﻿10 CIRCUI^R 205, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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



Item 



Sample 

 No. 



Speci- 



Water 



Iron 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 





\ 



Number 



1 

 1 



Per cent 

 90.6 

 (92.4) 



^92 4") 



Per cent 

 "0. 00079 

 2. 00289 

 2. 00129 





i 



4- 

 

 



Total or average _ 









6 





.00122 





Cabbage, red . 



f 50 



1 

 1 



2 





. 00104 

 . 00104 





Total or average 











. 00104 





Carrots {Dav/MS carota) 



52 

 53 

 54 

 55 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00045 

 . 00060 

 .00047 

 .00046 

 2. 00101 

 . 00082 

 .00107 

 .0003 

 .0006 

















(88. 2) 



g 



IS 

 12 

 16 

 15 



Total or average - 







90. 1 















9 





. 00064 





Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis).. 









( 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





.00113 

 . 00094 

 . 00081 

 .00104 

 . 00064 

 .00143 

 .0006 



















87.6 

 91.4 



IS 

 12 

 16 













7 

 1 

 1 





.00094 

 . 00278 

 .00060 





CeleTiae leaves {Celeri graveolens) . . 



60 

 61 













Celery stalks 







( 62 

 j 63 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





. 00059 

 .00051 

 . 00077 

 .0005 











Total or average 



1 



94. 



IS 



15 









4 





.00062 





Celery cabbage . - 









f 







1 

 1 





.00068 

 . 00057 



IS 

 lis 



Total or average 



I 



94. 3 





2 





.00062 





Chard (Beta vulgaris) . . 









64 



1 

 1 

 1 





. 00275 

 . 00402 

 12 (. 0025) 





91. 5 



IS 

 16 



Total or average 



1 



[ 









3 





. 00309 





Cherries, red (Pruniw species) 









f 65 

 1 66 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





.00034 

 .00054 

 . 0003 

 . 00046 

 . 0004 











A 

 IS 



15 





I 



88. 













5 





.00041 













f 



1 

 1 

 1 





. 0004 

 .0014 

 .00051 



4 



g 

 IS 







Total or average --. 



\"--"- 



81. 9 







3 





.00077 





Chicory (Cichorium intybus) 









\ 67 

 68 



[ 69 



1 

 1 

 1 





.00074 

 . 00039 

 .00034 







Total or average. 













3 

 1 



4 6 





.00049 

 .00252 

 00166 





Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) . 



70 







CoUards (Brassica oleracea acephala)... . __ 



87.4 











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

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

 '1 Maximum, 0.00090 per cent; minimum, 0.00059 per cent. 



12 Parentheses indicate data based in part upon assumptions. 



13 Often erroneously called "endive" or French endive. 



1* Maximum, 0.00203 per cent; minimum, 0.00132 per cent. 



