)BTERiaiMATIOH OF YIELB* BAWmtTf, AMD VltAHIM C JH SHVOLS-HAERrSST' BUSfl SMAF BEAMS by KBMMBTH ARTHte BBVSJM A fgESIS submitted tq Cai&QM STATS COl£&CS in partial fulfillraent of the. reqalr-eraents for %h® decree of lAStER OF SCIEHCE Jane 1949 APPROVF Professor of Food Technology c In Charge of Sa^or Head of Deoartment, of \W&od Technology Chairman of School Sradaate Committee <^ii^iHi>ifc^iiiuiLiMji»wii^Tiujwi»tiM^'i*^>^ra^^)^iffrT^iiriM^ Dean of Graduate School The writer is ©speciaily gratefal to Professor E* tt* Wiegar»<3 for a reBemreh. fellowship -appoirttffient. ladebt^oess 1© also acKnon/le^secl t® Br, Thomas B* divert and 'Ourtie #.,, 'Wilder who gave eriilci&a* and eneowrageffient throaghoat the course of this work. The- writer also wiehes to ttenfe Lorne A. Ihe^felt for his aid In the ©tati®tlcal analyse®« TABLE OW COKTSMTS Pag© I II 111 it V VI ¥11 DJtROSUCMOH, * ,..» ,. . » , * ... 1 LIT88ATORE EE¥I» . ... „ ..*,.**.,.* 2 ♦».♦•*,,♦* . 9 1. FlaBt-iag .•»*»**.« * • «. * . ^ B* Hardest* -.. * ♦ * » . * •,. * . . * ... 9 3.. Processing * * . * ..».,. * ,. . * 10 4* Analyst© «■ ... .. * ... ■.. .. .. * « *■ * * IS E^PSBI1BNT.^L I3&TH00S Ay Total S^iiats* * *- .. « • ... 12 8.. Starch GoateKt, * ♦ * .. « * 14 ©• eruae jpitor * * * * . , » . is • D* A8«0rM« AeKS » « . ... ♦ ,- * 19 - aigtii^fa .,..*♦. . * ♦. . ♦ .♦ .. * . « * *. gs ... . . ♦ *-»■ Yife.is^ » ,* * .,» . ... .»; •». • m S5 S. toaiys©@ «, * « « ... ♦ . ... .. ♦ ,* .. ,. %B DISC0SSI08 OF BSS¥LT§ . .. * *. * * . ,. » » . 29 1* SaqperioeRtal S!@t^o^s * .. .„ *. ,, «. .. £9 2. Yield. :♦ * .. * ♦,..........* 2© 3* Analyses .•..#,**• * .. » * . * * 33 COKICUISXOMS SUBIMAHY dlBUOGERAPBT A» total 8dli6»» ♦ . *. .. * * • 33 B» Siareti, ,. . . . . . * ., ♦ .. . 34 0, Crude Fiber *..«...*. 35 D.. Vltemln C .♦..,.. . ,. 38 ..***«,*,'*.« • .. .. .. 42 «. ...... . ... 44 .... . .......'.**»...., 45 LIST OF TABUS TABU! I Harvest Beg-wXt©. . .. * ♦ « * * *• * »■ * 2S TABLE II Tie la B««ults for Rival Variety . • . 84 TMIM 1X1 Yield SemXta Smw Variety fender^odi , 25 TABl£ I¥ Tieia Beaait© for, Varlefgr fei^terereefi S6 TABLS V Yield Bespits fer Variety Strlngletis Oreesipoi TABUS ¥1 »• ♦• * ... ♦ ,- - * ... « . E7 ABelyees of Uffftrettt Verietiee of Btt'Sh Simp S^aiae * * * * » * * -♦• S8 - . * .. * * * * .. » .♦■*** *.^ ♦ ... t9 TABLE ¥1.11 tetal Snippage toa»' *3r ^rleiy* * ♦ * 3i TAiat* VIS T^BtE tZ @0mpsrl#Qa. of SiHiop S^on trial's- ia ^Lehl^w) «o^ Ore^m * * * * * .. TABLE X 13 Vitamin 0 0or»t®iit of tbe ©iCf©r©at ?ari©-%ies Qi Snap Bean© * * * * '40 TmiE OF GRAPHS Pag© OSAPft % P^rceat of Starch - FTeefe Basis G1APH g Ptare^ntr of Starch ^ FreflSi Basis*, 24 kmr -dcslajr » * . * » .■ .. . .■ S6 37 DETEBimaTIGH OF YIELD, HATURIIT, AND VUmW C W SXHOLS-^iARVEST BOSH «3A? BE^I® 1>. 3BraROBBGTIOH lost of th© snap "beans growa ia the Facifie Mortfewest are ©f tfee pel© tfpe© ap^ SIRC® these have Xittie possi- bility for m&Ghmxie&X harvestlag* interest ha© been eesstere4 OP the bxtah types. Shoals the "baeh varieties lend themselves t© meehanieal harvesting it woulcl meaja a huge saving in la&er eoet© te the proeessers* However., the Intraduetiea- of a single harvest im place of the present three and even as hi^h a© $ix pickings, eremtes new pro%~ One important prebles is t^ie ylela ■«•* will the Xeme^ meehsniea.i 'harvest eqatal the harvest© '%$ tm®* or hew m&ch extra acreage Is -neededtt Another' vital consiiaeratien is that of ;iaat«rit|?^ if all the feeans on a vine are piclcecl at one tiise, raat percentage will he sultafele for preoessing gm& what will he the percentage distrihatios* hy grades? The effect of a single harv®gt on. th© variom® qwality factor'© irost he {sno^B.. Such factor© are vitamin content*, fiber* ratio of hull to see*!* etc. It will 'fee the responsibility ©f the fiel# men to cleclde when the majority of heans in any variety are rea<^ for harvest anS they must he right the first tie©. In an attempt to find the. answers to some of these problems* this research was cinder taken. 2 ii, hitm&'mm HSVIBW ■A aw^ey of tlie literature on gr&en beans reveals that much e»pha©is has been given to the vitamin content of beans at various stages of maturity as mil as vitamin loss during storage and eookiiag. At the limited State® Vegetable Breeding Laboratory in Charleston^ South Carolina, Hayden and his associates (11) have taken an increase in vitannin content as one of the objectives in the program of breeding snap beans adapted to that region. In a recent article Oil) these workers have stressed the value of snap beans by'stating that the cofamereially canned pack ranks next to- those for to-fflatoes.,. peas., and corn,, There appears to be some eonflictlng reports In the literature as to the effect ©f maturity on the vitamin content ©f snap bean-s. The results of work by lack.. Tap- ley aii$ King, (1?) indicate that the variation in ascorbic acid content is greatest i^lth the large seeded varieties. They suggest that the effect may be Sue to the distribution of vitamin C between the seed and the seed pod, fhese worfeers found that on a freshMarelght basis the seeds contained from 3 to 4 times as auch ascorbic acid as the seed pod. Hence, they ©how# ascorbic acid content due to the seeds increases with growth* while that due to the shelled pods decreases rapidly at first and then remains about constant* resulting in a net effect of miniauta aseorbie acid content at the usual stage of raaturity at wfoick snap beans are karveste^l* Kramer (16) has also shorn that the seeds contain more agcorMe acid ihaft th© pods and his re* salts ©hots increase in a&eorMc acid with increaaing aat-*urity, Sayflen* Heinse and ®a<l# (11) agree tsrith the results of Krataer stating that on a fresh weight basis: sigjai.fi» eantly isore thiarain and slightly ©ore ascorbic acid were found in the green*overfflature beans, Phillips and Fen ton (22) found that Vitamin 0 concentration wa@ higher in the immature stage, than in the aature or ©■ver-saature.. They have this timely eoanent to a&A* w HaCK» Tapley and King reported ho change in ascorbic acid contant of Tendergreen beans sith maturity but distribution of th© vitamin varying within the vegetable according to the. proportion of seed to pod,. In interpreting the values found in the literature on© should realize that standards of uaturity are difficult to define and recognise*w Phillips and Fenton also found that the seeds in th© over-aature beans on the moist b&®let had nearly twice as such ascorbic acid as the pod. From their results it would appear that either there is a loss of vitamin C as the beans raature,. or there Is a transfer of the vitaain fro® the pod to the seeds. Wade and Kanapausc (S8) found no significant differences between large, laediura and small 4 tmR& that- matx&ritj oa© m% a©e«©iat0# dltfet iss^gs #lff«-r^ OWS00 im as#@rfei© ca©SJ @@@%9©% #f til© f@-#is a»S mo l©a©© s©i#, ji2i$tear$ OOMS f'l.pna CIS) ropar* %Sa&% astJsrM© ^©li; '©5i®!%smt grsaiaalli? l»eir©a-o6'€l ®%tfa faster 1%-^ i3k?ii taafe ill© tli© fall er^p. Tli©®© sar^^ro oto^s timt. f<@r •©©BS3©r©4©I lisQ 4© gott for fjao ©©Qll-G-r ©sa^s® ^il@fe ^s^ m% %©■ t&s i^i© mstnttei: &l@fes"0't Is Q$©WM# «atM ImS ©©esi #£ -Us© imtf «I%M Igiersacs %n v&t§k% mi f@$ zmS, im pwm§mw%lmm <s>f 4 p^r^ost @f tis© %®%sl ejslgM ^aM immsssd© rapMIjf sap t© a p@>:%m% ai t^£«b tbe SOOSSQ eaaoftifcafc© I'l ^© IS> p.3rs©a% ®i tfe© p## ra3ljilis't# stftier cMcfe %&© Sparsas© IS9@©53QQ aim? m*$ relatt^Ql'f ©smll ta aaiRimi* limm tarter® offi^^®®$.aD tfe© fcoasae %arloa xsl^M the sta^e ©■£ #3V©X©ps®fst ©f Vsxa p®®®* mmpm'lQQm %@"t,o@©© ^a^is^ies ^m% ho oai© ®ml^ ©'lt& ma&®g''» Sal ©f a life© ©iag© of dtetsroi^pao&fc... grafiaalif lsser©as©a o'l^M ?Batiari%y» flfam CP) Qiti fer fte^ al©i> f@«S!# t!i© vlissfa U ©©satopt ©f %tm sosfi t© fees ^igfeof tftoia 4aa% la el^©^ %tet. ^iiajBto S io app'^slemtoljf tiiQ -aagso lj® all. air©©© tM© isp#r%t»©© ®t vo^lotf m ® ta©%^r %m vc^ia^ %ht<3ffi»te« dag*l©ii aai Rl^arisotii CIS) rQf@^t t>te,& ros? @p@©fi ©trlxis %&m® m® a is@@€ #@Q:r©© ©f ^l^aols A| © fit© ©^©rag© l©©a tm @©©@FM© a©!^ a® slmtus %|r flto-* g@ral€ ©»i ffQll.@rs C©) atB§!i3mt#€ H« ti p#reefs% tM<m to©!© ©©©lirrei at S*^^ CSST),. Efe^.^ f^pl^f amt ESiag {11} immm® a leo© @f ft $© ^0 |®r©©Bt Is fmr ^a^JQtios Ml fiat tl i® 83*6 C#f»8- td ft**©'0?) fur ®ao d4sy« ttoos© ra»nE«pe a tat® that In comparison with other vegetable© smp t>e$ns los© their vitaraln C very rapl&ty*. Wad© @md Kanapaoic (28-) find a loss of approximately 2 pereent in th© vitaisla 6 content when stored at 2.2*6 (3£*IP) for 24 to 4S hour® and a lofts ©f approximately 5 percent ohen held at 21.1^0 (TOT). If held for T£ hosars at Sl.l^C th® leaci ^s® sharp an<S elgnlflcassl. A very important factor affeottng loss' of ^Itawln® in storage ha@ 'feeen stressed by the wane of Harris et al (10) ^hos© research proves that hmi&ity Im© a Tfreariag on the retention: of ase-orfeic acid* fh&dr work indicates that th© rate of aestraetion. of th© ^itapin in six iFegetaMes* ineXuding snap btana, stored at an as^rag© relative 'hural«Sity slightly less thssi St pereent at?erag@d ab'Oat* 64 percent greater than in eo-rresponding saaple© stored at an average relative haaidity of 9$ percent.. Conelderable research has been cendected on losses of vitamins as a resalt ©f blanching and cooking. Phil- lips and Fenton (22) concluded that blanching in boiling water preparatory to freezing, caused a loes of 13 percent ascorbic acid* 11 percent thiaffiin and 14 percent riboflavin, finck© and her grotip (?) foiand. a lo®s of 14 to 21 percent thiaaiin in eooklng fresh snap beans. Satchelder, Stein and Sater (2) stat© that the amomit of ascorbic acid is higher &,ith a 2 mlnut© than Mth a 3 rainute scald in bdlling tsater and the percent retention daring B laonths sterag© at G0F«t is higker In saapX©s scalded 2 ralmites than in %ho®@ s-ealie€ far 3 raiiiat^a* ie'd:fQr<a aia^ Ms gromp (3) f©QB# n© ©iguifleant differo^ee b®t^©©Q ateaft %I®ntefeifig and vmt©r Msts^Mng^ althoagh laitially ttimre taas a ©ligfetl^ less toes ®f ascorbie aeid Ijy strata Mane& wMe^. hetw^ver* sliooe^ '« greater lo«s iwriBg storago.. BSayf ietd and BicAmr^soifc <IS> aaintain tlaat freabiy eoofe©.i greeit strteg la®©**® iiafe l©#t aons ©f tfcelr fita-* ©In ^ ar B| 'p©t#sa«y afsii are ©till a. g©©^ sour©® of ^itaai® C* «V9n tiious^i & 3© to €0 petHKdnt log© of thia ^Itmiin oeocirred ^yiriag ^ootejtii^ 'f5i©y doaineiit further ttoftt esaxned gr^mn et^ix^ ^eenSf, takes froia ■storage «44 re^ea'te^* appear to lie Bsaarly as rlels ia vitaASs A a© m@ fretihly ■eook-ei- fe©®e5Bt but s©«® to bave lost, afeowt 40 per sent of tbelr vltaolfi B eositeBt.* fMy report tte lorn to vitamin 0 !