Cranberries - The National Cranberry Magazine, 1963-08

              SERVING A $40,000,000 A YEAR INDUSTRY


CHINESE WOMEN weeders on bog at Lulu Island, Bristish Columbia. 
~~......(CRANBERRIES Photo) 
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August 29th 

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Cranberry Growers' Association is 

these better things -efficient use in power for cran-scheduled for New Jersey, Thursday, 
August 29. At this writing the 
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lMass. Cranbefrry 

Station and Field Nlotes 

by CHESTER E. CROSS 
byr

eStErCE. C!~OSS 
Director 

This is crop estimation time. 
Whenever growers meet, this is the 
subject of their speech. Let us ex-
amine some of the points which 
have impressed the growers during 
the development of the 1963 crolp. 

at this time suffered winterkilling, 
and none of them hurt in this way 
^are producing a really good crop, 
though many have shown remarkable 

recovery and some are producing

crops of 50 bbls. per acre. 
TThen in May came troublesome 

frosts on the nights of May 12, 23, 
24 and 25. All these tcok some toll 
of our coming crop and many later 

showed the partial injury called 
ro"umbrellas." 
Drought Damage

Drought Damage 

Since April, the rainfall in south-

eastern Massachusetts has tended to 
come in heavy downpours at very 
infrequent intervals. For example 

early afternoon) without damage to 
flowers or berries. They were used 
to relieve drought conditions and 
even the lowgallonage systems did 

this effectively. There is a notice


able increase in the size of berries 
on sprinkler bogs, and there are as 
many or more berries on such bogs 
by count. 
The growth of cranberry vines in 
such a summer of excessive sunshine 
tends to be xexcessive on 

s

sprinkler bogs. It seems at presentthat fertilizer use should be sharply 
curtailed on such bogs since both 
the fertilizer and the supplemental 
water appear to produce increased 
vine-growth. Those with sprinklersusing their systems one to 
five or more times d-uring the summer. 
Drought conditions have varied 
widely in the cranberry area itself, 

but until we have better information, 
it would seem to be good judgment 

use the sprinklers no ftener than

to use the no oftener than 
once a week, but apply a minimum 

of / to 3/4 inch each time it is run. 

EEK CHINK IN 
INSECT'S ARMOR 
Almost everybody has heard about 

man-made chemicals intended to control 
them. 
It's no-less familiar story, but an 
ever-changing one, to the men and 
women dedicated to protecting men 
and animals from insect-borne di


seses and safeguarding crops and 
stored food from insect contamination. 
The frustrating problems of resis


tance has started a whole new chain 
of investigation among entomologists 
such as those at Rutgers' College of 

Agriculture, New Brunswick, New 
Jersey. One group and supported 
financially by the Federal government 
is delving into the complex 
body chemistry of the house fly. 

The goal is to find out the mechanism 
the fly used to transform its 
new chemical foes, such as DDT and 
others into harmless substances. Once 

they have unlocked the secret of fly 
resistance it could be on the way 
toward applying the findings to other 

insects as well. (Report from Rutgers) 
Three' 

