Peck
Volume
That is
9.092 l
1 peck (imperial)
The other way round: 1 m³ is 109.9846 pecks.
- Period: 1826 to the 20th century
- Region: the UK
- Goods: grain, potatoes, apples
What the unit was used for
The peck is a quarter bushel, the retail end of the dry measures.
It was the size a household bought grain, potatoes or apples in, small enough to carry and large enough to keep.
Like the bushel it was reckoned in Winchester measure before 1826 and in imperial gallons afterwards.
Most British readers meet it only in the tongue-twister about Peter Piper and his pickled peppers.
In the system
1 peck = 2 gallons = ¼ bushel