REPORT OF CRANBERRY SUBSTATION FOR 1915. 15 



The figures given in Tables 7 and 8 show that there was a much greater 

 daily loss of water in the first part of the storage period (from October 24 

 to December IS) than in the last part (from December 18 to January 10). 

 This probably was to be expected on account of the higher temperature 

 of the first part of the storage period. The great variation in the average 

 daily loss between January 3 and January 10, shown in the tables, was due 

 to the fact that differences of less than an ounce were not clearly indicated 

 bj- the scales used in weighing. It will be seen that the berries in the 

 boxes with slatted sides lost, on the average, about 15 per cent, more 

 water than did those with solid sides. 



2. Three bushels of Late Howe berries, picked on October 22 in the 

 same location as the two lots in the previous series of water-loss tests, 

 were stored on October 23 in old and well-seasoned bushel boxes with 

 bottoms and sides slatted. These boxes were stacked one on another, 

 and, as in all the other storage ex-periments with boxes described in this 

 report, an empty box was put underneath the stack. This test was con- 

 ducted as an extension of the previous series. The berries were weighed 

 in the boxes twice, at the beginning and at the end of the storage. The 

 results of the test are shown in detail in the following table: — 



Table 9. — Water Loss of Late Howe Cranberries in Boxes with Bottoms 



and Sides Slatted. 



* The change in the weight of the boxes themselves was not considered. 



A comparison of the figures in this table with those of Tables 7 and 8 

 shows that the berries in these boxes lost on the average about 45 per 

 cent, more water than those in the solid boxes and about 26 per cent, 

 more than those in boxes with solid bottoms and slatted sides. The 

 average amount of decay in the solid boxes was found to be 9.26 per cent., 

 while it was only 8.19 per cent, in the boxes with sides and bottoms 

 slatted, there being, therefore, about 13 per cent, more rot in the former 

 boxes than in the latter. This does not show a very marked advantage, 

 as regards their effect on keeping quality, for the slatted boxes. It should 



