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with the results given in the above table. The berries of the checks on 

 each plot were mixed so as to have a single storage check in each case. 

 The check storage figures given in the table, therefore, represent the 

 mixture rather than the first check alone with which they are in each case 

 associated. As the table shows, the berries of the unsanded plots, and 

 V, kept somewhat better on the average than did those of their checks, 

 while the berries of the sanded plots, N, R and T, all showed a poorer 

 keeping quahty than did those of their checks. The results of these tests, 

 therefore, substantiate the findings of last year. 



10. MISCELLANEOUS. 



During the fall the possibiUty of introducing cranberry vines for holiday 

 decorations for dining rooms was invest'gated. A patch of Late Howe 

 vines was left unpicked and was so protected from frost until into Novem- 

 ber, by covering with canvas, that it kept in good green condition. 

 Some of these vines were cut and several wreaths and other decorations, 

 bearing the natural fruit, were made from them, a damp moss foundation 

 being used in every case. From the standpoint of beauty these decora- 

 tions probably could not be easily surpassed, and there seemed for a time 

 to be a considerable promise of success for them. It was found eventually, 

 however, that even though plunged in wet moss the vines did not endure 

 the heat of wann rooms for more than two or three days before they 

 deteriorated badly in appearance. It became evident, therefore, that 

 cranberry vines could not be used successfully in this way. Possibly, 

 however, a satisfactory decoration could be made up by putting them in 

 gold-fish jars for table ornamentation. 



The results of the following spraying tests are of general interest, the 

 spray in every case having been applied on a cranberry bog on the 29th 

 of July : — 



1. Plot sprayed with a mixture made up as follows: copper sulphate, 



2 pounds; lime, IV2 pounds; resin fish-oil soap, 1 pound; arsenate of lead, 



3 pounds; water, 25 gallons. No injury was later observed to have been 

 caused by the application of this spray. 



2. Plot sprayed with a mixture made up as follows: lime, IV2 pounds; 

 resin fish-oil soap, 2 pounds; arsenate of lead, 3 pounds; water, 25 gallons. 

 No injury was observed as a result of this application. 



3. Plot sprayed with the following mixture: resin fish-oil soap, 2 pounds; 

 arsenate of lead, 3 pounds; water, 25 gallons. The vines on this plot 

 were badly burned by the treatment. 



The interesting point shown by these three tests is that resin fish-oil 

 soap and arsenate of lead cannot safely be used together as a spray unless 

 lime is added. This confirms the general result of tests made in previous 

 years, but not reported upon. 



A plot was picked by hand in the three j^ears 1911, 1912 and 1913 suc- 

 cessively, the quantity of fruit it produced in comparison with the sur- 



