. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Gro^irers tour USDA. By CAROLYN CALDWELL Ocean Spray growers were treated to an all-day tour and series of workshops at the Department of Agriculture headquarters in Beltsville, Md., recently. The seminar, which was part of a Washington, , program, was attended by 171 growers representing the five cranberry producing areas of the country. The workshops included pigment development, pesticides in the environment, remote environmental sensing of soil moisture content, plant and tissue culture readings, insect research, fruit
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Gro^irers tour USDA. By CAROLYN CALDWELL Ocean Spray growers were treated to an all-day tour and series of workshops at the Department of Agriculture headquarters in Beltsville, Md., recently. The seminar, which was part of a Washington, , program, was attended by 171 growers representing the five cranberry producing areas of the country. The workshops included pigment development, pesticides in the environment, remote environmental sensing of soil moisture content, plant and tissue culture readings, insect research, fruit and vegetable spoilage prevention and plant diseases. Two more photos are on the next page. GRIFFITH . . (continued from preceding page) meet with the Army Co;ps of Engineers to seek exemption of permit requirements for bog construction near waterways. Griffith said he will ask people from all the cranberry producing counties to develop an insurance plan in case USDA crop insurance becomes a reality. "If we decide to include winterkill as an insured risk, it will be necessary for the insurance to be sold in the fall in order to cover possible losses in December," the CCCGA president said. The board voted $142 to cover printing costs for a frost leaflet put out by the Experiment Station. It was also voted to repeat a legislative tour of water resources. "We found the tour to be very beneficial and will try again to educate our senators, representatives, members of the Water Resources Commission, along with other state officials, this fall on how wc conserve and use water," Griffith said. Debbie Cannon was hired to replace secretary and frost assistant Sandy Yellope, who is relocating. "Sandy has done a fine job for us these past few years and will be missed," Griffith noted. COVER PHOTO AZMl Y. SHAWA, director of the Coastal Washington Research and Extension Unit, examines plants at the facility's bogs. The CWREU is in its 60th year. Story on
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