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[U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Language
English
Pages
61

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Subjects
Vegetables, Fruit, Grocery shopping

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A fruit and vegetable buying guide for consumers.
1948, [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
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Table of Contents

Contents Page
General considerations 1
At the market 1
Grades 2
Deterioration of fruits and vegetables 3
Prices 4
Producer to consumer 14
General hints well worth following 17
Hints on buying fruits 18
Apples 19
Apricots 25
Avocados or alligator pears 25
Bananas 26
Blackberries, dewberries, loganberries, and raspberries 27
Blueberries and huckleberries. 27
Cherries 28
Cranberries 28
Figs (fresh) 29
Grapefruit 29
Grapes 30
Lemons 31
Limes 31
Oranges 31
Peaches 33
Pears 33
Pineapples 34
Plums and prunes 35
Quinces 36
Strawberries 36
Hints on buying vegetables 37
Artichokes 37
Asparagus 38
Beans (fava or faba) 38
Beans, lima (fresh) 38
Beans, snap 39
Beets 39
Beet tops 40
Broccoli (Italian sprouting) 40
Brussels sprouts 41
Cabbage 41
Carrots 42
Hints on buying vegetables— On.
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard
Chicory, endive, escarolc
Collards
Corn (green)
Cucumbers
Dandelions
Eggplants
Garlic
Greens
Kale
Lettuce
Mustard
Okra (gumbo) .
Onions (dry)
Onions (green), leeks, and shallots
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Radishes
Rhubarb
Salsify (oyster plant)
Spinach
Squash
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
Turnip tops
Hints on buying melons
Cantaloups (muskmelons) ....
Casaba
Cranshaw
Honey Ball
Honeydew
Santa Claus
Watermelons

Edition Notes

Contribution from Production and Marketing Administration.
"Revision of Misc. Pub. 167, which was originally written by R.G. Hill."

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Series
United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Miscellaneous publication
Other Titles
Buying guide for consumers.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
641.31
Library of Congress
TX356 .B56

The Physical Object

Pagination
ii, 61 p.
Number of pages
61

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Open Library
OL237912M
Internet Archive
AFruitAndVegetableBuyingGuideForConsumers
LCCN
agr48000229
OCLC/WorldCat
25269726

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