High 

near theend July the

~~~~~Prospects Seemed , T 
of7report 
Craermberry

It is generally conceded that the near the end of July the Cranberry 
1963 crop of cranberries in Massa-Station measured 2 inches in ne 
clhusetts could have equalled the storm, but recorded only 2.70 inches 

large crop of 1962 if certain adverse for the month as a whole. Drying

crop of 1962 if certain adverse 

t hd nt hwas severe in June and July because

factors had not hurt the possibilities. 
In general, the vines budded well last 
fall, the picking machines are not 
damaging the vines as much as the 
scoops did, the cool, dry summer of 
1962 gave us excessive sunshine 

which with a moderately dry grow-
ing season always gives us our best 
build-up for the next crop. Fall rains 

Ingenertof normal and

above temperatures 
t a 
damage is readily found on manr 
iogs. Those with new sprinkler systems 
now feel the great advantage of 
these devices in a summer like this 
one. On a few days in June and early 
July, bog temperatures went well 
over 100 0F Where this happened in 

in 1962, while wih thetoloom, interfering especially on theof

and 

'62 harvest, were frequent and heavy 
and kept the newly-harvested vines 
from drying out. Going into the win-
ter of '62-'63, the budding was small 
but numerous and in general the '63 

prospects were excellent. 

Winterkill 

Winter came early and tempera-
tures remained subnormal and with-

out snoweover in southeastern Mass-

achusetts. The last few days of 1962 
brought gale winds and tempera-
tures near 0°F. Many bogs exposed 

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"umbrella bloom" mentioned aibove, 
some blossoms were summarily 
blasted and of course could not pro-
due berries, 

660,000? 

If one adds the damage caused by 
winterkilling, by f r o s t and by

drought, it is not hard to find 15% 

losses If this is deduc.ed from last 
year's crop of 778,000 barrels, one 
gets a figure of 660,000 bbls. which

is a good approximation of grower 

thinking about the '63 crop prior to 
the government estimate. 

Furthermore, it is apparent that 
all three major drawbacks are the 
result of faulty or inadequate 
control of water on our bogs. I have 
indicated this defect with my best 

effort since early 1961. Those who 
have installed sprinklers since then 
RATESare happy they did so. More growers

onRequest 
must soon decide on this invest-

ent, fr without it crops will not 
be good enough to show profits. 

Sprinklers Effective 

This summer sprinklers were used 
effectively in midday (shut off in 


a hundredweight. In May it was up

Sugar Price to about $16. The normal range in 
Eased A Little recent years, Mr. Olsson says has 

While the price of sugar used in been around. $9. 
cranberry processing, as in a 1-pro Processed cranberries have been 
ducts using sugar, remains high, the raised a little in price, oas was re-
Northeast price has eased some-ported last month. Whether t h e 
what, according to George C. P. high sugar prices will influence the 

Olsson, president of Ocean Spray housewife in buying fresh this fall, 
Currently the figure was about $12.20 of course, remains to be determined. 

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Ocean Spray D i r e c t o r s, 
Cranberry Institute and Marketing 
Committee Gather 
This Month. 

Three important meetings are 
scheduled to be held at Wisconsin 
Rapids this month. Ocean Spray 

directors meet for a general session, 
direcborsmeet £or meetings, Aug.

committee 

23; Cranberry Institute directors 
meet Aug. 24 and finally the Cran


meet Ag. 24 and 
berry Marketing committee, principals 
and alternates hold a session 
expected to take up Aug. 26 and 27. 
As a considerable number of the 
persons attending the three meetings 
are members and officers of 
more than one of the committees 
meeting, the sessions are being held 

at approximatelythe same time and

,at the Rapids to reduce travel ex-Spense as there will be attendance 

from every cranberry area. 

The Marketing Committee members 
will have thepreliminary USDA 
forecast of the 1963 cranberry crop, 

(released Aug. 20) and thus will be 

in position to determine the amount 
of the set-aside if any, for the crop 
of this fall. Last year this was 12 

Although the Massachustts crop 
is estimated to have been cut by 

about 50,000 ibarrel, due to the 

extreme drought and heat conditions 

of July, the Wisconsin production is 

expected to be large. New Jersey 

crop has also 'been hurt by similiarl 
drought conditions. 
The USDA preliminary had not 

been received as this issue was 

closed (Aug. 16), but informed 

"guessimates," were that, w it h 

carry-over, the number of barrels 

to be sold will be sufficient to tax 

the best abilities of distributors. 

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CRANBERRIES 


mes GRAN-BERRY M4 

Issue of August 1963 -Vol. 28 No. 4 

Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham, Massachusetts. 

Second Class Postage Paid at WareSaam, Massachusetts 

FRESH FROM THE FIELDS 

M ASSACHUSETTS 

July Tough Month 

July, and especially late July, was 
a hard month for growers, with 
drought and intense, humid, heat 
prevailing. All month long growers 
sought to overcome the lack of rain, 
as the last precipitation of conse-
quence had been June 21. Until the 
29th of July, precipitation was only 
.69 inch. Precipitation, since the first 
of the year, Dr. C. E. Cross of the 
Experiment Station estimated, had 
been only about one-quarter of nor-
mal. 

Early, and mid-July, although dry 
had not been too high in tempera-
tures on the whole, but from the 24th 
to the 29th, there were six solid days 
with temperatures in the open in 
the 90's and approaching the 100 
mark. These were temperatures with 
extremely high humidity. Caused 'by 
a Bermuda High over New England, 
which refused to budge, the weather 
was extremely uncomfortable, and 
was described by some weather men 
as "Texas weather," hot all night 
and hotter all day." Dewpoints were 
as much as 20 points higher than 
normal. 

Extreme Temperatures 

M a x i m u m temperatures in the 

CRANBERRY PICKING 
BO>XE S 

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boxes-or repair them yourself 
-Stock Always on Hand 

shelter at State 'Bog were: July 24th, 
83; July 25th, 87; July 26th, 84; July 
27th, 94; July 28th, 91; July 29th, 85. 
Temperatures on bogs in the open 
were at or approaching 100. 

Critical Drought 

The drought really began the last 
week in June and from that time on 
growers were raising water in ditch-
es, using "open-end" hose or pipe, 
dangerously flashflooding, and of 
course, the increasing number of 
sprinkler systems were kept in use. 
Considerable amounts of water were 
used. 

Water Gave Out 

By the 27th, however, water in 
reservoirs, ponds and streams was 
becoming non-existant, and even 
sprinkler systems were in danger of 
being without a water source. 

10,000 BBLS. A Day Loss 
On the 29th, Dr. Cross estimated 
the crop loss was running at 10,000 

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barrels a day and had been for the 
preceding four or five days. This 
news and the critical drought situation 
of the cranberry growers was 
broadcast, with bog pictures, 'by a 
Boston TV station, Massachusetts 
Assistant Secretary Charles F. Spem'ut, 
being interviewed. 

Sudden Heavy Rain 

On the 29th weathermen forecast 
a break in the torrid weather and 
likely rain. This rain came over the 
cranberry area early on the morning 
of the 30th, and the rain continued 
until about noon. It came in slanting 
torrents resembling a hurricane, and 
indeed it was a sort of tropical 
storm with the torrid weather. A 
total precipitation of 2.01 inches was 
measured at State Bog, with more 
falling in other areas and less in 
some others. This brought the total 
for July to 2.70, average is 3.24. 

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Berries To Be Smaller last fall, where the berries "cooked tions particularly, on areas which 

On the last day of July, Cross esti-on the vine." He said he expected had been adequately sprinkled. Also 
mated the loss as probably about iberries will be smaller in size than late-water bogs may be less adverse50,000 
barrels, heaviest damage be-hoped for, especially on early drawn ly affected. The heat had forced deing 
on boss which thad been sanded water bogs; but there will be excep-velopment and the fruit was a little 

ahead of normal in reaching maturity. 


Feared Another 1952 

The rain of the 29th gave a respite 
............. a week or ten days and until that

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.................. for..another "1952 drought," when 
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Wisconsin Grower Is Trying Out "Windmills" To Scatter Frost 

RE IS MARVIN HEWITT OF CITY
POINT, A MEMBER O0F INDIAN
TRAIL, INC.


A most interesting experiment in 
frost tcontxm1 is being tried; out by :: -:::-
Malrvin W. Hewitbt, who oper~ates $he iI 
Cl Thc., . & H. Cranberry Coompany,
marsh

p at City Poilnt, Wisconsin which Snia 

