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TB IN ID AD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XVIIL 



COMPOSITION OF TRINIDAD AVOCADOS. 



By H. S. Shrewsbury, F.I.C, F.C.S., 



Acting Governineiit Analyst. 



The following is a report on Avocados grown in Trinidad, received 

 from the Acting Director of Agriculture : 



The fruits were gathered somewhat green and allowed to ripen until 

 lit for the table. At this stage they were analysed. 



The table below shows the number of fruits in each sample, with 

 individual weights of whole fruit, skin, seed and pulp and percentage 

 proportions of the bulked parts of tlie fruits. 



For comparison with table showing analysis of pulp, the samples are 

 arranged in the same order, viz., in descending magnitude of fal percentage. 

 COMPOSITION OF FRUIT. 



ANALYSIS OF PULP. 

 The pulps from all the fruits in each sample were 

 analysed, when the following data were obtained : — 



Composition of Pulp. 



bv^lked and 



