﻿8 CIRCULAR 205, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 1. — The iron content of vegetables and fruits 



Item 



Sample 

 No. 



Speci- 

 mens 



"Water 



Ii-on 



Litera- 

 ture 

 cited 



ADples {Malm s'jlvestris) 



f 1 

 2 



Number 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 



Per cent 



Per cent 

 0. 00034 

 .00029 

 . 00026 



1 .00043 

 .00030 

 .0003 





Total or average 





85.6 



12 

 16 













9 





. 00036 





Apricots {Pruniis armeniaca), dried 









[ 



1 

 1 

 2 





. 00601 

 . 00607 

 2 . 00918 





Total or average 



(25. 0) 



12 





4 

 1 





.00761 

 .00061 





Apricots, fresh . - 



6 







Artichokes, Globe (Cynara scolymus), -nhole head. 







{ ^ 



1 



1 

 1 





. 00134 

 . 00124 

 . 00189 







84.4 



12 





3 

 1 





. 00149 

 .00095 





Artichokes, Globe, edible portion. ... 



9 







Asparagus (Asparaam officinalis) ... 







( 10 

 11 



< 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



(93. 0) 

 93. 2 

 91.8 



. 00097 

 . 00110 

 2 . 00141 

 .00055 

 .00079 



9 



13 

 12 



Total or average 







5 





.00096 





Avocados (Persea species).- . . 









f 12 

 13 



1 

 1 

 1 





. 00057 

 . 00076 

 . 00037 





Total or average . .-- -.. . 









3 





.00057 





Bananas {Alma sapientum) 









f 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 





.00031 



.00048 



.00026 



.00037 



. 00176 



.0008 



.0005 





Total or average 



75.4 



12 

 U 

 16 



I 











7 





.00064 





Beans, common or kidney (Phaseolm vulgaris), dried... .. 

 Total or average 









|- 



1 



5 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



14.2 

 12.4 

 11.6 



3 .0082 

 .00952 

 .00692 

 .0067 

 .0072 



2 

 12 

 12 

 H 

 15 









9 





.00793 





Beans, green, string, fresh . 









f 19 

 20 

 21 



1 

 1 

 1 



4 2 



4 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 



91.3 



.00072 

 .00077 

 . 00070 

 5 .00086 

 6 . 0011 

 .0010 

 .00118 

 " . 00093 

 . 0016 



!ooii 







2 

 9 

 13 



15 



Total or average. . . .. ..^ . . 





90.8 

 91. 4 





20 





. 00098 





Beans, yellow wax . . 







/ 22 

 I 23 



1 

 1 





.00058 

 .00057 





Total or average . . 









2 





.00058 













1 Maximum, 0.00061 per cent; minimum, 0.00022 per cent. 



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

 5 Maximum, 0.0090 per cent; minimum, 0.0070 per cent. 



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



5 Maximum, 0.00091 per cent; minimum. 0.00081 per cent. 

 8 Maximum, 0.0012 per cent; minimum, 0.0010 per cent. 



7 Maximum, 0.00119 per cent; minimum, 0.0006S per cent. 



