ANALYSES OF WAX BEANS. 



1109 



Little green beans. 



Little green beans Calculated to dry substance. 



WAX BEANS. 



One sample marked " wax beans" was examined. 



DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLE. 



No. 10943. Wax beans. Baker <$ Brown, Aberdeen, Md. This sample was bought from 

 Charles I. Kellogg, 602 Ninth street NW., cost 15 cents, and was labeled : 

 "Wax beans. Packed by Baker & Brown, Aberdeen, Harford Co., Md." 



The can was clean and bright and the contents fresh. Salicylic acid 

 was present and also zinc to the amount of 2.4 mg per can. Lead was 

 also present. There was no copper. 



Wax beans Weights. 



Wax beans. 



Wax beans Calculated to dry substance. 



LIMA BEANS. 



Fifteen samples of Lima beans were examined. Preservatives were 

 found in ten cases. A little zinc was present in one sample and a little 

 copper in another. 



