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The averages of percentages in the table show that the berries stored 

 wet rotted more than those stored dry in both series of tests. The wet 

 berries in the second series were more nearly dry when picked than were 

 those of the first series, this apparently accounting for the smaller differ- 

 ence in the average amounts of rot that developed in the two lots of Howes 

 fruit. The wet berries left on the bog were perhaps dried a good deal, as 

 compared with those housed at once, by the high temperatures and free 

 circulation of the open air, this perhaps explaining their better keeping. 



All the berries in these tests were stored in bushel picking crates as they 

 came from the bog, without cleaning in any way. Their rot percentages 

 were determined by the "nine-sample" method. 



(c) The two tests in the third series are fully explained by Table 11. 

 The wet berries in these tests were considerably wetter than those in either 

 of the first two series, the moisture being that of a very heavy dew. All 

 the crates were stored as soon as the berries were picked. The tempera- 

 tures given in the table were taken by the writer when the fruit was 

 housed, chemical thermometers being plunged to the centers of the crates. 

 When the four crates picked on October 4 were stored, the temperature of 

 those picked the night before was 50° F. The temperatures of the wet 

 and ch-y picked berries did not become equalized in storage until some 

 time during the night of October 6 and 7. 



All this fruit was stored without cleaning. The crates w^ere examined 

 by the "nine-sample" method. 



