. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. M^ MASSACHUSETTS May was very warm and wet. The temperature averaged degrees a day above normal, breaking our old record set in 1944. Night temperatures were particularly warm. Maximum temperature was 91 degrees on the 10th and minimum was 37 degrees on the 3rd. Warmer than average periods were the 1st, 8-lOth, 12th, 21-23rd and 29-31st. The only cooler than average days were the 6th, 19th and 20th. Rainfall totaled inches, over 3 inches above normal. There was measurable precipitation on 14 days, with inches on t
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. M^ MASSACHUSETTS May was very warm and wet. The temperature averaged degrees a day above normal, breaking our old record set in 1944. Night temperatures were particularly warm. Maximum temperature was 91 degrees on the 10th and minimum was 37 degrees on the 3rd. Warmer than average periods were the 1st, 8-lOth, 12th, 21-23rd and 29-31st. The only cooler than average days were the 6th, 19th and 20th. Rainfall totaled inches, over 3 inches above normal. There was measurable precipitation on 14 days, with inches on the 23-24th as the largest storm. We are about 10 inches above normal for the first five months of 1979 and nearly 7 inches ahead of 1978. We have not issued one frost warning so far this spring. We have never had a spring season without some warnings but this may be the exception. This is only the fourth May in our records without a warning but two are in succession-last year and this year. For comparison, there were 15 warnings in 1977, 24 in 1976, none in 1975 and seven in 1974. Weather data to June 1st does not favor good keeping quality in 1979. Only one factor of a possible 16 favors good keeping, the lowest number of favoring factors since the quality forecasts were begun. The prospect, therefore, is for very poor keeping quality this year. It is urgently necessary that cranberry growers use fungicides as detailed on the Insect and Disease Control Chart. Growers are further warned that overuse of fertilizers will aggravate an already bad situation. Your cranberries are needed by a strong market and only the good ones can be used. You will be well paid for sound berries, making a good investment out of fungicides used. NOVA SCOTIA The mean temperature for April was slightly higher than the 50 year average. Since then conditions have been favor- able for plant growth and we are now experiencing an early spring. On May 17 we had commercial varieties of pear at the Ken
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