. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. four a. m., arrived at the East Wareham station at about five, and founo Dr. Bergman already on the bog, testing some formula or oth- er, and when he got back that night at about nine, there was Dr. Franklin still engaged in work. "Sundays, holidays, and night- times, these men at the State Bog are on the job," Short says. "I like to mention this because I feel that even now many growers do not realize the full value of what Dr. Franklin and his helpers are doing scientifically day after day and season after season f
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. four a. m., arrived at the East Wareham station at about five, and founo Dr. Bergman already on the bog, testing some formula or oth- er, and when he got back that night at about nine, there was Dr. Franklin still engaged in work. "Sundays, holidays, and night- times, these men at the State Bog are on the job," Short says. "I like to mention this because I feel that even now many growers do not realize the full value of what Dr. Franklin and his helpers are doing scientifically day after day and season after season for the cranberry ; Dr. Franklin was rather a re- lentless task-master, when it came to seeing that a cranberry job was carried through, George re- veals. "I recall one time that I got 'mad' at Dr. Franklin," he says. "It was one Saturday af- ternoon when Joe (Kelley) and I came from the Cape about four o'clock and Dr. Franklin sent me right back to the Cape to Silas Jones' bog at Marstons Mills to check his bog and report back to him. The bog had a bad infesta- tion of back cutworms and Fall army worms. Dr. Frank- lin's orders were that the next day (Sunday), he himself and I should go down and help Mr. Jones get started with spraying. We did just that. Incidents like that tell clearly how interested Dr. Frank- lin has always been in the best interests of the growers and to me that spells only one thing— that to Dr. Franklin cranberries and the growers come first, last and all the ; George Short, like many others, recognizes the fact that the cran- berry industry from the very first has been blessed by containing within itself men of vision. "These men are staunch cranberry grow- ers," he says, "truly men with American ideals. The leaders of the industry have worked together cooperatively for the good of ; Always a staunch supporter of New England Cranberry Sales Company, Short mentions this co- operative as an ou
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