﻿IRON CONTENT OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 15 



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



Item 



Sample 

 No. 



Speci- 

 mens 



^yater 



Iron 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 



Peas, fresh... 



r 172 

 173 

 1 



Number 

 1 

 1 



i 2 

 4 

 3 

 1 



Per cent 

 76. 5 



Per cent 

 0. 00173 

 . 00173 

 2^ . 00176 

 29 . 0027 

 . 00177 

 .0017 





Total or average 



1 .. ... 







75. 2 



2 



12 

 15 









12 





. 00207 





Total or average. . . . . . . 









j 174 



1 

 1 



1 







94. 



. 00038 

 . 00041 

 .0004 



12 

 16 









3 

 1 

 1 





. 00040 

 . 00060 

 . 00027 





Peppers, red. . ....... 





91. 7 



12 



Persimmons, Japanese (Diospyros kaki) .... 



175 



Pineapples (Ananas sativus) 







f 176 

 177 

 < 178 



( 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00033 

 .00036 

 . 00033 

 .00032 

 .0005 





Total or average 



92. 



12 

 15 









5 





.00037 





Plums (Prunus species).. 









( 179 

 180 

 181 

 182 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 1 





. 00023 

 . 00075 

 . 00027 

 .00037 

 .0006 

 . 00077 

 .0005 













Total or average 





12 

 15 





84.9 









9 





. 00056 





Pomegranates {Punka granatum) 











1 

 1 



73. 5 



.00117 

 .0004 



12 

 15 



Total or average . 









2 





. 00078 





Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), mature 









r 183 



184 

 185 

 186 

 187 



188 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 2 





. 00062 

 . 00062 

 , 00075 

 . 00055 

 . 00060 

 . 00071 

 30. 0011 

 2. 00117 

 . 00085 

 . 00123 





















Total or average 



(77. 8) 

 78.2 



2 

 4 

 12 



n 





14 





. 00091 





Potatoes, new 









1 189 

 \ 190 

 [ 191 



1 

 1 

 1 





. 00048 

 . 00043 

 . 00043 









Total or average 













3 





.00045 













Prunes (Prunus domestica). 



192 

 193 

 194 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 I 



1 





. 00144 

 .00128 

 . 00154 

 2. 00694 

 . 0029 

 ." 0030 













Total or average 





(25.0) 



12 

 15 





6 





. 00285 





Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) 











31 1 



1 

 1 



81.1 

 91.7 



. 00089 

 .00110 

 i2(. 0008) 



12 

 12 

 15 



Total or average.. 







3 





. 00093 





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



* Unpublished data of Olive Sheets, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. 



12 Parentheses indicate data based in part upon assumptions. 



2^ Maximum, 0.00186 per cent; minimum, 0.00166 per cent. 



29 Maximum, 0.0030 per cent; minimum, 0.0024 per cent. 



3° Maximum, 0.0014 per cent; minimum, 0.0009 per cent. 



31 Also called Queen squash. 