is in the Town of Hies. Mr. Hewiatt 
has installed two powerful wind 
machines. The puse mo e d these 
so-c"all.ed "Windmills," is to break -000:-0-0 : -: :--:: .-. 
up layers of inverted air, and thus 'a 
prevent loss from 'any damaging -:--: -


frosts which may occur. 
These weremachines d t mRe

firs tried 

outm Floe rida ciitrus groves. Thecasehe 
machies ,are mounted on 15 to 20 Stt 
feet concreste each isfans. d ibashes 
expected ito protect 10 o

tacres 
mlarsh ,from "freezing." Mr. He. 
wt is depending on the experienlce 
of the orange growers, who have : 

been "'b ating wioth

e ftrot,"

machines~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~....h'ad.........:: set......................... wind .-


whc been.....................::up.................................


machines since 1958. 
Mr. Hewitt is quotted in Mil-|t 
wa~ukee Senltinal as saying, "I got f

thershfrm"eeg."Mr -e

interes'ted in tthem, when I saw one ;--:-g-::-:

Onideachinof th twopmacines

e 15-/

in use in la !petach grove in Georgi~a;--% u u

fotf heoansgae prowered by30horsae


fotu'r years ago. The temperature felzl .t t-gg

poweraoien "enginers.s,wiThe coluns

t% 23 'degrees thlat nigt, but the + 
engc'ines.h enire 'moorandfa 
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rsqotaed slwyaing 
pluete turn in 4a/ mssainuts The moto 
'cntb oerasted 'by 'aemthermostat oe ~~;;,;;?; 

chi~se for he mpachinroes and weorked 
with r. Hewitt gon The instrallation. 

th oo Mahier 'ad Cemiagidil"cte thereest~," machin, on C. & H.?Cranberry Companyi~ii~;iiii~iii~iii::~:?~Coi~~~~~~porationof Lakeland, Florida in Wisconsin. (PHOTO: Milwaukee Sentinal)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:


chines may help 'cranberry pollina-This seems to be an experiment Records will show FDA inspectors 
tion, should eliminate water s'cald-which will be watched by other that you are reliable, cooperative and 
ing from flooding on hot days and Wisconsin growers and if it proves know what you are doing." 
should eliminate high temperatures successful may be of considerable Massachusetts, he wrote, "has a 
on hot days which ,are damaiging to importance to the cranberry indus-good record to date. Let's apply 

blossoms, try, as a whole. chemical pesticides as they should 

IL* has been stated that even It may be recalled that this is not be used and continue to produce safe, 
t h hi. first that wind machines wholesome product. Stay alive, pro


osto-the is the time 
tn om in


though the cost have been used cranberries, al-tect yourself and your health." 
h, that the installationhough former experiments were on 
be .any more costly or ,as high as 

a much smaller scale and were 
sprinkleradvantagesystems. more or less personally devised. One Plant Diseases

One 
over sprinklers migght be f-om the experimentor in this field was the A 

agrower would not late Leslie Kranick of Bandon Ore-
have to use a lot of manpower hours propellers Piment 
moving pipes on and off the beds. gon, edho had airplasoline llers Pigment 

Before offering the wind machines obealtk in the 1940's. A red organic pigment -used in 
to Wisconsin Sorenson did an ex-

tensive job of checking the merits paints and printing inks -has proof 
the systems and worked closely CHEMICAL RESIDUES vided a technological breakthrough 
with the m'anufacturers. Dominic A. M a r in i, Plymouth in tracing wilt disease in banana and 

Mr. Hewitt has been a grower (Mass.) County Extension Agent in other plants at the University of 
since about 1947 iand has about 20 Agriculture has sent a "warning" Rhode Island's College of Agriculacres, 
harvesting atpiproximately 3000 notice to fruit and vegetable growers tre and United Fruit Company lab-
barrels a year. His total land holding concerning the use of chemicals and 
is 640 'acres. He is a member of the their residues. He 'urged that illegal oratories, according to Harmon Col-
Indian Trail, Inc., unit of Wisconsin residues be avoided 'by following di-ors of Allied Chemical's National 

Raipid's, of which "Ben" Pannkuk rections on labels and in pest con-Aniline Division.
is president. trol charts; and to prevent drift to When taken up with infectious plant


Mr. Hewitt was quoted as saying other crops. "You cannot cover up an spores, the "wonder" pigment -in 
that if the machines do work out, he illegal residue, so chemists can't effect a radar system for plant 
has earned a, personal bonus-4his find it." disease research -pinpoints sites 
arthritis won't bother 'him 'as he has He tells growers, "know what you of primary infection, reports Carl 
had to work around his marshes in are using; keep labels with the list H. Beckman, associate professor of 
frost nights to open and close flood-of active ingredients (trade names plant pathology at the college. 

gates. The machines can be operated are not enough.)" "Unlike other tracing materials," 
to -turn on and off automatically. Also, importantly, to keep records. he says, "Electra Red Vinyl dispersion 
R-6252 as the Harmon pigment 
I -j_-_---------_.I is called, does not fragment and, 
l owing to its bright luminescence ung........................... 
der ord inarylight, the distribution of 

X,1: : ',:*, . : ^r^ ' vinyl particles and the fusarium 

i* j ~spores, microorganisms, are

~ wilt 
easily detected." Harmon prepared 

-a finely divided dispersion of its pig-
I——I anment in vinyl via one of its patented 
I processes to effectuate the neces-
Aerial-Spraying and-Dusting also _V__..... 5 U sary pigmented vinyl particles found 

-I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, . usefulbyDr.

AerialaSpraying and Dusting algso Fertilizing juseful by Dr. Beckman. 

-Individual thread-like disease elel 
e mements in the stained roots can be

scW Specialize 

measured readily after innoculation 
-.. . ~~~*and the extent to which the spores 
and disease have penetrated the 
In- Pao An* various plant roots may be observed 

both at any time. 
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Our West Coast Cranberry Growers the peaks of the high Canadian 

This Article, General In Nature, Begins A Series Concerning Growers, 
Bog Properties, Developments, -Plans Of Those At Lulu Island, 

B. C., Washington, Oregon-Series Is The Result Of Visit Of 
Your Editors 
This article is to be the first of a series concerning cranberry growing 
and cranberry growers on tihe West Coast. It will be an account of my second 
visit, accompanied by your associate editor, Mrs. Edith S. Hall. On the 

Pacific, nearly 3,000 miles, from the bogs of Massachusetts 'and New Jersey, 
where cranberry cultivation originated, the American cranberry of corn-
merce, is being grown with increasing success. 

These articles will not strive t b too technical, but will concern more 

mountains. You see these when you 
look to the north 'and also the moun


tains of vast Vancouver Island 30 
miles out in the Pacific. In no other 
bog can you see the high ,towers of 
a huge city, Vancouver. I know of 
no other iplace where you walk upon 

bog dikes topped with sawdust alnd 
sawmill leavings, as here lumber 

still king. 
The "Alpine" peaks of the Oympics 
are not far from the bogs of 

with general imipressions; of these growers, their bogs and of the world mnand Wa At Gra 

which they live! -and work, and it majestic county. If I make errors, I hope 
some kind West Coast reader, willre cranberry 

My previous visits were in 1944 'and again in 1949. Then whhat might be 
called the "Battle -of the Co-ops' was in full swing; that is the struggle be-
tween Amel~rician Cra~n'bIerry Exchange, Inc. (later Eatmor Cranberries, Inc.) 
and National Cranberry Assooia'tion, (earlier Cranberry Canners, Inc.) now 
Ocean Spray !Cranberries, -Inc. The struggle was to obtain Coast member-
ship and barrelage, by the two "big co-ops," both of eastern origin. 

Today, nearly all growers are members of Ocean Spray. 

Many Changes 

There have 'been many changes 
since the earlier visits, as is only to 
'be expected. However, one thing 
remained unchanged. Thait is, the 
friendliness -and hospitality of these 
far western growers. 'In fact, their 
hospitality all b u t overwhelmed. 
They invited 'us into their homes-
to see their cranberry holdings, 

All-Time High, So Far 
We were whirled from area to 
area, from Lulu Island, Vancouver, 
British Columbia to Bandon Oregon. 
These growers are proud of their 
bogs, as well they may be. The 
West Coast did become consistently 
higher in production per ialcre than 
the average U. S. bog; even as far 
back as 1924. The Coast was usually 
the leader in this respect, until 
Wisconsin jumped into the lead a 
few years back. Generally speaking, 
in recent times, production per acre 
is led by Wisconsin, with Washing-
ton second and Oregon third. The 
Washington high of 1961 with 125.5 
barrels per acre, so far is the all-
time high for any state. Oregon's 
peak was in 1940 with 87.9, and 86.1 
in 1956; 81.1 in 1961. 
The statistics should be accurate, 
impressions m a y nob Cranberry 
growing on the West Coast is a thin, 
red line, stretching along the edge of 
the Pacific from Lulu Island, which 

by 

