. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of November 1959 - Vol .24 No. 7 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop. Main St. Wareham. Massachusetts. Subscription $ per year. Entered as second-class matter January 26, 1943. at the post-office at Wareham. Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3. 1878 FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS October Turned Out Wet Rainfall, except on the first day turned out to be generally light, at least for the first part of tne month. The month as a whole, however, turned out to be well over normal which is 3
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of November 1959 - Vol .24 No. 7 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop. Main St. Wareham. Massachusetts. Subscription $ per year. Entered as second-class matter January 26, 1943. at the post-office at Wareham. Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3. 1878 FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS October Turned Out Wet Rainfall, except on the first day turned out to be generally light, at least for the first part of tne month. The month as a whole, however, turned out to be well over normal which is inches. Actually precipitation was which speaks for itself, most of this falling in the last days of October. Month Slightly Warmer Than Normal Month was practically normal, after a very warm start. In fact the average was only 2 degrees a day above the nonm. Picking Ends First Week of Nov. Picking was continuing later than usual, in fact to the 2nd or 3rd of November, or during that week. Although there was no abun- dance of water for after-harvest reflood, in general, most growers had enough for this clean-up practice. More Fall Work Done With a good market for 1959 crop and the results of the 1958 pool known, there was more fall work going on than in a number of years. This included more raking than has been the case, and quite a lot of sanding, the sand being applied by a number of original devises in addition to wheelbarrow and plank. Warmer than normal and mild weather during the first of November aided in this post- harvest work. In fact two or three days were practically balmy in temperature. NEW JERSEY Estimate May Be High Clear, mild days throughout most of the month of October were quite favorable for harvest of cranberries in New Jersey. At the end of the month the harvest was just about complete. It appears now that the estimate of 110,000 barrels may be a little high be- cause of an unusually large amount of rot and scald induced by the very warm early au
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