. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WISCONSIN At end of 1946 marshes were flooded and there had not been a shortage of water for winter cov- erage, as had been feared possible previously. There was a week or so of poor weather in December, cloudy and warm, and there may have been some damage from oxy- gen deficiency during this period. However, that was only a guess at that time. The weather has been ideal, absolutely no snow at all and very little cold. "CAT" GARDEN TRACTORS PLOW • CULTIVATE • HARROW DISK • SCRAPE AND GRADE Now On Display For Immediate Del
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WISCONSIN At end of 1946 marshes were flooded and there had not been a shortage of water for winter cov- erage, as had been feared possible previously. There was a week or so of poor weather in December, cloudy and warm, and there may have been some damage from oxy- gen deficiency during this period. However, that was only a guess at that time. The weather has been ideal, absolutely no snow at all and very little cold. "CAT" GARDEN TRACTORS PLOW • CULTIVATE • HARROW DISK • SCRAPE AND GRADE Now On Display For Immediate Delivery. manufactured by INDUSTRIES ,lnc Route 28, Wareham Tel. Wareham 643 NEW JERSEY The Government Crop Report- ing Service gave the New Jersey cranberry industry a Christmas bonus in the estimate of a 90,000 barrel crop. This is still not a very good average per acre, ac- cording to the standards set by other states, but is well above the ten year (1936-1945) average in New Jersey. Weather Rainfall at Pemberton through December 27 was inches, which is almost exactly normal for the month. A half an inch of snow on the 18th accounted for a little of this, but the storm of De- cember 20 and 21 accounted for inches of the month's total. Many growers, with uncertain water supplies, took advantage of this heavy rain and put on the winter flood. The mean temperature for the month was about 2° warmer than average (38°); 13° on the 3rd and 27th was the lowest recorded at Pemberton, while it was a balmy 72° on the 10th. Seedlings The planting of the government cranberry seedling selections was finished at Budd's and Cutt's by Mr. Wilcox. The performance of these selections on these bogs will be watched with considerable in- terest, as it is felt that they are very promising indeed. American Cranberry Growers' Association The proceedings of the 77th annual convention of the American Cranberry Growers' Association were mailed out on December 11th to the mem
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