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Table IV. 



[Those examinations and counts were made on November 12.) 



Table III. indicates that Plot E and its check had larger 

 percentages of loss in the keeping tests than did Plot I) and its 

 check. That this was trne is also shown by the average counts 

 of decayed berries in samples examined on November 11 given 



in the following table 



It might be thonght that the difference here noted was due to 

 the earlier picking of Plot E and its check, the gTeener fruit, 

 perhaps, not keeping as well as that left on the vines nntil more 

 mature. Close inspection of the results given in Tables 11. 

 and III. docs not, however, sustain this view. Table III. indi- 

 cates an improvement in keeping quality for Plot E of about 

 17% per cent, over the check, while Plot D showed an improve- 

 ment of only 13/^ per cent, over its check. This, together with 

 the fact that E gave an increase of 55 per cent, in quantity of 

 fruit over its check while D gave an increase of only 47% per 

 cent., indicates that the greater amount of decay, among the 

 berries from E and its check, in the keeping tests was due to 

 the presence of a greater amount of fungous disease on that 

 portion of the bog. The tests appeared to give no evidence that 

 the stage of ripeness at which the berries were picked had any 

 effect on their keeping quality. 



