The United States or Winchester bushel was originally defined as the volume of a cylindrical container 18½ inches in diameter and 8 inches deep (2150.420171… cu in); it is now defined as 2150.42 cubic inches exactly. It is divided into eight dry gallons, which are different from the liquid gallons with which most Americans are more familiar. Nor are they the same as the Imperial gallon. There are four pecks in a bushel.[1]
Bushels are now most often used as units of mass rather than of volume. The bushels in which grains are bought and sold on commodity markets or at local grain elevators, and for reports of grain production, are all units of mass. This is done by assigning a standard weight to each commodity that is to be measured in bushels. These bushels depend on the commodities being measured
I also learned that an authentic bushel of peaches weighs 48 lbs. I think I ended up with a half bushel after reading that. When I used to can peaches, and get an authentic bushel, I used to get between 8-12 quart jars of canned peaches from a bushel. The difference was based upon how big they were. Hope that helps.
Wow! Tracy, thanks for the lesson on what a bushel is. Martissa, I think I used to plan on about 14 quarts from a bushel of peaches. But, like Tracy said, it does depend some on how large the peaches are.
Jan, I think you were closer to the truth. After thinking about all those quart jars, I think that it was more like 12-15 or even 16 sometime again depending on size. This has been fun to talk about and reminisce about.
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The United States or Winchester bushel was originally defined as the volume of a cylindrical container 18½ inches in diameter and 8 inches deep (2150.420171… cu in); it is now defined as 2150.42 cubic inches exactly. It is divided into eight dry gallons, which are different from the liquid gallons with which most Americans are more familiar. Nor are they the same as the Imperial gallon. There are four pecks in a bushel.[1]
Bushels are now most often used as units of mass rather than of volume. The bushels in which grains are bought and sold on commodity markets or at local grain elevators, and for reports of grain production, are all units of mass. This is done by assigning a standard weight to each commodity that is to be measured in bushels. These bushels depend on the commodities being measured
I also learned that an authentic bushel of peaches weighs 48 lbs. I think I ended up with a half bushel after reading that. When I used to can peaches, and get an authentic bushel, I used to get between 8-12 quart jars of canned peaches from a bushel. The difference was based upon how big they were. Hope that helps.
Wow! Tracy, thanks for the lesson on what a bushel is. Martissa, I think I used to plan on about 14 quarts from a bushel of peaches. But, like Tracy said, it does depend some on how large the peaches are.
Jan, I think you were closer to the truth. After thinking about all those quart jars, I think that it was more like 12-15 or even 16 sometime again depending on size. This has been fun to talk about and reminisce about.
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