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WISCONSIN ~ ~ ~ R.ADMR.LUI EONEOert heP LC.i Carver, Mass. Story on Page 7. (CRANBERRIES Photo) 40 Cents NOVEMBER, 1965 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS ~OVERT ,_______________ NO TAXES ~~~43 T I RE SATISFACTION YEARS r l|l^ I i^ • OF SERVICE GUARANTEED .•~~~~— l Federal Paper Board 'Flotation Tires For Company, Inc. Soft Wet Sandy Soi Airplane and other flotation tires 970 Fellsway many different sizes -15", 16", Medford, Mass. 20", etc. Tel. EXport 5-5305 1050 x 16 NEW Smooth Tread Extremely Flexible Manufacturers Rec. Air Pressure 8 lbs. o~f S~ponge Rubber will not $37.50of hurt cranberries. 31" hi. 12" wide-Tire & TubeFolding Cartons Write or Call for sizes not listed Send check or money order for and 25%-balance c.o.d. freight collect Tel. (617) 889-2035-889-2078 Displays Gans Surplus Tire Co. 1000 -Dept. C -Broadway, I Chelsea, Massachusetts ,A .n I JL lk A.Al.1 A-A AA _ ,AA A rfti. ^~ Al. IL A' , A TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things-efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. -I ---.-----..-.-.--'-.. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM -PLYMOUTH CYpress 5-0200 Pilgrim 6-1300 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniendly located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Th ^ e CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 A M E S I rrigation Systems Irrigation Systems R AI RT : AIN BD Sprinklers HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH SATISFACTION GUARANTEED EQUIPMENT H A Y D E N -SEPARATOR WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS -BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES PICKINO MACHiNES Extensive Experience in ____ ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED 1PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS Tel. CY 5.2000 SUBSCRIBE TO SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES " ~Colorama"nn T iours Include Wisconsin Cranberry Marshes There has been a month long "Colorama," tour in Vi 11 a s County, the region of the north- eastern cranberry marshes of Wisconsin, the period being from September 15 to October 15, with ten townships taking part. There were trips through wild life preserves with outdoor cook- outs, including venison, wall eye pike and bear on the program. YOUTTR DISTRU IBUR DISTRIBUTOR WI~xLBAMSTOWN IRRIGATION . INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER TRACTORS HOMELITE CHAIN SAWS * FARM SUPPLIES Walter E. Tripp & Sons, Inc 632 Main St. Acushnet, Mass. WYman 5-0422 I FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approvedL method andly actory-approvPer. unmods andtrained under f tory perviston. Se s for a cuhec-up or complete overhaul -price are right Rounding out the events there were tours of cranberry marshes at Manitowish Waters, showing the cranberry harvest and a tour of the Cranberry Products, Inc. plant at Eagle River. This is a resort area and the "Colorama" program was de- signed to entertain fall visitors of the area CANADIAN VISITS EAGE RIVER Jack Raine of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, Van- ^___________________ IIII« Wareham Savings ••H•^••u••• vuwni^be WI ASONBank 3nk WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 KImball 8-3000 couver, B. C. last month spent a couple of days at Eagle River, Wisconsin, visiting Vernon Golds worthy and others. He was interested in learning as much as possible concerning the insects and insect problems of Wisconsin cranberry growers. Screening Program, Agricultural Viricides K . L Addition of a vericide screening program to its pesticide research and development effort was reported today by Niagara Chemical Division of FMC Corporation. The new endeavor will conducted in the fungicide research laboratory at Middle- Wt Pk esPiker s Parts and Repairs Agent for 1965 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DN Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI I [BRIGWS&STRAJTON1I II Serving the People of New England MA!N STREET Since 1859 GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 ONE port, N. Y., under the direction of Dr. Jerold W. Bushong. SHARONBOXCOMPANY9 According Dr. Bushong, INC. to SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS there are currently no anti-virus ESTABLISHED 1856 agricultural chemicals commer- White Pine Logs cially available today and a very nWe Will White PineBuy Your Logsreal need exists. He points out Either Standing or