. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ESH FROM THE FIELDS By C J. H. ly Uncer- The picking of ties This the 1942 cran- â¢vest Season berry crop will begin late this th and the growers enter a â¢est season of greater uncer- ties than ever before, due of se to the war. Labor, trans- ation, the sugar outlook and selling price are all veiled in issues of the times. Just how the crop will be at the moment nybody's guess. () 603,820, but not as large perhaps as last year might be in- dicated. However, on such figures as are available now (July 30) and without the adv
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ESH FROM THE FIELDS By C J. H. ly Uncer- The picking of ties This the 1942 cran- â¢vest Season berry crop will begin late this th and the growers enter a â¢est season of greater uncer- ties than ever before, due of se to the war. Labor, trans- ation, the sugar outlook and selling price are all veiled in issues of the times. Just how the crop will be at the moment nybody's guess. () 603,820, but not as large perhaps as last year might be in- dicated. However, on such figures as are available now (July 30) and without the advantage of a couple of weeks more of growing time, a definite estimate would be hazard- ous. The official government esti- mate, released at the growers' meetings this month, will be eager- ly awaited to give a definite basis of crop anticipation. illy Bumper But certain it )P Not seems that the pected Now very big crop which was an- jated in Massachusetts a few ;ks ago on the basis of a re- â kable bloom has diminished siderably, although Jersey, ch had a similar fine bloom 1 promises to come through h a large yield, larger by far n has been the Jersey crop in ,t recent years as an average, .consin estimates a little more n last year, while the West ist expects about the same as year, or maybe a few hundred i-els less. Last year's total was ,200, of which Massachusetts )duced 510,000; Wisconsin, 99,- ; New Jersey and Long Island, 000, and Washington and Ore- ,, 46,200. Massachusetts' ten- «⢠average (1930-39) is 412,000 â rels, and "a better than aver- >" seems to be the opinion of my Massachusetts growers. A venturing figures have guessed m\ 410,000 to 470,000. Much de- nds this year on the Jersey pro- iction. wait Gov't. On the basis of stimate fragmentary re- ports a crop bet- than the ten-year average MASSACHUSETTS "Good, Fair With July Crop" Expected gone and the final growing weeks at hand, expectation of the Massachusetts crop is unanim
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