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VICTORY GARDENS ARE NEEDED
Vitamin Content of Fresh Vegetables Consumed Annually Per Capita,
1937-1941, as Harvested, in Units Representing the Daily Requirement of
Each Nutrient for a Man of Average Size and Activity as Estimated by the
Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council.
|
Kind of Vegetable |
Farm Value
Dollars |
Acres of Land
Occupied |
Man-Hours
of Labor
Required |
|
Potato, white |
1.133 |
0.0226 |
0.837 |
|
Cabbage |
0.115 |
0.0013 |
0.197 |
|
Potato, sweet |
0.412 |
0.0061 |
0.463 |
|
Watermelon |
0.059 |
0.0019 |
0.158 |
|
Tomato |
0.229 |
0.0046 |
0.453 |
| Onion |
0.147 |
0.0009 |
0.159 |
|
Lettuce |
0.243 |
0.0012 |
0.207 |
|
Celery |
0.148 |
0.0003 |
0.168 |
|
Carrot |
0.071 |
0.0004 |
0.116 |
| Corn,
sweet |
|
0.0030 |
0.124 |
|
Cantaloupe |
0.109 |
0.0008 |
0.106 |
| Bean,
snap |
0.121 |
0.0017 |
0.554 |
|
Spinach |
0.039 |
0.0007 |
0.057 |
|
Cauliflower |
0.045 |
0.0002 |
0.032 |
| Beet |
0.007 |
0.0002 |
0.037 |
|
Asparagus |
0.074 |
0.0009 |
0.131 |
|
Cucumber |
0.034 |
0.0010 |
0.033 |
| Pea |
0.075 |
0.0031 |
0.113 |
|
Pepper, sweet |
0.030 |
0.0002 |
0.028 |
| Bean,
lima |
0.009 |
0.0005 |
0.028 |
|
Artichoke |
0.013 |
0.0001 |
0.012 |
|
Total |
3.113 |
0.0529 |
4.013 |
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page v
page vi
page vii
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