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Show ! Wild Plants Studied For Vitamin Content Experiments to determine the I 'itam'n value of various wild plants f have been conducted by the U. S. apartment of agriculture, looking 10 a time when other sources of important im-portant vitamins might be lacking BufTaloberry, a native fruit of the j, western states and one of the popu j, fruit-bearing shrubs ecom- mened for erosion control, proved ! .cePtionally rich In ascorbic acid ,lamin C). A generous serving of 4 e berries was found to furnish ie , 0ut twice the standard daily al-tt al-tt ance of vitamin C. Jam made H Jfom the berries contained aboul ro;ird8 as much of this vitamin tt 85 foe fresh fruit. be ' UamPshire-erown wild blue-tt blue-tt , es were found to contain a fair i fply oi vitamin C if eaten raw p a enments showed wild rice as 4 ood source of several B vita-9 vita-9 aevi8lhiamine' riboflavin, nicotinic and Pantothenic acid. And or-cTmry or-cTmry field mushrooms. Agaricus rie5lrIs' were also fund to be n In these four B vitamins. |