Where can I find out how many pecks are in a bushel of apples?”
Bushels, Pecks, and Other Gardening Weights and Measures Now that harvest time is here, gardeners and home canners are gathering up crates and bushel baskets of fresh produce to freeze or can for the months ahead. It is during harvest time that one hears questions about the weight of a bushel, how many pints are in a flat of berries, or how much apple jelly can be made from a peck of quince apples. How much is a bushel? A bushel as a measurement can be a little tricky to understand because it measures the volume of your produce instead measuring it by the pound. In dry measurements, a bushel equals 8 gallons or 32 quarts of a commodity. The bushel was originally used as measurement for grain but over the centuries, eventually came to be the standard for measuring produce of all types. However, because a bushel measured the volume and not weight, buyers quickly discovered that a bushel basket of apples far outweighed a bushel of beet greens or snap peas, but weighed considerably less th
