STORAGE, RESPIRATION, AND GROWTH. 

 TABLE III. Analyses of cold-storage apples Continued. 



WINESAP, PICKED AUGUST 15, 1902. 



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WINESAP, PICKED SEPTEMBER 15, 1902. 



a Not used in calculations. 



When these four lots of apples were received, only a small amount 

 of starch was present in the early -picked samples and in the late- 

 picked Winesap, while the starch had entirely disappeared from the 

 late-picked Ben Davis. On the date of the second examination, Jan- 

 uary 19, 1903, the starch in all the samples had entirely disappeared. 



RESULTS WITH. SAMPLES TAKEN OUT OF COLD STORAGE. 



On this date samples were removed from cold storage and kept in a 

 dry room in the laboratory at a temperature of about 70 F., where, 

 owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, they lost their moisture con- 

 tent rapidly; before they were finally discarded some apples were 

 evidently drier than others, and in many cases while one side of the 

 apple was firm and plump the other was dry and shriveled. On this 

 account great care in sampling was necessary and in spite of all the 

 precautions taken the variations in composition were greater than was 

 desirable. It was necessary also to take larger samples for analysis 

 than would otherwise have been used. 



