. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. For the first time the Growers Cranberry, Inc., New Jersey branch of the American Cranberry Ex- change, this fall packed a portion of its crop in cellophane, one-pound packc^es. Walt Fort, manager of the Growers Company, reports that four cellophane units were installed in Jersey. The celebration of national cran- berry week, October 18 to 23, should remind Oregonians that a growing cranberry industry is now a part of the economic life of the state. This industry began before the turn of the century in Coos county, but soon spread
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. For the first time the Growers Cranberry, Inc., New Jersey branch of the American Cranberry Ex- change, this fall packed a portion of its crop in cellophane, one-pound packc^es. Walt Fort, manager of the Growers Company, reports that four cellophane units were installed in Jersey. The celebration of national cran- berry week, October 18 to 23, should remind Oregonians that a growing cranberry industry is now a part of the economic life of the state. This industry began before the turn of the century in Coos county, but soon spread to Tilla- mook and to Clatsop counties. Miss Virginia Corrie, a princess of the 1947 Bandon Cranberry Festival and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Corrie, was selected to represent the Oregon members of the National Cranberry Association in the National Cranberry Queen contest. According to word re- ceived by Ed Hughes, manager of the Coquille plant of the National Cranberry Association, Miss Corrie gave the leading contestant a close race. Emile C St. Jacques of the Hoyden Separator Company, Ware- ham, Massachusetts, and Dr. Fred- erick B. Chandler, Associate Direc- tor of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station, East Wareham, were recent visitors at the La- Rocque Bog at Drummondsville, Ontario. Bob Komfeld, editor of the "Cranberry World," and Mrs. Kom- feld were recent visitors in Massa- chusetts. Miss Jane Peabody, daughter of George Peabody and granddaughter of Walter H. Bowket", one of the oldest growers in New Jersey, was chosen New Jersey's Cranberry Harvest Queen. 12 Anthony DeMarco is doing a good job at Chatsworth, New Jersey. He has brought a number of bogs up into improved condition, by drainage, fertilizing and occasion- ally holding the winter flood until July. He is also preparing a large tract for planting. Benjamin Cavileer of Lower Bank, New Jersey, a successful blueberry grower and a director of the Blueberry Cooperative Associa- tion,
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