& very maricwl* bding :S0 to as pere&nt of t^t preiaent in raw- te.asaa. f io^t ttff©r!0»c© t>etw®©fi -v^'-teti©© of simp h,©&m groras in aevma different area® of Flori^et e^ad th0ir; d-ry galg£it.t @©oorl>iO' aeld aM earotes^ eofitent,Tli© follo^iisg %&,bl® r®pro<Si3eedi: fr®® the pa%lieati©is of Kayfiali and Rle&apd&on (18) is of interest fro© thenatritiona.! aspeet. On© average s©r^ii»g of 70 graais of cootei gr#iasi strlBg feeiaia© woaid supply the follo^iagt 8 Frfghl^Se^a m&m Qimn<3& B&@Mm St©r©$ 1.0, F©r «eft teg© par' of iaft|f servifig reqisireiaejst I.. U, per' ©©rting Percentage of aailir reqalreoent fit. A 840 14 - 88 700 11 - 83 vit, ml .83 4-8 14 8-4 m, G 7 - ISag 10 * 30 Sag. 3. * 10 flitg rd^i^sw ©t tfo® literature l»4ieatde timt Vxer* is a ne^a far etandar^lzatioft of the metbodd WMtfi ift &©«* eertwining the quality of green. Ibe-aass ss ©#11 as a ne©t fisr oorrelatioii of qmi&tf €®4 nuti'itivo- faeters* Kramer (IS) teil©. m that the tiaree ".tfliporftsnt factor®- of qis^lity for gre©R to^«ia& are imtivril^r^ sise a^a fi^roBs^es®., He states, that raatiarity may be raeasuared % the proportion ©f the t»stght of s©e4e to the podft; else by dftteratUtlag the ujeaa iiasjeter fro© svititr® to ^isture -ana fifertmsmss; 1>F aticQll 4i.ge@ti.0B> EJatarity 1# ®|>p@re»tly jtiige^ in var* io^,s a^«#. sa^h a© ratio of hall to seeji-^ siae of po<a,, aui leagth of seeds. Fiber ieterBlnation© ©eea to have been o©itt©€ Isy too mmy workers while re salt© of starch aaaly-ses are seldora ©eea. 9 HI,,. .gsraatnaBBjm. mmom tEMMre f^are tQwr varieties' of bmgfa -satap beeoid sel©©t©4 far Ifchic eto^r, nasidly ¥•»§-.P,*^* Ei?al*. Burp©© 1:®B&®F Pea., larp©:© feade-rir^en and Sarf©© Strlngl-ess Qre-ea Fod* ?&©-&© varieties- i?er# @rot;«i is Hiilsfeoro* ■ fro?©-n food eQafa^j, E^eft. wrfcety «r«0 ptaoted ©n J»n® 3-, 1948^ in $ «a&«2»mdr«d foot- rows -witfe S foot 6patoi&& tor 3 rows*' fh^ @<?edlfsg' r-^t© for -f©«#©?■ Fod,,. ?9nder®r*$n swd Strtogld^s (%ro«ffik t©d wm aS>o«t SS potmdg per aoy* sia©@ ihio '©as all ©f tils© «aed ^vallaM^* llwal ^s a^isally plaated- ta«e& ihieteef* (-SO powids- per aer©} l»t% -©as t^tefied aoOTi t© a- 0©i}f^raW-.# ©tajssU feard FQ-OS on ©aeli ©ide of Wm ^spsrimeatal; plot-* Qer« al©©. piasfted Tfet a^erimeptal plot oats C#.rfciXi2#d with iOO perods ©ltr®t©s# S00 pcurnds ^honsphates^, ld0 pounds pot&e^. gmid TM© irrigated tfer@# timea during %h® groTziBg ^©as-©^, ffe© b^sms ©er© harvested* upoii th© advice of .an ©3cp@f 1©J3;€^<S fi#ldm«aiir oia©** th© majl-ority ©f pods i» a variety taad reached th© o-pttian© stag© of laatarity for ©■omser* dial proceaaing* In this wor&s tU© ^©ptrlfimni ©tag© of 10 maturity* a&m@4l for* ^^a i&at which ©^uld result.in ©ost feeaas of coHi©ereiai grs^es 1 and 2V to be explained later. the bar-vest ©as carried &u%§ as near as caiaid be arranged, at 8 o*el©cfe each momiog* fhere ©as ©niy @.ae iaarve-st of eaeh tr^rlety a®i all bwgiie^j. yielding ©r aat, of tfee var* iety were harfestei by haM arad eouaats-i into be^n bags. Foar men partteipated in the har^^^t ©Mefe reqair©4 15 to g0: ffiirMtes. *tim bag© were iaiBeM-ately ha*il©€ by tr^ie^ to the processing pia»t. It uotal^ b© safe W say that the tiise required ftrora c-earaeneemeat of' har-fe'St to arrival' at the processing pla^t sme not ®mr oaes-teiif lumr* (a) tfp^k arrival at the pro-eeseing plant the bushe© raere weighed and th® po€e quietly r©aev©4 by haiad* froffl the viaes^ <b) fhe p@4s alone were <Krei§he4. <«-) the peis -tsere pat through a aeehanie&l graier ahieh distributed them aeeerdiog to diameter as follovjsj Grade 0 or less than gl/64 inehes Grade I or Si/€4 inches to, but not inciudiag 24/^4 Inches 0rade 2 or 24/64 inches to,; but n^t ineliading E7/64 Inches 11 Grade 5- ©r 37/64 inches and oir®r (d) Eaeii sis© groap sa© weighed to gitf© per-* oexstage diatritetioa. (©> Each sige gr®ia|> ©a© divided equally into two lots* ©is© lot being held for 84 hours at roo@ temperature» the other hemdled iramediataly. (f) 100 pods isere selected at raadou from each size group of the lo-t handled iraraediately* and weighed. (g) Th@ percent crooked pods In each else group was determinedi wsing the' pods of part (f). (h) the ratio of hull to seed in each sitse group ms deterffiinei usittg. the beans in part <f>, (i> A smnspte of each ©rcup of the fresh beans was used Ifflinedlately f-or a ^itadia € detersiaation and another saaple ©as sealed in glass Jars aad froze** imraed'lately, for use In analysis at a later date. (J) The reaaiRder of the fresh beans were snipped raeehanieally if possible,, by hand If not.,, weighed, blanched in steal® in a small retort for 2 minutes# cooled in running tap water for I to 2 ininute© and placed in f>©ters*"Style consumer es^tons. The cartons were labeled, sealed in a wax paper oter-OTap and quick; frosen* The beans were tested after blanching and cooling for eatalase aetivity by means of the Thompson catalase test (25), The period froa hardest to blanch ms approxiraately tu© 12 hoars * (Is) Th.© delayed samples whi^h 3aa<S M@B ii9ld for 24 hoars s,t room teroperstiar© i?«ra re-.©©igheS,, sraipp©^ snS ^felgbed agai-n. A safapl© tias taken for ^itaala C deteratl**-* ation emd ©notlier sample taken ^a4 h&l^ ^y freezing for fari&er analysis* th© r^aalniag poa© tser© pr@©©ssei im sinllar fashion to th© frfteh wat®rlal, &si.,,.^^g§ll; laeh st«® group of th© fresh @ii^ 04-*h©Tar ielaf beaas ©©re an-siirz©^ for th© follosring':' A, total soitis i., Si^pch. aonte&t C« Ormta fi*«p fh© atthods of antUyaio wwret •(i) The jar eomtalatfig' th© frog©a aampl© ®ae aXl©©©'d to thasr at room temperatare^ ©ter-etapon' the ©uteBd of the Jar *as 4rie<3 thoroaghly* ®2*a ■the Jar pitas contents ©eighedi aeeara'tely on a triple-fee-am baXsnee to the nearest 0,1 g©.. aa<3 estimated to ©•OS g®. (S) the l^ans were transferred to a cl©an.j. - dry Waring Blsn&or, care being eje^reisei to see that a© raeh moisture as possible was transferred from the Jar t@ 13 the ¥ien<lor.. <3> U-slag a ^oliara^tric-pipet..,, exa><»t'l^ 3§ ml. of ©ater were ©<l4©d to tfo© Bl^ador to faMlitat© blend* ing.. A satisfactory blerad could not be accomplished onleas this tee!miqu$ tjas ®®piap&&-,* (4) Th© beaa© were th^ro^hlf ^l^Rdsd (3 to 4 minutd8)t theri a lar§e portion of th© bl@x)d@4 ©araple tsas p©.