112 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OI. 



a ilavor approaching that of the cranberry. The plants are 

 grown from seed planted in the spring and they require a long 

 season free from frost to mature the crop. Under favorable 

 conditions they produce a very heavy, continuous crop of blos- 

 soms in the latter part of the summer and autumn. The thick, 

 juicy, dark red calyces are the only portions used, and these are 

 at their best soon after the petals fall. If the harvest is long de- 

 layed, the enlarging ovary forms too large a proportion of the 

 product and lessens its value by detracting from the acidulous 

 flavor of the jelly or preserves. 



The specimens examined were from Oneco. [Manatee Co., 

 Florida. The pod and calyx were analyzed separately. 

 Extracts from both pod and calyx were also analyzed. 125 

 grams of the pods with the enclosing calyx gave : 



Pods, 63.1 grams, 50.48 per cent. 



Calyx, 61.9 grams, 49-52 per cent. 



WEIGHTS OF NUTRIENTS AND FUEL VALUE OF ONE POUND OF 

 JAMAICA SORREL. 











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a 





































> 









T, 





- 



fa 







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Lb. 



Lb. 



Lb. 



Lb. 



Lb. 





.865 



.0-21 



.003 



.103 



.008 



Pod 



.840 



.017 



.010 



.122 



.011 



Extract from calyx 



.912 



.009 





*.072 



.0<)7 



.937 



.015 





t.012 



.007 









* Including sugars, .01.fi lb. 



Including sugars, .010 lb. 



