TABLE 2.-AVERAGE CAROTENE AND ASCORBIC ACID IN THE EDIBLE PORTION OF FLORIDA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Name Carotene Ascorbic Acid Fruit Avocado ................................. Banana .................................... Blackberries ................. ......... Bullock's Heart .......................... Canistel ........ ..... ......................... Cantaloupes ................................ Dates ......... ......... .......... Fig .............................................. Gooseberry, Ceylon ............... Grapefruit .................................. Grapes ...................................... Guavas, pink ...................:.......... Guavas, white ........ ............. Huckleberries ............................ Jujube ................................. ... Lemon ................. ................. Lime, Persian ............................ Lime, Key ..................................--------------- Mango .......................................... Orange ...................................... Papaya ....................................... Peach ...................... ....... Pear ........................................... Persimmon ............................... Pineapple ........................... Plum; red .................................... Plum, yellow ............ ... Sapote, white ................ ....-.....-- Strawberry ..................---........- Tangerines ...........................-...... W watermelons ............................ Vegetable Bean, snap ................................. Bean, lima .............................. Beet ............................................ Beet greens ................................ Broccoli ........................................ Cabbage ................................... Carrot .............. ..................... Cauliflower ................................. Celery, Pascal ....................... Celery, bleached ........---........-.. Chayotes ................................... Collards .....................................- Corn, yellow .......................... Cucumber .................................... Eggplant ................................. Horseradish ................................ Lettuce .......................------.. Mustard greens ........................ Okra .......................................... Onion .................... ................. Parsley ........................................ Peas, English ....................... Peas, field .............................. Peppers, green ........................ Potato, sweet ......................... Potato, white ......................... Microgms/100 gms 290 210 220 0 330 1,960 400 540 1,190 0 0 3,100 0 110 0 0 0 0 3,100 trace 81 30 10 4,330 85 370 1,580 0 75 790 0 280 120 65 4,680 2,140 176 4,990 60 320 0 50 6,590 80 0 0 trace 4,540 330 0 4,500 310 275 330 4,290 0 Mgms/100 gms 21 15 12 41 53 108 0 0 194 42 5 310 46 9 56 50 41 44 30 52 41 3 15 15 37 '2 2 45 30 33 7 17 28 10 130 66 54 5 37 8 14 9 139 28 6 7 160 7 140 45 3 176 35 46 172 26 29