. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Oregon Cranberry Industry Shows Greatest Progress In Last Decade. Continuing a series of articles sponsored by the Cranberry In- stitute, presenting statistical data about each of the major cran- berry-producing areas. The second is Oregon, with comments by Jack Dean, prominent Bandon cranberry grower. Charles Dexter McFarlin of Massachusetts may not have started a "Cranberry Rush" when he first planted Cape Cod cranberry vines in Coos County in 1885, but he did develop a cranberry variety that is Oregon's favorite and pr
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Oregon Cranberry Industry Shows Greatest Progress In Last Decade. Continuing a series of articles sponsored by the Cranberry In- stitute, presenting statistical data about each of the major cran- berry-producing areas. The second is Oregon, with comments by Jack Dean, prominent Bandon cranberry grower. Charles Dexter McFarlin of Massachusetts may not have started a "Cranberry Rush" when he first planted Cape Cod cranberry vines in Coos County in 1885, but he did develop a cranberry variety that is Oregon's favorite and produced in greatest volume. For 20 years, McFarlin's oi'igi- nal plantation, bearing fruit to this day, represented Oregon's cranberry industry. It wasn't un- til 1906 that other growers follow- ed his wake and began testing the cranberry productivity of Oregon's spagnum moss. Greatest strides have been made in the last decade with plans for more acreage in the near future. Because of this late start in cranberry cultivation, Oregon's cranberry bogs are comparatively recent, and by the same token, many of its growers are newcom- ers to the industry. Bandon grower Jack Dean is one of these newcomers. Adding to his acreage each year, he now has 10 producing acres with a yield that nas gone over 130 bar- rels an acre. Mr. Dean's policy has been to build what he can put in and take care of himself. "A bog," he says, "should be large enough to support the necessary equipment for efficient operation, but small enough to be family op- ; His energetic helpers are Mrs. Dean and his father, work- ing together as a well-organized team, with his only additional help at harvest time. A former director of National Cranben-y Association, Mr. Dean was not a candidate in the last election because of the demands of his expanding cranberry opera- tions. By becoming a cranberry Twelvp grower, full time, Mr. Dean is finding results well worth the con- centrated effort. Mos
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