. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of April 1959 - Vol. 23 No. 12. Pubtiihed monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Massachusetts. Subscription $ per year. Satared ai iccond-class matter January 26, 11:143, at the post-office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3. I87t FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS March Slightly Wetter Rainfall for the month of March as recorded at Cranberry Ex- periment Station was inches, the normal for the month is March Temperatures The March average temperature was 3
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of April 1959 - Vol. 23 No. 12. Pubtiihed monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Massachusetts. Subscription $ per year. Satared ai iccond-class matter January 26, 11:143, at the post-office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3. I87t FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS March Slightly Wetter Rainfall for the month of March as recorded at Cranberry Ex- periment Station was inches, the normal for the month is March Temperatures The March average temperature was 37 degrees (Boston) under normal. The December-March per- iod was the longest of consecutive colder-than-normal months in 19 years. 30-Hour Blizzard A 30 hour blizzard starting Good Friday and continuing into Saturday brought some of the most disagreeable weather of the winter to Southeastern Massachu- setts. The snow, starting wet and heavy gradually turned lighter in texture. It brought inches of snow which melted down into a total precipitation of .54 inch. This was probably Nature's last fling of the '58-'59 winter. March Sunshine Up The sunshine factor for March was up—plus 27 hours. This is a point in favor of good keeping quality. April By April 10 the winter flood was off most bogs, but some still were covered. Late water re- flood was expected to go on gen- erally about the 17th after the "; There is a great plen- ty of water for spring frosts on bogs which have frost flowage. Winterkill Bogs in general were looking well as they came out of winter flood. There are many spots of winterkill on many bogs, the most Dr. C. E. Cross says he has noted in a number of years. However, he does not believe as a whole v/interkill took any considerabale toll. WISCONSIN Temperature Lowest in 39 Years March was the fourth consecu- tive month with below normal temperatures and precipitation in most of the cranberry producing areas of the state. The state cl
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