Rhode Island General Laws Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21-18-6. Standard barrel and bushel

The standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions when measured without distention of its parts:  length of stave, twenty-eight and one-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 the thickness of staves not greater than four-tenths of an inch ( 4/10 ″);  provided that any barrel of a different form having a capacity of seven thousand fifty-six cubic inches (7,056 cu. in.) shall be a standard barrel.  The standard bushel box or standard bushel basket for apples shall be a container having a capacity of not less than one United States standard bushel or two thousand one hundred 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 marked in terms of cubical capacity or count.