Cut HigheiStarices Paid * that virus diseases are a par ticularly serious problem on Sawmill at Carver, UN 6-2234 sugar beets, tobacco, corn, po located North Mass. iuar es ro o Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver tatoes, sugar cane, beans, stone fruits and many other crops. In its viricide screening program, Niagara will employ the ll ^ ....... tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) as A \^ \^ selec- N O TIC 1^ A ~the test species. This was To better serve our customers in the cranberry ted because it is a typical or representative plant virus and area, we have moved our complete Redwood considerable is already known Middleboro yard. about it. Additionally, it can Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. both be used on host plants for We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and propagation purposes and be Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: readily transmitted to localized areas of test plants. 6 x 8 -6 x 6 -4 x 6 -4 x 4 Timbers The screening effort will en- Square Edged or (Matched on order) tail a search or both contact and Planking - systemic viricides. Among some 2x4 -2x6 2x 8 -2 x 10 of the commercial plant virus problems for which controls will "SEND FREE be sought swollen on FOR YOUR DEON are: sheet DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" cocoa; virus X, virus Y and leaf Telephone947-2300 roll on potatoes; corn stunt dis- E.W. GOODHUE LUMBER Co., Inc ease on corn; and, of course, to- End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. — Retain naturalflavor I I^tl without over-sweetness MIN^ W w•^^WM~f~l —^ •—^ I Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars I AND 13^ 157 ^IT B Chrysler -Plymouth Valiant and Simca CORN SYRUPSI SALES and SERVICE *:=p-CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Robt. W. Savar Inc. Manufacturersof fine products for the food industry... and popularBest Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Cod Cranberry Growers Asso- Mass. Cranberry 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, *Homelite CHAIN SAWS *WATER PUMPS *BRUSH SAWS •Oregon SAW CHAINS but generally fom 13 to 20 degrees. The present author, as well as all preceding authors of this 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 five radio stations and the Cape 1— *OL 1209 MAIN STREET Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS ~HalifaxHalifax Po^wer Mower Wood St. Halifax, Mass. ^293-6416 l l l l l|ROckwell FERTILIZER SPREADERS -Large and Small l |ForFurther Information Call... F. P. CRANDON C. J. TRIPP 3-5526 WYman 5-2013 THREE selves are dry, a situation which 2. Postpone raking, pruning, The weather trend to cold and 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. Wisconsin Acreage Survey by Varieties SHAWMUT GLASS And Sprinklers 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 ,plete of 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 from now. Questions will also be' , asked on the use of sprinkler systems and the types of power units used. GEORGE DANA BULLDOZERS LOADERS WISCONSIN, INJURED George Dana, son of Mr. and CRANES TRUCKS Mrs. Lawrence Dana of the Dana Manufacturing Company, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who was injured at a ski jump is now re- EQUIPPED TO HANDLE covering. He suffered a torn liga ment and for a time was on crutches. YOUR BOG NEEDS Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 LOUIS LECONTE Tel. 617 824-7578 t^~ ~~P &L CO. Production Credit Loans i i' Land Bank Mortgages CARVER, MASS. 866-4402 Office-362, Route 44 X<:'~ $~ MASS. 9^~~~~~ RAYNHAM, 4^~~~~ ^'1~~~~~~ ~Warren 3 R. Arnold, Manager FOUR C /LRy Issue of November 1965-Vol. 30, No. 7 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 per year. 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 v~~~~ar ~~~~mediately. mdae. