LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, June 18, 1903. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "The 

 Apple in Cold Storage," and respectfully recommend that it be pub- 

 lished as Bulletin No. 48 of the series of this Bureau. 



This paper was prepared by Mr. G. Harold Powell, Assistant 

 Pomologist in Charge of Field Investigations, and Mr. S. H. Fulton, 

 Assistant in Pomology, and has been submitted by the Pomologist 

 with a view to publication. 



The illustrations which accompany this report, consisting of live 

 colortypes and one half-tone plate, are considered essential to a full 

 understanding of the text. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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