Water In Vegetables
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This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V29", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
Water In Vegetables
Few people have an adequate idea of the enormous amount of water that is in the various solids we eat. Dr. C. A. Goesman recently prepared the following figures for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, of the percentage of water in 1,000 parts, that is contained in our leading fruits and vegetables:
Name. | Water. |
Corn - (kernels)... | 144. |
(stalk and leaves) | 150. |
Potato - (tubers)..... | 750. |
(vines)...... | 770. |
Peas - (seed)..... | 143. |
(vines)....... | 160. |
Beans-(seed)....... | 150. |
(vines)... | 160. |
Carrots-(roots)... | 850. |
(leaves)... | 822. |
Sugar Beet-(roots). | 815. |
(leaves).. | 897. |
White Turnip .. (roots)...... | ......... |
920. | |
(leaves).... | 898. |
Swedish Turnip..... (roots)...... | ........ |
870. | |
(leaves)........ | 884. |
White Cabbage..... (head)....... | ......... |
900. | |
(roots...... | 890. |
Savoyan Cabbage ........ (head)...... | • • • |
871. | |
Cauliflower.......... | 904. |
Horse Radish........ (roots)....... | ......... |
767. | |
Spanish Radish........ (roots) ........ | ......... |
933. |
Name. | Water. |
Parsnip........... (roots)... | |
793. | |
Artichoke..... (roots).... | |
811. | |
Asparagus-(stems)... (roots)....... (sprouts) ...... | |
933. | |
Common Onion...... (bulb) ...... | |
860. | |
Celery.......... | 841. |
Spinage.......... | 923. |
Common Lettuce........ | 940. |
Head Lettuce...... | 943. |
Roman Lettuce..... | 925. |
Cucumber....... | 956. |
Pumpkin....... | 900. |
Rhubarb............. (roots)...... | ........ |
743.5 | |
(stem and leaves) | 916.7 |
Apple....... | 831. |
Pears.. | 831. |
Cherries...... | 825. |
Plums...... | 838. |
Gooseberries...... | 903. |
Strawberries...... | 902. |
Grapes....... | 830. |
(seeds)........ | 110. |
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