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Station and Field Notes 


by IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE 

Cranberry Spcilist

Extension.

Extension Cranberry Specialist 

ciation. 

Weather 

The month of October was an


other in the series of cold, dry

months that have been plaguing 

us for so long. Temperature was 

about 212 degrees a day below 
normal and this was the 16th of 
the past 17 months colder than 
normal. The rainfall for the 
month totalled 1.68 inches which 
is about one-half the average 
for October, with. only .03 inch 
occurring since the 16th. This 
is the 10th consecutive month 
with below average precpiitation 
and makes us nearly 15 
inches deficient for 1965. The 
Weather Bureau in Boston reports 
that this is the dryest 10 
months since records have been 
recorded over the last 148 years. 

Drought Warning 

A warning on drought conditions 
was released by the Cranberry 
Station on November 3 and 
reads as follows: 

Cranberry growers should be 
alert to the' hazards of the continuing 
drought. Many ponds and 
reservoirs have such low water 
levels that the possibility of 
getting winter protection for the 
bogs is remote. The bogs them-

ACUSHNET, MASS. 

Harvest and Frost 

The Massachusetts cranberry 
harvest was virtually completed 
by the end of October, which was 
about the same date as last year. 
For the past two years, we seem 
to have shortened the harvest 
period by about two weeks. We 
have started picking about one 
week later and finished about 
one week earlier. This is due, 
partially at least, to the increased 
number of picking machines in 

use. 

The frost warning service was 
terminated for the season on 
October 31. We sent out 26 
general warnings during the fall, 
with the bulk occurring in Oc-
tober. This includes both after-
noon and evening warnings and 
compares with 25 sent out last 
fall. We estimate that approxi-
mately 40 to 45,000 barrels of 
berries, or 6 to 7 percent of the 
crop, was lost due to the frost. 
The bulk of this loss, 5 to 6 
percent, occurred on the night of 
August 30-31 when bog tempera-
tures were as low as 22 degrees. 
Slight losses were noted on the 
night of September 27-28 when 
temperatures ranged from 17 to 
24 degrees, and on the night of 
October 5-6 with temperatures as 
low as 10 degrees on one bog, 

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column, have expressed their 
thanks to the frost warning ser-
vice and to the people "who make 
it go." Although it may become 
boring to some of our readers, 
it is a gesture of our apprecia-
tion and small compensation to 
these dedicated people. So once 
again we would like to express 
our thanks to George Rounsville 
and Kenneth Rochefort who cal-
culate and formulate the warn-
ings for the very fine work on 
this most important phase of the 
operation. We are also indebted 
to the U.S. Weather Bureau, our 
cooperative weather observers, 
the telephone distributors, the 
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is likely to increase the mechan-sanding andd fall weed control dry is now more severe and 
ical injury of the harvest and work where a winter flood is entrenched than conditions in 
reduce the' potential crop of next not assured. 1943. The loss of cranberry 
year. 3. If sprinklers are used for vines in the winter of '43-'44 
Recommendations: irrigation this month, block flumes took half the '44 crop and re


1. Put planks in drainage to prevent any run-off and duced that of '45. All practical 
flumes to catch and hold any sprinkle at night and when winds methods to conserve water for 
water that would otherwise be are calm to reduce evaporation the coming winter should be 
lost. loss. used immediately. 
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Survey by Varieties 
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A special survey of the Wisconsin 
cranberry marshes wasCONTAINERS, INC. late September.

underway in 
This was to make a more com| 
Representing enumeration acreage and

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Representing varieties. 

The survey was being made at KNOX GLASS, INC. the request of the Wisconsin State 

Cranberry Growers' Association 
and was being financed by funds 
supplied by both the Wisconsin 
and the United States Department 
of Agriculture. 

25 EAST STRE ET The survey, directed by Elex 
Sturges, will include questions to 
cranberry growers on harvested 

CAMBRIDGE 41, MASS. acreages by variety this year and 
the expected acreages five years 
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FRESH FROM THE FIELDS 


C HA USELJ TTS

MA SSA C ffC C

M A S S A C H US E TTS 

October First Rain

October First Rain

.that

October opened with a very 
substantial and of course much 
needed rain, in this prolonged 

period of drought. 

October third blew in one of 
the earliest cold spells in recol-
lection. The fourth was 17 de-

grees colder than normal, with 
high winds which made it seem 
even more winter-like than it 
was. 

Frost Spell 

That night a frost warning 
went out from 14 to 15 degrees 
if the wind died down and clouds 

came in. Both of these things 
did occur to some extent but 
temperatures from 15 up were 
reported. Ice was formed in 
buckets of water. Not too much 
damage was done as more than 
half the crop had been picked and 
most berries still on were in 
places which could be' protected. 

