. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRY VARIETIES By Ivan V. HaU Research Station Kentville, Nova Scotia I have been asked by Mr. Murray to speak on varieties suitable for planting in Nova Scotia. Since I haven't been involved in marketing different varieties, and our variety trial is just approaching the fruiting stage I don't consider myself much of an authority. I rely heavily on what the late Dr. Fred Chandler told me and what we saw and heard on our visit to Cape Cod in the fall of 1966. There are two or three points I would like to stress. First, the vari
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRY VARIETIES By Ivan V. HaU Research Station Kentville, Nova Scotia I have been asked by Mr. Murray to speak on varieties suitable for planting in Nova Scotia. Since I haven't been involved in marketing different varieties, and our variety trial is just approaching the fruiting stage I don't consider myself much of an authority. I rely heavily on what the late Dr. Fred Chandler told me and what we saw and heard on our visit to Cape Cod in the fall of 1966. There are two or three points I would like to stress. First, the variety you plant will depend some- what on your market. If you are going to sell your product as fresh fruit then you must have good color and a berry that has a fairly long shelf-life. Size of the berry, I don't think is too important, if you are getting comparable yields. To market an appreciable increase in production we would have to process the berries. As you are well aware, you need intense color for juice " and other qualities for sauce. There- fore, the grower needs to decide before planting a variety, what his ultimate market outlet will be. The second point I wish to make is that planting is somewhat limited to the varieties available, especially if you desire to get going in 1968. I think most of us are agreed that "natives" are not productive enough to plant in this day and age. The variety, Howes is felt by many to be too late in maturing for Nova Scotian conditions and Early Black is not recommended in some areas on account of at least low produc- tivity. There would be plenty of vines of the above varieties for planting, but I sense that you are not interested in these. Three'years ago through the kindness of friends in Massachusetts we were able to get a nucleus of stock of five varieties, namely: Beckwith, Berg- man, Franklin, Stevens and Pilgrim. We have propagated a large number of cuttings of Bergman, FrankUn and Stevens for the joint provincial
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