How many medium sized apples are in a bushel?

Question

How many medium sized apples are in a bushel?

Answer 1

About 100.

When we buy apples for a restaurant they come in 4/5 bushel boxes with an average count per box on the side.  So a box that has an 80-90 count means there are 80-90 apples per box which is about what medium sized ones are.

Answer 2

It would really depend on how much the apples weigh. Generally bushels relate to weight of an item, not the size of a "bushel basket".

bushel baskets are just an easier way for farm stands to sort produce but when it comes time to calculating cost/value it is alwasy based on weight. A bushel of apples weighs 42 lb.

IE: a bushel of large apples will weigh the same as a bushel of small apples.

The only way to know for sure is to find out the industry standard for size/weight of medium apples. There is a standard weight for egg sizes, I assume apples are similar.

Answer 3

Let's do the math on this

A medium sized apple would be what is called a 100 sized apple.

A standard apple box :

Will hold 40 lbs of product

Have a volume of 4/5 bushel

Since you can put 100 apples into that standard box your answer is 125 apples