STORAGE, RESPIRATION, AND GROWTH. 63 
In the case of the summer apples the curves representing the changes 
of composition in terms of grams per apple, as in the preceding charts 
in which percentage composition alone was represented, are very 
irregular, owing to the fact, as previously stated, that it was very dif- 
ficult to secure a representative sample, the season of ripening being 
so irregular that it was impossible to secure samples having an equal 
number of relatively ripe apples. Irregularities of the curves in fig- 
ures 21 to 24, representing the summer apples, are due to this fact. 
In the charts just mentioned the actual weight of starch increased 
from the date of the first analysis until July 17 in the case of the Karly 
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Fig. 29.—Chart showing results of analyses of growing apples by Lindet (calculated to an assumed 
basis of 20 per cent of total solids). 
Strawberry apples, and until July 2 in the case of the Yellow Trans- 
parent. The percentage of starch in the Yellow Transparent apples 
remained almost constant until July 23. The irregularities in the 
curves representing the starch content in the Bough apples were so 
great as to render conclusions from this curve impracticable. It is 
probable that the maximum starch content of this variety was attained 
on July 2, the same date as in the case of the Yellow Transparent. On 
two subsequent occasions, however (July 22 and 29), a higher content 
of starch was noted, but on each of these dates the content of sucrose 
