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TABLE 4.

Average phosphorus and minor nutrient content of snapbeans and tomatoes and highest and lowest individual values* for these and three other vegetables. P in percentage and minor elements in parts per million dry matter.

State	Snapbeans							Tomatoes
State	P	B	Mn	Fe	Mo	Cu	Co	P	B	Mn	Fe	Mo	Cu	Co
Georgia	0.27	14	24	83	0.5	12	0.02	0.25	8	6	107	0.1	10	0.03
S. Carolina	0.27	17	9	110	0.4	13	0.05	0.27	10	4	119	0.1	11	0.06
Virginia	0.28	12	21	68	0.1	17	0.05	0.27	7	3	59	0.2	21	0.01
Maryland	0.22	12	30	75	0.2	11	0.12	0.19	10	5	97	0.1	16	0.04
New Jersey	0.25	25	7	88	0.6	14	0.03	0.24	9	7	113	0.2	20	0.08
New York	0.23	16	20	74	0.5	9	0.06	0.23	11	2	87	0.1	26	0.4
Ohio	0.27	15	14	77	3.0	16	0.06	0.27	30	3	96	0.3	12	0.02
Indiana	0.24	20	7	130	5.0	14	0.03	0.29	12	4	52	0.5	14	0.06
Illinois	0.25	19	7	129	3.4	30	0.05	0.30	12	2	179	2.0	27	0.03
Colorado	0.26	16	4	130	4.3	24	0.06	0.25	13	4	265	0.5	24	0.11
	Snapbeans							Tomatoes
Highest	0.36	73	60	227	8.1	69	0.26	0.35	36	68	1,938	1.3	53	0.63
Lowest	0.22	10	2	10	0.1	3	0.00	0.16	5	1	1	0.0	0	0.00
	Cabbage							Spinach
Highest	0.38	42	13	94	24.1	48	0.15	0.52	88	117	1,584	5.6	32	0.25
Lowest	0.18	7	2	20	0.0	0.4	0.00	0.27	12	1	19	0.0	0.5	0.20
	Lettuce
Highest	0.43	37	169	516	4.5	60	0.19
Lowest	0.22	6	1	9	0.0	3	0.00
*See note at bottom of Table 2.