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The Horticulturist's Rule-Book. 



3. Miscellaneous Legal Weights Per Bushel. 



Beets: 60 lbs. in Maine, Vermont, Connecticut. Carrots: 

 50 lbs. in Maine and Vermont, 55 in Connecticut. Parsnips: 



45 lbs. in Connecticut. Sweet-Potatoes : 54 lbs. in New Jersey, 



46 in Dakota, 50 in Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, 55 in Indiana, Ken- 

 tucky, TexaSj Georgia, 56 in Michigan, Virginia, Missouri, 46 in 

 Iowa. Berries: 32 lbs. in Rhode Island. Cherries, Grapes, 

 Currants, Gooseberries, weigh 40 lbs. in Iowa. Blackberries. 

 Strawberries, Raspberries, 32 lbs. in Iowa. Peaches, 

 Quinces, 48 lbs. in Iowa. Dried Plums, 28 lbs. in Michigan. 

 Cranberries, 40 lbs. in Michigan. k ' Wild Pe aches.' ' 33 lbs. in 

 Ohio. 



4. Miscellaneous Legal Sizes. 



The heap bushel contains 2,564 cubic ins. in Connecticut and 

 Kansas; 2,150.42 ins. in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, 

 Tennessee, Missouri, Washington. 



The bushel measure must be 19X ins. in outside diameter, 

 the half -bushel 15J^ ins., the peck 123^ ins. in New York and 

 California. 



The bushel measure must be 183^ ins. in inside diameter, the 

 half -bushel 13% ins., the peck 10% ins. and the half-peck 9 ins. 

 in New Hampshire and Minnesota. 



Produce sold by dry measure must be heaped as full as the 

 measure will hold in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- 

 sota, California, Oregon and Washington. 



Heap measures must be cylindrical, with a plane bottom, in 

 New York and California. 



The half -bushel is 13 §§ ins. in interior diameter and 7 jf% ins 

 deep in Ohio. It contains 1.075J cubic ins. in Indiana. 



In New Jersey the cranberry-box, to hold a bushel, must be 

 12x8%x22 ins. in the clear. 



In Wisconsin, cranberry packages must conform to the follow- 

 ing sizes: "The legal and standard cranberry-barrel in this 

 state shall be twenty-three and three-quarter inches high, six- 

 teen and one-fourth inches in diameter at the head, and eighteen 

 inches in diameter at the bilge, inside measure. Every manu- 

 facturer of barrels for cranberries shall stamp or brand his name 

 with the letters W. S. on such barrels, to indicate that they are 

 the Wisconsin Standard in size. All sales of cranberries in 



