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Table V. — Changes in composition of sweet potatoes at 15.5° C. — Continued 



SECOND EXPERIMENT (SECOND PERIOD) 



THIRD EXPERIMENT (FIRST PERIOD) 



THIRD EXPERIMENT (SECOND PERIOD) 



In the sweet potatoes which had already undergone a period of "stor- 

 age" in the ground there was on the whole very little further loss of 

 starch and practically no further accumulation of cane sugar. The 

 reducing sugar shows distinct increase during the first period and a loss 

 during the second. 



