Standard and Leg^al Measures and Sizes. 



Society and Customary Standards, continued. 



Miscellaneous.— Prunes are graded by running them over 

 screens of various degrees of coarseness. The meshes should bo 

 oblong, 2 ins. or more in length for all the sizes, the widths vary- 

 ing as stated in the table below. The California EYench prunes 

 are usually sorted in six sizes, by using the following methods : 



Width of mesh for 

 green prunes. 



\% inch . 

 W " • 



1 " . 



Width of mesh for 



dried prunes 

 . . . .\% inch. 

 .... IK 

 . . . . 1 



^ 7/ 



Watermelons are usually sorted into three grades. Of the 

 largest size, about 6 melons are placed in a barrel. Of medium 

 size, about 8 (4 melons in each of two layers), and of the smallest 

 size, 10 to 12. A truck-load of melons comprises about 200 fair- 

 sized fruits. A car-load numbers from 1,000 to 1,500. 



Cocoanuts are packed for shipment in bags which hold 100. 



" Ekimis '' branded upon boxes of Smyrna figs means A No. 1, 

 or Superior Selected. " Eleme '' means Selected, the second grade. 



6. Covent Garden (London) Measures. 



Sea-kale Punnets. — 8 ins. diameter at the top, 1% ins. at the 

 bottom, and 2 ins. deep. 



Radish Punnets. — 8 ins. diameter and 1 inch deep, if to hold 

 G hands ; or 9 ins. by 1 in. for 12 hands. 



Mushroom. — 7 ins. by 1 in. 



Salad Punnets.— 5 ins. by 1 in. 



Sieve. — Contains 7 imperial gals. Diameter, 15 ins. ; depth, 8 

 ins. A sieve of peas is equal to 1 bu. A sieve of currants, 12 qts. 



Half-Sieve. — Contains ?>}4 imperial gals. It averages 12)^ ins. 

 in diameter and 6 ins. in depth. 



Bushel Sieve. — 10)^ imperial gals. Diameter at top, 11^ ins. ; 

 at bottom, 17 ins. ; depth, W% ins. 



Bushel Basket ought, when heaped, to contain an imperial 

 bu.shel. Diameter at bottom 10 ins,, at top 14)-^ ins. ; depth, 17 ins. 



