THE NEW EARTH 



AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF COMMON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTS 

 continued 



* Fruits contain a certain proportion of inedible materials, as skin, seeds, 

 etc., which are properly classed as refuse. In some fruits, as oranges and 

 prunes, the amount rejected in eating is practically the same as refuse. In 

 others, as apples and pears, more or less of the edible material is ordinarily 

 rejected with the skin and seedg and other inedible portions. The edible 

 material which is thus thrown away, and should properly be classed with the 

 waste, is here classed with the refuse. 



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