. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. 32 OKANBEBET CULTUEE. expensive amount of drainage. The soil of gum-swamps seems to favor the production of more grass than any- other swamp lands that we have prepared for the vines. "It is, however, a good sign to find gum-trees in abund- ance, growing at the heads of streams, and all their small tributaries, as it promises an abundance of spring water that may be needed further down the ; For the purposes of cranberry culture, it is always es- sential that swamps be surrounded by sand—coarse sand,. V V /' Fig 6 —SECTION OF SWAMP. if possibl
. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. 32 OKANBEBET CULTUEE. expensive amount of drainage. The soil of gum-swamps seems to favor the production of more grass than any- other swamp lands that we have prepared for the vines. "It is, however, a good sign to find gum-trees in abund- ance, growing at the heads of streams, and all their small tributaries, as it promises an abundance of spring water that may be needed further down the ; For the purposes of cranberry culture, it is always es- sential that swamps be surrounded by sand—coarse sand,. V V /' Fig 6 —SECTION OF SWAMP. if possible, it being less liable to pack than that which is finer. The section, fig. 6, shows a swamp favorably situ- ated. Savannas, or ground lying between swamps and upland, are ofttimes turned to good account, but they contain a diversity of soils, which renders their selection a matter of care. For instance, we not unfrequently find in them heath ponds containing muck, ridges of black sand, and knolls of white sand. A Savannj is repres^ted in section in figure 7,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Joseph J. New York, O. Judd co.
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