. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Largest Crop On Record Is Estimated News Released At Cape Cod Meeting Was a Day of Honor for Retiring Station Technical Assistant, Joe Kelley; Gilbert T. Beaton Elected President That the coming cranberry crop of this Fall may exceed all previous crops i^was the big news in the preliminary forecast given by C. D. Stevens of the N. E. Crop Re- porting Sei-vice at the annual meeting i .of the Caps Cod Cran- berry .Qrov^^ers' Association August 18 at. the Cranberry Experiment Station. Estimate is for 1,263,500 barrels. Largest previou
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Largest Crop On Record Is Estimated News Released At Cape Cod Meeting Was a Day of Honor for Retiring Station Technical Assistant, Joe Kelley; Gilbert T. Beaton Elected President That the coming cranberry crop of this Fall may exceed all previous crops i^was the big news in the preliminary forecast given by C. D. Stevens of the N. E. Crop Re- porting Sei-vice at the annual meeting i .of the Caps Cod Cran- berry .Qrov^^ers' Association August 18 at. the Cranberry Experiment Station. Estimate is for 1,263,500 barrels. Largest previous crop was in ,th 1,203,000. Last year the U. S. total was 1,165,000, which was the secohd largest crop in record. More than 300 growers and guests at the East Wareham sta- tion heard this with mingled emo- tions in view of cranben-y sur- pluses still existing. This was a meeting well filled with interest, and one of the longest as the day's program was delayed by morning rain. Growers also elected officers and it was a day of trib- ute to Joseph L. Kelley, East Wareham, technical assistant of the station staff who is retiring after being at the station since 1913, a record which made him the senior member there in point of years of service. The Massachusetts' crop was estimated to be 610,000 barrels. Crop came after one of the most severe Winters in history, bring- ing conditions of winterkill and loss from oxygen deficiency caus- ing losses estimated at 50,000 barrels. Due to the rains, fogs and mists of this Summer, this has also been a bad insect year, particularly of blackheaded fire- worm which has taken a toll, and in fruitworm which will con- tinue to cause losses. There was no direct spring frost damage. Final historic figure for Massachu- setts 1958 crop is set down as 598,000 barrels with the 10-year average 555,500 barrels. Stevens said indication was for fruit of a good size with some growers reporting very large fruit. Percent of Early Blacks is 61; Late H
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