Issued August 4, 1911. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY— BULLETIN No. 142, 



H. W. WILEY. Chief of Bureau. 



STUDIES ON FRUIT RESPIRATION. 



I. The Effect of Temperature on the Respiration of 



Fruits. 

 II. The Effect of Picking on the Rate of Evolution of 



Carbon Dioxid by Peaches. 

 III. The Rate of Accumulation of Heat in the Respira- 

 tion of Fruit Under Adiabatic Conditions. 



H. C. GORE, 



ASSISTANT CHEMIST, DIVISION OF FOODS. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1911. 



