. Cranberry culture. Cranberry. PKEPxVKING THE GKOUXD. 43 otherwise they will grow up, and be a continual source of annoyance. The cost of clearing and sanding sw^araps and heath ponds for cranberries varies from $175 to ^$600 per acre, depending upon the size and roughness of the bog, depth of sand, etc. Sayanjs'as. This term is given to the medium lands, so to speak, be- ing midway between swamps and uplands. Their surfaces are more or less undulating, and the character of their soil quite varied. The knolls or higher portions, having been. Fig. 14.—SPHAGNUM MOSS AND CRANBERRIES. leached by
. Cranberry culture. Cranberry. PKEPxVKING THE GKOUXD. 43 otherwise they will grow up, and be a continual source of annoyance. The cost of clearing and sanding sw^araps and heath ponds for cranberries varies from $175 to ^$600 per acre, depending upon the size and roughness of the bog, depth of sand, etc. Sayanjs'as. This term is given to the medium lands, so to speak, be- ing midway between swamps and uplands. Their surfaces are more or less undulating, and the character of their soil quite varied. The knolls or higher portions, having been. Fig. 14.—SPHAGNUM MOSS AND CRANBERRIES. leached by the rains, are deficient in vegetable matter, while in the basins or lower parts, the accumulation of water and wash from the knolls has gradually assisted in the formation of a muck deposit, supporting a rank growth of Sphagnum and Feather-leaf. The plant producing muck most rapidly is the sphag- num moss / growing luxuriantly in boggy or wet places, it possesses the property of increasing at the top, while at the same time its lower extremities are decaying and blending with the dark soil belov>'-. The nourishment for the plant is derived principally from the an- and water. As in clearing swamps, savannas must first be ditched. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Joseph J. New York, O. Judd and company
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