. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Fresh From The Fields (Continued from Page 6) to average from 1 to 3 degrees above normal and precipitation is expected to total near normal. Vines In Good Shape Most marshes removed their win- ter floods the middle of the month in the south and the last of the month in the north. Surprisingly there was more frost in the sec- tions than anticipated and some vine wind burning was noticed where frost remamed tight when the win- ter flood was removed. This is the first time that definite identifica- lion of this type of dessication wa


. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Fresh From The Fields (Continued from Page 6) to average from 1 to 3 degrees above normal and precipitation is expected to total near normal. Vines In Good Shape Most marshes removed their win- ter floods the middle of the month in the south and the last of the month in the north. Surprisingly there was more frost in the sec- tions than anticipated and some vine wind burning was noticed where frost remamed tight when the win- ter flood was removed. This is the first time that definite identifica- lion of this type of dessication was noticed in the month of April. There was also some leaf drop reported, with some occurring last fall and more this spring following oxygen defeciency. Overall the vines came thru the winter in good shape and fruit bud counts indicate above nor- mal numbers. ^00 New Acres In May In excess of two hundred new acres of vines are expected to be planted in May. Most of the acre- age will be Searles with Pure Mc- MANZATE Cranberry Pesticides and Fertilizers Farm Supplies LAWRENCE WARD SUMMER STREET PLYMOUTH Pilgrim 6-097. HARRY T. FISHER JR. PURCHASE STREET MIDDLEBORO MIDDLEBORO 2133-W Farlins, Ben Lear and Stevens fol- lowing in that order. Several of the newer disc type planters will be used to plant mechanically this year, but most vines will be planted with the barrel type planter followed with t':e cleat track. Prices for vines have gone up from last year. R. F. MORSE & SON, INC. Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 Suppliers of DuPont MANZATE (Maneb Fungicide) Special report to cranberry growers on DuPont MANZATE^ MANEB FUNGICroE for effective control Fruit rots can cause serious damage in cranberry bogs, reducing growers' yields and profits, too. These diseases cannot be cured, but they can be prevented—with Du Pont "Manzate" mianeb fungi- cide. In the January 1962 issues of Cranberries, Dr. Bent M. Zuckerman (Massachusetts Cranberry Experi- ment St


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