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SEC. 16. The standard of measure for buying and selling
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries,
cranberries, whortle berries, cherries, plums, peanuts, kernels
of other nuts, chinquapins, chestnuts, Brussels sprouts and
all other berries, small fruits and vegetables shall be by dry
measure.

SEC. 17. The standard quart berry box or basket shall
measure not less than five and one-quarter inches across the
top, four and two hundred and sixteen thousandths across the
bottom and three inches deep, all to be inside measurement.

SEC. 18B. The standard box of apples shall be of the follow-
ing dimensions: ten and one-half inches by eleven and one-half
inches by eighteen inches, all inside measurements.

SEC. 18. The standard double-headed barrel of apples,
pears or quinces shall be of the following dimensions: Head
diameter, seventeen and one-eighth inches; bulge, twenty and
one-third inches, both inside measurements; length of stave,
twenty-eight and one-half inches.

SEC. 19. The standard barrel of Irish potatoes, sweet pota-
toes, turnips, green peas, beans, cabbage, beets, parsnips,
carrots, kale, spinach, brocoli, onions and all other truck or
vegetables, shall be of not less than the following dimensions:
Diameter at the top, seventeen inches; diameter at the bulge,
eighteen and one-half inches, both inside measurments; length
of stave, twenty-seven and one-half inches.

SEC. 20. All standard barrels, baskets, boxes or packages
used within this State, with the exception of strawberry and
other small berry, quart, pint or half-pint basket or boxes
shall have plainly branded or marked thereon the name and
address of its maker, and the words "Maryland Standard
Measure."

SEC. 21. Whoever brands or marks on any barrel, basket,
box, or package or whoever offers for sale a produce or com-
modities in a barrel, basket, box or package of a capacity less
than is stamped thereon, except as provided in Section 21 of
this Article, relating to short packages, shall for each barrel,
basket, box or package be fined and pay the sum of two dollars,
together with all costs of prosecution, one-half to go to the
informer and the other half to the public school fund of the
county or city.

SEC. 22. All produce offered for sale within this State in
any barrel, basket, box or package of less capacity than the
Maryland standard barrel, basket, box or package multiples
thereof divisible by two, must have plainly marked or stamped
thereon, in three conspicuous and different places on each
barrel, basket, box or package the following words, in letters
one inch high, "Short Measure."