Cranberries - The National Cranberry Magazine, 1983-02

              CRANBERRIES


THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE 

Volume 47, No. 2 February 1983 

Poles study berries..... 7.7T.. ¥-:"'l': : :-::-- 

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By CAROLYN CALDWELL Massachusetts experiment kind of mode of action of these 

Two Polish scientists doing station in East Wareham under chemicals (herbicides and growth 
research at the Massachusetts a 21/2year grant directed by regulators): how they affect 
Cranberry Experiment Station Dr. Robert Devlin. growth, enzyme activities, 

have become throughly involved "We're trying to find some mineral uptake, pigments, 
with experimental herbicides G.-g.......Q .. chlorophyll content," Dr. 
and growth regulators. COVER PHOTO Karczmarczyk said. 
But Dr. Irena Zbiec, a sii i "Later, we will probably

POLISH scientist Irena Zbiec 

chemist, and Dr. Stanislaw i . t bstart projects to control dodder 

is learning a great deal about

Karczmarczyk, a plant e grt because it is becoming a serious 

herbicides and growth

physiologist, also have gotten regulators at the Massachusetts problem for cranberry growers,"

regulators at the Massachusetts ^^ Z --^-^ ^ 

right down to the nitty-gritty of Cranberry Experiment Station Dr. Zbiec added. 

cranberrying, doing everything bt se ao has aine init During their first year at the 

from working in a bog to t he o h g g station, with their supervisor, Dr. 

promoting the fruit at the nto thing fo o Devlin, the two scientists prepared 

Big "E" Agricultural Exposition cuure to he rein odata contributing to 15 papers. 

in Springfield. thcra ries. The r Onweekends, they helped out 

The two are conductingpage. (CRANBERRIES on the bog owned by Dr. Chester 

research at the University of photo by Carolyn Caldwell) E. Cross, former director of the 

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KAin spite of the different plants and 
herbicides. Our time is fruitful 
for us." 

Until the early 1970's, Poland 
was a net agricultural exporter. 
Now, in the midst of economic 

crisis and widespread food short~~~~
·~~~Bstation,~~ there is an urgent need to 

DRSTANSLAW 

harv~ages, 
boost agricultural production. 
Drs. Karczmarczyk and Zbiec 
have presented several

seminars 
and slide shows to high schools 
and at the station about the 
historical foundation from which 
Poland evolved into its present 
economic state. More than a 
third of the country's population, 

for example, shifted from farm_ 
~~~~DRS.~ing

to urban areas as a result of 
·-~ ~ ?L"Inorthwe~post World War II industrialization. 
-,~~~~~~Germany. They wi"Economic recovery is eight 

DR. STANISLAW KARCZMARCZYK is one of two Polish scientists yar 
conducting research on a grant at the Massachusetts Cranberry predicts Dr. Karczmarczyk.
Experiment Station. (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Caldwell) 
scientists have toured Washington,


WHILE IN THE U.S. the two 

station. harvest methods, sowing and D.C., New Yk City and parts 
"So we had the opportunity to of New England.

weed control," Dr. Zbiec said. NewEg 
work on bogs and get familiar with Although the crops, climates Dr. Karczmarczyk's wife and 

Cranberry Growers Assn. at the Dr. Karczmarczyk said. "We are 
still involved in the same problems 1(cr ontinued on page 12)

State Expo, answering questions best," 
and screening berries as hundreds 

~~~~~~~~~September~~toEarly 10983.Black $2,500 ton 

of fairgoers filedby the ranberry ier lation 
exhibigt. D Er

DRS.bZBIEC and Karcmarczyk 

are professors at the Academy of 1 pag 

Agriculture in Szczecin, a ship


building city on the Baltic Sea in r 
northwest Poland near East 

their work at the academy in O 
September 1983.t 
Research at their institute r EalyBlacktHowes $2,500 ton$2,750 ton F.O.B. Duxbury, Mass. 
centers on grains, potatoes and Centennials $2,250 ton 
sugar beets, Poland's main crops. Crowleys $ Call 
Dr. Zbiec is an authority on 
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BERRY PERCENTAGE 
Know what percentage of 
M^HHUH ^ [~ j _t agricultural cash receipts in 
Massachusetts is made up by 
cranberries? 

