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TABLE 3.

Average percentages ash, and macronutrients in dry matter* of five vegetables grown on eastern coastal plain soils and on east north-central state and Colorado soils.

	Snapbeans		Tomatoes		Cabbage		Lettuce		Spinach
	Eastern coastal states	East north central states and Colorado	Eastern coastal states	East north central states and Colorado	Eastern coastal states	East north central states and Colorado	Eastern coastal states	East north central states and Colorado	Eastern coastal states	East north central states and Colorado
Ash	6.38	7.63	8.08	9.59	8.64	7.77	9.63	13.34	23.63	28.61
Ca	0.43	0.58	0.20	0.27	0.59	0.70	0.46	0.87	1.30	1.57
Mg	0.45	0.55	0.30	0.35	0.35	0.32	0.35	0.43	1.30	1.83
K	2.12	2.59	3.56	3.96	2.71	2.64	3.55	4.85	7.38	7.34
Na	0.05	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.20	0.07	0.17	0.04	0.46	0.78
P	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.30	0.28	0.22	0.34	0.32	0.37	0.30
*The percentages dry matter in the fresh vegetables averaged 8, 6, 7, 5, and 10 for snapbeans, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, and spinach, respectively.