. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. inches of which fell on the 22nd. The area experienced its first snowfall on the last day of No- vember, 1 inch at Pemberton and 2 inches at Chatsworth. P. E. Marucci WASHINGTON Weather D. J. Crowley of the Cranberry- Blueberry station at Long Beach writes under date of December 2, that there is little news other than that permanent topic—the weather. There was really about everything thrown at the growers in 1952. There were more frosts in Wash- ington cranberry sections than any season since 1922. This succession of I6'# temperat
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. inches of which fell on the 22nd. The area experienced its first snowfall on the last day of No- vember, 1 inch at Pemberton and 2 inches at Chatsworth. P. E. Marucci WASHINGTON Weather D. J. Crowley of the Cranberry- Blueberry station at Long Beach writes under date of December 2, that there is little news other than that permanent topic—the weather. There was really about everything thrown at the growers in 1952. There were more frosts in Wash- ington cranberry sections than any season since 1922. This succession of I6'# temperatures held the vines dormant from two to three weeks later than usual. The vines did not bloom until about the 10th of July except on young bogs. Blossoni was still hanging' on to- wards the end of that month. It is almost a fixed rule that if there is a late Spring, the season is behind all the' way to harvest time. No heat waves bccurred dur- ing the summer except for a rare day or two, temperatures ran along about 60 degrees. This short growing season and lack of ef- fective temperature shows up in the size of the berries. This year's crop proved no exception and there was a high percentage of pinheads and undersized berries. In addition to the cool weather there was a remarkably dry season first of December. Several growers who water scoop still had a good part oftTieir crop unharvested. During Thanksgiving week there were several days that the temper- ature was below 20. Growers sprinkled night and day where suf- ficient water was available. Even so, .. there was a considerable am'ount of injury, since the mini- mum was 17 on one or two morn- ings. On one bog visited in De- cember, one where harvest was in progress, examination of the ber- ries indicated that less than five per cent were softened as a result of the freeze. Late Harvest Harvest was expected to con- tinue until December 10th at the least. Late Market Notes On November 28 American Cran- berry Exchange was co
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