. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRIES PHOTO J. FOXCROFT CARLETON OF SANDWICH FIRST PRESIDENT J. Foxcroft Carleton of East Sandwich, who has the honor of being elected first president of the Southeastern Massachusetts Blue- berry Growers' Association, has been a grower of this fruit since 1925, and a couple of years before that began a little work with blue- berry budding. He is also a cran- berry grower, owning 13 acres, and managing about 12 more. He considers the two crops together a fine combination. For a number of years he has been a director of the Ne
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. CRANBERRIES PHOTO J. FOXCROFT CARLETON OF SANDWICH FIRST PRESIDENT J. Foxcroft Carleton of East Sandwich, who has the honor of being elected first president of the Southeastern Massachusetts Blue- berry Growers' Association, has been a grower of this fruit since 1925, and a couple of years before that began a little work with blue- berry budding. He is also a cran- berry grower, owning 13 acres, and managing about 12 more. He considers the two crops together a fine combination. For a number of years he has been a director of the New Eng- land Cranberry Sa'es Company. However, his greatest success has probably been as a gi-ower of cul- tivated blueberries, although he considers himself about a "50-50" producer of each crop. For his work in blueberries he is certainly Four better known, and in fact in that, his reputation is outstanding. He is possibly acknowledged as the most successful grower in Massa- chusetts, from the marketing an- gle. Last year, which in Massachu- setts, as is no secret, was an ex- ceptional year, he produced 12,200 quarts, his largest output to date, but the previous year he grew about 8,000 quarts. His planting is not the largest in Massachusetts, he having about four aci'es whi^e Melville C. and Gilbert T. Beaton will have about nine when some young plantings come in, and Ern- est Maxim of Middleboro will have about the same. His location on the main dipv Cod highway is one of his assets, (Continued on Page 16) Mass. Blueberry Growers Complete Association Massachusetts cultivated blue- berry growers completed organiza- tion for an association, February 29th at the office of the J. J. Bea- ton Company, Wareham, forming the "Southeastern Massachusetts Blueberry Growers' Association," with a charter membership of 22. J. Foxcroft Carleton of East Sand- wich, one of the most progressive of Massachusetts growers, was elected the first president. Nearly 50 were prese
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