LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., March 14, 1912. 



SIR: I have the honor to submit for your approval an account of 

 certain experiments which have been conducted during the past 

 year by H. C. Gore, of this bureau, on the processing of Japanese 

 persimmons on a large scale and on the preparation of the dried 

 fruit. Mr. A. V. Stubenrauch, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, has 

 cooperated with Mr. Gore throughout the course of the work, giving 

 advice as to the general scope and conduct of the experiments. From 

 the data herein recorded explicit directions for processing persim- 

 mons on a large scale may be formulated and an idea obtained of the 

 probable place that processing may hold in the persimmon industry. 

 The preparation of dried persimmons on a laboratory scale indicates 

 that a product of excellent quality may be obtained by the use of 

 simple methods. 



I recommend that this manuscript be printed as Bulletin 155 of 

 the Bureau of Chemistry. 



Kespectfully, H. W. WILEY, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



