. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. DECAS BROTHERS STREAMLINE CRANBERRY BUSINESS WITH AUTOMATIC PACKAGING. Bill Decas watches his Pack-0-Matic machine automatically close coveis and paste tightly cardboard shipping containers of cranberries, operating' at the rate of 150 caitons a mmute. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Announced last month was the purchase by Decas Brothers of Wareham, Mass., of the big cran- berry property at Lakeville of the late William S. Eaton, wealthy Bostonian. The cranberry property consists of 90-95 acres, screen- houses, an apple orchai-d with apple pa
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. DECAS BROTHERS STREAMLINE CRANBERRY BUSINESS WITH AUTOMATIC PACKAGING. Bill Decas watches his Pack-0-Matic machine automatically close coveis and paste tightly cardboard shipping containers of cranberries, operating' at the rate of 150 caitons a mmute. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Announced last month was the purchase by Decas Brothers of Wareham, Mass., of the big cran- berry property at Lakeville of the late William S. Eaton, wealthy Bostonian. The cranberry property consists of 90-95 acres, screen- houses, an apple orchai-d with apple packing house a large manor house and several other houses. The bogs are about evenly di- vided between Early Blacks and Late Howes with a few odd vari- eties. The property is mostly in the Betty's Neck section of Lakeville. Mr. Eaton, who died in 1949, at the age of 94, left a personal property estimated at more than $1,000,000, he leaving half to charities. This purchase increases the cranberry acreage of the Decas Brothers Company to more than 200. The other bogs are in Roches- ter near Mary's Pond and in Mat- Ten tapoisett. Harvest for the total holdings this year totalled more than 16,000 barrels. Decas Bros., a family-controlled corporation, is comprised of "Bill" Decas, senior of the three brothers, "Charley" and "; As well as being growers the Decas Brothers are distributors of Cape Cod cranber- ries, operating as independents. Their label is "Protection" brand. This year with their own production and that of others, they expect to distribute about 60,000 barrels. Operating a fresh fruit retail and wholesale produce business in Wareham for many, many years, they have acquired considerable real estate holdings and entered cranbeiries comparatively recent- ly, in 1935. Their progress within industry has been rapid since that time. Streamlined Screenhouse This Fall This fall they finished the re- modeling and installation of new s
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