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. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Pruning Charles Doelilert of the Cran- berry and Blueberry Research Laboratory reviewed in detail the main objectives and the methods of securing needed infor- mation on the pruning of cran- berries and the relationship of pruning to the use of nitrogen. Pollination Robert F"ilmer of the Depart- ment of Entomology reviewed his work of the past two years jn poUenating cranberries. He show- ed that cranberries have anywhere from 5 to 40 seeds and, in gener- al, the small berries have about 5 seeds, the medium sized berries aroun
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Pruning Charles Doelilert of the Cran- berry and Blueberry Research Laboratory reviewed in detail the main objectives and the methods of securing needed infor- mation on the pruning of cran- berries and the relationship of pruning to the use of nitrogen. Pollination Robert F"ilmer of the Depart- ment of Entomology reviewed his work of the past two years jn poUenating cranberries. He show- ed that cranberries have anywhere from 5 to 40 seeds and, in gener- al, the small berries have about 5 seeds, the medium sized berries around 8 seeds and the large ber- ries have 12 or more seeds. Post-Harvest Amino Released Confirmation was received the first week in February that the United States Department of Ag- riculture has approved for regis- tration the use of the new weed killer called amino-triazole. Ap- proval at this time is for after harvest use only. The following label approval has been granted: "Cranberries - - After harvest weed control only, for the con- trol of panic grasses, asters, Rubus sps. (brambles), and white violets, apply 16 lbs. of 50 per cent amino triazole in 300 gallons of water per acre not later than 7 to 10 days after ; Further details will be present- ed at the Massachusetts March cranberry meetings and in the March issue of Cranberries. A. E. Stevens Expresses Careful Optimism The announcement of Ambrose E. Stevens, executive vice-presi- dent and general manager of NCA that the board of directors voted unanimously to make a payment of $ per barrel in April on the 1957 crop has been received as an encouraging note. A first ad- vance of $ was paid when ber- ries were delivered. The vote, however, is contingent on the vol- ume of Ocean Spray sales in Feb- ruary and March. With NCA this past year hav- ing 768,300 barrels or per cent of the total production any development in price is even more invportant to the industry than ever. Never before has par
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