This table is meant to help buyers make the conversion between common retail weights and pounds. This information was gathered from the University of Georgia's publication Weights and Processed Yields of Fruits and Vegetables in Retail Containers.
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PRODUCT |
RETAIL VOLUME | NET WEIGHT (LBS) |
| Apples | bushel (bu) | 42 to 48 |
| 1/2 bushel bag | 24 | |
| peck | 10 to 14 | |
| Blackberries | gallon | 5 to 6 |
| quart | 1.25 to 1.5 | |
| Blueberries | gallon | 6 to 8 |
| quart | 1.5 to 2 | |
| Peaches | bushel | 48 to 52 |
| 1/2 bushel bag | 24 | |
| peck | 12 to 14 | |
| Pears | bushel | 48 to 50 |
| peck | 12 to 14 | |
| Strawberries | quart | 1.25 to 1.5 |
| 4-qt basket | 6 | |
| 8-qt basket | 12 to 15 | |
| Beans, Snap | bushel | 28 to 30 |
| peck | 8 | |
| Beets | bushel | 52 |
| Cabbage | carton | 53 |
| Carrots | bushel, topped | 50 |
| Collards | bunch | 3 plants per bunch |
| Corn, Sweet | bushel | 35 |
| wirebound crates | 42 to 50 | |
| 5-dozen bags | 60 ears | |
| Cucumbers | bushel | 48 to 50 |
| peck | 12 to 13 | |
| Eggplant | bushel | 33 to 35 |
| Greens | bushel | 18 to 20, often sold in 1 to 1.5 lb. bunches |
| Kale | bushel | 18, often sold in 1 to 1.5 lb. bunches |
| Okra | 12 qt. basket | 15 to 18 |
| Peppers (Green, Hot) | bushel | 25 to 30, 80 to 85/bu large; 110/bu small |
| Pumpkins | each | 5 to 15, sold by count |
| Radishes | carton of 30 | 12, also sold in bunches 1/2 to 3/4 lb |
| Squash, Summer | bushel | 40 to 44 |
| Squash, Winter | small each | 1 to 4 |
| intermediate each | 6 to 12 | |
| large each | 15 to 40 | |
| Sweet potatoes | bushel | 50 |
| peck | 12 to 13 | |
| Tomatoes | bushel | 53 |
| paperboard box | 25 |