. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. whaling- and fishing port. Yet cranberry cultivation did gain a considerable monrentum in these Province Lands, and half a century os so ago almost every hollow of any size between the dunes was a cranberry bog, some of the larger growers being John Carnes, Dan Lewis, Joseph Ellis and Marinda Nickerson. At that time, even though the main busi- ness of Provincetown has always been fishing and not farming, cran- berry growing was a business of relative magnitude. These bogs have now gone back to nature. The areas which were cultivate
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. whaling- and fishing port. Yet cranberry cultivation did gain a considerable monrentum in these Province Lands, and half a century os so ago almost every hollow of any size between the dunes was a cranberry bog, some of the larger growers being John Carnes, Dan Lewis, Joseph Ellis and Marinda Nickerson. At that time, even though the main busi- ness of Provincetown has always been fishing and not farming, cran- berry growing was a business of relative magnitude. These bogs have now gone back to nature. The areas which were cultivated have grown up and are practically unrecognizable as once having been paying cranberry bogs. Mr. Lothrop's bog at Shank Painter swamp, being among the mose successful ones, is now aban- doned. A word picture of the bogs in the early '70s is probably given in the following account from "Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast", Samuel A. Drake: "Over on the shore between Race Point and Wood End lay Shank Painter Bar. Here and there in the swamp were clear- ings of an acre or two planted with cranberry vines, which yield a handsome I'eturn. It was blossonring time, and the ground was starred with their delicate white flowers, having the corolla rolled back, as seen in the tiger- lily. I found ripe blueberries growing in the sand, and wild APRIL- The beginning of a new Spring and the new opportunity for another cranberry year. ELECTRICITY In your cranberry work and in your home means new opportunity, too. Electricity is indispensable in modern day work and liv- ing. Plymoufh County Electric Co. WAREHAM Tel. 200 PLYMOUTH Tel. 1300 â i*M Boost your harvest with PENCO. Insecticides When you buy Pence Insecticides, you know you're getting a relialjle product, Ijacked by the finest manufacturing knowledge and the benefits of wide re- search. This means higher quality at lower cost to you. And remember, our technical representative is always at your service. Get Penc
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