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EXPERDIENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



fected the keeping quality in any way whatever. There seemed 

 to be somewhat less loss, as a rule, among the berries from the 

 plots treated with phosphate (alone or in combination) than 

 among those from the plots on either side of those so treated. 

 The results in this connection, however, were not very positive. 



Table XL 



Plot. 



Fertilizer 

 used. 



Quantity of 



Fruit 



obtained 



(Boxes). 



Size 



of Berries; 



Average 



Number in J 



Samples. 



1, 



2, 



3, 



4, 



6, 



6, 



7, 



8, 



9, 



10, 



11. 



12, 



13, 



14, 



15, 



16, 



17, 



18, 



19. 



20, 



21, 



22, 



23, 



N 

 P 

 K 



NP 



NK 

 PK 



NPK 

 NPKL 

 NPKcI 



Ni U2 PK 



N2 PK 

 NKPi 1/, 



NKPo 



NPKi trj 



NPKa 



m 



2 



m 

 m 



2H 

 2H 



i 



3>^ 

 3% 



2>^ 



456 



3Vo 



4 



4K 

 3 



2 



109 

 108 

 105H 

 112 

 105%^ 

 108H 

 102 

 106}^ 

 110 

 104 

 105Ji 

 99 



108>^ 

 105 

 102H 

 103"^ 

 WGM 

 W2 



\om 



103H 

 105,4 

 lOG 

 106 



Plots 1, 5, 0, 13, lY, 21, 22 and 23 are all untreated check 

 plots. The meanings of the fertilizer symbols used are as 

 follows : — 



N means 100 {joimtls nitrate of soda per acre. 

 P means 400 pounds acid phosjihate per aere. 

 K means 200 pounds high-grade sulfate of potash per acre. 



