May, 1922] BERGMAN — WATER-RAKING OF CRANBERRIES 
been injured somewhat less than the water-raked MetalHc Bell. Some of 
the latter were held in water two days before raking. As counts on two 
barrels showed 18.1 and 21.1 percent of soft berries, it is probable that 
these were some which had been under prolonged flooding. 
Table 2. A Comparison of the Keeping Quality of Dry-raked and Water-raked Cranberries 
in Storage 
— 
Variety 
Method of 
Picking 
Date 
Examined 
Total No. 
Counted 
Sound 
Soft 
Num- 
ber 
Per- 
centage 
Num- 
ber 
Per- 
centage 
Metallic Bell 
Water-raked 
Nov. 27 
536 
439 
81.9 
97 
18. 1 
Metallic; Bell 
" 27 
555 
438 
78.9 
117 
21. 1 
Metallic Bell 
Dry-raked 
" 27 
318 
284 
89.3 
34 
10.7 
Metallic Bell 
" 27 
282 
266 
94-3 
16 
5.7 
Early Black 
Water-raked 
" 27 
540 
465 
86.1 
75 
13-9 
Early Black. ..... 
Dec. 2 
605 
527 
87.1 
78 
12.9 
Metallic Bell 
3 
703 
598 
85.1 
105 
14.9 
Metallic Bell 
574 
491 
85.5 
83 
14.5 
Metallic Bell 
^3 
608 
525 
86.3 
83 
137 
Metallic Bell 
Dry-raked 
" 3 
582 
522 
89.7 
60 
10.3 
Metallic Bell 
3 
651 
590 
90.6 
61 
9.4 
Metallic Bell 
3 
510 
485 
95.1 
25 
4-5 
Metallic Bell 
3 
590 
540 
91-5 
50 
8.5 
Early Blackl 
Water-raked 
696 
595 
85.5 
lOI 
14-5 
Three other barrels of cranberries were also examined, one hand-picked 
and two water-raked. Of the latter, one was raked early while the berries 
were only slightly colored. The second was raked after the berries had 
become fully colored. The results are given in table 3. 
Table 3. A Comparison of the Keeping Quality of Hand-picked (dry) and of Water-raked 
Partly Colored (immature) and Fully Colored Metallic Bell Berries in Storage 
at Chicago, III., in igi8 
Method of 
Picking 
Date 
Examined 
Total No. 
Counted 
Sound 
Soft 
Number 
Percentage 
Number 
Percentage 
Water-raked immature 
Oct. 27 
511 
476 
93-2 
35 
6.8 
Water-raked mature 
" 27 
499 
466 
93-4 
33 
6.6 
Hand-picked 
" 27 
439 
421 
95-9 
18 
4.1 
Water-raked immature 
Dec. 7 
3,092 
1,626 
52.4 
1,566 
47.6 
Water-raked mature 
" 7 
3,174 
2,147 
68.2 
1,027 
31.8 
Hand-picked 
" 7 
2,695 
2,398 
89.2 
297 
10.8 
In this instance counts were made when the barrels first arrived at the 
Chicago warehouse and again about five weeks later. In the first examina- 
tion only a single sample was taken from each barrel. On the later ex- 
amination, however, samples were taken from the top, middle, and bottom 
of each barrel and the results were averaged. It is to be noticed that even 
on the first count the water-raked berries showed decidedly more soft 
