148 HORTICULTURIST'S RULE-BOOK. 



BUSHEL SIEVE 10^ imperial gallons. Diameter at top, llf 

 inches ; at bottom, 17 inches ; depth, 11^ inches, 



BUSHEL BASKET ought, when heaped, to contain an imperial 

 bushel. Diameter at bottom, 10 inches ; at top, 14 inches ; 

 depth, 17 inches. Walnuts, nuts, apples, and potatoes are sold 

 by this measure. A bushel of the last named, cleansed, weighs 

 56 pounds, but 4 pounds additional are allowed if they are not 

 washed. 



A JUNK contains f of a bushel. 



POTTLE. A long tapering basket that holds rather over a 

 pint and a half. A pottle of strawberries should hold \ a gallon, 

 but never holds more than 1 quart.. A pottle of mushrooms 

 should weigh 1 pound. 



HAND applies to a bunch of radishes, which contains 12 to 30 

 or more, according to the season. 



BUNDLE contains from 6 to 12 or 20 heads of broccoli, celery, 

 etc. ; sea-kale, 12 to 18 heads ; rhubarb, 20 to 30 stems, according 

 to size ; asparagus from 100 to 150. 



GRAPES are put up in 2-pound and 4-pound punnets ; new 

 potatoes by the London growers in 2-pound punnets. Apples 

 and pears are put up in bushel sieves or half-sieves. A hundred- 

 weight of Kentish filberts is 104 pounds. Weights are always 

 16 ounces to the pound. 



BUNCH. Radishes, 12 to 24 ; carrots, 12 and upwards ; tur- 

 nips, 12 and upwards ; leeks, 6 and upwards. 



A ROLL of celery contains 6, 8, to 12 heads or roots. 



A SCORE of lettuce or endive is 22. 



A TALLY is 5 dozen. 



37. What constitutes Wholesale Quantities. 



The wholesale fruit-dealers of Washington, D.C., have 

 adopted the following rules to govern the least quantities of 

 fruits to be sold at wholesale rates : 



BANANAS. Not less than 1 bunch. 



APPLES. Not less than 1 barrel or box as received ; no 

 packages to be broken. 



PINEAPPLES. Not less than 26. 