«r©d Ipt© the saapl© Ja^r,, the lid screwad on @xi& the jar shats-en... Th© sample was thers reternei to the blendor and givsn another short.blend* fh© last ©tsp was gait© to Incorporate as^f mttr "(droplets remaining in th© safuple Jar,, thus yielding a homogeneous sampl©.. (5) Buplieat© sample© fro® the "blended ml*~ ture"©hich would approxiwat© the specification:® called for in the PSethods: of ^nalysl© ©f the Msociation • of Official Agricultural Oheoists vj@r© we-ighed accarately to 0...1 gra® on a triple-hean halan.ce.. The saeiples were weighed in previously heated* cooled and tared alafnintara weighing dlshe©, the©© dishes were 34.SO s%. cm* In area secesaitating a Mended satnpX©- weighing approatiaately 10 gram® to meet with, the aforejueptioned specifications. (€) fh® saraple Jars and lid® •©ere rinsed clean.^ thoroughly dried inside and out and weighed giving the weight of Urn fresh sample. (?) The weighing dishe© were placed in. the 14 mcmms ov©» a-ssd 4'ri©4 ac«e>F$iu.g to %1m offieial siethods (20),, r©feate4 Jierelm %$®i$$i im%® flat«l)ottoa©^ iisto. a fortton of samp&e ©f suoh slate -tim-t tiff res,i(Sa© will not 'be les© than ^ tag. nor mor© thsea 12 rog/sq, «J», of dryijag saffaoe* Bi®trl%iat© thinly in even lay^r oi?©r bottom af die^t^ diluting witSa IgO if Mt&me&ey to faeilitst© aistrltoation, Place in vaettam o^en at 70-*C «lt^ release eo©*£ left partly ©pep so that degsre« of vamu® cloe© not est.c^et iSO ram of Hg az»3 mo!«&*?&-.evolved is ©arrleS off ira^ldly* Bry *ir atoit«* ted tl|r^:agk release $©e:^ bf feufeMliig t^oa^i %B04. After one howr ©mralne dishes and remove frosi e^en @»3r in r&ieli material has reaehed apparent dryness. Continue this re— raovetl of dishes ©ith dried aaterial at safesequent hs&fw hour intensral®:. after taater-iaX in all dishes has reached- apparent dryness retam dishes to ©iren#; nearly el-ose reieas© cook -so that abo^t two feubfeles ©f sir each second are admitted throtafh the Ufpo^ and dry at TO0© for four hoars at pressure not exceeding 100 m» (8) the dried samples were a-ectarateiy weighed en the triple fee&m haianee to 0.1 ©ra© and estiwated to 0.05 gra».. the method adopted for starch analysis was essentially that of Hielsen. (19) IS ftw- jar ooat&inisjg %h® frosea saffipl© ?J&© allowed to th«w at.rooiB temperature wterempoa the- oiatsid© of the Jar vms ^rto<3 thoroa^&y am& the Jar plus eontonta ■migh<34 Q&om&tetf %® Q»-l gram ©a a tri^l'0*baa!ffl feai^se©. fh© feean* «ere tramsferra^l to a dean Gey Wsri»g Bl^ndor* ear© Ming eaeereiaed to .©©e timt a® aaeli ®#ls%ar© a@ pos^ slMa ?MS tr&nsferred from jar to M^i©r« ffets- Jar &3J!<3 -144 ®er* rina94« 'tisorou^Ajr dried and m-igfe^U p^irtg a grfcdtM*0d':'<^li.fsder,. aaad a gradtiate<S plpet ®fr-eia neeess^ry* 4 ^«fitl% af ssaWr ^^ai^ale^t ^ tha s©i.gMt of tins b.©-a®8 ©as ada-ed. to t^e btend^r^ Hii* ^lendor m& @3.lmv®i. to rtm- for 3- to 4 jBinute®.* Iteg&leats ssfflpleS' of ttod %Ie'Kd©d mtSEtare ©f approximately t grams were wotghe*! ©oeurateiy ©a aB analytieal bmlai^e^ irkt© tar«d S© m%. b@alc-©rs* One nl* of ^at©? wae sdted to tis© aaapie til tk© 50 ml., beaker by faeass of a I al-, pi pet and S,-? nl. of dilute parotttarle aoid <43.B ajl.. of 60 pereent peretilorio 4- 6*'S sal. distilled mter) ^m© added by pipet, the aeld aae stirred in. slowly. The ©ample was allowed to. stand in oontaet with %h& aeld for 15 minate© vsitfo eecaslonal stir-ring and tfeep raad© t».p to 35 ml* with water. Th© sample w%® Bois filt©.r®<3 trhrougji a Whateaa M©.». 1 filter paper' i© ■pjfel'ere-Rc© to sei-tltog c?hicl3t required too fiacb tim©. A I ml. aliqaot, ctf th© clear filtrate was trana- ferred bj aeaa© of a .1 §»!.. volawstrie pip©t#: ft© a £5 graduate _ojltntier and ^ ram of vmter add#d... PJ1» A (ir©£> of pii©riaS.|>latlial.€'i» wa© ©ddsd «aad tfe© aolstioa brcasgltt to a pialc color with a $®® drops &£ 6 S sodim© ^dro^id^* Masct 2 151 aeeftie sei<3 ■«?§« add#4 ^ feu-re-t imttX t>h® pivk. oojor disappeared* g:#5 lal, ia escess «^r.<a addtd, 0..S- ml* of 10' f>@:re#i*t p'Otasaist? i©d:id# by plpet and § rol* O'f 0*01. 15 pota©-©la# i-0da1f© added aeetarsitialj by jjlpet* The s©l«** t.ioB tK?as ®llot^d: to- afand. at lmmm% S niimst©-© aad Uw%i w&& faad© up to exag'ftl? SS ©1*. •'d?i.t& ^at-er,.- fti© -uolatioa \*as slioicea^, transtf^rr^d t@- a, Fi@li©r eleotrop^t.O'riieter tobe anad «»©;ad is %fee Fis&ar ©l.^eiro^ot.O'ae-ter using a r^-d filtar JJo^r 6-SO- amd reading pa the A seal^-. fli^ far«©Btag# starch was e&Ioulatad fr-mt a eurw prepared froa in© calorimeter readipga of a Icn&tm ra«g© of patato starcii. centr&tion* COB— *$&& ©olcrifaeter reading:© ©ere- corrected usitfa @ Ma^k coftiainiftg all of the r©a@^n'ts-. (i) ■ Slwotdilng the jar- coataiaing the frozen sample ©a© allowed to tha© at roo®; t©iaper:a.ture:* The feeans nere th©B trarisferred to a clean dry Waring Slender^ care heiag 17 exereisei to 'see that as cmacii ©oistar© as possible was transferrea from jar to M.«m&or. Tim sample was blended xrith intermittent shoeing- in an effort to aistribrate th@ loGse t&oi&iur® e^tn-iy*. (s) Wftl^jhiwg o Fifty gretes -of th© Iyl.®iwle4 ^caapl^ sere wsigheiS oa a trlpie-fe&a© fealasee- ®M& o^en i!B©tko4 as pre^lo^sly de$e.rlfe©&» ir$@4 fe^ the memiBi Duplicate' firl©4 ©araples ^'©iglilng in proRlmitf t© 2 gra©s w$r@ w^i^e-i. out ac^uratoiy ©B the asialftical balan-o© asdl -oacfe ®a.s traasf ©rred t^ a %QQQ ml.