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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Agriculture Code § 91.045: PEACH PACKS.

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  1. AGRICULTURE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
  3. SUBTITLE C. GRADING, PACKING, AND INSPECTING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
  4. CHAPTER 91. GENERAL GRADES AND PACKS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. PEACH GRADES AND PACKS

(a) The standard peach packs for a six-basket crate are:

(1) 72's, which are packed by placing 1 and 2 alternately in 4 rows, 2 layers high, 6 to the layer on end, blossom end up;

(2) 96's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 4 rows, 2 layers high, 8 to the layer on end, blossom end up;

(3) 138's, which are packed by placing 2 and 1 alternately in 5 rows, 3 layers high, 8 and 7 alternately to the layer, flat;

(4) 162's, which are packed by placing 2 and 1 alternately in 6 rows, 3 layers high, 9 to the layer, flat;

(5) 180's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 5 rows, 3 layers high, 10 to the layer, flat;

(6) 216's, which are packed by placing 2 and 2 alternately in 6 rows, 3 layers high, 12 to the layer, flat;

(7) 270's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 5 rows, 3 layers high, 15 to the layer, flat; and

(8) 324's, which are packed by placing 3 and 3 alternately in 6 rows, 3 layers high, 18 to the layer, flat.

(b) Layers in a package shall be tightly filled. The top layer shall extend approximately one inch above the rim or edge of the bushel basket, crate basket, or box.

(c) As nearly as possible, peaches in a package must be uniformly ripe.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1223, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.

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