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Miscellaneous Legal Sizes, continued. 



packages less than a barrel should be by the bushel or quart, 

 struck or level dry measure. A standard bushel crate for cran- 

 berries shall be twenty-two inches long, twelve and one-fourth 

 inches wide by seven andx)nc-half inches deep, inside measure." 



In Michigan the quantity known as a box or a basket of peaches 

 shall contain 716* cubic ins. or )i of a, bushel, strict measure. 



In New York a barrel of apples, quinces, pears or potatoes 

 shall contain 100 quarts of grain or dry measure, except that 

 potatoes, when sold by weight, shall be 173 lbs. to the barrel. 



In New York the measure for fruit shaU be the half -bushel, 

 which shall be made cylindrical, the diameter outside to outside 

 15X ins. The standard half-bushel has l.OToxVo cubic ins. 



Michigan Standard Measure. — The half -bushel or parts there- 

 of shall be the standard measure for fruits customarily sold 

 by heaped measure; and, in measuring said commodities, the 

 half-bushel or other small measure shall be heaped as high as 

 may be, without special effort or design. 



Michigan Standard Barrel. — A barrel of fruit, roots or 

 vegetables is the quantity contained in a barrel made from 

 staves 27 ins. in length, and each head W}4 ins. in diameter, or 

 ordinarj^ flour-barrel size. 



The standard weight of apples is 48 lbs. to the bushel. 



In Tennessee a barrel of apples contains 2}4 bushels. A liquid 

 barrel contains 43 gals. 



In Wisconsin a barrel of apples shall contain 100 quarts dry 

 measui'e. 



The avoirdupois pound bears to the troy pound the relation of 

 7,000 to 5,700 in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 

 Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee and California. 



5. Society and Customary Standards. 



The standard orange-box adopted by the Florida Fruit Ex- 

 change measures 13x13x37 inches, with partition in the middle. 

 The Exchange issues the following instructions : 



We recommend the following classifications for oranges: 

 Fancy, Choice Bright, Bright Russet, Choice Russet, Russet. 



Oranges classed as Fancy should be extra-bright, with very 

 smooth, thin skin. Rough, thick-skinned fruit, being ever so 

 bright, should never be classed as Fancy. 