Clarence

J. Hall 
*Clarence J.Hall28
Hmiles 

a suburb of Greater Vancouver, to a 

few miles south of Bandon in south-

western Oregon, perhaps 900 miles 

as the icrow or airplane would fly, 

imuch more by road. This is a lot of 

territory to cover in the short time 

we alloted for the visit. 

Information Sources 

Sources of information for this 

series include, two surveys made by 

Dr. F. B. Chandler of the Massa-

chusetts Cranberry Experiment Sta-

tion. One is his "Cranberries in 

Washington," published in 1956, 

following a visit and the other "A 

Survey of Oregon's Cranberry In-

dustry," published in 1957, after a 

second visit; USDA statistics, ex-

periment station publications, back 

files of Cranberry Magazine, and 

more freshly, interviews on the trip, 

and assistance from a number of 

growers afd others with know-

ledge of West Coast cranberry grow-

ing. 

There has never been a survey of 

Lulu Island cranberry growing that 

I aim aware of, and I am not at-

tempting a real survey of this unique 

area, which was our first point of 

call. 

Coast Very Different 

The whole Coast is different than 

other cranberry-growing areas. For 

instances, you cannot stand on a 

cranberry 'bog in Massachusetts or 

nearlythe entire cranberry produc


produection 
is from ia single vast peat bog, 
in a swale between the ooastal sand 
dunes, and there each grower has 
his own piece of bog, divided from 
.. . 
h neighbor by a ditch only.

Long Beach area, Washington, is 
the most ihome-like to eastern eyes. 
In fact, the Long Beach Peninsula, 

of continuous beach, is 
called the "longes't beach in the 
world," and 'the sand is :so hard-
packed that automobiles run up and 
down it; there are dunes of sand, 
and it has been called "The Calpe 
Cod of the West." 

Lulu Island is approxiimately at 
the 50th parallel of north latitude 
and is north of the bogs of Nova 
Scotia. At Bandon, Oregon, which is 
at about the same latitude as Cape 
May in 'New Jersey, you see palm 
and bamboo (imported) growing, 
thousands of wild rhododendrons, 
very beautiful. Snow is an extreme 
rarity. All of the Pacific Northwest 
is warmed by the Japanese Current, 
which lcuts in sharply. Much of the 
vegetation is extremely lush, and 
'may be described as all but subtrofpical. 
Winters in t h e Pacific 
Northwest are extremely rainy, the 
'greatest rainfall in the U. S. being 
in the Olympic Mountains, not very 
far from Grayland. Summers are 
dry and often almost cool at times. 

Flowers Bloom At Christmas 

The flowers are still in bloom at 
Christmas, s p r i n g flowers (and 
weeds) appear much earlier than in 
other cranberry areas; the blooming 
period for cranberries is much 
longer; the crop is picked later, 
extending generally into November. 

In the Pacific Northwest the trees 
tower mightily into the sky, Douglas 

Nine 


A spray rig in operation at Discher Bog at Grayland, Washington. 

land 'has 'been timibered off. Log-
g~ing, however, continues 'at a great 
clip; log 'booms are to be seen in 
nearly every estuary, greiat tree 
bctcts, more than a yard' in diameter 
roll along the 'highways in huge 
lumber conveyors, sawmills belch 
smoke. This is still, in some re-
spects, 'primitive, pionnering coun-
try. 

Yet, while cranberry 'growers of 
the Coast as 'a generail run, are not 
much richer than cranberry growers 
elsewhere, it is amazing how many 
have ithoroughly m od e rn homes, 
m'any of ithese at bogside. Usually 
sinigle-storied, flat or shed-roofed, 
these homes contain many beautiful 
woods in exterior 'and interior finish. 
Private dwellings, I was told, are 
'cheaper to build ouit there. They are 
nearer the source of supply of these 
woods. 

Also electric power rates are much 
lower, so that about every house is 
coimpletely electrified, from electric 
coffee pot, to electric heating. They 
also do not have cellars. Much glass 
is used 'and unusual woods from the 

Te^i 

Orient also a nearer supply source, 
tihan on the East Coast. Again, many 
of the cranberry men build their 
homes with their own ingenuity and 
laibor. I was told by one such cran-
'berryman. "We get ;an idea of what 
we want, 'the kind of house and the 
kind of iarrangement of everything 
in it. We do not 'hire an architect, 
"we just go along, working out of 
our heads." 

Likely, 'the most impressive of 
these is the maignificant, modern 
home of iMr. and ;Mrs. Frank 0. 
Glenn of 'aimazing Crainguyma Farms 
at Long Beach. Cranguymai will be 
taken up in a later article. 

Bogs On Hills 

To get back more specifically to 
cranberry growing, some bogs in 
the Bandon area 'are built on hills 
and on hillsides, not on flaits. One 
'bog, about three 'miles fro~m the 
Pacific is on a hill (top about 300 
feet high. A number of the B'andon 
area growers "terrace" their bogs, 
that is each section is lower than 
the next one. Water is scarce in the 
summer. This terracing enables the 

(CRANBERRIES PHOTO) 

grower to drop water down from 
level 'to level for re-use, in the 
(water-reel h~arves'ting, which is tfhe 
prinicipal 'harvest method. Incidentally, 
some Oregon growers think it 
is ridiculous for East Coast growers 
to harvest "dry," 'and to lose 20 
percent or more of the crop. 

Of course, as has been published 
in {previous issues of Cranberries 
Magazine, New Jersey has gone in 
largely for water-reel hairvest the 
past year or two. In Massachusetts 
last year (notaibly lby David Mann, 
Head-of-Bay Road, B'uzzards Bay) 
extensively tfried out waiter raking, 
'but in the Wisconsin method ('by 
"mechanical scoops," Dana -Get-
singer picking miachines). Dr. Ciester 
E. Cross, director of Massachusetts 
Cranberry Experiment Station 
has harvested, experimentally 
at the State Bog, (by both the Wiscousin 
picker and the water-reel 
'method, 'and has urged such wet 
harvest 'methods be attempted by 
'more Mass. growers. The program 
and anuclh of the pioneering work in 
these wet methods has been done 


throutable example ofth mee usehanability of rail-
Prof. J iohn"Stan"y statWashington.on John Rogers) at raland, 
researchere in engineering. 
false 
crop 
impression that all West Coast 
sawillreh arvested enertirelyby wet 
Photo).i 
methods. The Grayland area which 
has theliarger Washington produced 139,000 barcreage 
and malong e thor cranberry areasdution, picks entirely 
by d ryraking, with either the 
Wes ternPickerep, Darligothe or the mind on the 34,000; Washington 
Furf orPickto d thea Grayland-developdetailser, 
edmachine. There one issmallnot on ly right 
exception to this to i Grayland where a hundred or more peacocks tthe 
area. Lulast month asla al wind-whippedsoharvests dry. 

Dikes Of Aluminum 

Bandon, also seems to be! pioneerindogin 
anew of enlosa res for 
theharv es s Theseits

and dikes

sections. 
made of aluminum,ese of earth 
or wood. Alsoer us in e tion,

secasg-
water is released to another through 
small gates, as, of icorse,

is done to 

different beds of in othesecti 
crangberry areas. Thesecan 
b estraight thecRedorbognes

seenli rved. 

Marnytbogs on Coast not 
have margin -ditches, again different 
from in the east. Ditches often have 
boarded sides ,and sometimes also 
boarded tops, in both margin and 
cross ditches. In marginal ditches 
these boards retain earth material 
and also help prevent bogside weeds 
from spreading onto the bogs. Also, 
in the other areas not many bog 
railways are used, Grayland is a 
notable example of the use of railways. 


More details on all these West 
Coast practices, including the use of 
aluminum dikes will 'appear in fol-
lowing articles. 

All along the cranberry areas 
there flares -the brilliant yellow of 
the :Scotch Broom and the Irish 

Furz, the'latter a distinct fire men-
ance. This gorse contributed to the 
almost total destruction by a great 
forest fire in 1938 of the City of 
B~andoni, with some loss cf life, 
(Only last month, a wind-whipped 
gorse fire badly damaged a Ban-
don home, a fire in which the owner 
was injured.) However, this gorse 
in its prolificness and its striking 
color along the highways and in the 
fields, is 'a feature of the Pacific 
Northwest. Also if there are not 

type 
are 
women hand

not 
each reel method, were 

labor waons r
dikes 
are said be most industrious trees. Millions of 
up the do 


RAILWAY Track stradling top and side-boarded ditch on bog of John 

R. O'Hagan (formerly John Rogers) 
Scenery Powerful 

This is not the familiar landscape 
of the east, nor of Wisconsin. To 
me the scenery is so powerful, th'at 
it is a bit distracting, making it 
difficult to keep the mind on the 

details of cranberry growing. Every-
thing is different and ieresting. 
There is no bog, that I know of, 
where a hundred or m ore

peacocks 
strut and scream about the shores 
except at Cranguyma. These birds 
serve no practical purpose. At the 
Big Red Cranberry Company, Ltd. 
at Lulu there are employed gangs 

of Chinese women hand weeders. 
When cranberry bogs were first 
built at the Long Beach, Washing-

mountains, such as the low Coastal ton, Chinese labor was employed. 
Range through Oregon, there are The Chinese women weeders at Big 

