1913. 



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These fertilizer plots were located near the bee plot and arc 

 here arranged in their order of proximity to that plot, 22 being 

 the nearest and 2 the farthest away. Plot 22 is separated from 

 the bee plot by not more than its o\\ai width, and 2 is not more 

 than 8 rods away. Plots 1, 21 and 22 are all check fertilizer 

 plots, and have been treated in all respects like the surronnding 

 bog. The results indicate that the bee plot berries for some 

 reason were much better keepers than were the berries of the 

 surronnding bog. 



The average counts of decayed berries in several samples 

 taken from each of these plots give evidence of the general 

 accuracy of the results shown in the above table. They were 

 as follows : — 



These counts were made between the 14th and the 22d of 

 November. 



The comparatively small percentage of loss among the bee 

 plot berries shown in Table VIII. is surprising, in view of the 

 fact that for some reason there was evidently a greater loss 

 caused by the collapse of berries injured by fruit worms in this 

 lot than in those from the fertilizer plots. In general, these 

 results may perhaps be taken to indicate that the berries of a 

 heavy cranberry crop will, other conditions being the same, keep 

 better than those of a light 



The berries from this bee plot showed other peculiarities as 

 follows : — 



First. — A marked comparative softness resembling the soft- 

 ness often characteristic of russet apples in the spring due to 

 loss of water during long storage. This was so evident that 

 the screeners noticed it at once on changing from other berries. 



Second. — A large proportion of berries with rough areas on 

 them, somewhat resembling the russeting of apples. These 