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Swift management 

Everywhere you turn, you read or hear about agriculture being 
in trouble. Low prices, high interest rates, foreclosures. 

You don't hear the same rumblings about cranberrying. Instead, 
you hear about new bogs being built and other good news. 

Some positive signs apparent to even the most casual consumer: 

New products on supermarket shelves; 

The Paper Bottle, a smart packaging idea; 

Prime time commercials for cranberry products. 

In part, credit must be paid to a smart management. These things 
don't come about by accident. They come about by design. 

Give you another sign of a promotion minded, publicity conscious 
industry: all the stories that cropped up in the newspapers, magazines 
and TV on the cranberry around the holidays. 

Now, granted, the cranberry has lots of built-in interest, being a 
holiday fruit and being uniquely cultivated. But all those stories-
including a feature in The New York Times, a lengthy spot on 
GoodMorning, America-don'tall come about by accident. Some 
of them come about because the media is reminded by industry 
spokespersons. Yes, everybody in cranberrying can be proud of 
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ANBERRIES 

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ADVISORS, CORRESPONDENTS 

MASSACHUSETTS-Irving E.
Demoranville, Director, Cranberry


Experiment Station. 

cNEW JERSEY-Philip E. Marucci, 
Cranberry and Blueberry Specialist, 
Cranberry and Blueberry Laboratory, 

Chatsworth; Elizabeth G. Carpenter,

Chatsworth. 
NOVA SCOTIA-I.V. Hall, Botanist, 
Research Station, Kentvile. 

OREGON-Arthur Poole, Coos 

County Extension Agent, Coquille.
WASHINGTON--Azmi Y. Shawa,
Horticulturist and Extension Agent


in Horticulture, Coastal Washington
Research and Extension Unit, Long


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WISCONSIN-Tod D. Planer,
Farm Management Agent, Wood


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Is it beneficial? 

Cross-fertilization 

By DONNA MEARS buds, the percentage of flowers A path runs across the field at each 
Have you wondered if pollen that set fruit and the size of the junction of cultivar. Dana placed 
from other cultivars would fruit. Dana's research dealt with ropes down the entire field at 
increase your cranberry yield? the percentage of flowers that 10 foot intervals, across the six 
Or if self-fertilization would set fruit. cultivars. He then took samples 
produce just as much? "Our basic idea was to take along the rope from 5 foot, 20 
"What little literature there fruit set and fruit size, and try foot and 40 foot distances from 
is suggests that fruit set is to influence them, using foreign the path. At each sampling point, 
better when two cultivars are pollen; that is, pollen from a he counted the total number of 
closer together," according to different cultivar," explained flowers produced per 6 inch 
Malcolm Dana, small fruits Dana. "If we could utilize square and divided by the number 
specialist at the University of foreign pollen, then we should of fruits to get the percentage 
Wisconsin-Madison. Because this get a larger percent of flowers of fruit set. 
would affect production, Dana setting fruit." "Where the two different 
developed three experiments to Dana ran one experiment in cultivars were closer together, 
test the theory that cross-the field and two in the green-we expected to get more fruit 
fertilization benefits yield. house. set," explained Dana. 
Surprisingly, he discovered that At a cranberry marsh in However, he could not find 
it doesn't influence yield at all. central Wisconsin, the grower has any distinct difference between 
Cranberry yield depends on set up his beds in blocks 100 feet samples most adjacent or 
many factors: the number of by 50 feet for each of six cultivars. farthest apart. 
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circumstances, proximity of the same method as Goben, she Steinmann made no attempt to 
cultivar was not a factor," cross-pollinated all the flowers stop self-pollination. Dana 
concluded Dana. in one pot with another cultivar explained the philosophy of this 