at Grayland, Washington.

(CRANBERRIES Photo) 

To "'get down to cases," im 1961, 
Was:hington produced 139 000 barrels, 
the high production of the 
"Evergreen State." Oregon in 1961 
'produced 45,400 barrels, last year 
34,000; Washington 55,000 but 1962 
was an "off year," (as far as the 
Coast was concerned. Growing conditions 
simply were not right. And, 
then on Columbus Day came "Freda," 
which was possibly a typhoon 
with winds exceeding 150 miles an 
hour, similiar in destruction to the 
hurricanes which have swept the 
cranberry iareas of Massachusetts 
and New Jersey. 

Berries, boomed by the water 
reel method, were [blown right out of 
the bogs land 'the vines were piled 
with the debris of fallen shrubs and 

Eleven 


Sump at bog of Newkirk & Chabot 

traces of "Freda" are still in evi-

dence. 

Of the 1961 production, Washing-
ton sold 115,800 barrels 'as processed 
fruit 'and fresh, 23,200; Oregon, 20,-
200 processed and fresh 6,100 (USDA 
figures). All berries sold of the 
Washington crop were produced in 
the Grayland area. I do not yet 
have figures as to processed and 
fresh Oregon sales for the 1962 
crop, 'but expect to ha've in subse-
quent articles, 

More Sold Fresh 

Right here, it should 'be said that 
West Coast growers are striving to 
increase quality and want to have 
a larger propotion of production go 
fresh. It (mig'ht seem this could be 
accomplished this fall with the new 
cooler storage room at the Ocean 
Spray plant at Markham, Washing-
ton, where all West C'past berries 
eventually wind up. 

To get backj to the growth of 
cranberry growing on the Pacific 
Coast; in 1924 West Coast acreage 
(USDA figure) both Washington and 
Oregon was 570 and production was 

Twelve 

on Long Beach Peninsula, Washington. (CRANBERRIES Photo> 

14,000 barrels; even then barrels 
per acre were 24.6, with the US 
average 22.2. By 1940 acreage had 
increased to 840 with production to 
27,000 barrels per acre that year 
were 44.6, below the US average of 

48.4. 
By 1950 the acreage was 1,000, 
iproduction 47,700; average produc-
tion on the Coast per acre, 42.2. In 
the decade of the 50's, Washington 
production average was 62,400 and 
that of Oregon 32,490. 

La~test figure^ (1962) for har-
vested acreage shows Washington 
has 1,100 acres and Oregon 560. Of 
this Washington acreage the Long 
Beach area has about 400 acres; 

Grayland about 600, while the so-
called and relativey newer "North 
Beach" has something less than 

100. (These figures were provided 
by the Coastal Washington Experi-
meat Station at 'Long Beach.) Of 
production the Long Beach area. 
produced 35 to 40 percent, while the 
balance is grown in G~rayland and 
the "Nortah Beach" district, 
As to acreage, or produiction there 

seem to be no officiail figures for 
Lu'lu Island. However, the Big Red, 
operated by the "Three Yanks from 

Catcver, Mass., "Norm" Holmes, 
"Fritz" Shaw 'and "Jimmy" Thorn-
as, who migrated to Canada in 1954 
(and about whom and their holding 
more will appear later) has 106 
acres in vines. 'North American Peat 
Company, Ltd. has about 18 acres 
of new bog; Bell Farms, Ltd. has 
67 in vines; Shaw has 3 of his own, 
Thomas Yardley, a veteran grower 
of Lulu has about 4. Several others 
have what they call "home" or 
"'back yard" bogs of a few rods. 
Total at Lulu is therefore figured at 
about 175 acres. Production has not 
yet exceeded 5,000 barrels. 

Most of these Lulu growers, and 
all the larger ones sell through 
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Ltd. of 
Cianada, a subsiduary of 0 c e a n 
Spray, and they are therefore not 
direct stockholders of the big TJ. S. 
co-op. 

Some additionail acreage is 'going 
in, and there is very abundant 
~cranberry la~nd potentia~l. Conse



ALUMINUM dike at Rudell's bog, 

quently, production could be sub-
stantial. So far, there have been 
frosts or other adverse weather 
conditions, but, I was told "this 

could be the year," which, of course, 
is the hope of all who grow a crop 
of any kind. 

Most Coast Growers Small 

These West Coast growers with a 
few exceptions are growers with 
small holdings; the exceptions being 
the two big (bogs at Lulu, COranguy-
ma, at Long Bearh and the Dellinger 
bog in Clatsop County, Oregon. 

Figures compiled by Mrs. Irene 
'HIolligsworth, serretairy at t h e 
Markham plant, assisted by Super-
intendent Wilho Ross land M r s. 
Maude O'Brien, show that present 
production per bog is approximately 
350 barrels at Grayland and 714 
at Long Beach. This discrepency is 
explained by the fact that Chandler 

Bandon, Oregon, designed to flood 

percent of the planted cranbeary 

land, Grayland has 83 percent of 
the growers and 61 percent of the 
land," Which means that Long 

Beach holdings are generally larger. 
Situation has not changed too much 
since then. 

While this may be disputed, it 
s e e m s probable that Grayland 
growers on the average, produce 
more to the acre than do those of 
Long Beach district. 

In regard to Oregon, Chandler 
found that 59 percent of the growers 
had 3 acres or less 'and 77 pescent 
had 4 or less and only 17 percent 
had more than five acres. 

Growers Have Other Incomes 

A large majority of the growers of 
bith Washington and Oregon need 
other sources of income than cran-
'berry growing. Some work at log-
'ging, some work in sawmills, a 

in his Washington survey found ,that number go salmon fishing in sea-
"the relative size of holdings, (in son, many cater to the thriving 
Washington) may be expressed in summer tourist trade at Grayland, 
the statement that Long Beacn has Long Beach and Bandon. Others 
17 percent of the growers and 39 work as garagemen, electricians, and 

three sections for water-reel harvest. 
(CRANBERRIES Photo) 

various orcupations. 

Ambition 

It is my impression and strong 

belief that 'it is the ambition of 

many to !berome full-time oran


berrymen. I was told this many 

times. 

With the high acreage production 

'it is felt that 15 or maybe even 12 

acres would make bog holdings, 

wholely self sustaining for a grower. 

With the few exceptions already 

noted, only a handful own as mhch 

as 18 acres today. 

In all areas there is now a de


finite movement among the more 

progressive to consolidate holdings, 

especially at Grayland, to acqhire 

more pieces of bog, even though 

hey do not adjourn on the single, 

vast peat swale. This is going on 

also at Long Beach 'and at Bandon, 

where some new bog is being put 

in. Actually, a little new acreage 

is being put in, in at all areas-

more than is being abandoned. 

Fewer Growers 

In most cranberry areas, as is 

Tlirteen 


true in iall i arfarming, the-number of 

growers is tending to be fewer, but 

each grower with larger holdings. 

On the first visit in 1944 the best 

estimate obtainable -as to the num-

her of growers was a'bout 250 on the 

entire Coast. Chandler in his 1956-57 

surveys received replies to question-

aires from 227 growers in Washing- 

ton and in Oregon contacted 142, for 

a total of 379. The Cranberry Insti-

tute in 1962 for te referendum on 

the marketing order had a total of 

340, in Washington 205 and 135 in 

Oregon. 

Thus it would seekm growers in-

creased in numibers from the 40's to 

mid 50's, but have slightly de-

creased since. More exact figures 

may be expected as this series goes 
along. ttl Control 


Little 

There is very ~little .application of 
chemicals from the air on the Coast, 
but some, which is unlike the east 
Coast. Wisconsin uses ground appli 
cations. Unlike the Elast and Wiscon-
sin, with mild winters, 'there is no 
appreciable ice forming on gshe 
and not much winter flooding al-
though thesreC is rsome.

The West 'Cloast is 'relatively new 
to cranberry culture, and this be-
ginning requires only mention here, 

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as most of it has been published in Each cranberry area has its own 
this' magazine before and will be growers' association,, even to Lulu 
reviewed later in the regional arti-Island, ia Grayland Cranberry Assocles. 
The first planting west of the ciation, Long Beach Cranberry Club 
Rockies was in Oregon in 1885 by and Southwestern Oregon Cranberry 

Charles Dexter McFarin of Car-Club. 

ver, Mass. The second was a little West Coast Advisory Board 

later on the Long Beach Peninsuia This might be a good place to 
by a Athe Cha mention Cast

French gardner, Anthony irsert of West 
bot. These first plantgs were estab- Advisor Board. Each area on the 
lised, as is apparent long afterbut not in C a has its 
cranberry growing had become own elected group wi membership 
industry of some import in Massa on the iboard.g is unit was formed 
chusetts and New Jersey, and the back in the 1940's when Ocean Spray 

firs't known 'cultvated cranbertry went West." 
'planting in Wisconsin was in the The Board in actuality acts as a 
1850's. "go-between" of West Coast Ocean 

Notable Coast Contributions Spray directors and the cranberry 
Yet, the West Coast had mde growers. Growers may suggest their 
several noable contrbutionst own ideas to the two directors,