*. %&ateer.. fhe metliodt adopted for crude flfeer determination ^as takeis from tee Offiel&X and Tentatif© He-thodd of itoaiysia (SO). However,. tiie etfeer extraction wa© ie©m©d imnecess^pj.. One-«tli©uasfid ml* feeaJcers were used as • digestion flask© and large fe^id^ii flas&s were eapleyed as coadensere to maintain a coiaatant volume of digesting solution*. The kjeldakl flask© rested ©n the rim of the 'bea&ers* presenting a large cool surface.' t© vapors and foan* from the digestion,. Approxiiaatelf ©,.§ graa of dig- eeted aebestoe was added to tfe© dried bean® in the beaker and 800 a3U of foiling sulfurie acid (1...25 ga. HgSO^lOOnl) was added-., fiie digestion flask ms iassiediately ^Kmnected IS to the condenser and heat tsas applied by Btansew bamer, A battery of fo«r digestion flasfes was operated at one tifi©. The contestB- of the flasK ^er© l»ro«ght to boiling as close as po-sslfel© t© the one isintate called for hj the Official Slsthods. 30 miiuat©'®. Boiling was then continued for exactly The flasks «er© rotated occasionally to wash dotm any natterial clinging to the mils.. 4t the ©aspira- tion of 30 minates the flasks were reaoved., filtered through dreas linen in a fitted funnel.,: and washed tj-ith boiling irater antil the xsashings were no longer acid, Litmtt« paper was used to test the acidity of the m&ii water, A quantity of sodlust hydroxide (1 ..:2:5g/l.O0 ml,) had been kept boiling under reflux condenser and n&ss 200 »1.,. of this has© ®m used to crash the charge and. asbestos into a elean dry 1000' ml, leader* & ©ash bottle mar-ked to deliver ZOO ml. facilitated the washing of eharg© into the beaker. The. bealeer ©a© brought into contact vjitte. the fejeldahl flask and the sampl© digested as before for 30 minutes. At the end of that tis© the contents of each flask uere filtered through a Qooch eruicible prepared with a thin asbestos mat. The filtered material ©as thoroughly ©ashed with boiling water and then washed with approximately 15 ml, ©f alcohol. The cruclbies and contents were dried at 100*0 to constant weight* cooled in a desiccator and weighed., on an. analytical balance. 19 fh© GORt/stxta of the erH«lbl©s srer^e incinerated- in aa electric nrnffle oven- for approKiraatelj SO minutes* cooled to a ^esSceattor sn4 weigiied. The dlfferemcs in ©.©igUings \mr® report©^ as erts&a fiber... fh® m&thag mnptoy&^t. ©^s a ma^ifieatian ef Bes-* soy*a (4) analysis for vitamin C* (1) DetermiQ^iioR, of ggt-lilaratti^a i.go^st^3.t .tig) for^AacgrMe.,.Acicl ,..Usl^-g; Um Fistxer H.^tr^^kot^fa^.te^ a^tiFilter. S-ES,.8^. T-M© c.^iiferati^ii coristasst i?^s -secured bj em-ploying the following e^aatisn -on & lm®©n range ©f ssc-orbi-e acid concentrations.. K & ~^J®} \ ^Siesss ^ „ X 100 % C ** tlie coriaeairati^in @f aeeorbi© a0id in aiga/iUl 15^ as ^wraiie readings of test eolation aims sample iej 1 ml. S^S mstaph^splx-orie acid 4- S5 ra!„- dye -^ buffer mixture ©^ ^ average reading ©f -asoerMe a-cid test K «* eslibratien constant in ©gra* per 1-00 gms* per degree on galvon^meter. T-en staples of ascorbic acid t?©re run in matehed 20 tmb€!-ss. th© eone@.ntratiop*s begtaBiBg at ©♦Ql mg* per ml. api iB^reasing Tzj 0,01 TSgra, per ml* mstil a eosscsRtratien ©f 0...10 mg.. per ml, h;a<t beem r^aehed. (a) iS gre©.. of sodlQs asetats Oaffsr) were t!?©igfr@£ ani tr^Bsferr^^ t© a ^000 ml. vslumetric flagk,. Mstill©^ TOter was utseot te ©asfe the fe-tiffer isato tfee flask* (h) 17 rsgms,. of g4; & disijloropfem©!!. Inctepk^ ■enol ware -weigh®!!! aii4 fe©% distilled «ater wad ass-d to- waslx iji© <3f^ through, a filter paper iisto %h<a t%az& eo-ritaintog' <■«■) ffae^ t'l«®ie was then ma®.® np to^ %b© •8000 ftl. isark with dis'tilied «at©r* <d) SS el., ©f %hiB efy©~&etf£er .©ixture woeld iis^allf r^a^ SO "t 5 oa- th© gai^osometar of the Fiskor Sle45tjPoph©toHset®r, anci: ^as a«l^©t©ci to thl© rang© by Silatioti or can^&ntr&tl-m it necessary.* The dys-bvaffer mixture was prepared sash day for the satapi@3 run. Sample (a) The galvonoaieter ©a© adjaatect to © ^hereupoct sampl© tu^es of distilled water ssere inserted and the galv^ome-ter oB-e© raore sdjusted to 0. (b) The Q^ reading was ebtailed by 21 pipettiag I ffii* 3f the 3$ jae'taptio^pboric. aeig (axtraetant) into th© coXopiisss.tey tu^b©.^ aefding 05 ml* of dye-buffer mix%^r© fey sssajaa ef a pipst ealiferaied to deliver in 20 secoM© anfi reading the gaivarjofseter within. 30 ©eeerads after the dye is started iuto th© test tafee* ^he ©^ read* ing m&s otetaii^sd by saa^irig duplicate >©r triplicate' readings and «?a$ eUe-eised periodically* <c) 30 gWB. of fresh feeoja.s (©ssds snipped off 5 -were deposited in the Smml of the Wsrissg Bleiidor and 250 ml. of 3^ faetapIao-Bphoric acid was added*- fhe sample was. hi ended for 3 minute® then- filtered through a fJo» 193 CBaton-Piketaan Co«> filter paper,. The firs* 10 to g© al©., of the flfitrate was disearded and then a VQlmt®%!t$& pipet was employed to transfer 1 •ml*, of the filtra'te iBto a sample tube* Naaet 85 al., of the dye-twal"f er mixture wa» added fey sesas of a voluraetrie pipet to the sample in the tube. The solution u'&s now decolorised mth C-*P* aacorhic acid crystals and the galvanometer reaija^ted to 0* This readjustment is accomplished by moving the inltia;! null ©ontroi knob* This action nullifies the effect of the turbidity of the 1 ©1* sample* A second ml. of the fil- tered ©atraet tsas pipetted into a coloriJaeter tU'bet 2S ml. of dye-buffer alxture added end the galwfiomeier reading taken* Duplicate readings were obtained. 