﻿IRON CONTENT OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 9 



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



Itein 



Sample 

 No. 



Speci- 



\ V ater 



Iron 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 





f 



Number 

 1 



Per cent 

 12.3 



Per cent 

 0. 01166 



12 



Beans, Lima (Fhaseolus lunatus macrocarpus), dried 





1 



7. 8f 



.0072 



U 









[ 



1 





.0070 



15 











Total or average... . 





3 





. 00862 

















■ 



1 





. 00166 





TBeans Lima fresii 





1 





. 00163 







^ 3 

 1 



67.2 



8 . 00301 

 .0020 











{ 



15 













Total or average 





6 





. 00240 

















f 26 



1 





. 00046 







27 



1 





. 00048 







28 



1 





. O0OC2 







29 



1 





. 00060 







1 



82.3 



. 00236 



12 







1 



.0006 



15 











Total or average _. 





6 





. 00085 

















f 30 

 \ 



1 





. 00263 





Beet tops 



1 



87.9 



. 00322 



13 

 12 





1 



1 



90.3 



. 00355 









Total or average 





3 





. 00313 

















{ 



1 





. 00114 





Blacliberries {Rubus species) 



1 



84. 1 



. 00100 



12 





1 



1 



.0006 



15 











Total or average - . 





3 





. 00091 



















1 



(83.4) 

 (83.4) 

 81. 3 



2 . 00094 





Blueberries {Vaccinium species) 



|::::::: 



1 



2 . 00106 



9 







1 



. 000-11 



12 









Total or average 





3 





. OOOSO 



















f 32 



33 



1 





. 00143 







1 





.00110 





Broccoli, sprouting {BTCLSsica oleracea botrytis) 



34 



1 





. 00093 







35 

 3G 



I 37 



1 

 1 

 1 







. 00223 

 .00114 

 . 00172 























Total or average 





G 





. 00142 





Broccoli leaves .. — . . 



f 38 



1 





. 00295 





I 39 







. 00182 







1 







Total or average 





2 





. 00238 







f 40 



1 





. 00074 







41 



1 





. 00102 





Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera) 



j 42 



1 





. 00077 







1 



87.4 



. 00223 



12 





[ 



1 



. 0011 



15 











Total or average 





5 





. 00117 







43 



1 





. 00042 







44 



1 





. 00047 







45 



1 





. 00043 







46 



1 





. 00042 







47 



1 





. 00059 







48 

 49 



1 

 1 





. 00038 

 . 00061 















4 4 



90.6 



9. 00047 









1 



(92. 4) 

 93.1 



2. 00043 



9 







1 



. 00078 



13 







20 



92.6 



10. 00034 



12 







1 



91.9 



.0009 



14 



15 







1 



.0011 

















35 





. 00043 





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

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

 s Maximum, 0.00318 per cent; minimum, 0.002S8 per cent. 



9 Maximum, 0.00057 per cent; minimum, 0.00033 per cent. 



10 Maximum, 0.00059 per cent; minimum, 0.00017 per cent. 



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