cranberry growing. One was the 

develo ent of he irst mehanical David Pryde of Grayland and Jim


nAir Bandon pia .cia my Olson of Bandon. These present 

the ideas, presumably if they are 
mechanical Jharvester was developed eemed worthy, at t h e several 
into the Wester Pier and Rudd yearly meetings of iOcean Spra'y 

Hillstrom came East to introduce directors at Hanson. There they may 
it; 1i came into wide use, an d . 
changed the harvestin.g of oran-Upan returning the directors dis-

an seminate what information t h e y

have ascertained at the meetings, 
mechanical harvest, as revolutionar not only in regard to West Coast 
'ynwhad been the earlier scoop over suggestions, what has taken

as but 

the snap machine and hand harvest. placesin ert thae meetken 

It was in the B'andon area, by place n general at the meeting of 
summer Fish and others that the the directors. In other words,i West 
water reel was devised, and its use Coast g~rowers have a direct ".pipe 

.re. water 'devis line" to the entire board of directors

is spreadingwastoday.d a as to what the plans of the 
First use of sprinkler systems for and are. Cecil the hatplans of i c e 
cranberries, appears to have been rd o e R board 

'a Long Bealch, Washington develop-present the Grayland oard 
ment. Their use was pioneered in firmly believes and suggests that 
the 1920's by Dl. J. Crowley, t hen is would be a good idea for Ocean 
director of the Washington Cran-Spray members in other cranberry 
berry and Blueberry Station. Since areas to adopt. 

then 'use of sprinklers in cranberry Last month Howard "Pete" Hull 
growing has 'been steadily increas-of the Bandon area was elected 
ingrnn president of the West Coast Board, 

It mioght be surmised that the use at the semi-annual meeting, held 
of tBhe aluminum dikes, developed this time at Bandon. Mr. Richards 

mi the Bandon area, 'as ia means of 
dividing bogs for water-harvest, may 
spread, if the wet harvesting method WILL DO 

continues to increase as is now the COMMERCIAL 

McFarlins Predominate P I C K I N C 

Nearly iall of the entire West Cloast P IC KIN 
plantings are McFarlins, although Have Two New Pickers 
there are a few eastern Howes, 

Early Blacks and some Searls from and motorized Carry-Off 

Wisconsin. It was interesting to be 
informed several times that Oali-B B D E A N 

fornia, people when buying fresh 

cranberries prefer what they call 412 Main St Warehamn Mass. 
"the big, red cranberries." ! Tel, CY 5 -1106 _ 


was named vice president of the product at eating places, we got Isa Hari 
^boad. -cranberries only once, on a Santa 
Growers Not Discouraged Fe railway diner, and this was Isaac Harrison, one of the better 
One factor of the visit seemed sauce, served with-you guessed it, known and older New Jersey grow-

poultry, in this case roast turkey. 
impressive. This was that none, or Also, at the mention of cranberries ers passed ,away August 3, after an 
few of the growers, talked with to many it rang a bell-"Ocean illness of two weeks. He was in his 
really seemed discouraged with the Spray, oh, I've, heard of that," 81st year. 
future of cranberry growing. Were when we had only mentioned cran-Mr. Harrison wias one of the 

berries.

they satisfied with the returns they errOf not! 
organizers of Ocean Spray a n d 

arereceiving:Yet If coursethis articlle sounds "too much 

are talkrewceivasmoing: howthey Ocean SpOray," iotis so intended, served on the board of directors for

sy of Jnot 
thplanned ts mostlytheiof how but the fact 'remains about 83 per-a number of years. He was the 
planned lto iimprove their bogs, in


crease production per are, and of cent of the industry is Ocean Spray general manager and executive offi


crease ,production per acre, and of
getting a little more acreage, either and among West Coast growers the cer of the Penn Producing Company,


through building, or by acquiring percentage is not more than a hair one of the larger cranberry opera-


elow 100 percent. And, as regards

acreage already built, property e e cean ry b g tions in New Jersey, consisting of 
became avea to buy.ing well

ilable 
No West Coast "Boom" in Sight known Ocean Spray does do a lot 2,000 acres of land with 200 acres 
Need the other cranberry areas of atia Advertising, in bog. 

"iworry" because of a sudden big Future articlles, as stated, will Mr. Harrison was la) umost inter-
spurt in West owers gr othersproperties

Coast production? It t:-.ke up area Iby area and individual esting iperson and pioneered in the

and and 

would seem not, immediately. There wers and properties and others development of many useul labor-
may come a year when all condi-with West Coast cranberryre nit-vli g tberr machines. He 
tions 'are favorable and production ests. There may be a ittle eetin

of fact but only enough to maintain developed the Harrison Pruner and 

will zoom as in 1961.

lOtherwise, it would seem there the contiinuity of each article. w'as working on a harvester at the

Oerwise, it would seem there 
may 'be a little increase in pro-. time of his death. He was: the first 
duction iper acre, a little inc.ease Cranberries Edit grower in New Jersey to lay out his 
each year in total production. No bogs with eoarefully-measured roads 

big amounts of acreage are likeliy In CongressIonal to facilitate the use of special spray 
to 'be put in, 'as in all cranberry outfits for rot control. 
areas, until cranberry returns to co He was a member of the Mount 
growers become better, tihs seems Cranberries Magazine editorial of Morris Lodge No. 28 A.F. and A.M. 
true with the exception of Wisconsin June, "Our West Coast Neighbors," and the Scottish Rite, and Crescent 
where ithere is an almost steady was printed in entirety in th e Temple of Trenton, New Jersey. He 

increase of ,a hundred or so acres I

eincrease of a hundred or so acres Senate Congressional R e c or d of was also la director of the New 
every year. July 18. This was done through the Jersey Filre Insurance Association. 
A word of appreciation to thone icourtesy of Oregon's senator, Wayne Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sarah 

who especially helped us most on Morse, who made a speech and E. Kester Harrison, three daughters,
the Coast; Wilho Ross, and Mrs. said as lan Oregon senator he was Mrs. William E. Snell, Jr., Mrs.
Irene Hollingsworth of Markham completely in agreement with the Wiliam P. :Morse and Mrs. Richard
plant "Norm" Holmes at Van-editorial except for the fact that S. Newes; and a sister,, Mrs. Willet
couver; David Pryde at Grayland, 

couver; David at ^"far too little of it (Cranberries) is Satterthwalite. Services were held
allso Cecil Richards and John R. devoted to Oregon. However, I am August 5 at the Peglar Funeral
O'Hagan; to D. J. Crowley at Long sure,that other West Coast Sena-Home in Allentown, New Jersey.
Beach and Dr. Qharles C. Doughty ,tors will lalso be pleased ,to learn Interment was iat the Jacobstown,
and Mrs. Aloha Gustafson of the his (Mr. Hall's) reacition t our New Jersey cemetery.
Experiment Station, to Mr. Glenn, p'art of the world."
and in the Bandon area to Ray Senator Morse has been tanked
Bates, Jimmy Olson and Jack Dean. for his interest in West Coast cran-
Tried To Be Cranberry Missionaries berry gwing.


bes growing.

Finally, on this trip we tried to 
be good cranberry missionaries. In I I 
casual talk with people at railroad, -B ULLETIN-
bus and air terminals, on trains, etc., USDA, August 20-Preliminary Five acres of Cranerry 
we would fall into casual conversa-forecast of the Cranberry crop. Bog, with the crop, 12 
tion as people do. When we men-(sstimated) acres of upland, gravity

Mass. -630,000 barrels

tioned cranberries there seemed to Wisconsin-428,000 barrels flow from river; one 
be only a 'little remembering of the N. J.-76,000 barrels 
"cranberry scare" of 1959, but still Washington --138,000 barrels Western Picker. $8,000 
something vaguely "connected with. Orego l barrels Tel. 428 


451,600 6664 
cancer." We asked for a cranberry 1962 Crop Total 1,335,000 

Fifteen 


DURING THIS SUMMER'S EXTREME DROUGHT IN MASSACHUSETTS, growers with sprinkler systems 
used these with great success. Photo shoWs a 14-acre installation at the Atwood Bog of the Beaton Company, "Shoestring" 
Road, Carver. The layout was engineered chiefly by "Bill" Stearns of the Beaton Company, Installation 
was by the Larchmont Engineering Company of Lexington, and is a solid-set aluminum system. Sprinkler heads 

are (Buckners, set 80 feet by 80. This is a low gallonage systems. 
Marketinga Order way to work together on tiheir mar-

Marketing Order keting problems." 

O pens Nelw MarJkets Article goes to say "restrioted" 
For Ancient the crop could not be

c;portion of

For AncientCyrop 

California date growers are earn-
ing more money these d-ays by 

findinguses new

andates. 
for one of the world's oldest crops 
-dates, so re!ports the June issue of 
"Agricultural Marketing," publica-
tion of the USDA -agricultural and 
agrioultural marketing service. 

"As the result of a ,research and 
development program sponsored by 
the date growers under a Federal 