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS HAND SPRAYERS . AUTHORIZED BRIGGS ~- MOR BOG SERVICE TOOLS -POWER EQUIPMENT AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER ~ ~ k f S * nc, R. F. M O K I mc Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FIVE 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 Sales MeCulloch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS iIQUEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS iMITE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" ~~~i T Ad {a As CARVER SUPPLY Co. CENTER CARVER, MASS. Tel. 866-4480 Quality and Service Since 1956 _ _ _, 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 EnUIPMENT |l not apply to the whole l ~IRRIGATION EQ England U I PMENT ~New or of Massachu- I Forfrost control andJ irri•^^;ati ~~~~~andirrigation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 _ SIx 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 ~ Continued on Page 16 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 the marketing end holds up. freezers and plant in Washington. ...................... f: :::.::: :::B : : : S : :>'::::: :::: : :::::::::::::.::::::::::::: ::::: Sand P Photo. Viewof a Portable Screen, of the & L Co .. Cranberries .... .... ceiving hisheletters. Now plays ~~~~~Added~~He of thata city, after which is memberschools is a Sc~~~tatonSaf wn t armut ole frateernity. He alsomem-Spray D Will Do Hampshire its Amopenedon Washington Robrt M Devin where b of the price BasicResearch-Authorobtained his masters degrene. BiologSomeState McFarlins $4.75 a foat quarand the as been There had a fellowship ter samember has main-orth f T t Boo~~~~mkhe -=....... shortly. ~~~~~~~~~HAstaffnew additiontaught for two yearsf tained for Massahusetts Early to the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~of He received his at Blacks and W oxisonsin Searles.cid Cranberry the Massahusetts doctorate Experimentis RobertStationM. the Universionty of Maryland. On the same date Oean Sprayeti- Devin PhD plantwho Hiles first work wPhas at raiseds;" price ontheMassahusetts is a teaching ~~~physiologist.'~one phase of ~'~~bForthe North Dakota State Univer-Early Blacks to $475; Massais workhewill sitAcademy at chusetts Wisonsn research the of Fargo. and ScAgriencultureHowes to There teaching general Wiseonstin ~~~~~physiology,~the effet ofstudycourses in the area of plant and Washinavgtoian ScFarlins to w~~~eedkillersand on the He taught there two $5.00. problems ofplantcranberry his was $5.00; Searles to $4.85 p~~Plant physiology. somebasicthe Then C. Cross,~~ ~Ddo announc that after Devlon leted researchyears. Dr. E. The co-op a plant. the Wareham 5th there would be ~~~~~~~~~~~gcranberalryHe said that ber 13, 1931, the t this field of offered no available for director of East attendingNovember ibeenStation him his present~~~~~~~~hbreakthroughmore Bla-ks research, if lbasic Spray one should shipment.ofCorporasition New Sihewent to Dartmouth College On October 29th Ocean as the breakthrough and McFarlins at -l~~~~~~~York.ustwhicok Wendy have three children: during late Otoberwwife eoutarly Some Basic Research -. Author obtained his degree. State master's $4.75 a quarocktail with its special medicinal rick 1. The family is now making weather was warm over muchrless Korplayed foservian tract.^^~~~~~~~~~v While in college he means demand native of football basebcall, berrieslitary ~~Dr.a Devi~~theinisboth and re- 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 Institute found that nine out of ten isis e e a d acquainted with cranberries, so that promotional emphasis con- Te at i onUI centrated on year-round use'." NEW PRODUCT BY DEAN FOODS CO. ''Flavor Charm," a non-dairy coffee creamer development in Dean Food Company's research laboratory is now in distribution for home use. Dean Foods is the owner of the Indian Trail of Wisconsin brand of cranberry products. BRO KER E REAL ESTATE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS 37 Years Selling Cranberry Properties TTOT S 7A'T"7 LISTINGS WANTED 500 Second-Hand Picking Boxes for Sale THOMAS MAIN STREET NORTH CARVER, MASS. Tel. UNion 6-3351 6-335 FROST CONTROL AND IRRIGATION COMPLETE SYSTEMS TAILORED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS Famous Moulton Quick Coupler Solid Set Systems We have been designing and manufacturing irrigation equipment for over one quarter century. COMPLETE SYSTEMS -pumping units, pumps, power units, sprinklers. Aluminum or steel fittings made to order. Write or call for literature and details. Wisconsin representative: STUART PEDERSEN Box 38 Warrens, Wisconsin MOULTON IRRIGATION COMPANY SOMERSET, WISCONSIN 54025 (formerly Withrow, Minnesota) THIRTEEN =___= It was developed after lengthy research in the company's Rockford, Illinois laboratory. Its introduction to the food market is INC PROPANE GAStising campaign in newspapersINC. and magazines. RUTGERS COLLEGE Carver, Mass. West Wareham, Mass. 