. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. near Nekoosa, and has been taken in as a member of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company. WASHINGTON TISunny Growing Days Few— There were several rains during August, which was rather unusual, topping off a peculiar season which had less than a dozen sunny days the whole growing season. Worm injury, both fireworm and fruit- worm, was very light, even though growers operated with substitute sprays. TlFall "Summer"—As September advanced the Washington growers began to get their "summer" wea- ther, and it looked as
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. near Nekoosa, and has been taken in as a member of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company. WASHINGTON TISunny Growing Days Few— There were several rains during August, which was rather unusual, topping off a peculiar season which had less than a dozen sunny days the whole growing season. Worm injury, both fireworm and fruit- worm, was very light, even though growers operated with substitute sprays. TlFall "Summer"—As September advanced the Washington growers began to get their "summer" wea- ther, and it looked as if the season was going to be unusual right through to the end. There will be a much larger per cent of pie ber- ries than usual. Small berries with four or five seeds indicate poor pollination, and there were lots of this type of berry this year. TfLack of Sunshine—Although sun- shine was at a minimum in total hours this season, it being the most most cloudy in 22 years. Dr. D. J. Crowley, Washington state cran- berry specialist, does not feel it will have any effect upon next year's crop, as he feels conditions on the West Coast are totally dif- ferent from those on Cape Cod. In Massachusetts Dr. Franklin calls the amount of sunshine cur- ing the spring and summer season one of the main factors in the crop of the following year. In fact, this fall Washington terminal buds are probably better than nor- mal. Washington always has an abundance of fruit buds and if the bogs are in bloom so that berries are all set by the 4th of July there is generally a good crop. For some reason, later bloom does not set nearly as well. TIHarvest Late—By the first of September a crop estimate from census of growers was from 130,- 000 to 140,000 quarter barrel box- es. The labor situation looked black, with the probabilities that few hand pickers would be avail- able. Scooping was resorted to, although on the West Coast grow- ers do not like to scoop the Mc- Farlin variety, as it is not
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