Table 33—Sr’’ IN UNITED STATES FOOD* Sampling date Type Ca in Ash, % Sr°°/g Ca, pyc Brawley, California (Southwestern Irrigation Field Station and Arena Co. Farm) 1/5/56 1/5/56 1/5/56 Lettuce Broccoli Peas 4.68 10.61 10.00 0.39 + 0.05 0.25 + 0.08 1.34 + 0.08 2/28 /5T Broccoli 9.5 110+ 0.07 2/28/57 2/28 /57 2/28 /58 Pea pods 5.90 Cantaloupe rind and flesh Cantaloupe seeds =0.3 9.4 12.1 =0.33 =0.24 Ithaca, New York (Shapley Farm) 1 /24/57t 7/29/57E Cabbage 3.87 Beans 23.2 + 2.4 11.3 5.99 4 0.7 *Samples collected by L. T. Alexander, USDA. tPlanted, 5/23/57. {Planted, 6/6/57. Table 34—-Sr** IN COMMON UNITED STATES FOODS 1956-1957 (Data from Lamont Geological Observatory) Sr?? Location Sample Date pye/g Ca Maine Peas Aug. 1956 21.3 Western New York State Beans, cut green Aug. 1956 20.2 Beans, cut green Beans, cut green Delaware 18.4 8.6 July 1957 Spinach June 1957 1.8 Asparagus Asparagus Beans, cut green Beans, cut green June 1956 May 1957 Dec. 1956 Sept. 1956 1.2 1.1 4.6 8.0 Beans, lima Sept. 1956 Fall 1956 8.1 Peas Potatoes, sweet Potatoes, white June 1957 1957 1957 10.0 13.3 6.1 Squash Fall 1956 11.5 Asparagus Oct. 1956 1.7 Beans, lima Beans, lima Broccoli Broccoli Broccoli 1956 Sept. 1956 Oct, 1956 Oct. 1956 Oct. 1956 2.9 8.4 4.7 6.7 8.5 Corn Peas Dec. 1956 Dec. 1956 3.5 1.3 Cauliflower Eastern Maryland and . Beans, wax Beans, wax Cauliflower Corn Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Long Island Sept. 1956 Sept. 1956 88 Aug. 1957 Oct. 1956 Sept. 1956 13.6 11.3 9.1 28.4 6.6