. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. take a side trip to Mexico after the meetings. Dr. Robert Devlin and the author attended an Academic Sem- inar for New England on the herbicides Lasso and Roundup held by Monsanto Chemical Co. in Enfield, Conn, on the 29th. Crop Report The official crop estimate for mid-November makes it official that Massachusetts raised a record crop in 1978, breaking its old record set in 1971 by just over 100,000 barrels. The official total is 1,175,000 barrels and some unof- ficial reports indicate that this may be a little low. Other areas fe
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. take a side trip to Mexico after the meetings. Dr. Robert Devlin and the author attended an Academic Sem- inar for New England on the herbicides Lasso and Roundup held by Monsanto Chemical Co. in Enfield, Conn, on the 29th. Crop Report The official crop estimate for mid-November makes it official that Massachusetts raised a record crop in 1978, breaking its old record set in 1971 by just over 100,000 barrels. The official total is 1,175,000 barrels and some unof- ficial reports indicate that this may be a little low. Other areas fell off slightly or held the same from the October estimate. Wisconsin was off 50,000 barrels from the October estimate but close to the original August estimate. The national crop will be a record at 2,494,000 barrels. Speculation has begun as to why Massachusetts raised such a mon- strous crop (remember, at least 50,000 barrels were lost in flooding from heavy rains in early August). My two cents worth, a frost free spring, a sunny, relatively dry poUination period-especially the first half, better management in general and more acres water-har- vested. 9looii^ ScotU On October 12, Dr. Craig and I visited the Chase and Bezanson bog and found that harvesting was completed. A large portion of the berries were sold for the Thanksgiv- ing trade and the remainder will be held for Christmas. A note from British Columbia dated Sept. 14 stated that harvest- ing was in full wing. They expect a small reduction in crop due to frost damage and cotton ball disease. A big event this past month was the North American Blueberry Council meetings which were held in Halifax the second week in November. The meetings were in- teresting and brought many people from British Columbia, and several other states including Washington, Oregon, Michigan, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina. The weather was ideal and visitors arrived and departed without snow. We are now exp
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