NUT GROWING 



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Average Composition of Huts and Kut Products 



KIND OF WOOD 



Nuts and nut products: 



Acorn, fresh 



Almond , 



Beechnut 



Brazil nut 



Butternut 



Candle nut 



Chestnut, fresh 



Chestnut, dry 



Horn chestnut or water chestnut 



Chuf a (earth almond) 



Cocoanut 



Filbert 



Ginkgo nut (seeds) 



Hickory nut 



Lichinut 



Paradise nut 



Peanut 



Pecan 



Pinenut, Pinon 



Pinenut, Spanish or pignolia (shelled) 



Pistachio 



Walnut 



Almond butter 



Almond paste 



Peanut butter 



Malted nuts 



Cocoanut candy 



Peanut candy 



Chestnuts, preserved (marron ^lace), air dried. 



Walnuts, preserved in syrup, air dried 



Cocoanut milk 



Cocoanut, desiccated 



Peanut coffee made from entire kernel 



Almond meal 



Commercial nut meal 



Chestnut flour 



Cocoanut flour 



Hazelnut meal 



Ahnond diabetic biscuit a 



Commercial meat substitute b 



Dob 



Other foods for comparison: 



Meat, round steak 



Cheese, cheddar 



Effgs, boiled 



Wheat flour, high grade. 



White bread 



Beans, dried 



Potatoes 



Apples 



Raisins 



Refuse 



Per ct. 

 17.80 

 47.00 

 36.90 

 49.35 

 86.40 



15.70 

 23.40 



34.66 

 52.08 



62.20 

 41.60 

 45.70 

 27.04 

 50.10 

 40.6 



68.80 



11.20 



20.00 

 25.00 

 10.00 



Edible portion 



Water 



Protein 



Per ct. 



Per ct. 



34.7 



4.4 



4.9 



21.4 



Q.6 



21.8 



4.7 



17.4 



4.5 



27.9 



5.9 



21.4 



43.4 



6.4 



6.1 



10.7 



10.6 



10.9 



2.2 



3.5 



13.0 



6.6 



5.4 



16.5 



47.3 



5.9 



3.7 



15.4 



16.4 



2.9 



2.3 



22.2 



74 



29.8 



3.4 



12.1 



3.4 



14.6 



6.2 



33.9 



4.2 



22.6 



3.4 



18.2 



2.2 



21.7 



24.2 



13 1 



2.1 



29.3 



2.6 



23.7 



3.9 



2.4 



3.0 



10.3 



18.2 



1.3 



16.9 



13.6 



92.7 



.4 



3.5 



6.3 



6.1 



27.9 



8.5 



50.6 



3.0 



29.0 



7.8 



4.6 



14.4 



20.6 



2.7 



11.7 



5.3 



29.0 



55.2 



12.7 



62.2 



22.6 



65.5 



19.8 



27.4 



27,7 



65.0 



12.4 



12.0 



11.4 



35.3 



9.2 



12 6 



22.5 



78 3 



2.2 



84.6 



.4 



14.6 



2.6 



Fat 



Per ct. 



4.7 

 54.4 

 49.9 

 65.0 

 61.2 

 61.7 



6.0 



7.8 

 .7 

 31.6 

 56.2 

 64.0 

 .8 

 67.4 

 .8 

 62.6 

 43.5 

 70.7 

 61.9 

 48.2 

 54.5 

 60.7 

 61.5 

 23.9 

 46.5 

 27.6 

 11.9 

 16.6 

 .5 

 20.0 



1.5 

 57.4 

 50.1 

 15.6 

 51.7 



3.4 



2.1 

 65.6 



8 8 

 2L8 



9.2 



13.6 



36.8 



10.7 



1.0 



1.3 



1.8 



.1 



.5 



3.3 



Carbohydrates 



Sugar, 



starch, 



etc. 



Per ct. 

 50.4 

 13.8 



18 

 5.7 



4.9 

 41.3 

 70.1 

 73.8 

 50.2 

 13.7 



43.1 



11 



14.7 

 8.5 



17.3 

 6.5 

 1 



13.7 



11 



78 

 10 



29.4 



Crude 

 fiber 



Per ct. 

 4.2 

 3.0 



.0 

 3.9 



.4 

 2.8 

 1.5 

 2.9 



10!5 

 8.9 

 .7 



.9 

 .4 

 .0 

 .2 

 2.4 

 3.7 



17 

 43 



2.3 



7.8 



76.7 

 66.9 



12.3 

 16.0 

 12.1 



45.9 

 1 



54.3 

 6.3 

 3.6 



79 



48 



4 



31 



SO 

 3 

 17 





74.8 

 52.6 

 55.2 

 18.0 

 13.0 

 73.6 



4 5 

 2.1 



2.4 

 2.9 

 2.0 

 3 



10.1 

 J 

 .5 

 1.8 

 .9* 



3 



.5 



A 

 1.2 

 2.5 



Ash 



Per ct. 

 1.6 

 2.5 

 3.7 

 3.3 

 3.0 

 3.3 

 1.4 

 2.4 

 2.6 

 2.0 

 1.6 



2!o 

 2.1 

 1.9 

 2.7 

 2.2 

 1.6 

 2.8 

 3.8 

 3.1 

 1.7 

 3.0 

 1.6 

 5.0 

 2.2 

 .6 

 1.1 

 .3 

 .9 

 .8 

 1.3 

 2.2 

 6.4 

 ,2 

 .4 

 9 

 ,2 

 ,1 

 2 

 ^5 



1.1 

 4.0 



'.5 

 1.1 

 3.5 

 1.0 



.3 

 3.4 



Fuel 



vake 



per 



pound 



Calories 

 1,265 

 2,895 

 2,740 

 3.120 

 3,370 

 3,020 

 1,140 

 1,840 

 1,540 

 2,435 

 2,805 

 3,100 



940 

 3,345 

 1,510 

 3,380 

 2,610 

 3,300 

 3,206 

 2,710 

 3,250 

 3.075 

 3,340 

 1,900 

 2,825 

 2,600 

 2,000 

 2,115 

 1,530 

 2,780 



155 

 3,126 

 2,805 



1,780 

 1,480 

 3,185 



950 

 2,145 



680 

 1,650 

 1,215 

 1,605 



385 



290 

 1,606 



a Contains some wheat gluten. b It is claimed that such goods are nut products. 



Refuse, mostly shell, constitutes a con- 

 siderable proportion of the nuts as pur- 

 chased, varying greatly with the different 

 kinds. With fresh chestnuts the propor- 

 tion is nearly 16 per cent, dry chestnuts 

 23 per cent, peanuts 27 per cent, almonds 

 47 per cent, and butternuts 86 per cent. 



The edible portion of nuts, with few 

 exceptions, is very concentrated food, 

 containing little water and much fat. In 

 general, nuts are also rich in protein. 



Those ranking highest in this nutrient, 

 the pignolia, a variety of pinenut im- 

 ported from Spain, with 33.9 per cent, the 

 peanut with 29.8 per cent, and the but- 

 ternut with 27.9 per cent protein, sur- 

 pass most ordinary animal or vegetable 

 foods in this respect. The almond, beech- 

 nut, and pistachio, with 21.4 per cent, 21.8 

 per cent, and 22.6 per cent, respectively, 

 compare favorably with dried legumes. 

 The Brazil nut contains 17.4 per cent pro- 



