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It means to find a can of pureed tomatoes but check the back to see how many tomatoes are used.
1 pound of tomatoes is about 2 cups chopped, equivalent of 3 medium globe tomatoes or 8 small plum tomatoes.
it takes about 3 cups of tomato paste to make one pound.
Tomatoes are pretty heavy. Chopped finely and it would be about two cups. Cups is a measure of volume. Pounds is a measure of weight and mass. You can not directly convert the two.
About 1lb of tomatoes will yield 2 cups chopped tomatoes. So in your case, 1/2 lb should do it.
60 pounds of tomatoes are about 1 bushel 1 bushel is 8 dry gallons 8 dry gallons will yield about 8 liquid gallons when the tomatoes are chopped up 12 pounds of tomatoes are about 1.6 dry gallons this will yield about 25 cups of chopped tomatoes plus or minus a cup or two.
1 3/4 Cups pureed http://southernfood.about.com/library/info/blequiv.htm
2 cups of tomatoes equal about 1 pound.
1 cup is 8 oz. -So 6 lbs equals 12 cups.
that is approximately 3.4 cups
1 pound of tomatoes could yield 2 cups of juice. This would also depend on the size of the tomatoes.
That could be 60 -80 tomatoes