Some Less Known Fruits
Mulgoba Mango
ONE OF THE "STRINGY" MANGOES fruit is nearly a foot long. The pulp, which is "a little farinaceous, mixed with fibres," is tart and…
Preserved Ginger
Scrape the young, green roots and weigh them, allowing equal weight of sugar. Boil each separately, the ginger until tender enough to be…
Ginger Vinegar
For each quart of strong vinegar allow two ounces of crushed white ginger and let stand two months, when strain, bottle, and cork well…
Ginger Extract
Cover two ounces of bruised ginger root with one-half pint of pure grain alcohol. Let stand till the spirit is impregnated thoroughly with…
Remington's Analyses of Fruits
Pectinous Kinds of Fruit Sugar Per cent. Apricot 7 to IO I to 2 to I 1/2 to I 5 5 to IO 5 1 to I Blackberry.
Bache
Per cent. mucilage. Koenig's Anal.) Malic acid. 5.92 Per cent. Sugar 4.67 Water 31.20 Gum. 6.61 Nitrogenous material. 4.01 Water 67.16…
Northern
Apples. 28.1 1.6 2.2 66.1 2.0 1185 Apricots. 29.4 4.7 I.O 62.5 2.4 1125 Raisins 10.00 13.1 2.3 3.0 68.5 3.1 1265 * Extracts from Table 1…
Tropical and Semi-Tropical Fruits
Refuse Water Protein Fat Car- Fuel Food Materials bohy- Ash value drates per Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. pound Banana..... 35.00 48.9…
C4.2
Dates. 10.00 13.8 1.9 2.5 70.6 I.2 1275 Figs 18.8 4.3 -3 74.2 2.4 1280 † Guava and Cocoanut Milk data from M. E. Jaffa's report. Bulletin…
Composition Determined
Pro- Carbohydrates Refuse Water tein Fat Ash Fresh Fruits Nx6 25 Sugar Crude Starch Fibre Heat of combustion per gram Per Ct. Per Ct. Per…
Composition Assumed
Pro- Carbohydrates Refuse Water tein Fat Ash Fresh Fruits Nx6 25 Sugar Crude Starch Fibre Canteloupe........
II.7
4 .540 .2 .8 37.2 .7 1.609 * Composition of Food Materials Used in Dietary Studies and Digestion Experiments (Table 12). M. E. Jaffa, M…