174 



JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FBUITS. 



100 Parts contain 



Flesh- 



Heat-pi 



Starch, 

 sugar, 

 &c. 



oducers 

 Fat 



Mineral 

 matter 



Indi- 

 gestible 

 fibre 



Water 



Apples .... 



0-4 



120 



l-0f 



0-4 



32 



83-0 



Pears 



0-3 



11-6 



0-lf 



0-3 



3-7 



84-0 



Gooseberries 



0-4 



8-9 



1-6* 



0-5 



2-7 



86-0 



Grapes .... 



0-7 



16-1 



0'8|| 



0-4 



20 



80-0 



Strawberries, K . . 



1-0 



6-8 



l-0f 



0-8 



2-3 



87-7 



Currants, K. 



0-5 



7-3 



2-lf 



0-7 



4 6 



84-8 



Cherries f f K. . 



0-6 



11-4 



0-9f 



0-7 



G-l 



80-3 



Plums f f E\ 



0-8 



11-0 



0-9f 



0-7 



5-4 



81-2 



Peaches f f 



0-5 



9-8 



0-7f 



0-6 



3-4 



85-0 



Bananas .... 



4-8 



19-7 



0-6 



0-8 



0-2 



73-9 



Figs, Turkey 

 Dates f f . 



G-l 



65-9 



0-9 



2-3 



73 



17-5 



6-6 



66-3 



02 



1-6 



5-5 



20-8 



Tomatos .... 



1-4 



8-0 





0-8 





89-8 



Vegetable Marrow 



o-o 



2-6 



0-2 



0-5 



1-3 



94-8 



Cucumbers .... 



0-2 



27 





0-4 



0-5 



96-2 



MILK AND DAIRY PEODUCE. 



Cows' Milk .... 



4-0 



5-0 



3-7 



0-75 





8G-5 



Cream .... 



0-0 



2-5 



36-3 



0-2 





55-0 



Skim Milk .... 



43 



5-5 



0-4 



0-8 





89-0 



Asses'. Milk, W. B. . 



1-9 



5-5 



1-0 



0-4 





91-2 



Goats' Milk, W. B. . 



3-7 



4-0 



4-2 



0-56 





87-5 



Human Milk, W. B. . 



30 



5-9 



2-9 



0-16 





88-0 



Butter .... 



2-5 



0-3 



86-2 



1-0 





10-0 



Condensed Milk, H. * * 



10-1 



54-8 



9-4 



2-0 





23-7 



Cheese, double Glo'ster, J. 



38-0 





22-0 



4-25 





35-8 



Cheese, American, W. B. . 



37-2~ 





35-4 



4-8 





22-G 



Hens' Eggs * f . 



14-0 





11-0 



1-3 





71-7 



Mr. Albert Broadbent, of Manchester, 



interesting little book upon " Fruits, Nuts, 



from which I have extracted the following 



will give an idea of the food value of some 



monly used articles of diet : — 



Potatos 

 Carrots 

 Parsnips 

 Beets . 

 Cabbage 

 Spinach 

 Celery . 

 Lettuco 



has written an 

 and Vegetables," 

 particulars, which 

 of the most com- 



4 oz. solid food in lib. 

 3 



Cucumber . 



. \ oz 



Asparagus 



. 1 



Cauliflower 



-n 



Melon . . 



i 



Onions . . 



, "} 



Tomato 



. 1 



Green Peas 



. 3 



f Miilic acid. J Citric acid. II Tartaric acid. 



* t Extractives, &e., 2-0 percent. 

 * * Mean of 13 analyses, 7 brands. Milk sugar, 18*1 per cent. 



f f Without stones, 

 c me sugar, 41-7 per cent. 



