/2" 

 Bulge, 64" 



Equals 3 bu. 

 6,253% cu. in. 



Heads, 16i^" 

 Stave, 27", or 

 Flour barrel size. 



