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approaches that noted for some varieties of dried fruits. It cor- 

 responds to about 75 per cent of the fuel value of the cereals and 

 is about the same as that noted for average lean meat : 



Table Showing the Energy Value of the Avocado. 



Energy Value Per Lb. 

 V ariety — Calories. 



Ganter 1,194 



Harman 923 



Miller 1,107 



Walker : 952 



Sharpless 741 



Chappelow 1,325 



Blake 1,147 



Chappelow 867 



Carton 



Carton 



Unnamed 1,115 



Topa Topa 778 



Mattern 1,240 



Northrup 1,303 



Seedling No. 1 : 1,282 



Seedling No. 2 812 • 



SeedHng No. 3 1,132 



Seedling No. 4 1,019 



SeedHng No. 5 846 



SeedHng No. 6 948 



Harman 852 



White - 722 



Fowler - 987 



Cardinal 597 



Northrup 1,101 



Trapp 599 



Azusa 1,042 



Bread 1,200 



Meat (medium) 1,000 



Sugar 1,820 



Cheese 2,000 



Butter 3,000 



Until recently it was considered that the digestion coefficients 

 of the nutrients in fruits were low, thereby indicating a low nutri- 

 tive value. Metabolic experiments carried on at the University of 

 California have disapproved this* and have shown that the diges- 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 107. 



