. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. adger State's second largest uit crop: cranberries. "This year's fest has been the (est yet, despite the rainy leather," explained Alice Nemitz, ^ng-time cranfest organizer, llice may have a point, ionservative estimates placed le number of visitors to the ranfest at more than 40,000 Tong. And, despite traveling eather more fit for ducks on iaturday, there was just too iiuch fim for anyone to feel 'left it in the ; Contests, of course, are a basic irt of promoting cranberries at le Warrens festival. This year le
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. adger State's second largest uit crop: cranberries. "This year's fest has been the (est yet, despite the rainy leather," explained Alice Nemitz, ^ng-time cranfest organizer, llice may have a point, ionservative estimates placed le number of visitors to the ranfest at more than 40,000 Tong. And, despite traveling eather more fit for ducks on iaturday, there was just too iiuch fim for anyone to feel 'left it in the ; Contests, of course, are a basic irt of promoting cranberries at le Warrens festival. This year le scarecrow contest and cran neen and princess brought gether the "berry" beautiful as ell as the beasts of autumn, dill and Tracy Richer, 1985 and )86 cranberry royalty respect- ely—the beauties next to the :arecrows—^jointly stated: "Promoting cranberries will ike us to 40 parades in Wisconsin and Minnesota this ear. We will be making peeches and giving a slide show presentation to promote our ; ! A vegetable contest was on the genda, too, with a lovely lineup : produce, such as pumpkins, juashes, carrots and the like. A plant and flower contest had ) be held in the basement of the <;al bank due to the intermittent lin which made a nuisance of self throughout the day. owever, Mother Nature's aundance still put ona dazzling isplay of flowers and finery, ith a little help, of course, from le talented eyes and hands of a w arrangers. And the newest of the )mpetitive events was a state- ide recipe contest which has itegories established by the 'isconsin Department of griculture for breads, desserts, nd salads which somehow iclude cranberries as part of the igredients. Encouragingly lough, 169 entries "flew in" for inclusion among the 10 finalist places awarded. Cranberries also were under scrutiny at the Wetherby marsh where scores of tourists shuttled in and out of buses for a quick peek at how a real harvest is actually handled. The J
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