THE DIETETIC VALUE OF FRUIT. 



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Table Xo. 2 shows the financial side of the question. The small 

 boy with a burning nickle in his pocket, or any one with an un- 

 satisfied appetite for nuts will find this table of great value. If we 

 throw aside individual taste and consider the question from a 

 strictly economic basis, we find that the peanut is the cheapest nut 

 in the whole list. Coming next are black walnuts and hickory nuts. 



Compare the peanut with the pecan. The small pecan sells for 

 one-third more per pound, but the actual value received is over 

 fifty per cent in favor of the peanut. One of the most expensive 

 nuts is the almond at twenty cents a pound. Compared with the 

 English walnut which usually sells at the same price it is one-third 

 more expensive. 



The prices mentioned in the table are current market quotations: 



Kind of Nut 



Large Black Walnut 

 Small Black Walnut. 



English Walnut 



Butternut 



Large Hickory 



Shell-hark Hickory. . 

 Spanish Chestnut . . . 

 American Chestnut . . 



Filbert 



Large Pecan 



Small Pecan 



Brazil Nut 



Almond 



Peanut 



