. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. erties which had put on deep winter floods in December were pulling- water out from under the ice in fear of oxygen depletion. Some sanding operations were under way by mid December along with dyke hauling. Except for the northeast area, snow was not hampering sanding operations. Little Crop Shrinkage The 1956 estimated Wisconsin crop has been revised upwards to 340,000 barrels by the Federal State Crop reporting service. The increase in crop was due to the excellent growing weather the latter part of September and most of October,
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. erties which had put on deep winter floods in December were pulling- water out from under the ice in fear of oxygen depletion. Some sanding operations were under way by mid December along with dyke hauling. Except for the northeast area, snow was not hampering sanding operations. Little Crop Shrinkage The 1956 estimated Wisconsin crop has been revised upwards to 340,000 barrels by the Federal State Crop reporting service. The increase in crop was due to the excellent growing weather the latter part of September and most of October, resulting in above average berry size. For the most part berries kept well and shrink- age was below normal. 6.'j-70 Percent Fresh The crop was entirely shipped out by the first of the year and estimates on the disposition range from 65 to 70 percent shipped fresh and 30 to 35 percent pro- cessing. Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Wis- consin State Cranberry Growers' Association was held at 1:00 P. M., Friday, January 11, 1957 at the Elks Club, Wisconsin Rapids. A report of this meeting will be published in the next issue of "Cranberries". NEW JERSEY December Warmest Ever The weather at Pemberton during December was the warnv:st ever recorded for this month sine:; records began in 192B. In nearby Philadelphia it was the warmest December in the 80 years' history of weather recording- there. By way of corroborating the well known fact that New Jersey wea- ther is "crazy", it may be noted that last year's December was the coldest on record at Pemberton. The average temperature in December, 1956, was °F., degrees above normal and 14 de- grees above the December, 1955, average. These are tremendous differences and tend to show how greatly weather can fluctuate in New Jersey, Year Slightly Cooler For the entire year of 1956 the average temperature was °F., which is degrees colder than normal. Only 1940, which aver- aged 52 degrees, was a
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