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



Item 



Sample 

 No. 



Water 



Iron 



Onions, young, bulb. 



Total or average- 

 Onion tops, green 



Oranges {Citrus sinensis), pulp. 



Total or average 



Orange juice 



Total or average. 



Parsley (Petroselinum. hortense). 



Total or average, omitting last item.. 

 Total or average, including last item. 



Parsnips (Pastinaca sativa). 



Total or average 



Peaches (Amygdalus persica), dried. 

 Total or average... 



Peaches, fresh. 



Total or average. 



Pears (Pyrus communis'). 



Total or average 



Peas (Pisum sativum), dried. 

 Total or average 



150 

 151 



Number 

 1 

 1 

 4 2 



Per cent 



152 

 153 

 154 

 155 



156 

 157 

 158 

 159 

 160 



161 

 162 

 163 



164 



165 

 166 

 167 



Per cent 

 0. 00035 

 .00044 

 21. 00055 



92.6 



. 00047 

 25 . 00105 



87.2 

 87.0 



. 00073 

 . 00059 

 .00038 

 . 00043 

 . 00019 

 .00066 



.00052 



.00028 

 .0002 



00024 



87.4 

 87.6 



00338 

 00304 

 00249 

 00540 

 00412 

 00185 

 , 01921 



00316 

 00673 



75.6 

 82.7 



. 00046 

 . 00078 

 .00060 

 .00112 

 .00107 

 .0006 



.00077 



(25. 0) 



.00588 

 2 . 00726 



.00657 



87.2 



. 00055 

 .00030 

 .00016 

 . 00036 

 .0003 



.00033 



(82. 7) 

 83.9 



.00015 

 . 00036 

 .00023 

 . 00039 

 2 . 00035 

 . 00046 



00032 



10.1 



.0060 

 .0056 

 27 . 0056 



.0057 



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

 ^ Unpublished data of Olive Sheets, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 2^ Maximum, 0.00072 per cent; minimum, 0.00037 pei cent. 



25 Maximum, 0.00114 per cent; minimum, 0.00096 per cent. 



26 Maximum, 0.00196 per cent; minimum, 0.00175 per cent 



27 Maximum, 0.0064 per cent; minimum, 0.0048 per cent. 



