In the English-speaking world, 14ᵗʰ century—present, various units of capacity = ¼ bushel.
In Britain, a unit of capacity, 1824 – 1976, the
imperial peck, approximately 9.09218 liters.
In the United States, a unit of dry capacity, = 537.605 cubic inches = 8 U.S. dry
quarts (approximately 8.80977 liters).
American peck basket, current production by Texas Basket Co.
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