. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. is a danger in too frequent irrigation in the spring because the vines don't have a chance to develop hardiness. HAROLD CARPENTER, associate specialist in mechanized agriculture at the Rutgers Research Center in Bridgeton, , explained sprinkler systems may be used for irrigation, frost protection, cooUng of vines to prevent heat injury and appUcation of agricultural chemicals (diemigation). The latter includes application .of fertilizers (fertigation), fungicides, insecticides and possibly herbicides. Growers wanting to learn m
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. is a danger in too frequent irrigation in the spring because the vines don't have a chance to develop hardiness. HAROLD CARPENTER, associate specialist in mechanized agriculture at the Rutgers Research Center in Bridgeton, , explained sprinkler systems may be used for irrigation, frost protection, cooUng of vines to prevent heat injury and appUcation of agricultural chemicals (diemigation). The latter includes application .of fertilizers (fertigation), fungicides, insecticides and possibly herbicides. Growers wanting to learn more about sprinkler use, including appUcation of agricultural chemicals, may call Carpenter at (609)455-3100. As many questions concerning irrigation were raised by growers as answered, prompting Joseph Darlington of Joseph J. White Inc. to suggest a committee be established to investigate the wise use of sprinkler irrigation in New Jersey. William Haines Jr., ACGA president, asked Abbott Lee to chair such a committee, wliose members will include Dr. Paul Eck, professor of horticulture. Cook College/Rutgers University, Darlington and Haines himself. It was recommended that a blueberry grower also be appoint- ed to the committee. Mary Ann Thompson, a member of the ACGA water legislation review committee, reported that, legislatively speaking, little is currently happening with regard to proposed water legis- lation. Senate Bill 1497, an act "concerning the construction or repair of certain reservoirs and damns," has been passed in the Senate, has had a second reading in the Assembly and may now go to floor vote once Assemblyman Alan Karcher, house speaker, grants permission. Growers approve of this bill as it has been rewritten. GLENN EUGSTER, chief, division of natural resource planning. National Park Service (NPS), described the Pinelands National Reserve as a 1 million acre geographic area established by the federal government in 1978 "where people live, w
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