LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY, 
Washington, D. C., March 14, 1912. 
Sm: 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. 
Respectfully, Tes Wis Waray 
| Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
