Table 9. — Fresh fruits: Color-difference meter values 



Fruit 



Color-difference meter values ' 



Mean 



Range 



av 



Mean 



Range 



Mean 



Range 



Samples 



Cherries, dark sweet 



Cherries, red sour 



Cranberry sauce: 



Strained 



Whole 



Grapefruit sections _ 

 Orange juice: 



Home-squeezed. 



Store-squeezed. 



Peaches, sliced 



Plums, cooked 



Raspberries, red 



Strawberries, whole. 



13. 2 



13. 7 



10. 1 



9.0 



47. 3 



42. 

 40. 6 

 57. 4 

 8. 8 

 13. 2 

 22. 2 



12. 4-14. 



13. 1-14. 



45. 5-49. 1 



41. 8-42. 1 

 40. 1-41. 1 

 55. 6-59. 2 



6. 4 

 18. 5 



18. 1 



13.7 



-4. 7 



-9.7 



2. 6- 

 15. 9- 



10. 2 

 20. 6 



- 4. 6 4. 



11. 3-15. 5 

 21. 4-22. 9 



12. 4 

 20. 1 

 26. 8 



18. 4- 21. 5 

 25. 4- 28. 1 



2.6 

 5.0 



4.8 



4. 6 

 15. 1 



25. 1 



26. 8 

 31. 4 



4.5 



5. 6 

 11. 4 



1. 9- 3. 3 



4. 4- 5. 4 



14. 7-15. 5 



24. 9-25. 3 

 26. 6-26. 9 

 30. 3-32. 4 



5. 1- 6. 1 

 10. 8-12. 



Number 

 2 

 2 



• Mean of 5 values on each sample. L = visual lightness; az, = redness or greenness; 6t = yellowness or blueness. 



Table 10. — Canned fruits: Preparation time for family-sized units 



Fruit and preparation form 



Market unit 



Container 



Weight 



Preparatior 

 time ' 



Active 



Total 



Samples 



Apples, baked 



Cherries, dark sweet (Bing) : 



Unpitted 



Pitted 



Cherries, red sour: 



Uncooked 



Cooked with sugar 



Cherry sauce 



Cranberry sauce: 



Strained 



Whole 



Grapefruit sections 



Lemon juice: 



In plastic lemon 



Bottled 



Orange juice 



Peaches, halves 



Pineapple slices or chunks 



Plums, whole, unpeeled 



Raspberries, red 



Strawberries 



Strawberry pie filling, without crust 



No. 2 tall can. 



No. 303 can. 

 No. 303 can. 



No. 303 can. 

 No. 303 can. 

 No. 303 can. 



No. 300 can- 

 No. 300 can. 

 No. 303 can. 



1 plastic lemon 



8-fl.-oz. bottle 



No. 2 can 



No. 2^2 can 



No. 2 can 



No. 2y2 can 



Can 



No. 1 kitchenette can- 

 No. 2 can 



Ounces 

 21.0 



16.0 

 16.0 



16.0 

 16.0 

 16.0 



16.0 

 16.0 

 16.0 



2.5 



Minutes 



Minutes 



30.0 

 20.5 

 30.0 

 17.0 

 11.0 

 22.0 



}i 



H 



1/ 



1/ 



/4 



/4 



8 



9 



% 



% 



31/2 



9/4 



1/ 



1/ 



>4 



74 



1/ 



1/ 



/i 



74 



1/ 



17 



/4 



74 



1/ 



17 



/i 



74 



31/4 



3/4 



1/ 



17 



^4 



74 



¥4 



'A 



^/ 



17 



/i 



74 



1/ 



17 



U 



74 



1/ 



17 



/4 



74 



1/ 



17 



/4 

 1/ 



74 



/4 

 1/4 



A 



VA 



Number 



' All fruits were allowed to drain 1 minute if liquid was present as purchased or as prepared, in addition to the time 

 recorded above. 



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