110 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 192. 



rot" (caused by Fusicoccum putrefaciens Shear) in the stored fruit. A 

 few of the flooded berries of this variety showed small spots of rot caused 

 by Sporonoma, but no "end-rot." 



It seemed impossible to get the flooded berries dry for picking after 

 the water was let off, chiefly because the many shells left by fruit worms 

 were full of water and would dry out but slowly; therefore the fruit 

 finally was picked and stored wet. 



The berries were stored in picking crates, two bushels being used in 

 each lot. They were examined for rot when placed in storage, October 

 25, and again at the end of the storage period, December 27. 



Table 3. — Effect of a Long Fall Flooding on Ripe Early Black and 

 Howes Berries. 



A like test made at the station in 1914 gave much the same results as 

 this one, the flowage promoting rapid decay among Early Black berries, 

 but not doing so among Howes. 



The fact that the submerged Howes berries showed less rot than those 

 picked before the flooding confirms the opinion given in a pre\'ious re- 

 port, ^ that fruit of this variety should never be picked before the end of 

 the fii'st week in October. If left until then it not only will have better 

 size and color, but also will include less rot when prepared for shipment. 

 Late picking of Howes berries is especially desirable where tliis variety 

 usually develops much "end-rot" (Fusicoccum) in storage. 



Although unpicked ripe Howes berries evidently endure rather long 

 submergence without appreciable deterioration, tliis is not advisable, 

 especially if they have been much infested with fruit worms, because they 

 are so hard to get dry afterward. 



Table 3 confirms the comparative results of storing cranberries wet or 

 dry shown elsewhere (page 122) in this report and in a former one.^ 



The McFarlin vines on the station bog usually bear sound berries. In 

 both 1916 and 1917 this fruit was of exceptional quality for the variety 

 in spite of the unusual wetness of those seasons, keeping nearly as well 

 as the Howes berries. The season of 1918 was much drier than those of 

 1916 and 1917, but fully half the station McFarlin berries rotted on the 



1 Bui. No. 168, Mass. Agr. Expt. Sta., 1916, p. 19. 



2 Bui. No. 180, Mass. Agr. Expt. Sta., 1917, pp. 201-204. 



