. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. average in Massachusetts' and the average of at Pem- berton, New Jersey. The greater part of this precipitation falls from November through May and summers can be dry. There is very seldom ice or snow in Southeastern Oregon. Spring; Frosts Worst Spring frosts' start in March and can continue into July. Ray Bates, who is a U. S. Weather Bureau Observer at Bandon esti- mates the average number of frosts as about 20, with relatively few in the fall. Temperatures however, rarely geit to 90 in the summer and hail is not ofte
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. average in Massachusetts' and the average of at Pem- berton, New Jersey. The greater part of this precipitation falls from November through May and summers can be dry. There is very seldom ice or snow in Southeastern Oregon. Spring; Frosts Worst Spring frosts' start in March and can continue into July. Ray Bates, who is a U. S. Weather Bureau Observer at Bandon esti- mates the average number of frosts as about 20, with relatively few in the fall. Temperatures however, rarely geit to 90 in the summer and hail is not often a problem. Will Area Grow? Will the Bandon area grow in acreage and production ? Some insist it will; certainly the areas of Coos and Curry counties' to the South, all of which is inclu- ded in the so-called "Bandon Area" have grown from a slow start. Some are inclined to at- tribute a slight "cranberry boom" evident in the district. Probably the best conclusion to draw is that there will be no rapid ad- vance in either acreage or perhaps much in production — as else- where generally in the industry — (again with the probable ex- ception of Wisconsin) until better returns' are coming in to the growers. It is to be noted that the most rapid advance was in certain years of the 1940's when cran- berries were selling at the high prices. Subsequent Bandon articles will deal with a few individual gorwers, the development in alu- minum dikes and the "terraced ; CRANBERRIES GET "FREE RIDE" Cranberries are getting a free ride these days in the Swanson dinner advertising. They've been added to the turkey dinner to give a "home style ; (American Fruit Grower) FOR BETTER PEST CONTROL Use these reliable GENERAmHEMICAl products: DDT Malathion Parathion Ferbam Zineb \ l^ied hemical GENERAL CHEMICAL DIVISION 40 Rector Street, New York 6, N. Y. I^e^ MANZATE D maneb fungicide An improved maneb formulation containing zinc Now avai
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