﻿IRON CONTENT OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 17 



Table 1. — The iron content of vegetables and fruits — Continued 



Item 



Sample 

 No. 



Speci- 

 mens 



Water 



Iron 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 



Strawberries (Fragaria species) .-. 



r 220 

 221 

 222 

 223 



Number 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 



fer cent 



Per cent 

 0. 00061 

 . 00069 

 .00043 

 . 00049 

 2 . 00089 

 . 00066 

 .0008 



















(90. 0) 

 90.3 



3 

 12 

 15 













9 





. 00068 





Sweetpotatoes {Ipomoea batatas) 









r 224 

 225 

 226 



1 

 1 

 1 



4 5 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 





. 00047 

 . 00074 

 . 00056 

 35 . 00083 

 . 00171 

 . 00092 

 .0005 

 .0005 













69. 5 





Total or average. 





72. 1 



13 

 12 

 U 

 18 















13 

 1 





. 00077 

 . 00061 





T&n^GriiiGs (^dtTus Tiobilis^ pulp 





86. 



12 



Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) 





f 227 

 228 

 229 

 230 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00039 



.00048 



.00051 



.00031 



. 00060 



.0004 



. 0004 

















Total or average 



94.2 

 95. 



12 

 U 

 15 













7 





. 00044 





Turnips (Brassica rapa), root 









231 

 232 



1 



^ 5 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00035 

 . 00040 

 S6 . 00052 

 . 00070 

 .0006 

 .0005 









92. 8 

 91. 5 

 92.0 





Tot3,l or 3-VGr3,§6 





12 

 H 

 15 











10 





.00052 













Turnip tops 



i 



^6 

 5 



89. 5 



3" . 00414 

 3S . 00269 





Total or average . _ . . . . 











11 





. 00348 





Vegetable-oyster or salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) 









/ 233 



1 

 1 





.00196 







I 



76. 5 



. 00124 



12 





2 





. 00160 





Water cress (Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum) 









234 



235 

 236 

 237 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00124 

 . 00274 

 .00271 

 . 00200 

 .00721 

 .0019 













Total or average. 



92.5 



12 

 15 











6 

 1 





. 00297 

 .00023 





WQ,\,QrTCL?i\on {Citrullis vulgaris) . . 





92. 7 



12 







2 Calculated to average moisture content, indicated by figures in parentheses in preceding column. 



^ Unpublished data of Olive Sheets, Mississippi Agi-icultural Experiment Station. 

 35 Maximum, 0. 00100 per cent; minimum, 0. 00068 per cent. 

 3» Maximum, 0.00060 per cent; minimum, 0.00043 per cent. 

 3' Maximum, 0.00724 per cent; minimum, 0.00235 per cent. 

 3s Maximum, 0.00287 per cent; minimum, 0.00255 per cent. 