The fifth was even colder, be-
ing about 20 degrees colder than 
normal and that night a warning 
was sent out for "very dan


gerous frost, 13-14 degrees." 

A temperature as low as 10 
was reached on the Oak Swamp 
Bog in the Tihonet area of Wareham, 
and mid-teens we're common. 
The following night there 
was still a third warning for 
a very dangerous frost, minimum 

18 degrees. This temperature was 
reached at the same Oak Swamp 
Bog. 
Not Much Loss 

Although these were hard 
nights for the growers it was 
estimated at the State Bog from 
reports coming in that the dam


age was not great. Most damage 

Dirastic Mass.

DraStic MaSS. 

Drought Warning

Issud

Issued* 

So critical is the prolonged 
drought situation in Massachiu-
setts as winter comes in, that a 

lash card drought warning was 

issued by Dr. C. E. Cross, di-
rector of Mass. Experiment Sta-
tion November 3. He issued some 
drastic recommendations 

"Cranberry growers should be 

alert to the hazards of the con-
tinuing drought. Many ponds and 
reservoirs have such low water 
levels that the possibility of get-
ting winter protection for the 
bogs is remote. The bogs them-
selves are dry, a situation which 
is likely to inrease the mechan-
ical injury of the harvest and 
reduce the potential crop of next 

Compiled by C.J. H. 

Recommendations: 

1. Put planks in drainage flumes 
to catch and hold any water 
otherwise would be lost. 

2. Postpone raking, pruning, 
sanding and fall weed control 
where a winter flood is not assured. 


3. If sprinklers are used for 
irrigation this month, block 
flumes to prevent any run-off 

and sprinkle at night and when 

winds are calm to reduce evaporation 
loss. 

The weather trend to cold and 

dry is now more severe and entrenched 
than conditions in 1943. 
The loss of cranberry vines in 
the winter of 1943-44 took half 
the '44 crop and reduced that 
of 1945. All practical methods 
to conserve water for the corning 
winter should be used im


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being to high spots. No per 
cent of loss was put down, 

Although during this spell in 
which much ice was formed, up 
to five inches by sprinklers, 
there was a good side to it. 
This included the fact that with 
not much harvest going on it 
gave berries a chance to ripen 
more and size; Ocean Spray had 
a chance to catch up on handling 
berries and the box shortage was 

lessened. 

Rains 

There were a couple of fairly 
good rains during the week of 
October 3, but the temperatures 
remained below normal. Up to 

Columbus Day, October 12 the 
minus was 75. 

Hail 

On the afternoon of the 10th 
there was a violent thunder and 
lightning storm in northern 
Plymouth County which brought 
huge and heavy hail stones. 

Much of the crop had been 
picked and no damage to bogs 
was reported. 

Again Frost Warning 

A frost warning was issued 
for the night of Oct. 13, but some 
clouds and wind developed and 
low temperatures were only about 
24-25. There was also a warn-
ing for the night of the 17th, 

and there was one 

and a number of 
However, the crop 
but an estimated 10 
there was believed to 

low of 15 
19 and 20. 
was all in 
percent and 
be no loss. 

Indian Summer 

Although the month was still 
considerably colder than normal, 
beautiful Indian Summer 
weather followed this frost for 
several days. People were even 
going about coatless. 

October Cold 

Following this spell of warm 
weather the temperatures turned 
decidedly colder. The month 
ended with a minus of 68 degrees. 
This made October the' 
18th colder-than-normal month 
of the last 20. 

No Rain Exceeds All Records 

But it was the continued lack 
of rain that was hurting. Precipitation 
at the State Bog was 

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iR only 1.68 inches, normal, 3.74 
inches. Weather experts declared 
that the rainfall of the past 10 
months was the lowest since 

1817, or much more than a cen


tury. A weather observer at 
{ ~~~~~~Bostonthe inches of

said 19.90 
rainfall (Boston) was 1.3 inches 
under a record low of 21.26 set 
in 1845 and this year's lack was 

a new low for the 143 years of 
_ wobservation. 

This dire lack of precipitation, 
which was causing a rash of 
forest fires as October went out, 
~did of

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setts. The most critical was the 
Boston and coastal Southeastern 
|| Massachusetts section, which includes 
the Mass. cranberry area. 

10 A total of nearly 300 forest 
and brush fires were reported in 

Massachusetts on the last day of 
the month. Fallen leaves and 
tinder-dry woods in general made 

the situation worse. 

Normal rainfall for the cranberry 
area in a year is 44.10 
inches. 

