NUTS AS FOOD. 



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Brazil Nut. (Bertholletia excelsa). 



As its name indicates, this nut is a native of Brazil, whence 

 large quantities are exported. In 1897 our imports were valued 

 at $234,972. The nut has not been successfully grown in the 

 United States. 



COMPOSITION OF THE BRAZIL NUT. 















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Edible portion 



6167 





5.3 



17.0 



66.8 



7.0 



3.9 



3,32» 



As purchased 



6167 



49.6 



2.7 



8.6 



33.6 



3.5 



2.0 



1,678 



Filbert. (Coryhts). 



The European hazels or filberts which supply our markets are 

 crosses and varieties of two species, C. avellana and C. tuhulosa. 

 The filbert is only sparingly grown in the United States. Otir 

 native hazels are smaller than the European nuts, though some 

 varieties have been noted which are well worthy of cultivation. 



The filbert finds its chief use as a dessert nut. In some Eu-ro- 

 pean countries where it is produced in large quantities it is 

 ground to a fiour and used for bread. Along the Black Sea 

 shore of Asiatic Turkey the culture of the filbert has attained 

 great importance, the production about Trebizond in 1896 being 

 estimated at 38,518,771 pounds. 



COMPOSITION OF THE FILBERT. 















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Edible portion 



6170 





3 7 



15.6 



65.3 



13.0 



2.4 



3,432 



As purchased 



6170 



52.1 



1.8 



7.5 



31.3 



6.2 



1.1 



1,644 



Edible portion a 







7.1 



17.4 



62. 6 



10.4 



2.5 











a. Koenig : Nahr. u. Genusmittel, II, p. 500. The average of two analyses. 



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