U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY BULLETIN NO. 88. 



H. W. WILEY, Chief of Bureau. 



THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF APPLES AND CIDER. 



I. THE COMPOSITION OF APPLES IN RELATION TO 

 CIDER AND VINEGAR PRODUCTION. 



II. THE COMPOSITION OF CIDER AS DETERMINED BY 

 DOMINANT FERMENTATION WITH PURE YEASTS. 



BY 



WM. B. ALWOOD, 



Special Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Mycologist of the Virginia 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



R. J. DAVIDSON, 



Special Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Chemist of the Virginia 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



W. A. P. MOlSTCimE, 



Assistant Mycologist, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1904, 



