. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. .8* warmer than normal. This was achieved by two 80 degree days and 10 in the seventies. Low tem'peratures of concern occurred on the nights of April 26 and 27, when cranberry bog temperatures dropped to the vicinity of 25°. However, no damage was done to the few bugs which were not still under water at this time. Rainfall Heavy The rainfall in April exceeded the normal for the sixth straight month. There was a total of inches on 11 rainy days, in- ches more than is usually record- ed in this month. Through the first four
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. .8* warmer than normal. This was achieved by two 80 degree days and 10 in the seventies. Low tem'peratures of concern occurred on the nights of April 26 and 27, when cranberry bog temperatures dropped to the vicinity of 25°. However, no damage was done to the few bugs which were not still under water at this time. Rainfall Heavy The rainfall in April exceeded the normal for the sixth straight month. There was a total of inches on 11 rainy days, in- ches more than is usually record- ed in this month. Through the first four months of 1958 a total of inches of rain occurred. This is 10 inches more than nor- mal fur this period and represents about 54% of the usual annual total. There is a superabundance of water available for spring- frosts. Much Late Holding Most New Jersey cranberry growers as of May 6 still had water on their bogs. Many were holding until May 10. This is a practice being pursued by a great- er number of growers each year. It is the experience of these cranberry men that in the long i-un less frost and insect damage results from this comparatively late holding. will be made up and sent to all southwestern Oregon growers within two from this date from the Coos County Extension office. OREGON Some western Oregon cranberry growers lost sleep for about the last ten nights of April when the temperatures were playing around 29° and sprinkling systems were kept going. It certainly is creat- ing a problem here at the time of the year when the ground should begin to warm up but is still wet and cold due to sprinkling against frost threat. R. G. Rosenstiel, Entomologist, Oregon State College has out- lined a control program for cer- tain cranberry insect pests in the 1958 Oregon Insect Control Hand- book which is on sale at Oregon State College. A circular listing some of the more important of these and their control measures Six WISCONSIN Water Deficient April was slightly above
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