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to become liquid ; because the relative amount of sugar produced, when 

 compared with the organic acids and water present, is very small. 



With a moderate heat all the conditions are presented for ordinary fer- 

 mentation. The albuminoids being always present in the apple will 

 supply the necessary food for fungi. The cells of the apple sent for 

 examination contained very little starch and could not therefore be ex- 

 pected to keep well. Apples of good-keeping qualities for the Southern 

 States should be charged with starch as late as the 1st of September, 

 or, still better, to the middle of October. Such favorable conditions of 