Rain Situation Very Bad 

Water was so short for most 
Massachusetts growers that few 
were able to have the usual 

after-harvest flood to remove 
trash and clean up the bog. A 
few could, but not many. Immediately 
after harvest not a 

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HEAD OF CARVER MASS. CONTRACTING FIRM


SPECIALIZING IN CRANBERRY WORK 
"JUST A FARMER AT HEART" 

Louis Leconte, of P & L Company is a Very Busy Man with 

Cranberry and Other Work-Also is Cranberry Grower-

Ably Assisted by Wife, Phyllis 

By CLARENCE J. HALL 

"I'm just a farmer at heart," say Louis M. Leconte, "with I 
guess a bent for working with heavy farm and excavating equip-
ment." Mr. Leconte heads up the P. & L. Company of Beaver Dam 
Road, West Carver, Mass. The town of Carver has more acreage 
and more cranberry production than any other. 

Mr. Leconte specializes in cranberry work; he is a grower him-
self, a member of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. and of Cape Cod 
Cranberry Growers' Association. 

Mrs. Leconte is bookkeeper of the company, assisting her hus-
band in many ways. The attractive Phyllis Leconte was present at 
the interview and it was to her that Louis turned frequently for 
dates and other bits of information. She had the answers on the 
tip of her tongue. 

Louis M. Leconte 

Louis Leconte was born in been bringing this bog back into 
Acushnet, Massachusetts, March good production. 
31, 1930. His father, the late About 1964 he bought another 

George Leconte ran a dairy farm, bog of four acres which is off 
so he has a farming background. France Street in West Carver. 
He attended the Watertown In 1964 they picked their first 

Then came a stint in194 S to Early Blacks and Late

the U. set 

Army from 1951 to 1953. He Howes. Leconte uses both Wes-
trained at Camp Rucker in Ala-terns and Darlingtons in the 
bama. He was five months over-harvesting. Mrs. Leconte has 
seaskineGermany. Hheiews irn-helped on the bogs operating the 

the infantry in the motor pool bWer)o the Wetern. 

began as a private and wast irdihe. 

po firast buhaodoofthrough Ocean Spray trucking 
Lbouisixwacrs thi inSuthe ce-the crop himself to the Ocean 

in thee after at

Hebwaso married195 4a to ohands delivery Onset. 

Rochester. They then bought He has used Casoron for weed 

The P. & L. Co. be 

really "big" business, that is for 
its type of work, chiefly in cranberries, 
although Louis does not 

say so. Neither did he give any 

intimation of the investment he 
has in equipment, insurance, license 
plates for operating on the 

roads, etc., but this is obviously 
heavy. 

He has equipment forbogbuilding 
and repairing, ditch cleaning, 
dike repairing, bulldozers and 
trucks, track and rubber tire 
loader and backhoe, and other 
items. 

The P. &L. Co. hires three men 
most of the year, and they must 
be highly skilled at the type of 
work done as is Louis himsef. 

He does not hire his equip



ment out, but takes jobs as they 

come along. Some jobs aphoto

come along. Some jobs may last 
only two or three hours, others 
for considerable periods. His 
work is not confined to Carver, 
but he works in the Plymouth-
Kingston and the Wareham-

Rochester areas and on the Cape 
in Barnstable county, wherever 
they come along. 

Neither is his work confined 
to cranberries although that is 
the chief objective. He does take 
other excavating and construction 
work as he finds the contracts. 

He is even busy in the winter, 
there is sanding on the ice. Louis 
can do any kind of construction, 
grading or excavation work. 

He also sells sand, gravel and 
loam. 

Job Keeps Him on the Go 

This work keeps Mr. Leconte 
on the go most of the time. A 
job has to be done when the 
contracting person wishes it done. 

"I am so busy I do not find 
time to do much of anything 
except work," he says. Even-
ings there is book work to be 
done with Phyllis doing most 

of this. 

Coconte 

shows Mr. ad 

Mrs. Leconte in front of a

bulldozer with son, Michael 

in the driver's seat at upper 

left The back yard of the 

Leconte dwelling is a maze 
of equipment, even though 
some of it was on a job when 

the photo was taken. 

When asked if he had any 
hobbies, he replied, "No, there is 
no time. I guess I would sayor 

my work is my hobby, and I 
am not afraid of work, and 
like the outdoor part of it." 

There is a small repair shop 
in the back of the home on 
Beaver Dam Road, and this is 
utilized especially in the winter, 

when the snow and ice is on 
the bogs. 

(Your editor and associate edi-
tor, Mrs. Hall can appreciate this 
situation. With much to do there 
is little leisure during the day, 
which is too short as are the 
evenings.) 

