. Cranberry culture. Cranberry. 48 CRANBERRY CULTURE. that may exist, and also to loosen the roots and bring them to the surface. Some growers think it best to leave the roots upon the surface, saying, " when they decay, the soil will be in- creased in ; But we cannot afford to use such expensive fertilizers as roots and sticks, for the reason that, if they are left in the soil, some of them will grow:. PLANTS ON CLEAN AND ROOTY SURFACES. and if upon the top, they will seriously interfere with the matting vines by keeping the runners from rooting. Fig- ure 17 illustrates th
. Cranberry culture. Cranberry. 48 CRANBERRY CULTURE. that may exist, and also to loosen the roots and bring them to the surface. Some growers think it best to leave the roots upon the surface, saying, " when they decay, the soil will be in- creased in ; But we cannot afford to use such expensive fertilizers as roots and sticks, for the reason that, if they are left in the soil, some of them will grow:. PLANTS ON CLEAN AND ROOTY SURFACES. and if upon the top, they will seriously interfere with the matting vines by keeping the runners from rooting. Fig- ure 17 illustrates the difference between a rooty surface and one made perfectly clean. Savannas, with sand Avithin reach of the plow, may be very cheaply prepared by throwing the turf, one rod each way, into windrows, and planting vines upon the cleared ground between them. (See fig. ]8.) The wash from the decaying turf is found to act as a good fertilizer, and the embankments serve as a protec- =:f^Me>j,%A^^nl!M^iKX>.,^u gi(fe^:^.,,v^...,-v^±: ^^/t^^»M5J^M.^Mgvw)y>â ^\Wy Wtf'A>. Fig. 18.âPLANTING IN STRIPS. tion against the blasts of winter, in situations not suscep- tible of being flooded. MiLL-PoNDS. Success in cultivating the cranberry on mill-pond bot- toms depends, perhaps, more upon the location than upon. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Joseph J. New York, O. Judd and company
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