Distribution of Fiber Content in Asparagus Cultivars1
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- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience
- Vol. 11 (2) , 149-151
- https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.11.2.149
Abstract
Analysis of spears of 9 cultivars of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) revealed differences in fiber content between cultivars. The least fiber was found in ‘MSU-1’, ‘Mary Washington’, and ‘U.C. 72’, and the most in ‘N.J. Improved’ and ‘U.C. 711’. There were significant differences in fiber content in the 5 sections of spear studied; the tip (10 cm) portion of spear had the least while the bottom section (17.5 – 20.0 cm from the tip) had the most fiber.Keywords
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