The Leconte's have two chil-
dren, Michael 10 and Vickie 7. 
After the interview Mr. Le-

hurried away to get on the 

job again. But he did taken time 
to light up a cigar. 

OC AN S P AY 

1964 PAYMENT 

HIGHEST SINCE 

Ocean Spray made its final 
payment on the 1964 crop at 
$129 a barrel. This brought the 

that crop to the 
growers of about $14.00-actually 
g rowers about $14.00 actually

of 
$1 bonus, retains and stock. 

a quality bonus, retains and stock. 

Last year it was $12.95, or about 
a dollar more to most growers 
for 1964 

There were intimations the 

1965 crop might bring more and 
final payment made earlier. 

Gross cranberry sales for the 
entire United States in the 1964 
crop totalled $44,084,000 as against 
$37,055,397 for the crop of 1963. 
Canada produced about one million 
more. 

The 1964 payment by Ocean 
Spray for the crop of last year 
was the highest since 1952. 

Two of the Trucks Owned and Operated by P. & L. Co. Cranberries Photo 

EIGHT 


ILuu Island Crop This year Holmes finished up The packing of fresh fruit at 
65 acres of the large property he Bandon was discontinued. The 
1 5,000 Barrels is building and about 30 acres of fresh berry equipment was re-
Lulu Island at New Westmins-it has been planted and the rest moved to make room for the 
ter, British Columbia this fall will be next spring. installation of new equipment 
grew about 15,000 barrels, its to take care of the processed 

largest crop. The harvest was _______________ berries for cocktail juice, sauce, 
completed by the 26th of Oc-jellies, etc. 

Bell Farms harvested wet, No More Fresh In past seasons the berries 
wnile the Big Red, the other * , , were handled in 40 pound boxes 
large property picked the crop iFruit Packed At (or cloth sacks) by hand. Berdry, 
using Darlingtons and Bandon, Oregon ries this year were chanelled into 
Furfords. BandOn, Oregon 1,000 pound bulk bins, with fork 

Norman V. Holmes, who is now lift trucks. The ungraded berbuilding 
a third large property A major change-over in the ries were brought from the bogs 
says that it seems now safe to handling of cranberries in the and put into a large hopper. 

say by 1970 this Canadian area Bandon, Oregon area went into From there the fruit was cleaned 
will be harvesting better than effect this fall as harvest began of trash and then entered one of 
50,000 barrels a year, and will the first week of October. A the flotation separators, which 

have at least 500 acres. That "bumper" crop of about 40,000 Ocean Spray has installed at 
acreage is now built or being barrels was expected in the area. several points in the different 
built. He feels certain there will All berries this year were growing areas. 
be development beyond that, if shipped to the Ocean Spray 

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Dr. Paracer Joins 
Staff at Mass. 

A Native of Pakistan
HeWill Assist in
Nematode Studies


Dr. Surinder Paracer, a native 
of P akis tan is a new assistant 
to Dr. Burt M. Zuckerman, in his 
research in nepa atology at the 
Massachu settCranberr Experi


s y 
ment Station. Dr. Paracer is the 
second assistant at the East 

Wareham Station to come from 

the Indian sub-continent, the new. 1100 field crates and 25

first being Dr. Kawra,Satendra 

who has now returned to his 
nativeland. 
Dr. Paracer is committed tons a minute.

stayat least one year and may 
stay two. 

He was born in Punjab, January 
6, 1941, the eldest son of 
three children, his father being 
professor of botany at Ludhiana 
University of Agriculture. His 
family has lived there for the 
lastten years. 

H e ten years English in

had of 
school at Punj ab at private

and a 
school, English being compulsory 
in Pakistan. He prepared for 
his bachelor of science degree 
at the University of Punjab. His 
studies included botany and ........ 
zoology. He then came to this 
country, received his master's 
degree from the State University FOR S ALE 
of South Dakota at Brookings. 

While in South Dakota study-IN NOVA SCOTIA 
ing plant pathology he became O 
interested in diseases caused by ONE PROPERTY OF 10 ACRES WITH 
nematodes. He found University of 6 ACRES OF CRANBERRY BOG 
California offered the greatest op


portunity to study further into Skinner Sprinkler System erat by 40 H.P.

op ed 
this subject. After three and a electric motor. Plenty of water available. One 2-ton
half years he received his Ph.D. truck with sprayer attached, 250 feet of hose and 1
While there he studied nema-cranberry machine, like new. 1100 field crates and 25
todes as they affected grapes, scoops. Second property consisting of 40 acres land, 4
peaches, walnuts, almonds and acres of Cranberry Bog, situated on the Annapolis
the nematode' problems of roses. River. For flooding purposes a pump and new V8


Dr. Paracer is making his home motor. Pump will discharge 5000 gallons a minute.
at New Bedford. For sports he Will sacrifice both properties for the price of the
likes tennis, likes to bowl and Sprinkler System. Reason for selling, ill health.
played cricket in Punjab.


