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Avocados. — Samples Nos. 12 and 14 represented fruits with flesh 

 of yellow color; sample No. 13, a fruit green in color throughout. 

 The skins and seeds were removed before sampling. 



Bananas. — Samples Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, represented fully 

 ripe, peeled products. The fruit was purchased in February, April, 

 and November. 



Beans. — Samples Nos. 19 to 21, inclusive, were green, fleshy pods 

 of the improved stringless variety, with very small seeds. The ends 

 and strings, if any, were removed before sampling. Samples Nos. 19 

 and 20 were purchased in April and sample No. 21 in November. 

 Samples Nos. 22 and 23 represented yellow, succulent pods. They 

 were purchased at two periods in May. In samples Nos. 24 and 25 

 the beans were removed from cleaned pods, and were weighed and 

 analyzed without further handling. 



Beets. — Samples Nos. 26 to 29 represented pared roots IK to 2 

 inches in diameter. They were purchased in bunches with leaves 

 attached, in January, February, April, and November. Roots and 

 leaves were analyzed separately. 



Beet tops. — Sample No. 30 consisted of the leaves and the tender 

 portion of the leafstalk grown with the root analyzed as sample No. 28. 



Blackberries. — Sample No. 31 represented large, juicy berries of 

 excellent quality, purchased in August. 



Broccoli, sprouting. — Samples Nos. 32, 33, and 37 included the flow- 

 ering stalk and some small leaves. The specimens were purchased in 

 March, May, and September. Sample No. 34 included the flowering 

 stalk only. Sample No. 35, purchased in June, came from plants 

 with thin, light-green stalks, delicate, pale-green leaves and greenish- 

 yellow flowers. Sample No. 36 consisted of a heavy, flowering stalk 

 with greenish flowers and some dark-green leaves. It was purchased 

 in August. 



Broccoli leaves. — Samples Nos. 38 and 39 were large, mature leaves 

 grown with samples Nos. 33 and 34, respectively. 



Brussels sprouts. — Sample No. 40 consisted of rather large heads 

 with bleached leaves inside. Sample No. 41 included small heads, 

 very green throughout. Sample No. 42 consisted of heads medium 

 in size and less green throughout than sample No, 41. 



Cabbage. — Samples Nos. 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, and 49 represented new 

 cabbage purchased from January through April, reported to have been 

 grown in California or Florida. Most of these specimens were of a 

 delicate, greenish- white color. Sample No. 46 was an old bleached 

 product, said to have been imported from HoUand. Samples Nos. 50 

 and 51 were from new products with red pigment just under the 

 surface of the leaves. No samples included outer leaves or core. 



Carrots. — Samples Nos. 52 to 55, inclusive, represented young roots, 

 pmchased in bunches with green tops attached, in January, April, 

 October, and November. The outer skin was removed by scraping in 

 preparation for sampling. 



Cauliflower. — Samples Nos. 56 to 59, inclusive, represented the 

 buds and flower stalks of solid white heads purchased in January, 

 March, and May. 



Celeriac. — Sample No. 60 included the green leaves and some leaf- 

 stalk. Sample No. 61 consisted of the pared root. 



Celery. — Samples Nos. 62 and 63 were highly bleached stalks with 

 some of the tender, yellow leaves of the heart. 



