12 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletin 183 



RAINFALL. 



The amount and time of rainfall during the period while fruit 

 remained on the tree is shown in the diagram in Table No. 2. 

 The horizontal lines indicate the period during which the fruit 

 of each tree remained hanging. Each vertical line indicates a 

 fall of rain of an amount designated at the top of the vertical 

 line. It will be observed that in the case of four trees the fruit 

 was picked before any rain fell. In the case of the fruit that 

 remained on the tree longest, rain fell at 16 different times and in 

 varying amounts. 



METHOD OF PICKING. 



The fruit from the sprayed trees was picked in four different 

 ways, as follows: 



First, certain lots were picked very carefully, handling the 

 apple by the stem only, with the idea of not disturbing any drops 

 of poison that might be adhering to the surface of the fruit. 

 The lots of fruit picked in this fashion, with the results of analyses, 

 will be found at the beginning of Table No. 3, under the heading, 

 "Fruit Picked Carefully." 



Other lots from the sprayed trees were picked in the ordinary 

 manner, without taking care not to remove the poison and with- 

 out wiping the fruit any more than would be done in the ordinary 

 process of picking. These lots are described, with the resulting 

 analyses, in Table No. 3, under the heading "Fruit Picked in 

 Ordinary Manner." 



In other lots the picker wore common cotton gloves, which 

 would tend to remove part of the residues on fruit, altho none of 

 the fruit was wiped. The results in these lots will be found in 

 Table No. 3, under the heading "Fruit Handled with Cotton 

 Gloves." 



Finally, other lots were handled with cotton gloves and, in 

 addition, each fruit was given a twist within the gloved hand as 

 it was picked, with the intention of removing such of the residues 

 as would be wiped off by that manner of picking. The results of 

 these lots are given in Table No. 3, under the heading "Fruit 

 Handled with Cotton Gloves and Wiped." 



