. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. as made along this line at the tate Bog last fall. He referred the experiments of "The West- rn Picker" last year. Electric-Eye Separator As to injuries caused by "bounc- ig"' berries in the present-type sparator, he touched upon an elec- :-ic eye device. That might have onie advantages in preventing the resent bruising, but he said the eye'' would not pick out rotten erries, as the soft spot would be he same color as the sound part f the berry. It would, however, istinguish between the green or hite berry, and
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. as made along this line at the tate Bog last fall. He referred the experiments of "The West- rn Picker" last year. Electric-Eye Separator As to injuries caused by "bounc- ig"' berries in the present-type sparator, he touched upon an elec- :-ic eye device. That might have onie advantages in preventing the resent bruising, but he said the eye'' would not pick out rotten erries, as the soft spot would be he same color as the sound part f the berry. It would, however, istinguish between the green or hite berry, and could cull these ut for holding. Discussing cellophane pack, he sserted experiments were being lade with "films" or waxes to liminate the carbon dioxide, which ranberries could not stand (as for nstance, apples could for ripening) hen packed in this container for he retail trade. He told of the torage of Howes and also Early Jlacks at 35 degrees in experiment t the State Bog and these showed ittle difference in degree of spoil- age, whether they had been ma- chine or hand picked and hand sorted or dry scooped or water raked. Berries which were of ex- cellent quality last fall did not, however, offer a "fair" test, he said, and in any event tests would have to be continued for five or six years before any definite recommenda- tions could be reached. Franklin Urges Use of Insect Net and Hand Lens Dr. H. J. Franklin said, as every- body knows, financial conditions in the cranberry industry are not the same in 1949 as they have been in past years. Since this is the case, "we must find some ways to pro- duce cranberries at lesser costs. We must learn to economize in our bog ; One of the best ways of econo- mizing, he said, was in greater use of water in insect control. "I have in mind, as a means of saving costs in insecticides, particularly greater and moi-e careful use of the insect net and the hand lens. There is no doubt that in past
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