When he leave's the cranberry If interested, contact:
station he expects to return to F. C. WALKER
Pakistan to teach.


Dr. Paracer is a member of K 

ELEVEN 


OBSERVATIONS ON THE SYMPTOMS AND which is considerably out of 

grade yielded the following re-

CONTROL OF CRANBERRY RED-GALL DISEASE sults: Higher areas: 10 samples, 

no infection observed. Lower 

by 

B. M. ZUCKERMAN and 
KENNETH ROCHEFORT 
University of Massachusetts 
Cranberry Experiment Station, 
East Wareham 


The red-gall disease of cran-
berry, caused by the fungus Syn-
chytrium vaccinii Thomas, attacks 
the young stems, leaves, flow-
ers and fruit, and causes forma-
tion of small, reddish gall-like 
swellings on their surfaces (1,3). 
Motile spores are formed within 
the galls, and these are set free 
when the galls are' covered by 
water. These swimming spores 
attack new plants and serve to 
continue the cycle of the fungus. 

The disease usually appears 
just before the blossoms open. 
Stessel (2) found that symptoms 
first appeared July 1 on Howes 
cranberries. Heavily infested flow-
ers die. The fruits are affected 
throughout the season by second-
ary infection and may become 
severely galled. 

Fortunately, this disease is of 
erratic occurrence, and has been 
reported recently from only 3 
bogs in New England. However, 
where it does occur, it may cause 
severe economic losses. Observa-
tions by Stessel indicated that a 
crop reduction of more than 50% 
may result from a heavy infes-
tation. However, these figures 
may be deceiving, for infesta-
tion is usually spotty, with small 
pockets which are highly diseased 
being interspersed within larger 
areas in which the disease is less 
prevalent. 

As implied previously, the di-
sease is spread by spores which 
must have free. water for dispersion 
and to enable them to 
infect the plant. As a conse-
quence, the distribution and development 
of the parasite are 
dependent on water management 
practices and the amount of rain-
fall. 

New Observations on Symptoms 

In the course of several years 
study of this disease, two new 
observations of berry symptoms 

TWELVE 

have been recorded. After the 
fruit is harvested, the galls dry 
and fall off, leaving small,

~' . .' 

circular scars and a slight in-
dentation in the surface of the

' ^-r i T -,

berry. Where several galls oc-
cur in close proximity, growth 
of the berry in the area imme-
diately beneath the galls is in-
hibited, resulting in a large in-
dentation in the mature fruit. 
Severely infected berries have 
several of these indentations, 
which make the berry unusable 
for fresh fruit, and it is doubtful 
if these berries would pass 
through the commercial screen-

ing machines. 

Control of the Disease 

The obvious approach towards 
control of this disease is the al-
teration of water management 
practices to reduce' opportunities 
for infection by the swimming 
spores. Since spring frost flood-
ing and irrigation by flowing are 
the two principal uses for water 
between bud break and harvest, 
these are the practices for which 
a substitute was needed. Sprink-
ler systems have provided an 
answer. On one bog establishment 
of sprinklers for frost protection 
and irrigation has resulted in 
elimination of the disease prob-
lem. 

Additional observations have 

been made on another bog which 

indicate the importance of water 

management. In 1965, this bog 

was subjected to nine frost floods 

during May and June. Random 

samples of a five-acre piece 

areas: 6 samples, berries infec


d 12.4%. New shoots infected 
550% . eected counts which 
wee de n note lw 

were made in another low area 

w e

which encompassed several acres 

g t f

the results:

~gave following 10

b s i

samples, berries infected 43.4%.

New shoots infeted 75 Ea 

P m ese ose ins

of vines. These observations,

though not gvng conclusive 
offer strong evidenc that

proof, offer strong evidence' that 

exposure to free water is 
minimum, the disease 
cont 

can be controlled. 

In 1965, an experiment to determine 
the efficiency of fungicdes 
controlling red-gall disease 
was carried out on the 
latter bog Four spray schedules 
were undertaken; maneb, 1 and 
2 appications, and Bordeaux mixture 
1 and 2 applications Rates 

o application were maneb 12 
bs./acre/treatment, and Bordeaux 
mixture 20 lbs. copper sulfate 
8 lbs. lime/treatment. The matals 
we ppli all 4 
plots in late April, and a second 
application made to 2 plots 
one month later. Areas adjcent 
to the plots served as untreated 
controls. 
The results of this experiment 
are given in part in Table 1. 
Infection occurred only in a zone 
20 feet wide which ran parallel 
to an irrigation ditch. This zone 
encompassed a portion of two 
control areas and the plots on 
which two applications of maneb 
or Bordeaux mixture had been 
applied. The areas to which 

TABLE 1. Observations on the effects of fungicide applications 
on the control of red-gall disease. 