22 Aaeorliic aeia ia ragas... per 100 gms'.. fresh weight iji gae, of sai^l© S3 IV* HKStJLTS i* XMM The fallowing tabl© presents Hie harvest data, for tfee varieties studied; Table- I Variety rf Rival Date plated S~3-*48 S-S-4d ««*3*48 6-3-^8 Pat© harvested 8-4-40 8*5-^6 a*6*48 8-6-48 Growth ported <J8 4«y» €S days S4 stays 64 dear* No.,, 'feashe® ©fflerged. 4:20 446 45* 467 WU '-nne© * pod9 XAfr l&L 6 asfe,* iS4-!%©.« '3 «a^ 163 lbs* 3 oa, L64 Itjs; 5 «>».* S4 Ibfti t ©** ^4 I^-a. 3 ea* S4 I^S. 10 ez. 35,.5 SS^S 3.9*1 wt-. of pod© ■' ^ Tield • 75 lfes„ 14 eg* 40k9 Tenderwod Tendergreen Sir.Greenpod > J& tD O Q o © •H IS O Q ■ Mr <r4 o ^•1 © C3 cS CO 03- ■CC ft* * ^ \D ^\ ■O'.*^ s&W V * • ■ W ® : S3 «>H C0 SJ "O • is! u a * « • 14 • © «■ s^ '» © &9 o r^ ^ 13> o m ■ r* N ■ ■ N O ,« « . o• o £> S3 ■ J3 >* .!»J r* - .♦ ■ • •i0 P5 IT* & « • © '• *-• *-« © • o ■ *■ •• • ♦ ^3 o • - eg m a> r-» to » •■* -» ;» *• «> ■ O St, (35 ^ -CO <1> rrf O iH 0 5S •o <«> *» OS 4S ■♦■ 'd o> -• d- ■-•• & £*»■ m a m © ^> ■*«. • ss o so * ■ » 88 o t <? iH 42 80 ft ^•i & IP4 ■to S3 0> ■o •> #•4 *& n -* 0. o r4 o o • * ,© <f> . ,©• M |3 • -*■ y> #*5 r4 0 (M . - ^ O e- ■I *> »M, WSi ^: -s? <X3 «* .* ' i. ■ <(f ^ \ o» * ^5 », to G O js *#• el TJ1 ■•• i© © ea «? :* ' If ^ <& ♦» &• fc m- C » 63 O © * ♦ (-4C© J3 r-lOi r>- r«4 63 O £5 .• N O eo ■-:« HI ^>\J;» **< ♦ -# ID r^i t* u rt JO 50 O M o ci p-fl 3 ^j P «rtl ftrfi 24 to ©s 03 o • *» <S3 © r4 53 - © ♦»• 3, CQ #« ss :• &->:& ©^ ■»«* '■* *£» G €0 P«-t ©• «* .© -ft © i «CJ ts- ••■ e i* ^> Q^^a i :Sk.iU oH fc). 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Analyses The following table gives the results of duplicate deteroinations of total solids, starch, crtad© fiber and vitamin 0^ '" fable ¥1 : Variety A_, Grade ■liHwrfw—mfWm* Bival fendierpod 0 1 © 1 Analyse of .different Varieties of .Bash .@n^p gemns, Total "SdXldd Strijigless Green Pod 0 1 2 3 0 1 B 3 aisi 0,,©S 0*®4 0,80 23 g© 19 17 19 64 94 94 14.78 13.14 16.68 13,14 0,44 0*58 0.eg 18. 1§ 11 IS £8 76 11 70 11.86 10.00 18,96 9.99 4,8$ U40 30 00 sa 63 ©7 69 30 76 15,2§ 15.46 IS, 86 19,08 ia.20 0.80 0.8© 0.9E 89 74 14 74 SO.38 24.89 87.81 28.61 lUg 10.6 8.S 5. 1 5., 0 0 1.16 3^ ol 4./6B §■• ©9 3.86 §,34 6 6 7 4 7 1 a, 3 i;74 0.S1 6.41 7.,4© 7,; 57 7.* 88 0.73 6.; 49 4.; 4$ 6*86 io;s IO:B 9. t T S 11 1 11,9 li- lUt i2;9 lt. 7 11lg i S-.7 14,. 3 nmtmmv**tw jn'ii^Lii^iMi Freeli a; is e;s4 11.M 14.7 Vitaain 0 ■ .iy©sh g4 hr*. 6;9 6»4 7;4 . ©rale" Fi%«r .24 hr-«. 'aresh 3 fend©rgreen 8%acr*b"SXF$ "B&ai* ,84 lar^.. 0..74 0.93 0.7S 10. so Fresh „%4 hr... 84 3S 87 8© . ^5 49 29 f. PISGtrSglOK OF RBSULfS aaftKlKKstsamaatt The proe<Ntare followed in tran^ferrlitg the frosefisaaple© to the biesdor #sf fetav« ln©arred a slight ©rror ia the final results^ Similarly^, the us© of smter t© fae* ilitat© tii'dAdiing inerraeeB th® dl^fleolty iia ofetainiRig a r©pr.@.@©}f5tatii?# anampl©* Sssperlmentatiwi ©B this. teehBlque $»>i3id probably show th&t there ie axs ©piliiiaa eone&ntrstioft of s@fflpl© ai^ ©ator t© g-i"^© aost aeeurate results* U'S?© of fotat© st^reh a© a st&RdarS ifi th©- star eh analysis pro^ii©© only r®lati'i?e result.® mfalsfa are,, ho^e^er.^ qiaate satisfactory In a s©rle® ©f an^Lyse© ©hieh iaelwi© only on© proffeet. Siels^n (Wl tms ©imti® that %n his ©©th- ©d of starch analysis th© srror da© to dsxtrin© is much less than In © hydrolysis pr'©e@dwrs far stsreh nh^r© th© dsKtrlns ars not- r©ro0^©4, e.. Yield The following tsbl© staram&rig©© the- dat®. on y&sld eh&r&ett'rlsties &t the ^arieti©© studisdf ^"©^'"■"^''""""am&lh' ""^uslies'"""*" '^''"'ifiel^1''1'' '" ' :I''' period Emerged #0 In days 14*5 40*0 420 62 Rival 13*0 35.3 446 63 Tender P©d 18*4 39*1 467 64 Stringless »*©«= Green Pod;, Tendergreen 64 456 33*2 13*3 "'^""Msiritrtiiion #1 #2 #3 18.»3 12*5 4*8 31*5 35v3 38*4 35*6 39^2 18*4 8»5 30»6 46*7 30 In %h® light of this data it would appear that Ri¥al is a maeh better yielding ■variety .and && earlier maturing variety t&an th© others, this -may b© an erresieeud eonolu-elo» ia that the aetmal nuaaser of lushe© yielding fceana ©ere n@% eownte-d, bat rather the total njoaber aS b\*sfe©e ©oerge<i for eaeh variety. TM.®,» 'he^ever,. Sees not &®em likely since there is sueh a significant difference in the- total bashes efflerged for Blval and the other varieties* Ha<S Biml been allowed to ifsatere the extra on© t© two days like tte© ether varieties it is probable that the yield ©f this parU«ttlar variety woald ha^e been e^en greater. The l@r^st perueistag© of bean-s* Pith the exception of gtringiesa Green Fod* are <li©trib!ated. in grade© 2 and 3, Stringlees dreea t'©d nae the most evenly di-stribated var-* iety. Bi^al ©homd the highest percentage of crooked pods. Tehdergreen and Stringlea-s Qreen Pod showed the highest weight, loss frora holding S4 how© at rooa teraperature, The weight loss in holding showed n© correlation to grade else. Table VIII shows the. total snippage logs for each variety? 31 table ¥111 total .^1. Salppage h®&& % Variety nili:»ii' I II ..i Hi , I ill r ll'.i I 11 ii.i'inliHtij n.n.i infill jl.i.u'. mill IIIMIIIH Rivat-l tepderpod feadorgrees ..n.....»i.. .'.in- .i, St.Grn Fed of all gradeiT ' 3? 