. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. I Their data showed that blossom blast in New Jersey is largely the result of the superabundance of bloom produced by the plant, analogous to the "drop" of decid- uous fruits. They showed that there was no relationship between the number of blossoming- up- i ights and production. Bees were shown to be the only important agenls of jiollenation but in- creasing the poUenation could not compensate for the lack of vigorous blossoming uprights. Production of berries by about 40 percent of the blossoms and about ].5 berries per
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. I Their data showed that blossom blast in New Jersey is largely the result of the superabundance of bloom produced by the plant, analogous to the "drop" of decid- uous fruits. They showed that there was no relationship between the number of blossoming- up- i ights and production. Bees were shown to be the only important agenls of jiollenation but in- creasing the poUenation could not compensate for the lack of vigorous blossoming uprights. Production of berries by about 40 percent of the blossoms and about ].5 berries per blossoming up- right are the best that can be expected and this cannot b2 im- proved upon by increasing the bees. Charles Doehlert of the Exper- iment Station spoke on cranberry pruning. He pointed out that in small preliminary tests (a) new runners were found to carry about 7 percent of all the uprights, (b) when a runner is cut back there does not appear to be a stimulation to produce more up- rights or to set a greater number of buds upon the remaining up- rights, (c) in one experiment twice as much runner growth was torn off by scooping in the un- pruned area as in the pruned area, and (d) considerably fewer berries were dropped during harvest in the pruned area. He stated that he would like to conduct more intensive experiments to see how consistent or dependable these observations are on bogs of var- ious growth types, since it is well recognized that bogs vary ti-e- mendously from place to place. President Reeves Milton V. Reeves, new president of American Cranberry Growers' Association, New Jersey, has been familiar with cranberry growing all his life. At present he has 20 acres of cranberries and 20 of blueberries. He worked for, and managed the bogs of his father, W. H. Reeves, prior to and following his marriage. Mr. Reeves was born in New Lisbon, N. J., He and Mrs. Reeves have four children, two boys and two girls and six grandchildren. A son, Robert is following i
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