. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Note by J. RICHARD BEATTIE Extension Cranberry Specialist. The contrast in weather pat- terns of the past two growing sea- sons has been most unusual. A year ago this August we were still experiencing one of the sever- est droughts in history, berries were ripening unusually early, the accumulation of hours of sunshine was exceptionally high, and tem- peratures were above normal. This season, on the other hand, will long be remembered as one of the wettest in history, with nearly our annual average
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Mass. Cranberry Station and Field Note by J. RICHARD BEATTIE Extension Cranberry Specialist. The contrast in weather pat- terns of the past two growing sea- sons has been most unusual. A year ago this August we were still experiencing one of the sever- est droughts in history, berries were ripening unusually early, the accumulation of hours of sunshine was exceptionally high, and tem- peratures were above normal. This season, on the other hand, will long be remembered as one of the wettest in history, with nearly our annual average rainfall being re- corded by August 21st, a greatly delayed harvest, a sharp decline in hours of sunshine, and tempera- tures definitely below normal. The weather pattern this season has created its share of problems for our growers. It has been difficult â to combat the various pests be- cause of the frequency of heavy showers. Drainage problems have been greatly aggravated by ex- cessive moisture which has created a tremendous crop of weeds. Vine growth, including top runners, has been exceedingly heavy on many properties which will complicate the harvesting operations on such bogs. However, in spite of these prob- lems, Massachusetts growers have produced another fine crop of cran- berries, according to the estimate released August 19th by Mr. C. D. Stevens of the New England Crop Reporting Service at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association . Mr. Stevens placed the 1958 Massachusetts crop at 570,000 barrels, which is slightly higher than the revised figure of 563,000 barrels produced in 1957. Incidentally, it was very gratifying to learn that a near record number of growers cooperated with Mr. Steven's office by returning their crop estimates in August with the necessary information. We sin- cerely hope that the next three monthly requests for this informa- tion will have the same excellent response. Accurate crop estimates are vital to the devolpm
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