. The American fruit culturist. vines and thus increasetheir productiveness. An embankment or small dyke shouldsurround the whole to allow the plantation to be flooded ordrained at pleasure. Setting the plants. After sanding, the plants are set in rowsabout two feet apart. Some prefer a greater distance, to ad-mit more freely the passage of a horse cultivator. Theyshould be ten or twelve inches in the row. Flooding should be continued at intervals from December toMay, and furnishes, among other advantages, protection frominsects as well as from early frosts. The plantation should be carefully
. The American fruit culturist. vines and thus increasetheir productiveness. An embankment or small dyke shouldsurround the whole to allow the plantation to be flooded ordrained at pleasure. Setting the plants. After sanding, the plants are set in rowsabout two feet apart. Some prefer a greater distance, to ad-mit more freely the passage of a horse cultivator. Theyshould be ten or twelve inches in the row. Flooding should be continued at intervals from December toMay, and furnishes, among other advantages, protection frominsects as well as from early frosts. The plantation should be carefully kept clear of weeds forthe first two or three years, after which, if well managed, thecranberry plants will cover the surface and render this laborcomparatively light. 384 THE CRANBERRY. Gathering the fruit is begun in September, and lasts severalweeks. It is an arduous labor; various devices have been in-vented to facilitate it, such as the Lambert picker, used on CapeCod. Raking with an ordinary steel garden-rake is sometimes. Fig. 523.—Cherry Cranberry. practised, but tears the vines badly,from six to ten bushels a day. Good pickers will gather Varieties. A. D. Makepeace, said to be one of the most experiencedcranberry growers in the country, and the owner of the larg-est cultivated bog in the world, states that there are now manydistinct and named sorts, all originating from the types , however, cannot be depended upon for supply-ing varieties true to name, which can only be had from repu-table cultivators of cranberry bogs. Dennis. Large, bright scarlet, prolific. Belongs to the Bugle type. Early Black. Large, rich purple-black; good bearer; leaves turnpurple in fall. A Bell berry. Ripens three weeks earlier thanother sorts. Early Red. Medium, bright red. A Bell berry. Franklin. A new Bell sort. Gould. Medium, bright purple, bell-shaped berrj; light-coloredfoliage. Productive. Mid-season. Lewis. Medium, bright glossy scarlet, bell-shaped. A beautifulber
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