136 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 192. 



Table 16. — Fertilizer Plots, etc. — Concluded. 



Plot. 



Fertilizer. 



NPKL,2 



NPKcl, 



O, . 



NjjPK, 



N2PK. 



NKP,,, 



o, . 



NKP.2. 



NPKg. 

 O, . 



Yields 

 per Square 



Rod 

 (Bushels). 



.83 

 1.05 

 1.06 

 1.05 

 1.11 

 1.22 

 1.10 

 1.35 

 1.22 

 1.09 

 1.19 



Percentage of 



Berries showing 



Decay. 



October 4. 



December 

 8 and 10. 



33.40 

 20 74 



9.75 

 22.91 

 26.48 

 15.37 



6.50 

 14.17 

 11.78 

 13.16 



5.39 



63.38 



36.63 



59.42 



37.16 



33.31 



Percentage 

 of Sound 



Berries that 

 became 

 more or 



less Rotten 

 during 

 Storage. 



44.97 



29.78 



32.80 



29.60 



' The lime was added separately the day after the fertilizer. 



Table 17. — Fertilizer Plots in 1918. Yield, Time consumed in Picking, 

 and Relative Conditian of the Berries. 



Plot. 



Fertilizer. 



Date 

 picked, 



Time con- 

 sumed 

 in Picking 

 (Picker- 

 minutes). 



Yields 

 per Square 



Rod 

 (Bushels). 



Date 

 exam- 

 ined. 



Percentage 



of 



Berries 



showing 



Decay. 



O, . 

 N, . 

 P, . 

 O, . 

 O, . 

 NP, . 

 N, . 

 P. . 

 O, . 

 NP, . 

 NPL, 

 NP, . 

 O, . 

 N,,P, 

 NgP, 

 NPjn 

 O, '. 

 NPg, 

 NP, . 

 NP, . 

 O. . 



Oct. 4 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 5 

 Oct. 8 

 Oct. 8 

 Oct. 8 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 1 

 Oct. 1 

 Oct. 1 

 Oct. 1 



147 

 240 

 252 

 168 

 288 

 366 

 306 

 210 

 150 

 238 

 378 

 273 

 162 

 245 

 287 

 252 

 192 

 256 

 232 

 280 

 200 



2.50 

 2.65 

 2.60 

 2.56 

 2.42 

 2.56 

 2.38 

 2.54 

 2.38 

 2.60 

 2.39 

 2.48 

 2.40 

 2.46 

 2.50 

 2.75 

 2.54 

 2.63 

 2.44 

 2.77 

 2.43 



Oct. 14 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 16 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 18 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 14 

 Oct. 14 

 Oct. 14 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 16 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 18 

 Oct. 18 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 16 



11.67 

 14.35 

 12.94 

 22.92 

 17.55 

 18.41 

 27.41 

 16.81 

 18.28 

 24.89 

 28.36 

 26.04 

 22.77 

 21.41 

 27.35 

 15.66 

 16.75 

 15.46 

 16.32 

 17.74 

 15.01 



