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DC ALASKAN VEGETABLES
HAVE VITAMINS ?
Wj have often been told that Alaskan pro
ducts do not contain as many vitamins as
those produced in the States. The need
for an analysis has long boon felt—es
pecially since agriculture has been cn tho
upward trend, Tho Alaskan farmor has all
too often had to listen to tho criticism
that Alaskan grown vegetable j are interior
in vitamin content. He coelri x come back
with any sort of proof to the contrary be
cause thoro was n:;nsa
From the bulletin issv.oi from tho Torribor
ial Health .'scowrtsxni wo reprint the fol
lowing article by Boa Shepard, Bacteriolo
gist*
Nobody believes what I say any moro, They
say l’vc boon in Alaska ~oo long when I
start describing ttne agi"icultural prowess
of some cf my Alaska friends. It is dif
ficult, for example, for anyone who hasn’t S(
seen them, to conceive strawberrios too
inches across and six inches around—or
catbago so big that you couldn't carry one
of thorn in a washiub. ’’But aha.’n say my
doubting friends, when I show then the roal
articles—’big tnoy may bo—but thcyvvo
probably all gone to sizo. No vitamins
maybo—or flavor.”
I have an answer for that. In the past
six months I have had the opportunity to
test some of the'produce grown in the Ter
ritory of Alaska, samples grown at the
University of Alaska Experiment Station,
and somo from the Juneau area. Up to tho
present time the only alialysis ha3 boon
for Vitamin C„ Ho-..over, we plan to expand
our program as soon as possible to cover
all che important nutritional factorse
Thu following table givos a comparison"be
tween average figures given by the U-.S0
Department of Agriculture in Miscellaneous
Publication Uo, 572 and figures obtained
in this laboratory far foods grown around
Juncau- Ti-amin 0 ' .
J5sA_ m.* *
Broccoli 168 118
Broccoli 183 118
Broccoli (seed or
flowering stago 99 118
Brussels Sprouts 99 94
Cabbage 40-56 52
. (4 different growers
spec iir o.ar>
C.-irretS" i'o.3 Impe-”ator 10.7 6
Carrots -No.2 N.mtz 7„5 6
Corrode- Denvers 6 6
Carrot3- Chantunay 7,7 6
Cauliflower 70-113 69
14 different
growers specimens)
Celery 11-12 7
Chard (3'tcsts) 17-49-56.5 38
Lottv.co N,Y, Improved 9 8
Parsley 141-213 -
Peas 36139 , 26
Pees-Thomas La:rton 3S ;o-49 26
Poae-'T'3 top none 32 26
Put j'wj .s _ 3b 36
Spinaca 38 59
Turnips 27.5 34,5 28
Raspberries 4a, 2a
*A&t. in 100 gjnst of food (3M to i c in)
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