Excerpt from The American Journal of Pharmacy, 1898, Vol. 70: Published by the Authority of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Various insects were found to play a very important part in the distribution of the organisms. In general, it is claimed that the alcoholic ferments are carried to the grapes by ants, flies and gnats they can pass uninjured through the digestive canal of the diptera. They are very active in the intestines of the diptera, the temperature being suited to their development. - Expt. Sta. Bee, 1898, p. 1028. 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.