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Searles leads in all the Wisconsin cranberry sections with McFarlin second. Sprinkler systems cover 1100 acres, as revealed in the two- G-4 (4%GRANULES) CASORON is highly effective against a broad spectrum of per-C A S 0 R O N ennial and annual broad leaf and grass weeds (including rushes and sedges) commonly occuring in cranberry bogs. May be ap-IS AVAILABLE IN p Ii e d by Cyclone Seeders or Dana Chemi-casters, 31/2', 7', 101/2' or 14' size. | lot MASSACHUSETTS Distributed by R. F. MORSE & SON PARKHURST FARM SUPPLY WestWareham HAMMONTON, N. J. 561-0960-0961 Tel. 295-1553 FOURTEEN . ~.:XE~~?' ......... a bag of this . eliminates all this Only yesterday you were spending a lot of valuable time and a small fortune to hand-weed your cran- berries. You and your family, or the 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 and flooded your bogs.. .yet the weeds kept growing. Well, then now's the time to use CASORON®. CASORON is the one safe herbi- cide that effectively eliminates per- ennial and certain annual weeds and grasses inyour cranberries, There's no other chemical quite like CASORON. It's a total program ... with CASORON no combination of expensive herbicides isnecessary. CASOHON DICHLOBENIL WEED &GRASS KILLER is a product of Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company and a research discovery of N. V. Philips Duphar. u. S. Patent No. 3,027,248. CASORON kills weeds before they come up to rob your cranberries of available soil moisture and valuable nutrients . . . and it doesn't hang around after the job's done. It's safe enough to use on growing plants and it's not irritating to you. And CASORON is easy to apply. One application (Fall or Spring) and weeds are gone. SUPPLIES OFCASORON ARE AVAILABLE FROM: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., 321 12th Avenue South, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; Miller Products Co., 7737 N.E. Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon; R. F. Morse &Son, Inc., Cranberry Highway, West Wareham, Massachusetts; Parkhurst Farm and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, New Jersey; Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin; Indian Trail, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, 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 Letme repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE 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 Dean's Indian Trail is putting on a really big spread for cranberries <.:. ......... .. .... ...... . ........ :: ......... ......... ..... ..... Z..v Z ..... :::::::::::::~~~~~~;·~~::::::~~~iZ~~~:~~i~';:~~~~I~~i~lili~~~I~ililllillllll. 38&,-~~~~~~~~~nrpp:....... ~ ~ ~~~~~X; ~~~~~~ ~ ~ I' """'-;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~....... jijljljijlj~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3k ~~~~~~~.....~....-........ r:::: ii:::::'I::" i:ii iiiiii ::::::~~~~~~~ ........ :'b~~~~u:::L~~~~~~u: ~~I1III"~~~~~~::~~~~ iQ ~ "iiiiiiiiiiiii~~~~iili~~i~~jiiiiiili !. ili~~~~i~iili~~iliX::l-iiiiiiiii~~~~~i........ ~ l I::::::j::::::8: ........ ...... ... i~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~. .. .. ..... Four-color national advertising in 6 of America's most important path to cranberry::::a~'ii'profits~~~~2:... the Sunday Supplements, too. Forecast: year'round demand for Dean's Indian Trail Cranberry products. the path to cranberry profits SEVENTEEN -/-/ ^ CO "Wow! . . Just what I've been hopin' for . . . cranberries!" Cartoon by Bill Shelly 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 SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN $5.00 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 READ CRANBERRIES 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). jbL* L RT FLOY GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. 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Title | Cranberries - The National Cranberry Magazine, 1965-11 |
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Transcript | WISCONSIN ~ ~ ~ R.ADMR.LUI EONEOert heP LC.i Carver, Mass. Story on Page 7. (CRANBERRIES Photo) 40 Cents NOVEMBER, 1965 DIRECTORY For CRANBERRY GROWERS ~OVERT ,_______________ NO TAXES ~~~43 T I RE SATISFACTION YEARS r l|l^ I i^ • OF SERVICE GUARANTEED .•~~~~— l Federal Paper Board 'Flotation Tires For Company, Inc. Soft Wet Sandy Soi Airplane and other flotation tires 970 Fellsway many different sizes -15", 16", Medford, Mass. 20", etc. Tel. EXport 5-5305 1050 x 16 NEW Smooth Tread Extremely Flexible Manufacturers Rec. Air Pressure 8 lbs. o~f S~ponge Rubber will not $37.50of hurt cranberries. 