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hammock on April 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions t...

Here it is for the foods mentioned in the article:

  Watermelon......... 8.2 cal/gal
  Almond............. 7.0
  Head of broccoli... 5.9
  Cantaloupe......... 3.7
  Corn cob........... 1.5

Source: USDA

kemiller on April 1, 2015 [–]

Do you really mean cal/gal? Corn has fewer calories per gallon of water than watermelon? It's not gal/cal?

acveilleux on April 2, 2015 | | [–]

Could just mean water melon soak up water very fast and are good at retaining it.

hammock on April 8, 2015 | | [–]

Refers to total water used in the cultivation of said product. Not water retained in the final product

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