. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. (continued from page 10) fruit, to the Pilgrims. They show the first marshes carved out of the wood- lands and, in a section on planting, even depicts the Nemitz marshes. Blocks also show stages of cranberries, such as dormant, hook, blossom and berry, continuing on to frost protection, weed problems, pests and ways of harvesting through the years. Mrs. Nemitz also includes the steps of flotation, raking, drying, storing, bagging and packaging the fruit, as well as all the major equipment used on the marshes through the ye
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. (continued from page 10) fruit, to the Pilgrims. They show the first marshes carved out of the wood- lands and, in a section on planting, even depicts the Nemitz marshes. Blocks also show stages of cranberries, such as dormant, hook, blossom and berry, continuing on to frost protection, weed problems, pests and ways of harvesting through the years. Mrs. Nemitz also includes the steps of flotation, raking, drying, storing, bagging and packaging the fruit, as well as all the major equipment used on the marshes through the years. ONE BLOCK depicts the major associations, such as Ocean Spray, Indian Trail, Wisconsin Cranberry Growers and Cranberry Products, with the logo of each. The Warrens resident has included her father, Charles Wallworth, who was in cranberry growing for more than 50 years. Jean Case, who started the Cranberry Festival, Rita Hounn, the first cranberry queen, Jane Schoeder and Trudy Johnson, first princesses, and Donna Caldwell and Carolyn Habelman, Cran-Fest committee members since the festival was started in 1973, are aU included in Mrs. Nemitz's history quilt of cranberry growing. "I copied pictures from the newspapers and photographs to get the likenesses of people," the meticulous Mrs. Nemitz said. She has tried to capture, in needle work, every mood and detail of the cranberry world. Such minute details as ducks flying over the marshes, muskrats swimming, beavers damming spillways, deer browsing and bees working the flowers complete the realistic story of cranberrying. The quilt was displayed at various stores and businesses in the area following the festival. MASSACHUSETTS FBF A WINNER Competing against other state Farm Bureaus of comparable size, the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation won first place for performance in marketing, membership, pohcy development and information at the recent AFBF convention in Phoenix. Charles Dowse of Sherborn, MFBF president,
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