LETTER OF TRAXSMITTAL 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., July 7, 1908. 



SIR: I present herewith a manuscript prepared by Mr. H. C. Gore 

 on the preservation of fresh fruit juices, apple juice being used in 

 these experiments. This is an industry of increasing importance in 

 the United States, and it is only necessary to its still more rapid 

 development that some unobjectionable method for the preservation 

 of such juices be practiced. There is a continuing objection to the 

 use of chemical preservatives in products of this kind, and the work 

 here presented shows that these juices may be perfectly preserved, 

 either in small or in large quantities and with a much better flavor, 

 by means of sterilization alone. The work is of a practical character, 

 having been conducted on a scale which can easily be extended to 

 commercial proportions. 



Mr. W. A. Taylor, pomologist in charge of field investigations, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, cooperated in the work by advising as to 

 the selection of the varieties of apples employed, by serving on the 

 committee of experts who judged of the quality of the completed 

 product, and in other ways, giving valuable advice whenever the 

 pomological features of the investigation were under consideration. 

 I recommend that this report be published as Bulletin No. 118 of 

 the Bureau of Chemistry. 



Respectfully, II. W. WILEY, 



Chief q f Bureau . 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



