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- Fruit & Vegetable Consumption per Capita: 1970 - 1989[In pounds, retail weight, except as indicated.] Commodity 1970 1975 1980 1985 1989
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- Fruits
- Fresh fruits, total
- (retail weight) 76.9 81.5 86.4 86.3 96.6
- Noncitrus(1) 49.0 53.2 58.5 63.7 72.2
- Bananas 17.4 17.6 20.8 23.4 24.6
- Apples 16.2 18.2 18.3 16.6 21.6
- Grapes 2.5 2.9 3.3 6.6 6.9
- Citrus(1) 27.8 28.4 27.9 22.3 24.4
- Oranges 15.7 15.4 15.4 12.0 12.6
- Grapefruit 7.9 8.1 7.8 5.6 6.9
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- Canned 14.4 11.8 10.7 8.4 8.7
- Dried 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.9 3.1
- Citrus fruit juices 31.7 45.8 44.6 45.7 46.5
- Frozen (single-strength
- equivalent) 21.9 35.0 33.8 40.3 40.0
- Orange 20.7 32.8 31.8 36.1 35.8
- Canned 5.2 5.2 5.0 2.2 2.0
- Chilled (single-strength
- equivalent) 4.6 5.6 5.8 3.2 4.4
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- Vegetables(2)
- Selected fresh vegetables
- (retail weight)(3) 64.0 66.6 72.8 78.8 99.3
- Lettuce 20.8 21.9 24.9 23.2 29.2
- Onions 11.6 12.6 12.9 15.6 17.9
- Tomatoes 10.3 10.2 11.4 13.7 17.9
- Selected vegetables for
- processing 92.4 90.8 92.8 92.1 91.8
- Tomatoes for processing 52.8 52.6 54.1 53.6 54.9
- Cucumbers for pickling 5.2 5.7 5.1 5.3 4.7
- Other vegetables for
- canning(4) 22.0 19.4 19.9 17.3 16.2
- Vegetables for
- freezing(5) 12.5 13.1 13.6 15.8 16.0
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- Dry edible beans 6.3 6.5 5.4 6.9 7.9
- Sweet potatoes
- (retail weight) 5.0 4.9 4.3 5.0 4.1
- White potatoes:
- Fresh 59.8 50.5 49.0 44.7 49.8
- Frozen 12.2 17.5 17.9 22.0 22.5
- Chips & shoestrings 4.3 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.6
- Canned 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
- Dehydrated 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.4
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- 1. Includes other fruits not shown separately.
- 2. Excludes production from home gardens.
- 3. Includes asparagus, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery
- and sweet corn, not shown separately.
- 4. Includes asparagus, carrots, green peas, snap beans, and
- sweet corn.
- 5. Includes asparagus, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, green
- peas, snap beans, and sweet corn.
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- Source:U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
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