§ 21-18-6 - Standard barrel and bushel. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 21-18-6

   § 21-18-6  Standard barrel and bushel.– The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions whenmeasured without distention of its parts: length of stave, twenty-eight andone-half inches (28 1/2"); diameter of heads, seventeen and one-eighth inches (17 1/8"); distance between heads, twenty-six inches (26");circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches (64"), outside measurements; and thethickness of staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch ( 4/10"); providedthat any barrel of a different form having a capacity of seven thousandfifty-six cubic inches (7,056 cu. in.) shall be a standard barrel. The standardbushel box or standard bushel basket for apples shall be a container having acapacity of not less than one United States standard bushel or two thousand onehundred fifty and forty-two one-hundredths cubic inches (2,150.42 cu. in.).Containers for apples other than the standard barrel or bushel shall be markedin terms of cubical capacity or count.