Standard and Legal Measures and Sizes. 1 19 



Society and Customary Standards, continued. 



In the upper right hand corner stencil the letters according 

 to the following schedule : 



All sizes under 128, mark A. 



Sizes 128 to 138, mark B. 



Sizes 146 to 160, mark C. 



Sizes 176 to 200, mark D. 



All sizes over 200, mark E. 



The Georgia Horticultural Society adopts the one-third 

 bushel oblong crate for peaches and similar fruits. The di- 

 mensions of this crate are about 8x12^x22 inches. 



CALIFORNIA. SIZES IN COMMON USE FOR LOCAL MARKETS. 

 (Wickson.} 



APPLE AND PEAR. Top, bottom and sides of % in. and 

 ends of ^ in. stuff. The length is 22 ins. ; ends 10 by 12 ins. 

 This is called a 50 Ib. box, but it contains less weight. 



CHERRY. 15^ ins. in length ; ends 8^ by 3^. 



FIG. The two-layer fig box is 20 ins. long; ends 2 by 3^ 

 ins., and holds about 20 Ibs. The single layer is the same 

 length and width, but 2 ins. deep and holds about 12 Ibs, 



GRAPES. The same as that used for plums in distant ship- 

 ment, except that the depth is usually 5 ins. and the contents 

 about 25 Ibs. of fruit. Grapes are also shipped in 4-lb. splint 

 baskets, of which 4 go in a half crate or 8 in a whole crate. 



MELONS. Cantaloupe crates 38 ins. long, 16 ins. wide and 15 

 deep. Watermelons come in bulk in cars or in large cases of 

 all descriptions. 



ORANGES. Flat boxes 22 ins. long, ends 7% by 17^ ins. 

 It is divided in two parts by a central partition. The prevail- 

 ing orange box at present is about 26^ ins. long, ends n^ 

 ins. square, with a central partition. 



SMALL FRUITS. Chests or crates which contain 10, 15 or 

 20 drawers. The drawers are 15% ins. long, ends 8# by i% 

 ins. The sizes have been constantly decreasing. The old 



