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Definition of Bushel basket
1. Noun. A basket large enough to hold a bushel.
Definition of Bushel basket
1. Noun. A basket that is the right size to hold a bushel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushel Basket
Literary usage of Bushel basket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"bushel basket with cover. berries. Square baskets, a little larger at the top
than a' ... Another Michigan package is a rather heavy, round bushel basket, ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1862)
"The committee attended to their duty faithfully, providing themselves with a
bushel basket, (not sealed, but holding sixty pounds of potatoes when even full ..."
3. The Market Assistant: Containing a Brief Description of Every Article of by Thomas Farrington De Voe (1867)
"Large quantities of apples, pears, peaches, potatoes, etc., are sold by the
basket, and often represented as a bushel basket. This bushel basket is a mere ..."
4. Observations on the Expediency and Practicability of Simplifying and by Charles William Pasley (1834)
"bushel, (he average sized Billingsgate bushel basket of soles is only about three
fourths of that quantity, the Billingsgate bushel of sprats or of oysters ..."
5. Studies in the Marketing of Farm Products by Louis Dwight Harvell Weld (1915)
"Rhubarb, bushel basket, containing 35 to 40 Ibs.; or sometimes sold by the bunch.
Salsify, one bunch. Spinach, one bushel. Squash, one dozen, or less. ..."
6. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"In the markets of St. Paul and Minneapolis the most common package for the display
of vegetables is the bushel basket, and this is probably one of the ..."
7. The Express Service and Rates by William Henry Chandler, La Salle Extension University (1914)
"6-bushel basket ~.., 50 pounds. 5-bushel basket _»._„•.......... 40 pounds. ...
6-bushel basket -, 45 pounds. 5-bu*hel basket - 40 pounds. ..."
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