TABLE 2.

Average ash and nutrient-cation content of snapbeans and tomatoes and highest and lowest individual values for these and three other vegetables.

State	Snapbeans					Total cations	Tomatoes					Total cations
State	Ash	Ca	Mg	K	Na	Total cations	Ash	Ca	Mg	K	Na	Total cations
Georgia	6.50	14.5	38.3	51.7	1.3	105.8	7.78	6.0	32.9	85.7	3.0	127.6
S. Carolina	6.26	23.0	32.9	44.8	2.2	102.9	8.20	7.5	30.4	85.7	3.5	127.1
Virginia	5.98	17.0	25.5	50.9	1.7	95.1	8.44	7.0	33.7	97.2	2.2	140.1
Maryland	6.49	20.5	36.2	56.0	0.8	113.5	7.00	14.0	14.8	88.2	0.4	117.4
New Jersey	6.62	24.0	43.6	48.8	3.9	120.3	8.14	13.0	21.4	83.1	2.2	119.7
New York	6.34	25.5	39.5	64.5	3.0	132.5	8.95	14.5	17.3	107.4	1.3	140.5
Ohio	8.53	30.5	45.2	71.1	1.7	149.0	9.10	13.5	26.3	101.8	1.3	142.6
Indiana	6.59	30.5	46.0	67.5	1.3	145.3	9.18	15.0	28.0	101.8	2.2	147.0
Illinois	7.73	26.5	43.6	70.6	1.3	142.0	8.59	13.8	28.0	96.0	1.3	139.1
Colorado	7.68	29.0	48.5	56.5	0.4	134.4	11.54	15.0	33.7	111.0	0.8	160.5
	Snapbeans						Tomatoes
Highest	10.45	40.5	60.0	99.7	8.6		14.20	23.0	59.2	148.3	6.5
Lowest	4.04	15.5	14.8	29.1	0.0		6.07	4.5	4.5	58.8	0.0
	Cabbage						Spinach
Highest	10.38	66.0	43.6	148.3	20.4		28.56	96.0	203.9	257.0	69.5
Lowest	6.12	17.5	15.6	53.7	0.8		12.38	47.5	46.9	84.6	0.8
	Lettuce
Highest	24.28	71.0	49.3	176.5	12.2
Lowest	7.01	16.0	13.1	53.7	0.0
*No two of these extreme values are for the same sample. Thus, for snapbeans the highest Ca, Mg, K, and Na values were found in Colorado, Colorado, Indiana, and New York, respectively.