. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. CRANBERRY 841 ing, scalping and sanding the bogs during the construction period. For the opera- tion of the bogs after they are in bearing about the only equipment required will be spraying outfits; cleaning, grading, packing and sorting machinery; instru- ments for weather observations, equip- ment for conveying the berries from the bog to the s
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. CRANBERRY 841 ing, scalping and sanding the bogs during the construction period. For the opera- tion of the bogs after they are in bearing about the only equipment required will be spraying outfits; cleaning, grading, packing and sorting machinery; instru- ments for weather observations, equip- ment for conveying the berries from the bog to the storehouse and unless the water is secured by gravity, a pumping plant will be required. The greater part of this equipment should be owned and controlled by an association of the growers. Plants and Planting Cranberry bogs are established by plant- ing cuttings from old vines. These cut- tings should be from eight to ten inches long and are generally planted by forcing the middle of the vine down through the sand into the peat leaving the tow ends of the cuttings sticking up above the surface of the sand. From each of these cuttings runners grow along the surface of the sand and gradually form a thick mat of vines over the entire bog. The vines are generally planted in the spring, but in the Northwest they can be planted during the fall and winter. There are a great many varieties of vines, but the grower need not consider over a dozen varieties. In selecting the varieties care should be exercised as to whether they are early or late, their keeping qualities, color, size and yield. The principal varieties now grown on this coast are the McFarlan and Early Blacks. The vines now being planted are practically all imported from the East, mostly from Massachusetts. Some of the Massachusetts varieties are Early Black, Howe, Centennial, Bugle, McFarlan, Math- ews and Batchelder. Some of the Wis- consin varieties are Prolific, Searles Jum- bo, McFarlan, Bennett Jumbo, Metallic Bell, Pa
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