Number of Infected Infected Infected 
Treatment Samples, Berries-% Flowers-%Shoots-% 

Bordeaux mixture 
Two applications 10 1.6 1.0 15.1 
Maneb 
Two applications 10 6.3 5.0 23.0 
Untreated 10 22.5 15.0 21.3 

iEach sample was made up of vines within a 16 square inch area. 


one application of either maneb 
or Beaudeaux mixture had been 
applied, and the adjacent con-
trol areas, were free of red-gall; 
consequently, evaluation of the 
effect of the single treatment 
could not be made'. 

Two applications of Bordeaux 
mixture were effective in redu-
cing the amount of berry infection, 
Treatment with maneb reduced 
incidence of berry infection also,
and would, in my opinion, be 

preferred since the possibility of 
copper toxicity is avoided. Fun-
gicide treatment had little effect 
on primary infection, as indi-
cated by the large number of 
new shoots infected. 

Conclusions

Conclusions 
On the basis of one year's 
tests, fungicide spraying offers 
a feasible method for control of 

red-gall, under conditions where

under conditions where

optimu watr

optimum water management con


ditions cannot be attained. The

ditions cannot be attained. The 
establishment of sprinklers, to 
substitute for water management 
procedures which require flow


ing of the bog, o ershe most

ing of the bog, offers the most 
effective solution to the red-gall 
problem. 

Citations 

Shear, C. L., Stevens, N. E. and 

H. F. Bain. 1931. Fungous di-
seases of the cultivated cran-
berry. U.S.D.A. Tech. Bul. No. 
258. 
Stessel, G.C. 1962. Observations 
on cranberry red gall disease, 
incited by Synchytrium vac-

cinii Thomas. Phyto 52: 29. 
T y leaf-

Thomas, F. 1889. Cranberry leaf-

galls. Insect Life 1: 279-280. 

CRANBERRIES GROWING 
FAMILIAR IN ENGLAND 

American cranberries wer e 
among the U. S. imports at the 

among the U. S. mports at the 

Manchester, England, Food, Cook-

Food, Cookery 
and Catering Exhibit recently, 
as reported by USDA publication 

Foreign Agriculture. This publi


' 

cation stated that the' Cranberry

caTHEO

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ten isis e e a d 

acquainted with cranberries, so 
that promotional emphasis con-

Te at i onUI

centrated on year-round use'." 

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THIRTEEN 


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3. Saves on Spark plugs 
4. Up to Three Times the Engine-life Wisconsin Acreage 
5. Saves on Fuel Pumps and Carburetors May Be Up 25% 
FOR A DEMONSTRATION CALL US TODAY By 1970 

A partial report based on 

-- about two thirds of growers' responses, 
in a Wisconsin survey 
to show acreage, varieties and 
other aspects shows for one 
thing, that an increase in acreage 
of 25 percent by 1970 may 
be expected. Searles so far account 
for about 68 percent of 

W with

~CR~AlNBEIRRY GROWTERS the acreage a slightly 

lower share, 67 percent expected 
by 1970. 

Searles leads in all the Wisconsin 
cranberry sections with 
McFarlin second. 

Sprinkler systems cover 1100 
acres, as revealed in the two-

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half-dozen college kids you hired, 
had to suffer through the agony of 
cuts, blisters and sore backs ... or 
maybe you rolled out the oil drums 
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weeds kept growing. 

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And CASORON is easy to apply. 
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Wisconsin. 

FIFTEEN 


thirds coverage report. This is 
38 percent of the acreage re-
ported so far. Not many grow-
ers yet have their total acreage 
covered. 

The most common type of 
power supply for the sprinklers 
is the gasoline engine; electric 
was second and die'sel third. 

The preliminary report comes

from the Wisconsin Statistical 
Reporting Service, and the com-
plete tabulation is expected be-
fore long. 

TWO BLACK DATES 

Did you happen to note the 
date of the great northeastern 

U. S. power black-out? It was 
November 9th, the sixth anni-
versary of the "Black Monday" 
of the amino triazole disaster. 
FRESH FROM TIHE FIELDS 

Continued from Page 6 

few growers put in planks and 
attemptedbefor November first 

at least make a start in that

at a start in that 
d'irection. However, not much 
progress was being made as 
Novembercame' in. The weather 

November came 

continued absolutely dry and 
with no rain in sight and un-
usually cold. Snow had fallen 
in the mountains of New Hamp-

shire and on November first there 
were' a few flurries in the Bos-
tona area, and on

dusting the

ton area, and a on the 

bogs. 

