. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Don't Lose On Harvest And Harvest Handling Ho>vr to Conserve Quality and Quality at This Point Stressed at Massachusetts Club Meetings Quality conservation was the theme of February meetings of Massachusetts clubs with good attendance at all four meetings. Producing good quality fruit was only half the story, it was ex- plained, and that conserving qual- ity all through hai-vesting and distribution process is equally important, and that careless opera-. You'll never know what a field can yield until you use You won't ever know w
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Don't Lose On Harvest And Harvest Handling Ho>vr to Conserve Quality and Quality at This Point Stressed at Massachusetts Club Meetings Quality conservation was the theme of February meetings of Massachusetts clubs with good attendance at all four meetings. Producing good quality fruit was only half the story, it was ex- plained, and that conserving qual- ity all through hai-vesting and distribution process is equally important, and that careless opera-. You'll never know what a field can yield until you use You won't ever know what your fields can yield until you try the remarkable premium ferti- lizer, Rainbow Plant FoocL Rainbow is several cuts above anything you've ever used be- fore . tailored for our local soils and crops, and scientifi- cally designed to feed crops all season long. Put Rainbow on your own soil this year. See how much more a field can yield . . when fertilized with Rainbow Premi- um Plant Food. Call us for full details. Ask Your Local Dealer INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORP. WOBURN, MASS. tions at these points simply will nullify effort and expense of grow- ing up to that point. In harvesting, it was suggested that a bog be pruned before pick- ing by machine for the first time and that the bog floor be made as even as possible; that small holes be filled in and even large ones covering vines completely if neces- sary, and that sloping cornei's be levelled up. A "picking pattern" should be planned before harvest starts. Louis Sherman, Plymouth, speaking at Plymouth County clubs declared in operating he had an individual "machine picking school," before he allowed any operators on the bog. He said a day before picking was devoted to this instruction and then the first day of harvest was devoted to a picker, "getting the feel of the ; He said the first 6-8 hours of actual picking is the most important day and that by training and caref
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