﻿IRON CONTENT OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 11 



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



Item 



oa-ii-iiJic 



No. 



mens 



Water 



Iron 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 





1 72 



Number 



Per cent 



Per cent 

 0. 00024 

 . 00029 

 .00051 

 .0008 





T'ntnl nr n vpTflPfi _ _ 





81. 7 



12 

 15 









* 12 





. 00047 

 16. 00254 





Cowpeas {Vigna sinensis), fresh seec 

 Cowpeas, mature, dried.. 



s 





69.3 

 12.4 









.00787 







Cranberries (Oxycoccos macrocarpus) .-- 



f 73 



74 



1 75 



76 



j 





.00052 

 .00039 

 .00017 

 .00050 

 .0006 





















15 



— , . — 





— . — . 



.00044 





Cucumbers {Cucumis sativus) - 



77 

 78 

 79 



{ 80 

 81 







I 





.00022 

 .00028 

 .00043 

 . 00041 

 .00040 

 .00035 

 .0002 























96.8 



12 

 16 













. 00033 





Currants, dried 













(20. 0) 



2. 00547 

 12 (.0025) 



12 

 15 



• Total or average . - - 









2 





. 00399 





Currants, fresh {Ribes species).. 









1 



2 

 1 



86.8 



.00070 

 .0005 



12 

 15 



Total or average 



I 







3 







. 00063 





Dandelion greens {Leontodon taraxacum) 









f 82 

 1 83 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00203 

 .00234 

 2. 00203 

 . 00604 

 .0027 









(85. 8) 

 88.3 



9 

 12 

 15 



Total or average _ 













5 







. 00303 







Dates (Phoenix dadvliferd). dried 









84 

 85 

 86 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00394 

 .00302 

 .00399 

 ,0018 

 2. 00559 

 .0030 













Total or averasfi 







(20. 0) 







4 



12 

 15 





6 





.00356 







Dock or sorrel (iZtt wear species) ... . 











1 

 * 1 





.00125 

 .00156 





Total or average 





88.8 







2 





. 00141 





Eggplant (Solanum melongena) . 









[ 88 

 89 

 90 

 91 

 92 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





.00074 

 .00045 

 .00039 

 . 00031 

 .00029 

 . 00061 

 .0005 

















Total or averacfi 











92. 5 

 93.0 



12 

 16 





7 





.00047 





Endive, ciirlv ( Cichnriii.m p.ndimn^ 











/ 93 

 I 94 



1 

 1 





. 00084 

 .00162 





Total or average ...... . . 









2 





.00123 













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 * Unpublished data of Olive Sheets, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station.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

 " Maximum, 0.00348 per cent; minimum, 0.00144 per cent. 



1' Original reports did not indicate whether samples were Ribes or Vitis species; presumably seedless 

 raisins. 



