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The monosaccharoses mannose and galactose do not occur 

 free in plants, but are derived by hydrolysis from the starch- 

 like polysaccharoses mannan and galacian just considered. 

 The same is true of the pentose monosaccharoses arabinose 

 and xylose obtained from the pentosans. 



Sugar Content of Crops. — The sugar content of crops is 

 given in the following table : 



TABLE VIII 



Sugar Content of Crops 

 (Fresh Basis) 



1 Konig, l.c. (Table V). 



2 "Bui. 13," U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Chem. Bui. 13, part ix (1898). 



