. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Industry Shocked By Sudden Death of Charles S. Beckwith New Jersey Cranberry-Blueberry Scientist, 53, Suffers Heart Attack While Checking Frost Danger on Bog The cranberry industry suf- fered a severe loss this past month in the sudden death of Charles S. Beckwith, chief of Cranberry and Blueberry Experiment Station at Pemberton, New Jersey, of the New Jersey College of Agriculture, on Thursday, May 18. Mr. Beck- with's death of a heart seizure at the age of 53 is not only a great loss to the cranberry and blue- berry industries of
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Industry Shocked By Sudden Death of Charles S. Beckwith New Jersey Cranberry-Blueberry Scientist, 53, Suffers Heart Attack While Checking Frost Danger on Bog The cranberry industry suf- fered a severe loss this past month in the sudden death of Charles S. Beckwith, chief of Cranberry and Blueberry Experiment Station at Pemberton, New Jersey, of the New Jersey College of Agriculture, on Thursday, May 18. Mr. Beck- with's death of a heart seizure at the age of 53 is not only a great loss to the cranberry and blue- berry industries of New Jersey, but of blueberry and cranberry culture the country over. He was one of the pioneers in blueberry growing and had served the industry for a quarter century. Last year he with 33 other recog- nized agricultural authorities in the country, collaborated in the preparation of an encyclopedia of farming and his death removes a ranking scientific agricultural worker in his particular fields. Charles S. Beckwith died direct- ly in the line of duty, while per- forming a service to cranberry culture. He was stricken on the evening of May 18th while check- ing temperatures on the Rancocas cranberry bog because of danger of frost. He was taking temper- ature readings to determine if a warning should be issued for flood- ing. At the time he was accompanied by Frederick Chandler, an associ- ate, and J. B. Demaree, U. S. D. A. Seemingly in good health, he was stricken on the bog and pro- nounced dead a few moments lat- er. He had been undergoing treat- ment for a heart condition for some time, but on that night had not complained of illness. Born in Olean, N. Y., May 16, 1891, Mr. Beckwith was graduated in 1914 from Rutgers University, where he majored in horticulture. He joined the Rutgers staff im- mediately after as an assistant to Dr. Thomas J. Headlee, who re- tired this year as head of the en- Eiarhteen tomology department. In 1917 the New Jersey giowers petitioned the Stat
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