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make the most of careful handling of the fruit in packing and of proper 

 ventilation for it while in transit and in the market. The latter seems to 

 call especially for close grading and for the use of as small and open con- 

 tainers as practicable. 



6. The separator problem is still unsolved. 



Resanding. 



The year's experience with the plots, results with which have been dis- 

 cussed in previous reports, is shown in Table 18. The check areas were in 

 each case laid oat adjacent to and on opposite sides of the plot. AH the 

 plots and checks were picked with scoops. The storage-test berries were 

 selected by handfuls from different parts of the crates as they came from 

 the bog and put in quart cans, each can representing one crate. The cans 

 were stored with covers on tight but not sealed. 



This, the seventh year since resanding was discontinued on plots and 

 V, is the first one except 1913 in which their yield has been noticeably 

 reduced as compared with that of the checks. Throughout the season 

 these unsanded plots presented a marked contrast to the surrounding bog 

 which was resanded in 1912 and 1914, their vines being comparatively 

 very thin and sickly in appearance. 



