LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, May 11, 1903. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "Cold 

 Storage, with Special Reference to the Pear and Peach," and respect- 

 fully recommend that it be published as Bulletin No. 40 of the series 

 of this Bureau. 



This paper was prepared by Mr. G. Harold Powell, Assistant Pomo- 

 logist in Charge of Field Investigations, and Mr. S. H. Fulton, Assist- 

 ant in Pomology, and has been submitted by the Pomologist with a 

 view to publication. 



The illustrations which accompany this report, comprising live col- 

 ored and two half-tone plates, are considered essential to a full under- 

 standing of the text. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



