. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. D]frfP. WASHINGTON In Washington "spring" - like weather continues, and the primroses, snow drops, azalias and rhododendrons in some yards are blooming already. Light snow fell on January 4th but so far there are no visible signs that winter is here, or has come. Christmas Day was beautiful and warm and all enjoyed the holidays with little rain. The mean high for the month was only degrees with a high of 55 on the 15th, but the sun has come out often between showers. The mean low of degrees F gave little varia
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. D]frfP. WASHINGTON In Washington "spring" - like weather continues, and the primroses, snow drops, azalias and rhododendrons in some yards are blooming already. Light snow fell on January 4th but so far there are no visible signs that winter is here, or has come. Christmas Day was beautiful and warm and all enjoyed the holidays with little rain. The mean high for the month was only degrees with a high of 55 on the 15th, but the sun has come out often between showers. The mean low of degrees F gave little variance for the month, and the actual low in the bog area was 28 degrees on the 21st and the 26th. The cranberry buds are progressing rapidly and a hard freeze now could cause a great deal of injury. The growers are doing their pruning and general chores for this time of year. There have been a few soil samples sent to the experiment station so far this year, but now is the time to get the analysis done and have the recommendations back for proper bog fertility for the year ahead. The soil sample cartons and sampling instructions are available at the Coastal Washington Research and Extension Unit, Long Beach, Washington. Precipitation for the month of December was heavy, inches with inches on the 3rd. We had onlv two days with no measurable precipita- tion. The total for the year was. , compared with 1965 total of , 1964 - NEW J ERSEY December Varied December in the cranberry belt of New Jersey had a little bit of all of the seasons but the prevailing mood of course was wintry. From the 6th to the 9th it was almost balmy with temperatures reaching 47, 54 and 69. Then for a couple of days it was almost like sum- mer time with maximums of 73 and minimums of 50. There were a few days in the six- ties and fifties and then the weather reverted to type. It was cold enough in the latter part of the month to bring the average temperature down to , about 1 de
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