marketing >order a whole new family 
of date products is on the market, 
and export markets for California 
dates have been developed where 
none existed before. 

"The new date products have in-
creased in annual sale to manu-
facturers from about 700,000 pounds 

in the 1954-56 season to nearly 8 

million pounds in the 1961-62 season. 
New export markets took more than 
400,000 pounds of dates last year, 
andthe research istun-

prga twh 
ing up even more new products and 
important improvements in pro-
cessing the dates themselves. 

"Date growers returns had fallen 
below costs of production back in 
1954, when the industry decided a 
imarketing order offered them a 

Sixteen 

profitably sold as packaged dates 
in the U. S. market and were diver-
ted to processing outlets, w h i c h 

would not compete with packaged 

"What outlets imight there be? 
"The growers, asked, article con-
tinued. It goes on, the Date Admin-
istration Committee, wh-ch adminis-
ters the marketing order, decided 
the answer lay in developing new 
markets for their dates. Tne order 
includen iprovision for research (as 

does the cranberry order). 

The ,big breakthrough came in 
developing date granules. This was a 
new product, suitable for use in a 
^date bar ,mix. Other date products 

were sn on the market, inudin 
date muffins, date bread, date-nut 
cake, date-nut ice cream, and a 

frozen date cake batter. 
The dae administration has also 
permitted handlers to use some of 
the "restricted" dates to develop 
export markets, ich had not pre-
viously been importing significant 
amounts of California dates Mexico 
was one market selectd, and more 
than 100,000 pounds of dates were 
sold there. 
Working with the USDA Utilization 
Research and Development labora-

(CRANBERRIES Photo) 

tcry at Pasadena, a method was 
found for keeping dates from growing 
hard when exposed to air for 
long iperiods--his was through an 
enzyme procuss. It was found this 

process could 'also change dry dates 
into softer, smoother, high-quality 
dates. From this, it is thought this 
process may artificially ripen dates, 

and thus eventually allow growers 
to harvest all of the dates at once, 
instead of having to climb the date 
trees for harvest several times. 

Article concluded, "the date story 
is a graphic example of the value 
of a program tailored to the industry's 
needs by the industry itself-

and the average .price per ton in 
1961-62 was more than 50 percent 
higher than in 1954, the last season 
before the order was adopted." 

Institute To 
Sponsor Berries 
At ologne a 
rr 

ranberry Institute will sponsor an 
ndustry display of cranberries and 
cranberry products at the Anuga 
Food Fair, known as the "World's 
Largest International Food Fair," 

a Cgneeray The dates will 
S 2 
One o tnodern sopermarket at 
which U. S. agricultural products 


willbeactuallysold to those attend-BLUEBERRIES IN spectively, state, 237 12-pint trays; 

will actually be sold to those attend-Burlington 237, Ocean 240, Atlantic 
who to buy.ibuy. JERSEY average 240 trays per

Burlington 237, Ocean 240, Atlantic

ing and swho desire NEW^^' ^^E 245, state was 
The fair offers opportunity to: New Jersey in 1962 harvested 6,900 

acre 
test sales potential of cranberry pro-acres of cultivated blueberries, of Other counties than the three 

ducts in Europe; to get products this figure 350 was in Burlington named harvested 250 acres, aver-
into European thomes; to introduce County; Ocean had 350 and Atlantic, age per acre, 240. Total produccranberry 
products to European 250. Production per acre was re-tion in trays was 1,650,000. 

wholesalers; to measure European 
tastes f or cranberries; to tailor 
merchandising p rac t i c e s to the 
European need; to meet food trade 

dealers from 15 Western European 
countries. 

"Casoron Tour" 
In Wisconsin 

Interesting results have been ob-
tained following spring application of 
the herbicide, Casoron, according to 
Dr. George C. Klingbell, extension S specialist, 
fruit production, Wisconsin ^ ^ : 

Extension Service. He arranged a 

tour of bogs for growers in the cen-that builds a full-fertility 
tral and southern Wisconsin cranberry 
areas last month. One stop prograrrl 

was at the Thiele Cranberry Marsh,
east of Biron; another at the Biron
Cranberry Company Marsh (Jean
Nash) at Biron, another at the Whit-FIRST FAMLY


tlesey Cranberry Company Marsh IN FERTILIZERS 
(Newell Jasperson) Cranmoor. * * 
Tour was conducted by Dr. M. H. MCi t 
Dana, U. of Wisconsin, Dr. C. Allan ^ 
Shadbolt of the Thompson-Hayward 
Chemical Company, manufacturers We cary the complete line of 
of Casoron. The group lunched and t R d 

top-quality Rainbow plant foods 

held discussion at Robinson Park. -th Firt Family' fertilizers. n 

-the "First Family" in fertilizers. . .'. 
LITTLE—A We give you experienced ii

OF BIT can Lll" 
A LITTLE BIT OFRR..S


CAPE CRANBERRIES soil-testing help to determine the
IN FLORIDA fertility level of your soil. And
Ocean Spray has found a new we'll make yield-boosting recom.
booster in Rennie Hinkley, formerly mendations . . . help you select 


.....

of Centerville, Mass. He is at pre-the proper plant food from the 
sent manager of the Colonial Lounge "First Family" in fertilizers. 


on North Federal Highway in Ft. You'll get a Rainbow grade tai-
Lauderdale, where every Sunday is lored to your soils and your crops ^l 1
"Cape Cpd Day" with drinks to -to give you top production. i X


Cape Codders at a reduced price. ou will want to try Super .
Mr. Hink~ley has his own drink You..... to " iwniit


Mxr. Hinkleywhas own Rainbow this year. It's designed / -". ^...
mixture which he promoted witi h r a ' ^


for the man whose yields are al-i.:: 

the Florida Rumm Company and it r a, who iira 
is called "Cranberry Rum-Cran." 
ready above average ... 
. 
and who il i'.


Tiealed R cran. is looking for i super yields

iai oumn-a and

The formula is: 2 ounces of cran-
berry juice, juice of /2 ime, 11/2 profits! Stop in soon and meet 
ounce of Florida rum. Shake well the Rainbow family in person. 
and serve unstrained in 8 ounce
highball glass.
The Florida Rumm Company is
following through with a promotion
program. "Everybody finds the


drink is great," Mr. Hinkley is . F. M OON 
quoted 'as saying. This item was
sent in by Bert Leasure of Lauder-West Wareham, Massachusetts CY 5-1553


dale and Wisconsin. 

Seventeen 


The SUCCESS of Your Operation 

Depends on 

EFFICIENCY 

For Grub Control and for your Fertilizer Requirements 
Use The Quality Tested 

DI ELDRI N-FERTI LIZER
COMBINATION


Formulated by 

INTERNATIONAL MINERALS and 
CHEMICAL CORPORATION 

Distributed by 

R. F. MORSE & SON Inc. 
CRANBERRY HIGHWAY 

West Wareham, Massachusetts CY 5-1553 

Eighteen 


For the Best Grub Control 

Use the Best Combination-

Niagara Dieldrin With Fertilizer From
International Minerals and Chemical Corp.


Make Your Fall Application With the
Insecticide-Fertilizer Combination
Proven In Actual Field Use


Niagara Dieldrin-IMC Fertilizer, Plus
a Complete Line of High Quality
Niagara Pesticides Are
Available At


R. F. MORSE & SON Inc. 
CRANBERRY HIGHWAY 

West Wareham, Massachusetts CY 5-1553 

Nineteen 


PROTECTION FROM FROST Fresh From The Fields 

BY WATER SIPRINKLING Continued from page 6 
July. Some cranberry growers were 

The protection of plants from in dire need of water toward the 
frost by continuous water sprinkling, end of July and there was a little 
already used for many years by drought damage obvious on some 
cranberry growers in the U.S.A., is bogs. There was evidence of some 

now being increasin.gly used for burning of the tender uprights on 
late drawn bogs (drawn in July).
other crops. Thanks to recent re-The total rainfall for the month was 

search in many counties, the theory 2.74 inches, a deficiency of 1.59. For 
and practice of the method are now the growing months of April, May, 
much better understood. June and July there has been a total 

Water sprinkling during frost is a of only 7.31 inches, or less than half 
d of .It is n a i of normal. 

Showers Relieve 
sometimes said, a method of insula-On the first day of August the 

tion-ice is a poor insulation of drought was relieved considerably 
heat. A little heat is given up by the on most New Jersey cranberry bogs. 
water as it cools to freezing point, General showers brought from 1 to 
but the main heating effect comes 2/2 inches to most of the cranberry 
from the release of latent heat as the areas. 
water turns to ice. W I S C 0 N S I N 

A thousand gallons of water turned 
to ice in the field releases as much Ideal Cranberry Month 
heat as 800 gallons of boiling water A most ideal month for cranberry 
cooling to freezing point. Because of growing was experienced in the 
the release of latent heat, the tem-state during July. No frost and very 
perature of a leaf or blossom on cool nights, coupled with above nor-
which water is freezing, remains mal temperatures with considerable 
at or near 32 degrees F., at which sunshine and wind resulted in above 
temperature it is undamaged. Frost average set. Moisture came on the 
