. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ttmsls ISSUE OF DECEMBER 1959 Vol 24 - No 8. Vf^^ ^^,o«<&tcB«e«<nr^^^ uie '^ â. â -â ||i»mH|Q^^»1B I'll BOâ âBH â -HWâ FIGHTING OUR WAY BACK What of the cranberry industry, is the main thought in the minds of cranberry growers now that they have time to ponder the debacle to the industry of the most unfortunate amino-triazole announcement by Secretary of Welfare Flemming early last month. Most were simply dazed by the incalculable amount of harm this did all cranberry growers, everywhere, in this year's market. Wo
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ttmsls ISSUE OF DECEMBER 1959 Vol 24 - No 8. Vf^^ ^^,o«<&tcB«e«<nr^^^ uie '^ â. â -â ||i»mH|Q^^»1B I'll BOâ âBH â -HWâ FIGHTING OUR WAY BACK What of the cranberry industry, is the main thought in the minds of cranberry growers now that they have time to ponder the debacle to the industry of the most unfortunate amino-triazole announcement by Secretary of Welfare Flemming early last month. Most were simply dazed by the incalculable amount of harm this did all cranberry growers, everywhere, in this year's market. Would many cease to be cranberry growers? Is it possible for us to hang on? "We must have an income, if we are to remain in ; Would acreage have to be cutâabandoned or put possibly to other uses? There was the question of consumer confidence in cranberries. How badly damaged was this, and in particular, how long would it take to be restored? It was not damaged completely as shown by the consumer sales for the week before Thanksgiving, even though it was bad enough. Total cranberry sales for this period fell off 78 percent for cans and for fresh fruit 63 percent. As it was, in the two week period preceding Thanksgiving when the cranberry fan-fare was at its peak, Ocean Spray, handling approxi- mately 75 percent of all production, sold more than 5,000,000 pounds of cranberries both fresh and processed. There was much talk of Government relief in some form, from an agricultural industry which has never sought subsidy. Every grower has been hurt, regardless of his merit. In Massachusetts there are 962 growers, according to the last census and of all these there were but two instances of taint from one grower, yet 961 outraged growers were suffering. That shipment was one of 800 barrels out of a crop of 575,000 100-pound barrels. The Government now is helping in restoring confidence in cranberries at consumer and other levels. Best informed seem to
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