. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Retiring Ui"- H. F. BeiHnian gives farewell address to members ol (ape Cod Cranberry Growers' As- sociation, August 18, at State Bog, East Wareham. To his right are president E. L. Bartholomew; treas- urer Mrs. Ruth Beaton, and secretary Gilbert T. Beaton. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Million-Barrel Crop Estimate is Met With Confidence Distributors at Annual Meet- ing of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association Say Crop Can Be Marketed— Dr. Bergman, Retiring Re- searcher Honored, As Are Two Long-Time Workers In Frost Reports. Dr. H. F.
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Retiring Ui"- H. F. BeiHnian gives farewell address to members ol (ape Cod Cranberry Growers' As- sociation, August 18, at State Bog, East Wareham. To his right are president E. L. Bartholomew; treas- urer Mrs. Ruth Beaton, and secretary Gilbert T. Beaton. (CRANBERRIES Photo) Million-Barrel Crop Estimate is Met With Confidence Distributors at Annual Meet- ing of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association Say Crop Can Be Marketed— Dr. Bergman, Retiring Re- searcher Honored, As Are Two Long-Time Workers In Frost Reports. Dr. H. F. Bergman, Senior Pa- thologist, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture retiring after 26 years and five months of service with Agricultural Resoai'ch Ad- ministration was suitably honored at the G6th annual meeting- of Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Associ- ation, at Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station, East Ware- Six ham, Aug. 18, and a large attend- ance of growers finally heard the long-anticipated Government Crop Reporting Service forecast given by C. D. Stevens that more than a million barrels of cranberries may be produced in the country this fall. Actual figure is 1,075,400. Previous i-ecord yield was 982,700 barrels in 1950. Furthermore, Dr. Stevens asserted it was seldom that a large crop Is over-estimated leav- ing the indication it could be even larger. Massachusetts crop is esti- mated at 640,000, a record, as com- pared to 610,000 in 1950 and 440,- 000 in '52. Wisconsin is set at 255,000, also a record crop foi' the Badger State, last year yield was 190,000. New Jersey is the same as last year with 104,000. Wash- ington is accorded 49,400, not a record, and Oregon, 27,000, a rec- ord. Last year's total (final revised figure) 790,500, or about 300,000 less than this season. Massachusetts will have about 55 percent Early Blacks, 40 percent Late Howes and 5 other varieties, about the same as last year. Mas- sachusetts berries will be above average in size and
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