CRANBERRY PICKING 

BOXES 

Shooks, or Naild 
Stock Always on Hand


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boxes-or repair them yourself. 

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North Carver, Mass. 
Tel. Union 6-3330 


SIXTEEN 

1966 Bud Set 
The fall bud set for the 1966 
crop was reported to be good. 

Fall Frost Loss 

The State Bog estimated the 
fall frost loss as close to 40,-
000 barrels, including that freak 
August freeze, 

N E W J E RS EY 

N. J. Also Drought-Stricken 
The drought continued through 
the month of October. Only 1.26 
inches of rain fell during the 
month, bringing the deficiency of 
rainfall for the year to 10 
inches. So far in 1965 it has to-
taled only 26.67 inches -even 

Did you •o the '

noehappen

less than the 29.07 inches which 
occurred in the first 10 months 
of 1964 which was considered a 
very severe drought year. Only 
March and July in 1965 have 
had near normal rainfall. In the 
past 36 months only 8 have had 
normal rainfall. The accumu-
lated deficiency during the past 

three years is about 19 inches, 
In the memory of older growers, 
cranberry bog reservoirs in New 

Jersey are drier than ever before 
for this time of year. In several 
to start totherefloodfor winter ornot enough

cases was 
water for frost reflows during 
October. 
More, Severe Frosts 

Frosts were of greater than 
normal frequency and of greater 
than normal severity. There were 

21 frost calls during the month, 
with several bog temperatures 
below 20 degrees. The most 
severe occurred on October 30 
and 31 when the mercury 
plunged to 12 and 11°. The most 
damaging, however, occurred on 
October 5 when there was still 
a large proportion of the crop 
unharvested. A few unflooded 
bogs lost from 16% to 20% of 

the berries. On one small prop-
erty, where the temperature 
dropped to 14 degrees, the dam-
.ternratirI

age was estimated at over 50% 
of the unharvested berries. 

October Cold Month 
: The average temperature for 
October was 53.2 degrees, the 
fourth coldest for this month 
in the 36-year history of weather 
re'cords at Pemberton. 

Drought Cut Crop 

As of the end of October the 
cranberry harvest was more than 
95% complete. Most of the smallei 
growers are running slightly 
below their estimates but the 
larger growers appear to be exceeding 
their estimates slightly. 

s prompted the New Jersey 
Crop Reporting Service to revise 
its estimate of 141,000 bar


rels ublished on Auust 25th 
' g 
October 14th. If this estimate 

holds, New Jersey would be only

3,000 barrels shy of the extremely 
good production of 153,


000 barrels in 1964. Most grow


ers feel that had it not been for

the drought the 1965 crop would

the drought the 1965 crop would 

1964. exceeded 

W I S C a N s I N 

October Dry 

October was as dry as September 
and August were wet. 
The month's rainfall in most of 
the cranberry areas was slightly 

under an inch or less than half 
of the 2.30 inch average. This 
was the second driest on record, 

being eclipsed by the 1944 total 
of .14 inch. Total rainfall for 

the year now measures close 
to 36 inches or 6 inches above 
the total annual average. The' 
warmest day was 79 on the 18th 
and the coldest was 10 degrees 
on the 13th. IThe month started 
cold and wet and ended up dry 

and warm. Over half of the 
days averaged above 60 degrees 
with skys mostly sunny. There 
were only eight overcast days 
and only four days with less 
than an hour of sunshine. The 

combined temperature averaged 
about normal to one degre'e above 
normal for the month. The outlook 
for November call for below 
normal precipitation and normal 
temperatures. 

Fast Harvest 

The advent of better weather 
brought harvest to a close quite 
rapidly by the third week of 
October. A number of marshes 

Continued on Page 20 


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SEVENTEEN 


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EIGHTEEN 


di t' ~ als OF NOVEMBER 1965

•ISSUE 
VOL. 30-NO.. 7/ U 

GROWERS DESERVE CREDIT 

That the cranberry industry this fall has 
achieved a national production now esti-
mated at about 1,380,000 barrels is a fact 
upon which the growers should be congratulated. 
This was accomplished with very 
little cooperation from Nature. Especially 
was this true in Massachusetts and Wisconsin, 
the two greatest producing areas. 

The weather has definitely been "agin" 
these two regions for most of 1965. 

The Wisconsin growers had altogether 
too much rain, too much water and there 
were frosts and considerable hail loss. 

