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



Item 



Sample 

 No. 



Speci- 

 mens 



Water 



Iron 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 







Number 

 1 



Per cent 

 82.5 



Per cent 

 0. 00101 



12 



Radishes (Raphanus sativus) 





f 195 

 196 

 < 197 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 





. 00048 

 . 00068 

 . 00048 

 .00136 

 .0006 





Total or average _ 



94.4 



12 

 15 















. 00083 





Raisins (Viiis vinijera), seeded _ 











1 

 1 



(20. 0) 



2. 00778 

 .0036 



12 

 U 



Total or average. . 



1 







2 





. 00569 





Raisins, seedless. 









f 198 

 199 

 I 200 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





.00281 

 . 00240 

 . 00279 

 2. 00485 

 .0021 





Total or average 



(20. 0) 



12 

 15 









5 





. 00299 





Raspberries (Rubus species) 









1 201 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



(83. 4) 

 (83. 4) 

 84.1 



. 00116 

 2. 00061 

 2. 00065 

 ' . 00099 



9 



12 



Total or average . 



I 





5 





. 00088 





Rhubarb {Rheum rhaponticum) 









f 202 

 203 

 204 

 205 

 206 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00066 

 . 00034 

 .00036 

 .00041 









Total or average. 





. 00031 

 . 00086 

 .0010 







12 

 16 













7 





. 00056 





Rutabagas (Brassica campestris) . 









( 207 

 1 208 



1 



i 

 1 

 1 





.00026 

 . 00029 

 . 00028 

 2. 00061 









Total or average 





90.7 

 (89. 1) 



13 

 12 





4 





. 00036 













f 209 

 210 

 211 

 212 

 213 

 214 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



4 4 



1 

 3 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00230 

 . 00205 

 .00258 

 . 00304 

 .00289 

 . 00254 



32. 00262 

 2. 00169 



33. 0026 

 2. 00180 



3^. 00272 

 . 00245 

 2. 00266 

 2. 00274 

























91.2 

 (92. 7) 



(92. 7) 



92.9 

 (92. 7) 

 (92. 7) 





Total or average 





1 



2 

 3 

 7 



13 

 12 



u 





23 





. 00255 













... 



oQuash {Cucurbita Tnaxvma,), winter 





1 



90. 4 



. 00055 





Squash, summer (Cucurbita pepo) 









■ 215 

 216 

 217 

 218 

 219 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00021 

 .00043 

 .00031 

 .00039 

 .00039 













Total or average... 

















5 





.00035 













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

 < Unpublished data of Olive Sheets, Mississippi Agricultujal Experiment Station. 



32 Maximum, 0.00300 per cent; minimum, 0.00242 per cent. 



33 Maximum, 0.0029 per cent; minimum, 0.0025 per cent. 

 3^ Maximum, 0.00309 per cent; minimum, 0.00243 per cent. 



