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Massachusetts Berry Basket Law: 



Baskets shall be of the capacity of one quart, one pint, or 

 one-half pint, Massachusetts standard dry measure. 

 New Jersey Peach Basket Law: 



Peach baskets shall hold sixteen quarts, Winchester Vz bu. 



measure. 

 Height of basket shall be 12 1,^ inches. 

 Width across top of basket shall be 13 V^ inches. 

 Inside measurement shall contain 1075.1 cubic inches. 

 Missouri Apple Barrel Law: 



Length of apple barrel shall be 28 1/^ inches. 

 Chimes shall be % of an inch at the ends. 

 Diameter of heads shall be 17 1^ inches. 

 Diameter of the center of the barrel, inside, shall be 20^4 

 inches. 

 Canadian Fruit Package Law: 



Apples packed in Canada for export shall be packed in bar- 

 rels. 

 Distance between the heads, inside measurement, shall be 



26 1^ inches. 

 Head diameter shall be 17 inches. 

 Middle diameter of barrel shall be Vi\'z inches. 

 Canadian Fruit Baskets shall contain, when level full 

 a — Fifteen quarts or more. 



b — Eleven quarts and be 5% inches deep, inside measure- 

 ment. 

 c — Six and two-thirds quarts and be 4% in. deep, inside 



measurement, 

 d— Two and two-fifths quarts. 

 Michigan Peach Basket Law: 



Peach basket shall contain 716 4-5 cubic inches or 1-3 bu. 

 Michigan Standard Barrel Law: 



Barrel staves shall be 27 inches long. 

 Heads shall be l^Vz ins. in diameter. 

 Maine Barrel Law: 



A barrel of potatoes shall weigh 165 pounds. 

 Tennessee Apple Barrel Law: 



Apple barrels shall contain 2iA bushels. 



