. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. previous year but the average yield of barrels per acre compares with in 1978 and the record high yield of 89 barrels per acre in 1976. Cranberry production in the was a record million barrels in 1979, 1 percent above the previous record a year earlier, Flint noted. Massachusetts recorded a production decline but maintained its position as the leading cranberry producing state. WASHINGTON AGENT Reviews decade, g^ves 80^s aims By AZMI Y. SHAWA Several achievements were accomplished during the last decade in cranb
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. previous year but the average yield of barrels per acre compares with in 1978 and the record high yield of 89 barrels per acre in 1976. Cranberry production in the was a record million barrels in 1979, 1 percent above the previous record a year earlier, Flint noted. Massachusetts recorded a production decline but maintained its position as the leading cranberry producing state. WASHINGTON AGENT Reviews decade, g^ves 80^s aims By AZMI Y. SHAWA Several achievements were accomplished during the last decade in cranberry culture. Through research at the Coastal Washington Research and Extension Unit, it was possible to screen and evaluate many herbicides for the control of resistant weeds growing in the bogs. Rice cutgrass, saltgrass running tussocks and Pacific witch grass were spreading fast without any control. Evital was found to be an effective product in control of these weeds. Other resistant weeds such as buckbrush, butter- cup, silver leaf, aster and lotus can be controlled by experimental glyphosate, terbacU or devrinol, which will hopefuUy be cleared for legal usage in 1980. RESEARCH WORK showed that copper deficiency is linked to monkey- faced berries. Bordeaux mixture applications were skipped in the sixties and other easier-to-apply fungicides were substituted. This created a copper deficiency in many Washington bogs. Any copper compound such as copper chelate, bordeaux mix- ture or kocide supplemented the copper need in the cranberry vines and 10 prevented the formation of monkey- faced berries. Cranberry fertihty indices through leaf analysis were established. Growers can complement soil analysis with leaf analysis and obtain a clear picture of the elements available in the soil and what the vines are utilizing for a better fertihty program. Sulfur-coated urea (SCU) and isobutylidene (IBDU), two slow release nitrogen formulations, were shown to be suitable sources of N for
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