damage to temperate plants begins 11th, 22nd and 31st along with some 
at about 28 degrees F., so there is hail. Heavy precipitation was ex-
a margin of safety of about 4 de-perienced on the 11th in the southern 
grees F. (Almerican Fruit Grower) marshes when in excess of three 

-... .. ...

By;I A>.--XMS·iB:· Sand -aS

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: F R \ C T C{O hN T RO L\ 

A MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS 

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MASSACHUSETTS GROWERS WHO HAVE SYSTEMS 

WINO W i . \": I

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are finding them of tremendous value in irrigating and 

reducing bog temperatures in the extreme drought and :? 

high temperature existing since late June. 
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SOLID SET BOG IRRIGATION SYSTEMS-ALL ALUMINUM 
1.B! Our Stock Is Complete-IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 

I 

-LARCHMONT ENGINEERINCG i

1 :LARCHMONT ENGINEERING I 
LEX1NCGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550: 
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Twenty 

inches in a long soaking period oc


curred that evening. Overall temperatures 
averaged from 4 to 6 de


grees above normal and precipitation 
was well over normal in the 
south, below normal in the northeast 
and well below normal in the northwest. 
The outlook for August calls 

for about normal in temperature and 
precipitation. 
Season Ahead 
The rain that came on the th was 

most beneficial as the vines were 
coming out of bloom and even the 
heavier soils were getting quite dry.

Irrigation had been practiced on 
sandier marshes prior to the rain 

and also on new plantings and mowed 
areas. Set counts the latter part 
of the month showed an average of 
from 40 to 50 per cent. This could 
be attributed to the ideal weather 

during bloom. For the most part the 
above normal temperatures in June 
and early July forced the bloom and 
many marshes were in full bloom 
the first week of the month or an 
average of one week to ten days 
ahead of normal. The rains were 
helping to size the berries and also 
coupled with the above normal tem(
peratures stimulated vine growth 
naturally weed and grass growth. 

Insect Damage Light 

Insect damage appeared to be light 

except where marshes had buildups 

of 2nd brood fireworm during bloom 

failed to dust during that period. 

It appeared fruitworm were biologic


ally controlled the latter part of June 

when surface flooding for frost ap


parently killed many of the adults 

preparing to emerge from their co


coons. Tipworms were numerous on 

natives and howes. Sparganothsis 

fruitworm wwere aa problem on some 

marshes in the Cranmoor area. 

Hail Loss, 5,000 Bbls. 

Two damaging hail storms occured 
the latter part of the month with the

the latter par the month 

first storm on the night of the 22nd 
in the City Point area and the seceond 
on the night of the 31st in the 
'Millston-Tomah area. Losses were 
expected to run about 5000 bbls. 
knocked off the vines and a high 
percentage bruised. The light bruises 
were expected to heal. The hail occured 
in both instances in the early 
morning hours. Few uprights were 
knocked off as the hail was small 
and round. 


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paycn owb uedo drmn caberis 

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toxic of 

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filtime-tested herbicide made by the

Chloro IPC,Throga etn fChooJCo rn 
Chemicalberry Divisionin ) of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com-ah

bogs Masacustts icni n 
pany, can now be used on dormant cranberries.

ington has an recoin-

experience developedlocal

This is good news to growers who need an econom-
ical way to control annual grasses (bent grass, an-
nual blue grass, turkeyfoot grass) as well as such 
weeds as rushes, horsetail, velvet grass, loosestrife, 
tearthumb and certain others. Chloro IPC is ap-
plied while the plants are dormant. It is completely 
dissipated before the fruit ever appears, so there's 
no residue problem. Chloro IPC is among the least 
toxic of all commercial herbicides. 

Thorough field testing of Chloro IPC on cranberry 
bogs in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Wash-
ington has developed local experience and recom-

a 

mnatossutdt e chara PP 
is eay to pply i the orm o 20% 

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havs.Arpa plctini al 
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On Gatwa Cetr Ptsurg 2a 

mendations suited to each area. PPG Chloro IPC 
is easy to apply in the form of 20% granules, 100 
lb. to the acre during November or December after

~ chemic al 

harvest. A repeat application in early spring before 
cranberry growth begins will give further control 
of annual weeds. Ask your experiment station personnel 
at the state university for local recommenda


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tions on use of PPG Chloro IPC. Write for more 
details and your local distributor's name to: Pittsburgh 
Plate Glass Company, Chemical Division, 
One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh 22, Pa. 

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& dit&%i VOL. 28 -NO. 4 ,wr sEZt 

AUGUST PREHARVEST 

August is the month, just before the 
battle smoke of the harvest hangs over 
the bogs and marshes, and the battle to 
sell the new crop begins. As this issue is 
printed the USDA preliminary forecast 
has not been given out. We would not attempt 
to pre-estimate the statisticians, and 
besides the size of a crop is never known 
until the last pickable berry is in. But we 
do hear knowledgeable "guessimates," that 
the crop "looks like somewhere around a 
million, three, (1,300,000 barrels) plus 
the carryover of September 1." 

August is also the month of meetings, 
the "big" Massachusetts meeting of the 
year, that of the Cape Cod Cranberry 
Growers' Association at the State Bog, is 
scheduled for August 29th. This date is 
about ten days later than usual, and isry 
mainly that a report of the Marketing Com-
mittee meeting at Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, 
August 26, 27 may be given. At 
this meeting the Committee will make the 
big decision as to what part, if any, of the 
crop will be the "set-aside," or berries 
restricted from the normal channels of 

sale. Last year the "set-aside" was 12 

percent. 

It is determined by the prospective 
size of the crop and what portion of it 
can be satisfactoraly marketed, at rea-
sonable returns to the growers. 

Then there is the meeting of Ocean 

Spray directors also at the Rapids on August 
23 and of the Cranberry Institute 
directors there on the 24th. "Cranberry 
eyes and ears" will be on the Rapids in 
August. 

There was also the meeting of the 
Wisconsin State 'Cranberry Growers' Asso-
ciation at the Rapids on August 7th, and 
the summer meeting of the American Cran-
berry Growers' Association is to be held in 

bNew GrowJersey on the 29th. itobhdiscussions 

While on the subject of these grow-
ers' meeting, we might repeat again, that 
we believe there is considerable merit in 
a suggestion made by Orrin G. Colley, 
president of the Institute that some sort 
of a "marketing seminar," be held in con-
junction with these area summer meetings. 

At that time all handlers, Ocean Spray 

CLARENCE J. HALL
Editor and Publisher


Editor and Publier
EDITH S. HALL-Associate Editor
Wareham, Massachusetts
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CORR 

CORRESPONDENTS-ADVISORS 

Wisconsin 

LEO A. SORENSON 

Cranberry Consultant 

Wisconsin Rapids 

Wisconsin 

Washington
Dr. CHARLES C. DOUGHTY


Specialist 

CLong Beah, Wash. 

Oregon
FRED HAGELSTEIN
Coquille, Ore.


Massachusetts
Dr. CHESTER E. CROSS
Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station


East Wareham, Mass. 

Jersey 

P. E. MARUCCI
New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station
Pemberton, New Jersey
and Independents might like to express 
their opinion and to give their marketing 
plans for the coming crop. We think these 

would be of interest to all growers 
coming just at the start of the marketing 
season. 

These sessions could scarcely be held 
on the same day of the area meetings, but 
the thought has been put forward they 
might be on a preceding or following day. 
The idea is not to interfere in any way 
with the firmly established summer growers' 
meetings, but at that time growers 

are assembled. 

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The 1962 report of the New Jersey 
Crop Reporting Service, just released, 
shows that in 1962, New Jersey 
harvested a total of 3,000 acres; 
of this Burlington County harvested 

2,140; Ocean County, 570; others 

290. The state average per acre 
was 34.0 ibarrels, that for Burlington 
36, Ocean, 32. Total production 
for the state was 102,1000 barrels of 
which Burlington harvested 77,000, 
Ocean 18,200 and others 6,800. 
Production in 1961 was 118,000, the 
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