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On Jul 21, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar wrote:

> <x-tad-smaller>Dear All,</x-tad-smaller>
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> <x-tad-smaller>Do you know which cultivated fruit has the highest vitamin C content?</x-tad-smaller>
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> <x-tad-smaller>If not, see this week's interesting fruit fact in Fruitipedia.</x-tad-smaller>
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Isn't it going to depend on specific cultivar / variety; degree of ripeness; soil conditions; available water, nutrients, sun, and airflow; methods of growing it; climate it's grown in; and weather that year?

I would be astonished if vitamin C content (or content of any nutrient) is always the same in different individual samples of any fruit.</x-tad-smaller>

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly