. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of January, 1964 - Vol. 29, No. 10 Published monthly at The Ck)urier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $, Foreign, $ per year Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam, MassachuBetts Post O ffice. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H MASSACHUSETTS Following a return of winter, Jan. 14 with heavy snow and cold, the weather turned much milder and the traditional "January Thaw" set in just about on time. The second "blizzard" of the win- ter and one of the worst storms of ye
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of January, 1964 - Vol. 29, No. 10 Published monthly at The Ck)urier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $, Foreign, $ per year Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam, MassachuBetts Post O ffice. FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H MASSACHUSETTS Following a return of winter, Jan. 14 with heavy snow and cold, the weather turned much milder and the traditional "January Thaw" set in just about on time. The second "blizzard" of the win- ter and one of the worst storms of years struck the Cape area on the 13th and 14th, depositing depths of snow ranging from 10^/4" as record- ed at Cranberry Experiment Station up to 19 inches at Falmouth on the Cape; Nantucket Island, where heavy snow is something of a rarity getting 12 inches. Gale winds of hurricane force at times, 70 to 75 miles per hour at Cape Cod Canal, hurled the snow in huge drifts at many points, at others, leaving the ground all but bare. There were two lighter falls later in the month, but January's 31 days ending with a total precipitation of ; for the month (with the aver- age being ;) of which inch- e swas snow. But it was not a bad month mostly either in heavy snow- fall or in temperatures. In fact the month ended about two degrees a day warmer than average. Coldest temperature reached at State Bog CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Sheoks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken boxes—or repair them yourself F. H. COLE North Carver. Ma?" Tel. Union 6-3331 was zero on the first day of the month. Prof. "Bill" Tomlinson, acting di- rector of the Cranberry Experiment Station during the Sabbatical of Dr. Cross said January as far as cran- berries go was about an "even ; There had been, snow, freezings, rains, meltings. He was of the opinion there had been little or no winterkill and little oxygen deficiency. Also, the w
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