11»» 27 itee, M lbs, ^S lbs* SRtp^Crd' ©%•. Of all grad&e proot©©©*! iisffl®4» " 3S lbs-. © os* 23 lbs. 14 02. " 3© 1M... & 08* IS8 lbs. 3 o«. g Snippajso 13*8 13*6 8g*i. 12.9 Bith t&e ©3fe©TptioB @f fen^ergreen^. tto© total loea ol'^© to snippag© was -.ele©© to 1§ p^rceint for ea©k of the otlutr vari@ti©-s.. In ©ssieral %fo® ^pippag© teraded to lessen witk inereas-lug grade aiz«* The ©©ad oontent me ia all eases well be lei? the l^ allowable for P. S. Grade € standards for maturity of canaed greefi beans* and ©aly la one grade of ©a© variety did the seed eontent e^eed'the &% allowable for a standard grade aeeordlag to Ho©© aad Boeaej (Z&). The fo'lleslng table is of interest to ©osp-ariag the yield resalts of the four varieties studied with siailar researeh eoedyteted in iSiehigaa la 194'? by Wittwer aad Barrleon (29). •8' «n4 ■d «•» m I s e I © ■do m © © ■s ■if* » o 4* • •■o ©■ m& ■ P^ •^ © © €> ■«? WAV, *«» '* .« ^ ■«* 49 -O ■O g »« ^ a E-S r«3 © ■© © I* ©■ © © > : ! 4 8 «4) ©3 8 i& <& fQ 9 o to «Nt 0 €9 « H «l j»4 O' « 03 •ffl ^ •^6 © «. 0? <9 »«4 i i m m aw MO ^ © ffe e © © * m 0 •St in u * :.■ .© © 32 3$ 'fee resalts iodiloate that the yielfis of tiies-© ifari©ii©@ growi i^ liehig©® sr© klgfeer tbsra tk© Or©gom yields, but fe@re agaiB th© stage© of mattsrlty at hari^st aui the Htiaber &f pipings should be knevm before true eoriparisoias ean be made* Wittwer and iferrisoi* (29) p^int oist t&at Ri-^al mm©atstaoiirag isa yield ®n& make this interestittg commentj. a Ther© is ara indication fr<M tiaase testa tfesat Eifal l3elo»g@ to the saiae har% class» mmf be fflor© prodmctitsei,, and ha®. the qaality ©f Teaddrgreenv* thl® stateaeet is ■wrrob*** rated toy the present sorfe ^ust completed i© Oregoa.,. for Bi^al firovei saperior in yield t© feadergreeia. aai lo«eF in starcti and crude fifeer* Etosn^wr^ Bi^al did not eoxw tain as rauch vitamin. C as fept^ergreea. Tenderfrad ©hen gro%m. in Michigan showed the highest yield op a plant toasis, yet,,,; toeeauss the plants failed to develop in col<l wet weather it ms the- least products i^r© variety, the Oregon re salts shots Sival to he sttperior in yield to fenderpod or any of the other trarieties ©n a plant basis. The resialts of the ©iatlstleal analysis (M) on total -solids ar© presented helo^. The W value of 1?.4 indicate© that there is a highly significant differones 34 Isiiteeen varieties insofar as total solid© are eogteerned* Wo sisniftcftBt difference was found in ^cmparins grade sises and oo a-lguifieasit differ&ne® was- fowsd. to c^mpar^ ing fresii with 24 ko-ur d®laf 0aai|Jl@®.* 3 8 ■ Varieties © p 124.03 It* 09 Grade©- ?»iS 3 £.3* 1«.0S Dgl^y T,90 1 7*90 v^iif'^^ Error $5«5i m Total lt4,..St si S...S1 • Bi^diy S'igia.ifi«aai Striagiee^ :^r@««i Pod eentained tli^ Higbeftt per«s»ta^e ©f total solids ©» tije gs-wrage,, whil© f©sidergre«B. ©^s "ae:st and fender pod -and Slml ^ere sbo&f e^eu. fartesr and Stpart (£1) foand tbat ssall beans eom-* tainod a higher per^eritage of ©©istyr® Vam. large feeaa© and that the percent ©f less is weight ©» ©t@rag©- was praetically ttoe saia© in both -0i&e@. Th© ftgare© for the statlstieal asaalysis of starch on the (Sry feasia as sho^n, reveal that therf is a highly sigpificaxit difference in starch between varieties aad among grades* toot n© ©ignlfleant difference ^etsseen the fresh and 24 hoar delayed saaples* m S S © F 1 s F is&as ggaas 3 41*38 01,9** 3 73*38 38*9- ©©lay Si 15 1 5.13 Error 4S.*a9 S4 1*80 Total 394.68 11 Varieties Grades m 2*7 Mhghly elgBifleactt Stri3fj.gle$s ©reen P©d. «'@ntals)Sd fey far the Mghesto percisirat^g® ©f starch OB ths ii@iglat#i a¥#rage» Tend©r^t*^^a ©as next lil:ish@a:t,f %h®n TenS&epoi&f, aBd finally Rival,. fla® stsrcfe e©iit©js:tr l^or^^sed. rap-idly tilth ijaereasing grade sige*. tJhiek e^ese witk tfee remjlt® of Far&er said @i»art ($1)+ The rise in stared eosatesi-t i® illustraied in graph.© 1 spid 2;.; Cr Cr^fi^. Orily in oia© iKistau-ee did t&© fi"fe©r oxe@©d 1 pereent ®n ifee fresh basis., It is difficult,,, frcwn the results ©£ the analysis^ to prediet x'5,heth©r ©r not the fiber increases with inereaslftg grade st-ze. Wm®v@r» there appear® to "foe some differen-e© io varieties* since Rivals TetJ-dergreesa and Striagless Oreea Pod contain; approximately the same ammmt of fi^er ®hile fenderpod appears to have eomsiderafcly less thasi the afore— mesntioned varieties* 36 GRAPH I % STARCH— FRESH BAS S ;.tKT{rthrR£. if-m: + Jn HlrrtiTi-jl x o < (0 I- z u o tr ui o. GRADE GRAPH 2 i o a: < t- UJ o cr UJ o. GRADE 37 % STARCH— FRESH BASIS, 24 HR. DELAY 38 The Canned Food B-©f©r©iaee Mamal (1) gives an average of 0.5 percent crude fiber in green beans, Kramer (16) reports an average of 0.65 percent and Chatfleld and Maros ($) 1.40 percent, the average ©f ail grade siaes reported herein im© tovmd to be 0.® percent for Rlva-1,,. 0.5 percent for Tenderpod, 1.1 percent for Tender green and 0.9 percent for Strlngless 0re©n Fed, »• fityala,^, ' The results of the s'tattstlcal analysis on ascorbic acid figures appear belo^; .S S Varieties © F 76'1.§4- 3 1.92 3 Delay 88*?. 40 Error Total Grade© 13 S F 253.84 26.47 0.64 0.0? 1 287.40 29.97 230.10 24 0.59 1280.95 31 , Highly significant In this experlaent the F values indieat© that there is a highly significant difference in vitarain 0 content between the varieties of beans and also a highly significant differance between the fresh and tt3©nty-*fo»r hour delay samples. That no signdficant difference was found in vitarain € determinations by grades confirms the work by Mack ©t al (17):, Wade and Kanapaux (27) and Tressler et al (26). How- ever, Flynn and associates (9), Caldaell et al (5) Kramer 39 (15) and Ptilllips amd FentoB (22) foiamd that vltaoiin C varied with the grade ais^ or stage ©.f .roattirity. m&eKr Tapley aisd King (17) report that to «omp@rison tjith othsr vegetable a snap beaas lose their vitamiBi C rapidly in storage^ ^speei-ally at l-ow temperature, which- is qalt© ©vidgsit fro© the tables ©hawiiig vitarain C content. f/ade