31" hi. 12" wide-Tire & TubeFolding Cartons Write or Call for sizes not listed Send check or money order for and 25%-balance c.o.d. freight collect Tel. (617) 889-2035-889-2078 Displays Gans Surplus Tire Co. 1000 -Dept. C -Broadway, I Chelsea, Massachusetts ,A .n I JL lk A.Al.1 A-A AA _ ,AA A rfti. ^~ Al. IL A' , A TAKE ADVANTAGE of the BETTER things of life. The efficient USE OF ELECTRICITY is one of these better things-efficient use in power for cranberry bog operations, and in the home. -I ---.-----..-.-.--'-.. Plymouth County Electric Co. WAREHAM -PLYMOUTH CYpress 5-0200 Pilgrim 6-1300 The National Bank of Wareham Conveniendly located for Cranberry Men Funds always available for sound loans Complete Banking Service Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Th ^ e CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 A M E S I rrigation Systems Irrigation Systems R AI RT : AIN BD Sprinklers HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS WITH SATISFACTION GUARANTEED EQUIPMENT H A Y D E N -SEPARATOR WAREHAM, MASS. Irrigation Systems PUMPS SEPARATORS -BLOWERS SCREENHOUSE EQUIPMENT DARLINGTON PICKING MACHINES PICKINO MACHiNES Extensive Experience in ____ ELECTRICAL WORK ALFRED 1PAPPI At Screenhouses, Bogs and Pumps Means Satisfaction WAREHAM, MASS Tel. CY 5.2000 SUBSCRIBE TO SUBSCRIBE TO CRANBERRIES " ~Colorama"nn T iours Include Wisconsin Cranberry Marshes There has been a month long "Colorama" tour in Vi 11 a s County, the region of the north- eastern cranberry marshes of Wisconsin, the period being from September 15 to October 15, with ten townships taking part. There were trips through wild life preserves with outdoor cook- outs, including venison, wall eye pike and bear on the program. YOUTTR DISTRU IBUR DISTRIBUTOR WI~xLBAMSTOWN IRRIGATION . INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER TRACTORS HOMELITE CHAIN SAWS * FARM SUPPLIES Walter E. Tripp & Sons, Inc 632 Main St. Acushnet, Mass. WYman 5-0422 I FOR EXPERT SERVICE ON YOUR Briggs & Stratton ENGINES We use only factory-approvedL method andly actory-approvPer. unmods andtrained under f tory perviston. Se s for a cuhec-up or complete overhaul -price are right Rounding out the events there were tours of cranberry marshes at Manitowish Waters, showing the cranberry harvest and a tour of the Cranberry Products, Inc. plant at Eagle River. This is a resort area and the "Colorama" program was de- signed to entertain fall visitors of the area CANADIAN VISITS EAGE RIVER Jack Raine of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, Van- ^___________________ IIII« Wareham Savings ••H•^••u••• vuwni^be WI ASONBank 3nk WAREHAM and FALMOUTH Savings Accounts Loans on Real Estate Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent Phone CYpress 5-3800 KImball 8-3000 couver, B. C. last month spent a couple of days at Eagle River, Wisconsin, visiting Vernon Golds worthy and others. He was interested in learning as much as possible concerning the insects and insect problems of Wisconsin cranberry growers. Screening Program, Agricultural Viricides K . L Addition of a vericide screening program to its pesticide research and development effort was reported today by Niagara Chemical Division of FMC Corporation. The new endeavor will conducted in the fungicide research laboratory at Middle- Wt Pk esPiker s Parts and Repairs Agent for 1965 Model ORDER NOW J. E. BRALEY & SON MACHINE SHOP 78 Gibbs Avenue Wareham, Mass. HAVE YOUR REPAIRS DN Brewer & Lord 40 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. CONVERSE HILL CHARLES M. CUTLER WILLIAM B. PLUMBER VINCENT M. WILSON EDWARD H. LEARNARD JOHN B. CECIL, Jr. HORACE H. SOULE ROBERT C. BIELASKI I [BRIGWS&STRAJTON1I II Serving the People of New England MA!N STREET Since 1859 GARAGE Carver, Mass. Tel. UN 6-4582 ONE port, N. Y., under the direction of Dr. Jerold W. Bushong. SHARONBOXCOMPANY9 According Dr. Bushong, INC. to SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS there are currently no anti-virus ESTABLISHED 1856 agricultural chemicals commer- White Pine Logs cially available today and a very nWe Will White PineBuy Your Logsreal need exists. He points out Either Standing or Cut HigheiStarices Paid * that virus diseases are a par ticularly serious problem on Sawmill at Carver, UN 6-2234 sugar beets, tobacco, corn, po located North Mass. iuar es ro o Office Phones: Sharon, SU 4-2011 Carver tatoes, sugar cane, beans, stone fruits and many other crops. In its viricide screening program, Niagara will employ the ll ^ ....... tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) as A \^ \^ selec- N O TIC 1^ A ~the test species. This was To better serve our customers in the cranberry ted because it is a typical or representative plant virus and area, we have moved our complete Redwood considerable is already known Middleboro yard. about it. Additionally, it can Flume Lumber to our Middleboro yard. both be used on host plants for We have a complete stock of Select All Heart and propagation purposes and be Construction All Heart Redwood as follows: readily transmitted to localized areas of test plants. 