. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. where Did the Early Black Originate? (Editor's Note: The following is a con- tinuation of (Chapter 16) of the history of the cranberry industry which we have published from time to time as material is accumulated and space permits). By CLARENCE J. HALL An old story of how the "Early Black'' came to be so named con- cerns Captain Cyrus Cahoon of Cape Cod. The account goes that one day Cyrus and wife, Lettice were screening berries in their barn. Cyrus pondered as to what might be a good name for the handsome fruit they were sor
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. where Did the Early Black Originate? (Editor's Note: The following is a con- tinuation of (Chapter 16) of the history of the cranberry industry which we have published from time to time as material is accumulated and space permits). By CLARENCE J. HALL An old story of how the "Early Black'' came to be so named con- cerns Captain Cyrus Cahoon of Cape Cod. The account goes that one day Cyrus and wife, Lettice were screening berries in their barn. Cyrus pondered as to what might be a good name for the handsome fruit they were sorting. Lettice is reputed to have remarked tersely, "Be'nt they early and be'nt they black? Call 'em Early ; There is also a version that it was Lettice Cahoon who carried the variety from Captain Robbin's bog near Harwich Center to Pleas- ant Lake—that is, woman-fashion, she took some vines home in a flow- er pot. Captain Cyrus died January 20, 1894, lacking a day of 84 years. "To him," was recorded in the Barnstable Patriot at that time, "more than any other man are we indebted for our great cranberry industry. He was the pioneer in cranberry cultivation and for years was considered the authority for all that pertained to it. His shrewd- ness and integrity as a man of affairs won for him public confi- dence and ; His Bog Is Still Bearing Cyrus' son-in-law, Joshua Maker was a grower at Pleasant Lake, his granddaughter, the late Mrs. Clark took over the cranberry in- terests of her husband, Darius A. Clark, when he died a good many years ago. The Cyrus Cahoon bog is still in bearing, but is now owned by J. Burleigh Atkins, one of the better known of the older generation of Cape growers. Capt. Nathaniel Robbins The stories of Captain Cyrus and Captain Nathaniel Robbins who lived on a hill overlooking Grassy (old name. Grass) Pond between Harwich Center and Har- wichport intermingle. They were fellow townsmen and friends. There is a st
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