Standard and Legal Measures and Sizes. 121 



Society and Customary Standards, continued. 



Plum boxes, capacity 20 Ibs. Outside measurements 19^ 

 ins. in length, 12^5 ins. in width, 4^ ins. in depth. Inside 

 measurements length, 8j^ ins.; width, n^ ins.; depth, 4 

 ins. 



There are four sizes of peach and apricot boxes : 



First, capacity 22 pounds. Outside measurements 19^ 

 ins. in length, 12% ins. in width, 4% ins. in depth. Inside 

 measurements length, 18^ ins. ; width, n^ ins.; depth, 4^ 

 ins. 



Second, capacity 25 Ibs. Outside measurements 19^ ins. 

 in length, 12^ ins. in width, 5^ ins. in depth. Inside meas- 

 urements length, i8)4 ins.; width, n^ ins.; depth, 4^ ins. 



Third, capacity 27 Ibs. Outside measurements 19^ ins. 

 in length, 12% ins. in width, 5^ ins. in depth. Inside meas- 

 urements length, 18^ ins.; width, n^ ins.; depth, 5^ ins. 



Fourth, capacity 30 Ibs. Outside measurements 19^ ins. 

 in length, i2j^ ins. in width, 6% ins. in depth. Inside meas- 

 urements length, i8j^ ins.; width, 11% ins.; depth, 5% ins. 



Pear boxes, capacity 40 Ibs. Outside measurements 19% 

 ins. in length, 12^ ins. in width, 8% ins. in depth. Inside 

 measurements length, 18^ ins.; width, n^ ins.; depth, 8% 

 ins. 



Grading of Prunes. Prunes are graded by running them 

 over screens of various degrees of coarseness. The meshes 

 should be oblong, 2 ins. or more in length for all the sizes, the 

 widths varying as stated in the table below. The California 

 French prunes are usually sorted in six sizes, by using the fol- 

 lowing methods : 



Width of mesh for Width of mesh for 

 Gra 1 \ green prunes. dried prunes. 



Extras, 40 to 50 to pound i^ inch i^ inch. 



No. i, 50 to 60 ' i% " 1% 



No. 2, 60 to 70 ' ij/6 " i 



No. 3, 70 to 80 " i " 7 /& " 



No. 4, 80 to 90 " fa " 3 /i " 



No. 5, 90 to 100 " ^ " fa 



