14 CIRCULAR 50, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Composition of fresh fruits — Continued 







As 

 pur- 

 chased 



Edible portion 





Ref- 

 use 



Wa- 

 ter 



Pro- 

 tein 

 (NX 

 6.25) 



Fat 



Ash 



Carbohydrates 



Acid as 



malic CM), 



as citric 



(C) 



Fuel value 





Total 

 by 

 differ- 

 ence, 

 in- 

 clud- 

 ing 

 fiber 



Fiber 



Sugars 

 as in- 

 vert 



Per 

 100 



grams 



Per 



pound 



Oranges, Man- 

 darin type 57 



(Citrus nobilis). 



Av... 

 A. P. 



No.'" 



Av... 

 P.E.. 



Max. 

 Min. 



No.- 



P.ct. 



Binds 



and 



seeds 



29 



P.ct. 



» 87. 3 

 62.0 



P.ct. 



0.8 



.6 



P.ct. 



0.3 



.2 



P.ct. 



0.66 



.5 



P.ct. 



iag 



7.7 



P.ct. 



1.0 



.7 



P.ct. 



8.7 

 6.2 



P.ct. 

 »0.93 C 



Cats. 

 49.5 

 35 



Calf. 

 225 

 160 



8S 



n 



es 



SS 



SI 





1 



S3 



62 













Oranges, Man- 

 darin type, 

 Juice." 







89.2 



.9 



91.2 



87.8 



.9 



.3 



.4 



9.2 





7.8 



.5 



8.8 



6.0 



.83 C 

 .08 

 1.1 

 .6 



43.1 



195 







.6 

 .3 









































4 



1 



1 



S 







14 



14 







Oranges, Se- 



Av... 

 P. E. 

 Max. 

 Min. 

 A. P. 



No... 



Av... 

 P. E. 



Max, 

 Min. 

 A. P.. 



Rinds 



and 



seeds 



41 



....... 



41 



87.0 



.2 

 87.4 

 86.8 

 51.3 



.8 



.2 



.6 



11.4 





6.0 



2.61 C 



50.6 



230 





i.6 



.6 

 .5 



.2 



.1 



.1 









6.5 



4.9 

 3.5 



2.61 

 2.61 

 1.5 







tium). 













.4 



6.7 





30 



135 





g 



4 



S 



S 



/ 







S 



S 







Papayas (Ca- 



Binds 



and 



seeds 



6132 



9.7 



60 



16 



88.7 

 1.7 

 94.0 

 83.5 

 60.3 



.6 



.1 

 1.1 

 .4 

 .4 



.1 



.1 

 .3 



.0 

 . 1 



.62 

 .10 

 .94 

 .37 

 • 4 



10.0 

 ""6.1 



.9 

 .2 



2.0 

 .6 

 .6 



9.0 



1.6 

 15.2 

 5.9 

 6.1 



.14 C 



.03 

 .25 

 .08 

 .1 



43.3 



195 

















30 



135 





No... 



Av... 



P. E. 

 Max. 

 Min. 

 A. P. 



No... 



Av... 

 P.E.es 









15 



18 



18 



is 



18 , 



14 



14 



14 







Papaws, native 



Binds 

 and 



seeds 

 6J25 

 1.5 



30 



23 



76.6 



6.2 



.9 



.5 



16.8 









96.1 



435 











loba). 













































57.4 



3.9 



.7 



.4 



12.6 









72 



325 





10 



1 



1 



1 



/ 















Peaches (Amyg- 

 dalus persica) : 

 All 



Pits 

 and 

 skins 



63 12 



2.0 



86.9 



1.2 

 90.0 

 81.9 

 76.5 



.5 

 .2 

 1.0 

 .2 

 .4 



.03 

 .1 

 .0 

 .1 



.47 

 .06 

 .63 

 .32 

 .4 



12.0 







"16." 6 



«.6 

 .1 



.6 

 .4 

 .5 



8.78 



.87 



13.07 



5.76 



7.7 



M.64M 

 .11 



1.5 

 .35 

 .6 



50.9 



230 





Max.", 19 

 Min." a 















A. P_ 



No... 





45 



205 





15 



164 



SI 



4 



81 | 



9 



157 



165 















1 Calculated in part from dried fruit. 



57 Including analyses of Mandarin, King, and Satsuma oranges and tangerines. 



M Water in 5 individual samples, av. 85.5 per cent; max. 90.2 per cent; min. SO. per cent; P. E. 2.3 per cent. 



J » Satsuma oranges, 42 samples, reported individually, acid as citric, av. 0.96 per cent; max. 1.2S per cent; 

 min. 0.66 per cent; and P. E. 0.11 per cent. 



30 Most of these figures not reported individually, 19 analyses reported onl y as averages. Rinds, 8 samples, 

 iv. 23.6 per cent; max. 26.0 per cent; min. 22.4 per cent; P. E. 0.8 per cent. Seeds, one sample, 4. 1 per cent. 



91 Per cent of rind extremely variable. Seeds, 2 samples, av. 8.0 per cent. 



• 3 Skins, 10 samples, av. 7.3 per cent. Seeds, 10 samples, av. 17.9 per cent. 



" Pits, 19 samples, av. 7 8 per cent. Skins, 13 samples, av. 5.1 per cent. 



** Malic and citric acids present in almost equal proportion. 



« Approximate values, only 146 analyses for water, 25 each for protein and ash, 7 for fiber, and 159 for 

 acid were reported individually. 



