. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. KEEPING. 93 or mist, and forced with the air through the main pipe leading under the berries. The coloring process may be assisted, also, by spread- ing the fruit four or five inches thick upon a shaded floor, and leaving them thus for a few weeks. This fact was well known to the enterprising inhabitants of the " Pines," who were wont to gather the natural cranberries in an unripe condition, in order to secure them before their neighbors. The white specimens thus obtained were in- variably spread out and colored under an arbor of green boughs and lea
. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. KEEPING. 93 or mist, and forced with the air through the main pipe leading under the berries. The coloring process may be assisted, also, by spread- ing the fruit four or five inches thick upon a shaded floor, and leaving them thus for a few weeks. This fact was well known to the enterprising inhabitants of the " Pines," who were wont to gather the natural cranberries in an unripe condition, in order to secure them before their neighbors. The white specimens thus obtained were in- variably spread out and colored under an arbor of green boughs and leaves, made thick enough to exclude the sun's rays. More or less decay will always result fiom attempting to keep cranberries througli the winter; and the grower who stores for a higher price will find it to his interest to sort the berries before selling them. The sound fruit usually becomes well colored by keep- ing, and will command the highest market price when of- fered for sale; while the soft berries are generally acceptable to the pie makers,at lower rates. If they require winnowing previous to sorting, a fan, similar to that represented in figure 34, will be found a decided improvement upon the grain fan, so commonly used for this purpose. The endless apron, A, forming the bottom of the hop- per, gradually carries the berries forward, and drops them upon the inclined plane, B, from whence they pass to the barrel. Motion is imparted to this apron by a belt con- necting w^ith the farther end of the fan axle. While the berries are passing through the air channel, C, a strong current from the blower separates the trash from the Fiff. 34.—CKANBERRY 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, Judd
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