. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. after a few years, by about 65 per cent. This means that 40 per cent of the water harvested berries represent increased yields over what would have been harvested dry from the same area, if that area had never been water harvested. I ESTIMATE that 550,000 bbls. of berries will be water harvested in 1979. Forty per cent of this amount, or 220,000 bbls., represents an increase over dry harvest. This 220,000 bbls. must be added to the 880,000 bbls. An additional 100,000 bbls. is being added to compensate for the spring frost season be
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. after a few years, by about 65 per cent. This means that 40 per cent of the water harvested berries represent increased yields over what would have been harvested dry from the same area, if that area had never been water harvested. I ESTIMATE that 550,000 bbls. of berries will be water harvested in 1979. Forty per cent of this amount, or 220,000 bbls., represents an increase over dry harvest. This 220,000 bbls. must be added to the 880,000 bbls. An additional 100,000 bbls. is being added to compensate for the spring frost season being milder than usual. These two additions bring the potential crop up to 1,200,000 bbls. (880,000 + 220,000+ 100,000). It is estimated that 2,000 bbls. have been lost to hail. This reduces the potential crop for Massachusetts, as of July 20, 1979, to 1,198,000 barrels. THE GRAPH represents the crops harvested during the last 10 years, with adjustments for losses due to the various factors. The diagonal Une is drawn in a position that anticipates the water harvest of 550,000 bbls. of cranberries. The dotted line, extending vertically from 31 "penalty points," intersects the curve at 1,100,00. Because there were no losses to early spring frosts, 100,000 bbls. is added to this figure, producing 1,200,000 bbls. as the potential crop for 1979 before any losses are subtracted. Obviously, if there are any measurable losses to the crop for any reason, such as insects, flood, drought, frost, etc., between July 20 and harvest, the amount har- vested will be less than the above estimate by the amount of those losses. Be informed- read CRANBERRIES. MASSACHUSETTS July was hot and humid. Tempera- tures averaged degrees a day above normal, which makes it the eighth warmest in our records. Strangely enough, we did not make 90 degrees. The warmest was 89 on the 22nd and 29th. Minimum was 49 degrees on the 5 th and 6th. Warmer than normal periods were the 13th, 16th, 23-25 th and
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