{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-21-18-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-18-6","heading":"Standard barrel and bushel.","body":"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 (281/2\"); diameter of heads, seventeen and one-eighth inches (171/8\"); 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.","path":["Title 21 Food and Drugs","Chapter 18 Apples"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE21/21-18/21-18-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:24Z","sha256":"0ac0c9b303e4d7216b3ba565643cc7edd299d879de92aa3510ffc2664c05755f","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-21-18-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-21-18-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}