NUTS AS FOOD. 

 COMPOSITION OF THE PEUAN. 



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Pecans, polished : 



Edible portion 



As^purchased 



Pecans, unpolished : 



Edible portion" 



As^purchased 



6174 

 6174 



6173 

 6173 



53.2 

 46.3 



3.0 

 1.4 



2.7 

 1.5 



11.0 

 5.2 



9.6 

 5.1 



71.2 

 33.3 



70.5 

 37.9 



13.3 

 6.2 



15.3 



8.2 



1.5 



.7 



1.9 

 1.0 



3,633 

 1,700 



3,566 

 1,915 



English Walnut. (Jiiglans regia). 

 In the United States the walnut has been successfully culti- 

 vated in the Central and Southern Atlantic States, in California, 

 and Oregon. In California the culture is especially successful, 

 the product for 1898 being estimated at eight million pounds. 



COMPOSITION OF THE WALNUT. 



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California soft shell, J. regis 

 analyses a. 



Edible portion 



A s purchased 



California bijou, ,J. regia a. 



Edible portion 



A s purchased 



Italian, J. regia. 

 Edible portion 

 As purcliased.. 



Juglaiis regia, 4 analyses b. 

 Edible portion ... 



California native black, J. Cali- 

 fornia a. 



Edible portion 



A s purchased 



California grown American black, 

 J. nigra a. 

 Edible portion 



6212 

 6212 



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73.1 



2.5 

 1.0 



16.6 

 7.0 



63.4 

 26.6 



16.1 



6.7 



2.5 



.7 



18.4 

 4.9 



64.4 

 17.3 



13.0 

 3.5 



4.0 

 1.7 



16.9 

 7.1 



68.0 



28.7 



9.0 

 3.8 



7.2 



15.8 



57.4 



17.6 



2.5 



.6 



24.9 

 6.4 



54.7 

 14.2 



16.1 

 4.2 



2.5 



30.3 



57.8 



7.4 



3,53S 

 1,493 



«. Calif. Expt. Station, Bulletin 113, p. 12. 

 4. Koenig. Nahr. u. Genusniittel, II, p. 500. 



