. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. u , V ;^* J ^r^. ' ' ^.''SisS ^r^ I'V - "Vt*] ' , â ! -ii. * %, ^ ^ *- â = â¢'** -⢠*⢠. â 'a^l Tall "BiW Dufort is fhe Right-Hand Man for Ocean Spray Bandon Oregon Area Operations About 130 Growers Depend on Him for Advice in Growing and Berry Handling Tall genial, but determined William T. (Bill) Dufort is man- iio'iager of theOcean Spray enter- laiprise at Bandon and serves the oc'-iBandon area growers with cul- ;[fe|tural advice, suggestions at to the jjti growing of quality berries' for the ei'co-op. He is a "
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. u , V ;^* J ^r^. ' ' ^.''SisS ^r^ I'V - "Vt*] ' , â ! -ii. * %, ^ ^ *- â = â¢'** -⢠*⢠. â 'a^l Tall "BiW Dufort is fhe Right-Hand Man for Ocean Spray Bandon Oregon Area Operations About 130 Growers Depend on Him for Advice in Growing and Berry Handling Tall genial, but determined William T. (Bill) Dufort is man- iio'iager of theOcean Spray enter- laiprise at Bandon and serves the oc'-iBandon area growers with cul- ;[fe|tural advice, suggestions at to the jjti growing of quality berries' for the ei'co-op. He is a "determined" type of man, although perhaps "firm" would be a better word to use, in seeing that berries which do not meet Ocean Spray requirements are not accepted at the Bandon plant for processing or for the fresh fruit market. Operating the plant at harvest time and visiting and giving sug- gestions at all times keeps him busy the year around. Dufort is not a cranberry grower, but he knows the cran- berry business "from the ground up," as he and his father, Henry, have, in all, built about 25 acres of bog. He is married to the former Martha Felsheim, daughter of Dou D. Felsheim, editor of the Bandon weekly, "The Western World," the two having been married in 1937. There is a son, Henry, and four daughters, Mary, Margaret, Molly and Melinda. Bill's father, who isf more familiarly known as "Hank," than Henry, is still in- terested in cranberries, and was one of the earlier Bandon area growers. The Bandon Ocean Spray Plant About 30 work in the plant during harvest time, and there is a peak capacity of 600 cases a day â cellophane and window box pack. Fruit not so utilized is shipped in bags to the freezer at Centralia, Washington. Ocean Spray screens' all fresh fruit for its members, but all processing berries are screened by the growers, themselves or com- mercially so screened by others. Growers in the Bandon area under th
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