In Massachusetts, and to a lesser extent 
in Jersey there was nowhere near enough 
rain, and there were losses from frost, in 
fact an unusually early August one in the 
Bay State. The Massachusetts growers 
spent "like a drunken sailor" to get water 
to their acres in any way during the long 
drought, starting early in the summer and 
still continuing. They worked at this day 
and night. 

It was the perseverance and the increas-
ing know-how of growers that did pull this 
season through to the crop it produced. 

And now in Massachusetts, the drought, 
the worst since 1817, when weather records 
were first kept, the situation is critical in 

the extreme. The growers struggled des-
perately in the summer to keep their vines 
from drying up. Now they are battling to 
save these same vines from perhaps a fear-
ful winterkill from lack of flowage water. 

THANKSGIVING 1965 

This is the Thanksgiving time, that one 
day of the year traditionally most associated 
with cranberry and the turkey. We 
believe most growers have something to be 
thankful about. The real active year of 
cranberry labor is over. 

The price for fresh cranberries is the 
highest since 1952, and independent com-
mercial processors paid a very good price 
for fruit, perhaps a little too much, but a 
very short crop was at first feared. 

Many growers, even many in drought-
stricken Massachusetts got excellent pro-

CLARENCE J. HALL 

Editor and Publisher 

EDITH S. HALL Associate Editor 
Wareham, Massachusetts 

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CORRESPONDENTS -ADVISORS 

Wisconsin 

LEO A. SORENSON
Cranberry Consultant
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin


Oregon 

FRED HAGELSTEIN
Coquille, Oregon


Washington 

AZMI Y. SHAWA
Junior Horticulturalist and Extension Agent
in Horticulture
Long Beach, Washington


Massu CROSS 

DR. CHESTER E. CRSS
Director Mass. Cranberry Experiment Station
East Wareham, assachusetts


New Jersey 

P. E. MARUCCI
P. E. MARUCCI
New Jersey Cranberry and Blueberry Station
New Lisbon, New Jersey


. 

duction, 100 barrels to the acre--and as 
just stated, prices are up. Yes, the industry 
at this period of Thanksgiving has come 
a long, long way since the "Black Monday" 
of November 9, six years ago when that 
fateful amino triazole disaster occurred. 

NINETEEN 


did not start harvesting until 
the 4th of the' month. At month's 
end only two marshes in north-
eastern Wisconsin were still re-
porting harvesting. Needless to 
say berry color was exceedingly 
good and berry size was larger 
on the late raked berries. Some 
over-ripeness was noted on the 
late raking, but these berries 
were being shipped right out for 
processing. The warm, humid 
weather the middle of the month 
triggered the development of 
much storage rots, which neces-
sitated some fresh berries being 
run into freezers. There were 
also some light hail storms the 
third week of the month but 

berry loss was light.

Only One-Quarter Fresh

Fresh 

The Wisconsin crop continues 
to hang near the 400,000 barrel 
figure with late sizing due to 
delayed harvesting making up 
some increase. Of the total crop 
only twenty-five cent or

per orabout 100,000 is expected to be 
sold fresh. This is the smallest 
amount shipped fresh from the 

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Badger State in most growers' 
memory and can be attributed to 
the hail storms, poor keeping 
quality due to excessive rains 
in July, August and September 
and severe bruising from me-
chanical handling. 

Harvest Completed 

Harvest in Washington was 
completed by about the first of 
November. Some growers in the 
North Beach area by early No-
vember were pruning. 

Ample Water For Harvest 

OctoberBratto 

lent weather. The total of rain 
for the month of October was 

7.69 inches, a bit soggy, but prior 
to that the weather had been 
dry. Fifteen days in October 
registered rain, but in between 

two inches of rainfall on October

two inches of rainfall on Otober 
4th and 1.29 on the 18th the 
sun was warm and clear. 
There was enough water to 
assure water harvest in the Long

Beach area, even though in the 
first week of harvest water sup-
plies seemed dangerously low. 

Temperatures Fairly Even 

Temperatures for October re-
mained fairly even. Mean high 

for the month was 61.29 F.; 
mean low was 44.12 degrees. 
Actual highest was 75, and the 
low on the bogs was 28, which 
was on the morning of the 9th. 
There were four days with 70 
and above and five with 65 
and above. Twelve days recorded 
below 39, all but one 

coming after the 14th. 

Personal 

Mrs. Irma Anderson who has 
been secretary at the Coastal 
Washington Experiment Station 
has been transferred to the station 
at Pullman and is makingher 
home there as of October 15. She 
is succeeded by Mrs. Edith 

(Mrs. Ben Bratto). 

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FLOY GATES 

Felker Bros. Mfg. Co. 

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