. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. BEAHIE (Continued from page 4) crop on record. It appears rea- sonable that the chief factor be- hind this large crop was the ex- cessive sunshine of the '57 grow- ing season. Late-water bogs did particularly well in 1958, and even those bogs that were sanded in the spring of 1958 produced unusual crops. It would appear that the reserves of plant food built up by the abundant sunshine of '57 carried the vines through a rigorous winter, counterbalanced any harmful effects of the spring- time late-holdings, and were still capable of
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. BEAHIE (Continued from page 4) crop on record. It appears rea- sonable that the chief factor be- hind this large crop was the ex- cessive sunshine of the '57 grow- ing season. Late-water bogs did particularly well in 1958, and even those bogs that were sanded in the spring of 1958 produced unusual crops. It would appear that the reserves of plant food built up by the abundant sunshine of '57 carried the vines through a rigorous winter, counterbalanced any harmful effects of the spring- time late-holdings, and were still capable of nourishing the develop- ment of our second-largest crop. 1959 Prospect What is the prospect for '59? We have had a dark, wet grow- ing season in comparison with that of last year. The sunshine of 1958 is about 500 hours less than that of the year before, and presumably the reserves of plant food in cranberry vines are pro- portionately lower. This would indicate that the potential crop for 1959 is decidedly down. It means, too, that if these reserves are tapped to supply oxygen dur- ing the period of winter flooding or during April and May late- holding of 1959, that the crop of 1959 will be reduced even furth- er. In other words, the writer feels it is especially importan': this winter to expose the cran- berry \nnes whenever they do not need flood protection against win- terkilling. Furthermore, he feel"-. that late-water bogs in 1959 will be especially likely to produce light crops. There is one bright spot in this picture, despite the cold of early December. Dr. Franklin stoutly maintained that when both April and November are warm, the fol- lowing winter is likely to be open. Both April and November, 1958, were decidedly warmer than nor- mal, and according to "Doc" we should be looking forward to an open winter. If this should hap- pen, we can take heart that such great crops as those of 1933, 1937, and especially that of 195:, were produced after open winte
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