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arranged in numerical sequence and grouped according to the 

 type of the fruit. If the reader desires particulars relating to 

 the average weight of a fruit, number of seeds, etc., he will 

 find them at the end of the chapter in the table containing the 

 elements for the determination of the drying regime of fruits. 



Comparison of the Weight-Relation of the Pericarp in different 

 Types of Full-grown Fruits before Drying begins, the 

 Weight of the Entire Fruit being taken as 100. 

 (The fruit is here regarded as made up of pericarp and seeds. The only families 

 indicated are Leguminosos by L. and Palmaceje by P.) 



* The pericarp-proportion of 96 per cent, refers to the green coco-nut only when the 

 husk has attained its greatest development, whilst the albumen and shell are but partly 

 formed. If we imagined a fruit where the seed and pericarp reach their greatest develop- 

 ment together, the pericarp-proportion would be about 80 per cent. ; but nature, as 

 shown later on in this chapter, does not supply such fruits. 



