540 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



Apple Legislation — Continued 



POUNDS PER BU. 



BARREL SIZE 



Minnesota 

 Missouri . 



Nebraska . . 

 New Jersey 

 New York .. 



Oregon " standard box 



Oregon "special box". 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 

 Wisconsin .. 



Apples, green, 50 

 Apples 48 



Apples, green, 48 



Apples 50 



Apples 48 



Apples 



Apples, green, 50 



Apples 50 



Apples 46 



Apples 45 



Apples, green, 45 

 Apples 48 



18" X llVi" X 



lOVs" 



20" X 11" X 10" 



18" X IIV2" X 

 101^". 



Heads, IT^^" 

 Stave, 28V2" 

 Diameter center 

 inside, 201/2' 



Heads, ITVs" 

 Stave, 281/2" 

 Bulge, 66" 



2,1731^ cu. in. 

 2,200 cu. in. 

 2% bushels. 



Heads, 17i/s' 

 Stave, 271/2" 

 Bulge, 64" 



100 quarts. 



Other Apple Box Sizes 



California (40 pound) . 

 California (50 pound) . 



Canadian ( legal ) 



Colorado 



Washington " special " . 

 Northwestern " special " 



203/4" X 10%" X 9%" 

 20%" X llVi" X 10%" 

 20" X 11" X 10" 

 18" X 11" X 12" 

 20" X 11" X 10" 

 20" X 12" X 10" 



1,965 cubic inches 

 2,393 cubic inches 

 2,200 cubic inches 

 2,376 cubic inches 

 2,200 cubic inches 

 2,400 cubic inches 



Legal Heaped Bushel Capacities (Apples) 



Connecticut (heaped bushel) 

 Kansas ( heaped bushel ) . . . . 

 Washington (heaped bushel) 



2,564 cubic inches 

 2,564 cubic inches 

 2,564 cubic inches 



BOX PACKING OF APPLES IN WASHINGTON AND 

 OREGON (C. S. Wilson) 



Boxes. — (a) Standard, ten and one-half inches by eleven and 

 one-half inches by eighteen inches inside meas- 

 urement. 

 (h) Special, ten inches by eleven inches by twenty 

 inches inside measurement. 