and KaKiapam (SS) aoted that the, ©ore fiferogs atrate© ©r varieties had a higher aeoorbic a€id coaieat., This o^a®rvati©n can be made in the preseht work for ^ feBderpod having a decidedly lower 'fiber' eoaten't has also a decidedly lower aeeorble acid eonicint uhile Teudergree^ ©ith highest fiber content ha© highest atscorble acid content« fh© following table present® a -ec^apa^ls^n of the results of several investigation© of ascorbic acid content In ailli^rasss per 100 grand fresh baana* of the varieties studied. m Vitamia G Oontent of the Mti®wen% Var%6%l&& of "■""mi i- |i 'V .1 'i li J I I II nilummi/ii ■■linniiiliiiniiiiilii.iiiiw Im^estiga— tors _______ IMLII..I.;II,:,I¥IIMII.I«III«IMI Rival Sacfe ©t al (17) H©liaK© et al (18) Hagrgea'61 al (11) Phillipg & Wm^m <88> ai'Mard & Flyim (13) Jane.0. (14) Flyxj© et al (9) fan Buysae el al <S6) la^fleld & Rlehard^ son (IS) Bedford •©! al (S) Present Mom' ($©igtit<i<l-®v. of grades) «=rt«!H»a»fii»>m!».fc II,I.I..H.»I .il i Hi li iiii.;i;i .in I.'..i . 16.? I...II ...n rn i i. ■■■ i» ■■ n in-nun tender* Str.&reen green . Pod 34.0 3S..0 g4..g 21.1 3S.5 15.8 86.T 19. S 81.0 %?.Q 20.1 [M.III li un.iii mill. fsaaer* ___ pad IPI V.I:.IM» 13*8 39.0 m,:s- 89..§ 26..6 li'iiimr III.III ;■ - .yiiiipftnnwxi.Hini y/.n uni.lll' I mull i, 11'jij i mn i;",'ii;#r.<Wi> .',»..»'»«ii< II %®. a ■di.ffl©itfll taatc to raak lh» varl©!!©© ©ImdlM on Hi© resells presealdd tier© asd- iiid®©d.t such ^a& not t&e ©fej.©<Jt of this research. However». if the values for stareh* crude fiber and vitamin 0 fee considered approxitaalely ©q^a:l in a practical s©n©e:f then an atteiapt way be made to rank the varieties on liar vest yield and processing char aeteri all e®-. Rival was best ae it gave the highest yield in the shortest growing period. Stringless Green Pod having a ©rowing period one day longer than Tendarpoi produced a slightly higher yield than that variety. Had the growth periods been equal the yield of Tenderpod •raotald probably 41 have b©en higher than it was. T©nd@rgr©en gav© the 1 ernest yield* Am far as sulppag© loss ©as eoiie©rn©4. Tender green loe'i ra©@t while the other varieties were al>out even im snippage loss. Th© grafi^ si see I and g @re siosfc €©©iraMe if the beans ar© to be frosea for eoanereial use.. Stringles© 6reen Pod h©Q the highest percentage of bea?*© in these grai© 9ta»9t foll.arci&6 by Rival* fef^erped and fender^ee®. Siaee livsl Is so ontetahfiing in yieia it aahay be ranteei first* Stria^leae Careen Pod having mo®% be^as Sa the preferred' grade siges. say b® ranlce^ ®eooKiSt follo^ecl by fesaderpoa. On th© ba:Si# of th© twbUtre Jti«t i:ise«s©e^r fendergreeB deserve® to be ptaded fourth* 42 vi. .cc«cu»iqw8. If ©siap beans are i© b@ har^estM meehanically it is e^l^eBt. that liicr^ased planting ©agt fe®- made in ©rcler to equal th© yi@l4 by hand picRiag. fh© date of h^p^est tsAttt h® earefally considered if a aiajorlty of a ©pecific grade sis® is desired. Rival appears to giir© a higher yield and to »at»re earlier than the other varieties. fh® ®Hippa@e iess I* syfficleatly high ip seae grade0 to fjarrasrrt farther ii5ve'@tigatio:)a».. the seed, oos^ent inereaee^ ©Ith lacreasiwg grade else which should ©taviate the ■necessity ©f detentiraiag pereent seed as- ain todieatioB of st^ge of maturity. there is a temdeacy for the bean© to loe© weight ©lightly during storage for 24 hovar© at room, teaaperature,, wlille ©tareh on the dry hasis qto&m n& significant change and vitamin S los-o 1© hi:ghly eignifleant* Starch content incmase© rapidly with raaturation and the relatively ©imple and rapid ©tsrch Qnaly©i# of Miel^ sen .(19) could easily he need a© a quality control aeasure. The starch content on the fresh basiss was belovj 1 pereent in saost results and in no case ©scceeded % percent, these results ooapare favorably with thoee of Ghatfieid and Adaws <6) ^h® give an average of S*S percent ©tarch for green bean©* 43 P© sigjaifleant Mtt&remG® in vlt&Mln S of boa^s from %b® ¥mf%Q<n& jgr-Q&$£ was obser-vaiS^ Th© i?api©t4e'0 stiadi^S ^rar«■ not ©Keessitely high lf> stcir^h or •cra&a filler aa«3 t^© ase@r%ic a©ia content coa* pared favwateiy trith th© f inSlag® ©f ©ifeer w©rfeer©. 44 mi... mmmt A review of the litsratar© ©is .^re^a fe@&»& ha© been IMree-ajated* Flrgjar'e.^ for Jmrwsfc, yield,, jield fey grate© and proeessing losses for fosr varieties of siagle-^^rveet baab 3R@f> beans -are ©iJ®CTi in talSmisr fiara* Aaal^s©'® sr^ given for total soii&s* •starefe.,. crat©1 fiber« <m& aseorM« aeidl @B &otia fresh and a 34 ho'tsr ■delayed bast®* Sans eoacliasioxis from ttie mr& are mads* 4$ X, J-m&TtG&xi 'Omi iotapaiij. 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T. and Kiiig* C» ©* ^Hafiiii ' '0 in ^a^e-taMos., 3S S^ap %©^a©.. Food Research, ■*» 309-B14,- (19S9), 18, Hayfleld;* H©:ler». Is, and. Blchardio^K ^-s&le S*. Tiie iriiasin co^teat of $r«®r> string be.ans wliea eocked or carmsd easd stor©sS:#. 'Dfontafta State'GoX**lege Agr, Sxp„ Sta. Bull, 3^,:. Jttiie# (1999>v 13 p. IS-, Hielsen* John f:» Eapid d^terwimfation of atareh, Ing, €hem, Anal^ Ed.., 15» ItS^l?©, (1943), Ind. 4? SO... Official ami Teatsiti^'^ethedls of ^naiy©i# of tlm' ASGO^; Office ilgrs Chooi^te^ 6>t)t e-ft., (194$),. 21. Parte®r4:'S.'0. an^" StasaPt* S* V* Ghsaagp* In tn© ctefe©Eil;66I 'ComposiVl<m'of .gir#m ©mp '^©am after fearv^gt,- WhrylamM A&r. Sxp* Sta. tall. 383, <19SS)? El p.' SS. gowc^'S* #. ani Sonn&y^ ¥,., B. * @tts&y ©f cbesaleai stB# pliysie&I oi©thd-d« far ^terai^l^g th§ aatiar(1936). 24... &b&QAQ&ti "€?•♦' W.. 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