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