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Excerpt from Studies on Peaches: I. Compiled Analyses of Peaches, II. Changes in Chemical Composition of the Peach During Growth and Ripening, III. Effect of Storage on the Composition of Peaches Stonef prepared galactose and arabinose from. Peach gum. Gum from the peach tree, as well as the gum from peaches, yielded the above sugars. Storer 9 reported the proximate composition of peach stones as Obtained by the Weedne method. Stoi er later 7l examined peach stones, using chiefly Lange's method of fusion with caustic potash for the estimation of cellulose. The method yielded a cellulose having a very high content of pentosans per cent). The filtrate from the reaction product yielded about 15 per cent of Lange's lignic acid. Two nitric-acid methods were tried, but not the chlorination method of Cross and Bevanfl? Storer concludes that peach stones probably contain a smaller proportion of true cellulose than occurs in various kinds Of woods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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