For the second and third and self-pollinated one pot of approach: "If there was a benefit 

experiments, two horticultural each cultivar. from foreign pollen, it would 
students took 4 inch cuttings "Because the pistil remains override self-pollination. And if 
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Over a three week period in some extra plants in the green-fruit set of all self-pollinated 
March 1982, Lynda Goben, house that I didn't use, and they cultivars was about the same as 
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the average fruit set of all higher percent of fruit set," he set. The field experiment averaged
cross-pollinated. explained. about 40 percent fruit set while
"We were not able to The research results have the greenhouse experiment


demonstrate any benefit from opened up new possibilities for averaged about 80 percent.
foreign pollen at enhancing or increasing yield. A comparison of "It may be possible to garner
stimulating fruit set," concluded the greenhouse and field experi-100 percent fruit set with assured


Dana. "The data shows only ments shows that controlled pollination, via self or cross
normal variation, nothing pollination could drastically pollination," Dana said.
significant." increase the percentage of fruit


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Carpets of bright red cranberries gathered in booms, glassy, water-flowed bogs and geometric patterns 
of bogs freshly picked lured pilot-photographer Tony A. Velardo to the skies this past autumn to capture 
some harvest scenes. 

"When I'm flying, I really think I have a different view on everything," Velardo said. "No two angles 
are alike with the pictures I get." 
He single-handedly photographed these Carver, Massachusetts bogs while flying a Cessna 172 and 
balancing a camera loaded with fast film set at 1/500 second, using a 135 mm lens. 
(Text by Carolyn Caldwell) 


POLISH SCIENTISTS . . -.. ...............


(continued from page 4) 

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Zbiec said. "I'm very happy for Land Clearing 
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The Cape Cod Cranberry with a fair proportion of very Bill Rhodes, Chris Makepeace; 
Growers Association officers weak bees. promotions, Jean Gibbs, chairman, 
and directors recently heard The group voted to pay Grace Adruk, Bob Hiller, Shirley 
grower David Mann report on $3,000 to the Handy Cranberry Cross. 
the state Appellate Tax Board's Trust for berries used at the ---------


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of Wareham. committee is Doug Beaton.


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follow the farmland assessment Alberghini, Bob Hammond, 
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state Farmland Valuation management, Art Handy, G. BROCKMAN INC. 
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WELCH'S GRAPE JUICE: FROM Thomas' son, Charles, who 

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ing this book was: It's too This is must reading for 
bad that somebody isn't working anyone associated with the 
on a volume of similar scope cranberry. 
about Ocean Spray. * * * 

The likely parallels between 
Welch and Ocean Spray, both ESTATE AND GIFT TAX 
dominant in their respective AFTER ERTA edited by Michael 
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at State University College, book, it reviews significant tax 
Fredonia, N.Y., at painstaking changes since 1979 and examines 
research, felicitous writing and the impact of the Economic 
a knack for putting particulars Recovery Tax Act of 1981 on 
into historical perspective. estate and gift taxation. 

The story of Welch is not You might want to skip the 
only good business history. It is section on the top marginal tax 

gonlydsection on te top marginal tax 
good history. rate for estates and gifts over 
This is a fascinating story of $5,000,000 (but then again, 
a company begun in the 19th depending on your holdings, 
century by Thomas Welch, an you might not) 
ardently religious, teetotaling But, sure, ee ae o r 

ar.dentlyh forelious,teettalg But, surely, there are other 

dentist, who formulated a items of more universal interest, 
non-alcoholic grape juice because such as the "farm method" of 

he couldn't stand the thought valuing estates used as farm 
of wine being used as a property, the opportunities 

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presented by IRAs for shielding 

survivor payments from gift and 

estate taxes and the estate tax 

deferral designed to make it 

possible to maintain a farm 

after the death of the owner. 

Several chapters, which will 

give you an idea of where the 

book will take you, are: "The 

Marital Deduction"; "Gifts 

Within Three Years of Death," 

and "Estate Planning Strategies 

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"First Aid & Personal Safety" 

Certificate Renewal, 7-10 p.m., March 

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Lynn Davis, instructor, and North 

Willapa Harbor Grange Hall, Grayland, 

Ron Black, instructor. 

"Pesticide Safety," Dr. Carl Shanks, 
entomologist, Dick Maxwell, pesticide 

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