6 x 8 -6 x 6 -4 x 6 -4 x 4 Timbers The screening effort will en- Square Edged or (Matched on order) tail a search or both contact and Planking - systemic viricides. Among some 2x4 -2x6 2x 8 -2 x 10 of the commercial plant virus problems for which controls will "SEND FREE be sought swollen on FOR YOUR DEON are: sheet DURABILITY OF REDWOOD" cocoa; virus X, virus Y and leaf Telephone947-2300 roll on potatoes; corn stunt dis- E.W. GOODHUE LUMBER Co., Inc ease on corn; and, of course, to- End of Cambridge Street (Off Route 44) Middleboro, Mass. — Retain naturalflavor I I^tl without over-sweetness MIN^ W w•^^WM~f~l —^ •—^ I Repairs on all makes Specializing in Chrysler-built cars I AND 13^ 157 ^IT B Chrysler -Plymouth Valiant and Simca CORN SYRUPSI SALES and SERVICE *:=p-CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY Robt. W. Savar Inc. Manufacturersof fine products for the food industry... and popularBest Foods Division grocery brands for the consumer. East Wareham, Mass. Telephone 295-3530 Cod Cranberry Growers Asso- Mass. Cranberry 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, *Homelite CHAIN SAWS *WATER PUMPS *BRUSH SAWS •Oregon SAW CHAINS but generally fom 13 to 20 degrees. The present author, as well as all preceding authors of this 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 five radio stations and the Cape 1— *OL 1209 MAIN STREET Cranberry Bog Service PRUNING FERTILIZING RAKING WEED TRIMMING Machinery Sales PRUNERS POWER WHEELBARROWS RAKES WEED TRIMMERS ~HalifaxHalifax Po^wer Mower Wood St. Halifax, Mass. ^293-6416 l l l l l|ROckwell FERTILIZER SPREADERS -Large and Small l |ForFurther Information Call... F. P. CRANDON C. J. TRIPP 3-5526 WYman 5-2013 THREE selves are dry, a situation which 2. Postpone raking, pruning, The weather trend to cold and 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. Wisconsin Acreage Survey by Varieties SHAWMUT GLASS And Sprinklers 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 ,plete of 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 from now. Questions will also be' , asked on the use of sprinkler systems and the types of power units used. GEORGE DANA BULLDOZERS LOADERS WISCONSIN, INJURED George Dana, son of Mr. and CRANES TRUCKS Mrs. Lawrence Dana of the Dana Manufacturing Company, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who was injured at a ski jump is now re- EQUIPPED TO HANDLE covering. He suffered a torn liga ment and for a time was on crutches. YOUR BOG NEEDS Farm Credit Service Box 7, Taunton, Mass., 02781 LOUIS LECONTE Tel. 617 824-7578 t^~ ~~P &L CO. Production Credit Loans i i' Land Bank Mortgages CARVER, MASS. 866-4402 Office-362, Route 44 X<:'~ $~ MASS. 9^~~~~~ RAYNHAM, 4^~~~~ ^'1~~~~~~ ~Warren 3 R. Arnold, Manager FOUR C /LRy Issue of November 1965-Vol. 30, No. 7 Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office Published monthly at Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $4.00, Foreign, $5.00 per year. 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 v~~~~ar ~~~~mediately. mdae. AGENT FOR WIGGINS AIRWAYS HAND SPRAYERS . AUTHORIZED BRIGGS ~- MOR BOG SERVICE TOOLS -POWER EQUIPMENT AND STRATTON SERVICE CENTER ~ ~ k f S * nc, R. F. M O K I mc Cranberry Highway West Wareham, Mass. CY 5-1553 FIVE 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 Sales MeCulloch Service CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS iIQUEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS iMITE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" ~~~i T Ad {a As CARVER SUPPLY Co. CENTER CARVER, MASS. Tel. 866-4480 Quality and Service Since 1956 _ _ _, 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 EnUIPMENT |l not apply to the whole l ~IRRIGATION EQ England U I PMENT ~New or of Massachu- I Forfrost control andJ irri•^^;ati ~~~~~andirrigation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 _ SIx 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 ~ Continued on Page 16 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 the marketing end holds up. freezers and plant in Washington. ...................... f: :::.::: :::B : : : S : :>'::::: :::: : :::::::::::::.::::::::::::: ::::: Sand P Photo. Viewof a Portable Screen, of the & L Co .. Cranberries .... .... ceiving hisheletters. Now plays ~~~~~Added~~He of thata city, after which is memberschools is a Sc~~~tatonSaf wn t armut ole frateernity. He alsomem-Spray D Will Do Hampshire its Amopenedon Washington Robrt M Devin where b of the price BasicResearch-Authorobtained his masters degrene. 