U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY. 



BULLETIN No. 13. 



FOODS 



AND 



FOOD ADULTERANTS 



INVESTIGATIONS MADE UNDEK DIRECTION OF 



H. W. WILEY, 



CHIKF OF THK CHEMICAL DIVISION. 



PART EIGHTH. 



CANNED VEGETABLES. 



BY 



K. P. McELROY, Second Assistant Chemist, 



WITH THE COLLABORATION OF W. D. BIGELOW. 



PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1893. 



