. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. THE KRANICKS. LT. MARTIN KRANICK one field had some frost damage, and one and one-half acres were not in ful production, so the aver- age is hardly a fair figure for the entire area. Next year should see considerable increase in production. "Kranberry Acres" has about ten acres of bog planted and 40 more can be put in. The entire property consists of 440 acres. It is near the seashore, not far be- hind the dunes. Cranberry growing on this prop- erty goes back into the early his- tory of cranbei'ry culture in the Coos Coun
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. THE KRANICKS. LT. MARTIN KRANICK one field had some frost damage, and one and one-half acres were not in ful production, so the aver- age is hardly a fair figure for the entire area. Next year should see considerable increase in production. "Kranberry Acres" has about ten acres of bog planted and 40 more can be put in. The entire property consists of 440 acres. It is near the seashore, not far be- hind the dunes. Cranberry growing on this prop- erty goes back into the early his- tory of cranbei'ry culture in the Coos County region. Many years ago the late John Langlois con- ceived the idea of a cranberry property there and dug a mile-long drainage ditch to Two Mile creek and drained a 20-acre beaver-dam lak?. However, after spending considerable money he gave up the project, although he later bui t successful bogs. Following this, the property came into the hands of another man who spent a con- siderable sum in further develop- ment, this being about 30 years ago when very little was known about cranberry growing in Oregon. Bennett Jumbo, McFarlins and Prolific varieties were planted and for some years this owner, I. Nord- strom, operated it. Mr. Kranick is a former mem- ber of the U. S. Coast Guard, serv- ing in the capacity of motor ma- chinist. He got the idea of going into cranberries from a fellow coast-guardsman, a relative of one of the pioneer growers in that region. They frequently got to ta king about cranberries and Mr. Kranick gathered it could be a highly profitable and worthwhile enterprise. This was before Mr. and Mrs. Kranick were married. He then owned a tract of 160 acres which adjoined the property which had b?en begun by Langlois. In 1926 Mr. and Mrs. Kranick acquired this property. They later bought 240 acres of adjoining land, and they now control the entire water and drainage area in their partic- ular section. Mr. and Mrs. Kranick were schoolmates in grade school, but Mr
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