American wines would seem to be quite free from this form of adulteration. Baumert found no undue excess of sulphates in the samples he examined, but refers to a sample analyzed by Stutzer, which contained in 100cc. .141 gram SO3. In my seventy samples I found none which exceeded the generally adopted standard of .092 gram SO3 to 100cc., or 2 grams K2SO4 to the liter, and only three, Nos. 5100, 5107, and 5115, which contained SO3, corresponding to over 1 gram K2SO4 per liter.

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2 It will be seen by the above that cider would be considered as "wine" under the construction of the law, as it is the fermented juice of "other undried fruit."