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On the same date Oean Sprayeti- Devin PhD plantwho Hiles first work wPhas at raiseds;" price ontheMassahusetts is a teaching ~~~physiologist.'~one phase of ~'~~bForthe North Dakota State Univer-Early Blacks to $475; Massais workhewill sitAcademy at chusetts Wisonsn research the of Fargo. and ScAgriencultureHowes to There teaching general Wiseonstin ~~~~~physiology,~the effet ofstudycourses in the area of plant and Washinavgtoian ScFarlins to w~~~eedkillersand on the He taught there two $5.00. problems ofplantcranberry his was $5.00; Searles to $4.85 p~~Plant physiology. somebasicthe Then C. Cross,~~ ~Ddo announc that after Devlon leted researchyears. Dr. E. The co-op a plant. the Wareham 5th there would be ~~~~~~~~~~~gcranberalryHe said that ber 13, 1931, the t this field of offered no available for director of East attendingNovember ibeenStation him his present~~~~~~~~hbreakthroughmore Bla-ks research, if lbasic Spray one should shipment.ofCorporasition New Sihewent to Dartmouth College On October 29th Ocean as the breakthrough and McFarlins at -l~~~~~~~York.ustwhicok Wendy have three children: during late Otoberwwife eoutarly Some Basic Research -. Author obtained his degree. State master's $4.75 a quarocktail with its special medicinal rick 1. The family is now making weather was warm over muchrless Korplayed foservian tract.^^~~~~~~~~~v While in college he means demand native of football basebcall, berrieslitary ~~Dr.a Devi~~theinisboth and re- 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 Institute found that nine out of ten isis e e a d acquainted with cranberries, so that promotional emphasis con- Te at i onUI centrated on year-round use'." NEW PRODUCT BY DEAN FOODS CO. ''Flavor Charm" a non-dairy coffee creamer development in Dean Food Company's research laboratory is now in distribution for home use. Dean Foods is the owner of the Indian Trail of Wisconsin brand of cranberry products. 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Morse &Son, Inc., Cranberry Highway, West Wareham, Massachusetts; Parkhurst Farm and Garden Supply, 301 Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, New Jersey; Cranberry Products, Inc., Eagle River, Wisconsin; Indian Trail, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, 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 Letme repair your broken boxes-or repair them yourself. F. H. COLE 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 Dean's Indian Trail is putting on a really big spread for cranberries <.:. ......... .. .... ...... . ........ :: ......... ......... ..... ..... Z..v Z ..... :::::::::::::~~~~~~;·~~::::::~~~iZ~~~:~~i~';:~~~~I~~i~lili~~~I~ililllillllll. 38&,-~~~~~~~~~nrpp:....... ~ ~ ~~~~~X; ~~~~~~ ~ ~ I' """'-;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~....... jijljljijlj~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3k ~~~~~~~.....~....-........ r:::: ii:::::'I::" i:ii iiiiii ::::::~~~~~~~ ........ :'b~~~~u:::L~~~~~~u: ~~I1III"~~~~~~::~~~~ iQ ~ "iiiiiiiiiiiii~~~~iili~~i~~jiiiiiili !. ili~~~~i~iili~~iliX::l-iiiiiiiii~~~~~i........ ~ l I::::::j::::::8: ........ ...... ... i~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~. .. .. ..... Four-color national advertising in 6 of America's most important path to cranberry::::a~'ii'profits~~~~2:... the Sunday Supplements, too. Forecast: year'round demand for Dean's Indian Trail Cranberry products. the path to cranberry profits SEVENTEEN -/-/ ^ CO "Wow! . . Just what I've been hopin' for . . . cranberries!" Cartoon by Bill Shelly 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 SUBSCRIPTIONS, $4.00 Per Year FOREIGN $5.00 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 READ CRANBERRIES 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). jbL* L RT FLOY GATES Felker Bros. Mfg. 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