. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of May 1964 âVol. 29 No. 1 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam. Massachaaetts Post O ffice- Published monthly at Wareb am, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $, Foreign, $ p«r yeai â RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H ^EW JERSEY April Was a Wet Month Precipitation during the month E April was inches above ormal, as' compared with .67 iches last year. Total rainfall irough April was inches 3ove the average as compared ith last year of only inches. Also Was Cold The average temperature was ).2, les
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of May 1964 âVol. 29 No. 1 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareliam. Massachaaetts Post O ffice- Published monthly at Wareb am, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $, Foreign, $ p«r yeai â RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H ^EW JERSEY April Was a Wet Month Precipitation during the month E April was inches above ormal, as' compared with .67 iches last year. Total rainfall irough April was inches 3ove the average as compared ith last year of only inches. Also Was Cold The average temperature was ).2, less than normal. The ^ghest temperature was' on April 5 (as' in Massachusetts), the only ly of the month of more than ) degrees. On April 2nd the inimum temperature was 18 agrees, the coldest in April in e 35 year's history of the Cran- irry-Blueberry Station at Pem- ;rton, with the exception of 15 -grees on April 8, 1956. ^\/ ASH I NGTON Growth Well Started Cranberry growth was' well arted by the first of May. A w tips were in the rough-neck age. It was the critical frost ijriod. Past experience has own that this state often gets' "iluch more injury from frost Imperatures than when the buds CRANBERRY PICKING BOXES Shocks, or Nailed Stock Always on Hand Let me repair your broken joxesâor repair them yourself. F. H. COLE 4 North Carver, Mass. Tel. Union 6-3330 are on the "pop-corn" stage later on than when they are in hook. Our sprinkler systems had been on ten times during frost nights' in April. 6 to 9 Hours of Sprinklingr On the colder nights the systems were on for 6 to 9 hours. Most are started at 34 degrees and continue in operation during the period until the temperature of air returns to this level. Most of the cold nights followed clear, warm days when no cloud was present. The maximum temperature for the month was 61°F. on the 19th. Temperatures were only above 55 on five dates. The mean max- imum was , and the minimum mean was degrees. Mo
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