. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Visconsin Cranberrying Makes rrivial Pursuit But Nothing rrivial About New station By FREDERICK POSS [f you happen to ask her as she shes with feverish enthusiasm d a charming smile to guide ITS at the Warrens, Wise, ;ean Spray Cranberry ceiving Station, Luann randa will be happy to tell a about the two things she 'es most to tell visitors. )ne, this bouncy, red-haired tive Wisconsinite enjoys, of urse, explaining to the informed how the world's •gest cranberry receiving ition handles approximately 1 Uion pounds of fruit during 'h
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Visconsin Cranberrying Makes rrivial Pursuit But Nothing rrivial About New station By FREDERICK POSS [f you happen to ask her as she shes with feverish enthusiasm d a charming smile to guide ITS at the Warrens, Wise, ;ean Spray Cranberry ceiving Station, Luann randa will be happy to tell a about the two things she 'es most to tell visitors. )ne, this bouncy, red-haired tive Wisconsinite enjoys, of urse, explaining to the informed how the world's •gest cranberry receiving ition handles approximately 1 Uion pounds of fruit during 'h eight hour shift at the peak the harvest. And, two, she es asking any of the 2,200 ae visitors to the Warrens ility if they play enough vial Pursuit to know the iwer to the board game's istion: Which state ranks ond in the nation in terms of nberry production? Nothing will make Luann ?pier than if you respond with correct answer the state of sconsin. ies, Wisconsin cranberrying made Trivial Pursuit. But re's nothing trivial about the imitment to high tech that lan Spray has made to the iberry industry with the jtruction of its Wisconsin lity. Opening for its first full COVER PHOTO E WARRENS, Wise, .nberry Festival had a at deal to offer, even the of a hand by a warm py. For a story and tos of the festival, turn to e20. ANBERRIES photos by ierick Poss). PROCESSING involves a lot of getting cranberries from here to there. (CRANBERRIES photos by Frederick Poss) run in 1984, and this year going full tilt for the five weeks of harvest time, the Warrens plant receives, screens, cleans, sorts, judges, tests, loads, crates and ships 70 percent of the total state crop from the 110 growers who belong to the cooperative association. And just how does this whole highly automated operation begin? "Many growers firom the Warrens area will use their own trucks to bring their berries to our plant," explains Luann. "Others who live up to as much as 220 miles away will requisiti
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