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Home / Home canning concepts / Home Canning Fruit / Approximate Yields for Canned Fruits

Approximate Yields for Canned Fruits

How much fruit do you need to fill a jar? Here’s a handy chart from the Georgia State Department of Agriculture that helps answer that question.

Modifications made: Added metric equivalents. For rough canning estimations, one pound (lb) was roughly assumed to be 500 g. As a very rough rule of thumb in metric, you can assume that a 1 litre jar will hold roughly 1 kg of fruit.

Approximate Yields for Canned Fruits

Raw ProductMeasure and Weight Litre / US Quart Jars Weight lbs / kg Needed for Litre / US Quart Jar
Apples1 bu. (48 lb / 24 kg)16-202½-3 (approx 1 kg)
Apples (for sauce)1 bu. (48 lb / 24 kg)15 - 182½-3½ (approx 1 kg)
Apricots1 lug (24 lb / 12 kg)9 - 122-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Berries (except strawberries and cranberries)24 qt crate (36 lb / 18 kg)12 - 181½-3 lbs / approx 1 kg / 1-2 qt. boxes
Cantaloupes1 crate (60 lb / 27 kg)1 large melon per jar
Cherries1 bu. (56 lb / 18 kg)22 - 32 (unpitted)2-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Cherries (with stems)1 lug (box) (15 lb.)6 - 7 (unpitted)2-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Cranberries1 bu. (100 lb / 50 kg)1001 lb (approx ½ kg)
Cranberries1 box (25 lb / 12 kg)251 lb (approx ½ kg)
Figs1 box (6 lb / 3 kg)2 - 32-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Grapes1 bu. (48 lb / 24 kg)10 - 124 (approx 1 ¾ kg)
Grapes Western1 lug (28 lb / 14 kg)7 - 84 (approx 1 ¾ kg)
Grapes Eastern12 qt basket (18 lb / 9 kg)3 - 44 (approx 1 ¾ kg)
Grapes Eastern4 qt. basket (6 lb / 3 kg)14 (approx 1 ¾ kg)
Grapefruit (Texas & Florida)1 bag or ½ box (40 lb / 18 kg)5 - 84 to 6 fruits per jar
Grapefruit (California)1 box (65 lb / 30 kg)8 - 134 to 6 fruits per jar
Nectarinesflat (18 lb / 8 kg)6 - 92-3 (approx 1 kg)
Peaches1 bu. (50 lb / 25 kg)19 - 252-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Pears1 bu. (50 lb / 25 kg)20 - 252-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Pears1 box (46 lb / 23 kg)19 - 232-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Pears1 crate (22 lb / 11 kg)8 - 112-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Pineapples (with tops)1 crate (70 lb / 35 kg)20 - 282-2½ (approx 1 kg / 2 fruits)
Plums1 crate (70 lb / 35 kg)28 - 352-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Plums1 bu. (56 lb / 28 / kg)24 - 302-2½ (approx 1 kg)
Rhubarb15 lbs / 7 kg7 - 112 lbs (approx 1 kg)
Strawberries24 qt. crate (36 lb / 18 kg)12-166 to 8 cups ( 48 to 64 oz / 1 ½ to 2 litres)
Tomatoes1 bu. (53 lb / 26 kg)15-202½-3½ (approx 1 kg)
Tomatoes1 crate (60 lb / 30 kg)17-232½-3½ (approx 1 kg)
Tomatoes1 lug (32 lb / 15 kg)9-122½-3½ (approx 1 kg)
Tomatoes (for juice)1 bu. (53 lb / 26 kg)12-163-3½ (approx 1.5 kg)
Tomatoes (for juice)1 crate (60 lb / 30 kg)17-203-3½ (approx 1.5 kg)
Tomatoes (for juice)1 lug (32 lb / 16 kg)8-103-3½ (approx 1.5 kg)

Source: National Center for Home Food Preservation Self-Study Course  [1] Preserving Food at Home Self Study Course. Accessed March 2015. and So Easy to Preserve, 2014 edition, page 12.

bu. = bushel

qt = US quart

lb = pound

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References
↑1 Preserving Food at Home Self Study Course. Accessed March 2015.
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