LBOT. ix ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 139 



MUSHROOM PUNNETS. Seven inches by one inch. 



SALADING- PUNNETS. Five inches by two inches. 



HALF SIEVE. Contains three and a half imperial gallons. 

 It averages twelve and a half inches in diameter and six inches 

 in depth. 



SIEVE. Contains seven imperial gallons. Diameter fifteen 

 inches, depth eight inches. A sieve of peas is equal to one 

 bushel ; a sieve of currants to twenty quarts. 



BUSHEL SIEVE. Ten and a half imperial gallons. Diameter 

 at top seventeen inches and three quarters, at bottom seventeen 

 inches ; depth eleven inches and a quarter. 



BUSHEL BASKET. Ought, when heaped, to contain an im- 

 perial bushel. Diameter at bottom ten inches, at top fourteen 

 inches and a half; depth seventeen inches. Walnuts, nuts, 

 apples, and potatoes are sold by this measure. A bushel of the 

 last-named cleansed weighs 56 lb., but four pounds additional 

 are allowed if they are not washed. A junk contains two-thirds 

 of a bushel. 



BUSHEL FLAT. Length 21 inches, width 16 inches, depth 

 10 inches, inside measure. 



POTTLE. Is a long tapering basket that holds rather over a 

 pint and a half. A pottle of strawberries should hold half a 

 gallon, but never holds more than one quart ; a pottle of mush- 

 rooms should weigh one pound. 



HAND. Applies to a bunch of radishes, which contains from 

 12 to 30, or more, according to the season. 



BUNDLE. Contains 6 to 20 heads of broccoli, celery, &c. ; 

 seakale 13 to 18 heads ; rhubarb 20 to 30 stems, according to 

 size ; and of asparagus from 100 to 125. 



BUNCH. Is applied to herbs, &c., and varies much in size, 

 according to the season. A bunch of turnips is 20 to 25 ; of 

 carrots 36 to 40 ; of greens as many as can be tied together by 

 the roots. 



Grapes are put up in 2 lb. and 4 lb. punnets ; new potatoes 

 by the London growers in 2 lb. punnets. Apples and pears are 

 put in bushels, sieves, or half sieves. A hundredweight of 

 Kentish filberts is 104lb. Weights are always 16oz. to the 

 pound. 



Iii Worcestershire fruit is measured by the POT and the KIPE. 

 Both are wicker baskets. The pot is of an oblong shape, being 

 12 inches long, 14 inches wide, and 15 inches deep. The kipc 

 is round, 1 foot wide at the bottom, 18 inches at the top, and 

 12 inches deep. 



