LFTTliR OF TRAXSMITTAL. 



Unitki) Statks Department of AiiUicuLTURE, 



BuHEAi OF Plant Indistky, 



Office of the Chief, 



W(us/r!n<//rw. IK 6'., Apn'l 12, 1907. 



Sir: 1 have the honor to transmit horowitli a manuscript cntith^d 

 "The Cold Storao-c of Small Fruits" and to recomnuMul that it bo 

 published as Bulletin No. lOS of the series of this Bureau. This l)id- 

 letin was prepared by Mr. S. H. Fulton, formerly Assistant Pomolo- 

 gist in Field Investioations in romolooy. and has been submittinl l)y 

 Messrs. William A. Taylor and G. Harold Powell, Pomologists in 

 Charge of Field Investigations in Pomology, with a view to publication. 



The subject is an important one to small fruit growers in many 

 portions of the countr}^, and it is believed that the results of the 

 investigations set forth will be found useful by suggesting ways of 

 prolonging the marketing season and thus conducing to a better dis- 

 tribution of the product, as well as l)}^ indicating some of the risks 

 that are involved in attempts to hold such products longer than their 

 inherent physical characteristics permit. The fundamental importance 

 of careful attention to the details of harvesting, packing, and handling 

 is emphasized by the results of this work, as well as the necessity of 

 proper ventilation of rooms and isolation of products in storage houses 

 to preserve the normal color, texture, and flavor of these delicate 

 fruits. 



The work covered by this report has been done by Mr. Fulton, 

 while the investigations of the gases that accumulate in packages of 

 stored fruit and of the efi'ect of oxygen gas upon stored fruit have 

 been made by Mr. H. C. Gore, of the Bureau of Chemistry, in 

 cooperation with this Bureau. 



The accompanying illustrations are necessary to a full understanding 

 of the text. , 



Respectfully, B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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