Bui. 141, Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE 



FIG. 1. A SAKE BARREL SUCH AS is USED BY THE JAPANESE IN PROCESSING PER- 

 SIMMONS. 



An improvement in this process bus been made and is described on page 27. 



FIG. 2. PROCESSED PERSIMMONS IN A SAKE BARREL. 



These fruits were some of the first to be processed in this country, and first attracted 

 attention to the feasibility of treating this oriental perximmon in America. These 

 were processed by Mr. George G. Roeding, of Fresno, Cal., according to the 

 directions furnished by the department. 



