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It should be noted here that the time of picking, apparently, 

 had something to do with the relative size of the berries from 

 these plots and their checks, for Plot E, picked on September 

 7, prodnced smaller berries than its checks, and Plots B and 

 D, picked on September 12, produced berries of the same size as 

 their checks, while Plots A and C, picked on September 19, 

 produced larger berries than their checks, a gradation according 

 to dates, irrespective of variety, thus being evident. This was 

 perhaps caused by a retardation in the development of the fruit 

 on the sprayed vines, due to the heavier crop which they were 

 producing. 



The keeping qualities of the berries from these plots and their 

 checks were tested, with the results shown in the folloAving 

 table : — 



Table III. 



Plot. 



Test 

 begun. 



Test 

 ended. 



Quantity 

 tested 

 (Boxes). 



Quantity 

 of Sound 

 Fruit after 

 Screening 

 (Boxes). 



Per- 

 centage of 

 Loss. 



A, 



Check A, . 



B, 



Check B, . 



C, 



Check C, . 



D, . 



Check D, . 



E. 



Check E, . 



Oct. 3 

 Oct. 3 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 

 Oct. 11 



Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 

 Dec. 16 



3 

 2 



2H 



4 



2Vi 



3 



2V3 



3H 



2M 



2^ 



21in 

 !%« 



3' "732 



2%i 



21%2 



2rio 



22%2 



li%o 



123-^ 



25 



21 



33 



10 



21 



15Ji 



18 



18% 



22H 



The boxes used were bushel boxes, but a few slightly smaller 

 boxes got mixed in and were not noticed until too late, causing 

 an error to ereep in which undoubtedly affected the percentages 

 somewhat, though it is impossible to say how much. The ber- 

 ries were run through the separator at the beginning of the tests, 

 but were not screened until the final screening on December 

 16 and 17. For these tests the berries of the two chocks of 

 those plots which had double chocks (A, C and E) were mixed 

 to form a single check for each plot. 



