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Show Gas From Fruit Skins SkinsStops SkinsStops Stops Potato Growth GrowthWASHINGTON . W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON-Thesh.ms ASHINGTONThesh.ms ASHINGTON Thesh.ms Theshms WASHINGTON-The WASHINGTON The . - Theskinsof skins skinsof . of ofrIpe ripe apples , pears and haw haw- hawthorn haw- haw hawthorn hawthorn - - thorn fruits produce a gas that thatkeeps thatLeeps thatkeeps keeps Leeps potatoes from growing growingDr , , Dr . . 0 H . . Elmer of the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States Department of Agricul Agricul- Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture - - ture has found . Doctor Elmer measured a large largenumber largenumber largenumber number of the e effects 1ccts that this gas gasproduced , , produced by the ! living lvIng skin sJ.In sJIn shin . . of sound soundapples soundapples soundapples apples , has on potatoes He found foundthat foundthat foundthat that the respiration of the potato potato'was potatoas potatowas \'was 'was was \ ' as speeded up , and consequently consequentlythe the activity of all the other proc proc- processes processes - . esses directly connected with the thepotatoes thepotatoes thepotatoes potatoes ' ' resplratlonas respiration resplratlon \ was \\as as vas \ also in- in increased increased in increased - creased . . Sufficient concentration of the gasstops gasstops gas [ stops potatoes from sprouting , and andkeeps andkeeps keeps } .eeps eeps . them well preserved for long longperIods longperiods longperiods perIods of time tune , , the experiments experimentsshow experimentsshow experimentsshow show . . Chemical investigation mvestlgatlon dlS dis dlSclosed disclosed disclosed closed that the unknown gas was wasethylene wasethylene wasethylene ethylene , the gas used m in carbide carbidelamps carbidelamps carbidelamps lamps Interestmglypnough Interestingly Interestmgly enough pnough nough , . this thisgas thisgas thisgas gas has for some tune been used usedby usedby usedby by produce experts to keep kcep cItrus cItrust111tS citrusfruits citrusfruits t1\11tS t1 11tS fruits : " \ while m in transit , , and to aId aIdIn aidin aidin In ripening rJpcnIng them . , . |