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CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE Volume 47, No. 2 February 1983 Poles study berries..... 7.7T.. ¥-:"'l': : :-::-- - Cross iertilization•... • . . 9 tj~,,' .. Now The Name Is 4G-DICHLOBENIL HERBICIDE Furthermore, as weed seeds in this zone germinate, the seedlings Cranberry Growers ... read aboutthe killed by the are NOROSAC In addition, seedlings developing remarkable 2-inch barrier that has zone be killed as below the will they reach the barrier. A number on a new name and of perennial weeds, coming outof ust taken on a ne••^ww ••w••••^^name and run the same wj^Ms •^M•^r•• wdormancy, into a new company. dead-end. Apply NOROSAC to your bogs anytime in early spring, prior to bloom, while perennial weeds are still dormant and annual weeds Cranberry growers were first the active ingredient then pene-have not yet started to germinate. introduced to dichlobenil herbi-trates to a depth of 2 inches -no NOROSAC provides season-long cide in the late 60's. 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Box 4090 applied, it "grips" the soil, and Kansas City, MO 64101 Polish scientists get hands-on knowledge 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 CB K. Beaton ! ?Y'295-2222 295-2207 I ,Office E AT ON 'SS CRANBERRY GROWERS SERVICE ' IIA' P. D. Beaton A Beaton 888-1288 947-3601 Specializing in · COMPLETE BOG * NETTING e DITCHING MANAGEMENT HARVESTING * SANDING * WEED CLIPPING (Wet & Dry) Ao l C5 15 ft & 20 ft Hydraulic Arm & Flail Mowers, Rotary Ditchers I SPEICHER i~ ~DMT j DMi1lll Complete line of portable Crisafulli Pumps 2" -16" Plastic netting for suction boxes I 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 plant protection and weed4~~~~~~~~~}OdrEry-Sple SCREENED BOG SANDiie control. Dr. Karczmarczyk $1 per yard loaded on your truck specializes in supplementary Middleboro location prrigation andeffrti "Besides research, we teach irrigation and fertilization. we Lawrence W Pink nd W. Cordwood Road Duxbury, Mass. 02332 v plant protection, soil cultivation, BERRY PERCENTAGE Know what percentage of M^HHUH ^ [~ j _t agricultural cash receipts in Massachusetts is made up by cranberries? editoria ^ l=~ni 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 being associated with an industry in which exists a cooperative with a shrewd, progressive management team. e_____________________________________________ N emi Electric Co. Nie*E ROBERT NIEMI ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ~~~~~~~~~ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS~ HEAT, LIGHT and POWER WIRING A 111'CTTIVw''TATA J KRESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL* NMMIERCIAL CO 1c · INDUSTRIAL iNDUSTRIAL JFclass TEL. 295-1880 Robert Niemi Pinehurst Dr. Wareham, Mass. For Sale 18 H.P. Bog sanders made to order (617) 585-6249 R ANBERRIES THE NA TIONA L CRA NBERR Y MA GA ZINE MAA ZINE February1983 February1983 Send correspondence to: P OP e O. BOX 249 Cobalt CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 Bob Taylor, Publisher/Editor Carolyn Caldwell, Associate Editor Deborah Shaw, Circulation Manager 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 Beach. WISCONSIN-Tod D. Planer, Farm Management Agent, Wood County. CRANBERRIES is published monthly by the Taylor Publishing Co., Wellwyn Drive, Portland CT 06480. Second postage is paid at the Portland, Conn., Post Office. Price is $8 a year, $15 for two years, 80 cents a copy in the U.S.;$9 a year in Canada; $10 a year in all other countries. Copyright1981 by Taylor Publishing. _ISSN: 0011-0787 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. uprights, the number of flower G "It proved to my satisfaction A MOST COMPLETE INVENTORY OF IRRIGATION ACCESSORIES LARCH ONTF -/ / / ENGINEERING& IRRIGATION, INC. ''~ -~ -P.O. Box 66, 11 Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02173 (617) 862-2550< IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY FOR EXAMPLE: Gorman-Rupp Self PrimingElectric Sprinkler Pumps Proven Quick Couple Riser Ingersoll-Rand Water Harvest Pumps Aluminum Insert Coupling For 4" Poly Pipe Contact: Contact: Larchmont Engineering Bill Stearns, Plymouth, Mass. 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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 from the field in late October, receptive for several days, I it didn't, it would be of no when flower buds had set for the pollinated flowers every other practical value anyway." coming year. After satisfying the day," said Steinmann. And it is Again, the data collected on plants' cold requirement, they unlikely that much normal flower numbers and percent of rooted the cuttings in nutrient-fertilization occurred. As fruit set indicated no benefit from aqueous solution culture. Steinmann recalled: "We had cross-fertilization. The average 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 horticultural graduate student, liiiillllllllllliii emasculated flowers daily to assure that no self-pollination Sg dit h cg could interfere with the study. Spring aerial ditch cleaning Goben described her described _ = Call C&WAG-AIR SERVICE for helicopterprocedure: "Just before a removal of ditch mud. flower opened, I used a very fine-pointed tweezer to remove the We supply lifting nets or will use your own. petal ring and the ring of the petal ring and the ring of stamens. Then, from a group of *-_ _ 1Mud lifts up to 2,000 pounds. 3pollinator plants, I collected pollen on my thumbnail and pl i on1 1.*-A proven time and money saver. an tm manually applied it to the pistil of a mature emasculated ^~~~flower." -„~ further information or time reservation, call =For flower." Using the Stevens cultivar (617) 293-3711 or (617) 293-3208 3 for parent plants, Goben C & WAG-AIR SERVICE cross-pollinated it with four Cr d Cranland Airport other cultivars and self-Hanson, Mass. 02341 Hanson, Mass. 02341 pollinated it. "Because it has been illustrated iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllll llllllnlllnllllllllillli l lllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll that the number of seeds is directly correlated to the size of the berry, I counted the number of seeds in each berry set," said WISCONSIN CRANBERRY Gbben. She found no statistically significant difference in the HEADQUARTERS FOR number of seeds per fruit between COL those cross-pollinated and those self-pollinated. SEVIN XLR "Again, the data indicated no benefit or increase in seed number DEVRINOL 10G * EVITAL * GUTHION with cross-pollination," said Dana. DIAZINON 14G * PARATHION * ETHREL The final experiment verified the previous findings. Sue Cole Chemical Supply Steinmann, horticultural graduate DIVISION OF -opk/in AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO. student, grew cuttings of seven P.O. BOX 7211, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53707 cultivars in the greenhouse. She 608-221-158 planted seven pots of each cultivar, 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 To further study potential yield in cranberries, Dana plans more greenhouse experiments. "The cranberry is a simple High volume trailer pumps plant to work with because of its flower structure," he said. "And we found that we can get normal flower and fruit production in a 12 to 16 inch discharge Phil Helmer greenhouse environment." 20 foot tongue 1060 3rd StN Besides repeating the controlled-1 3 pollination experiment, Dana hopes PTO shaft Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494 to develop a study of pollinating with (715) 421-0917 plants all at once, rather than as marine bearing Marsh Number the flowers develop. (715) 593-2285 "If all the flowers per upright were ready at the same time and then pollinated, we may get a ;*s''>a 'h-Jw ag f -AM< Afd-»6--->9 < r ,*r<•x --3W 4*,-, 4. • » A I 8 ·0. ! Bog construction ' yE ~ Vine setting X g ~ ~I Flumes and flume work 1 OR Is I Nemasket Construction Co., Inc. 275 Wareham St., Middleboro MA 02346 (617) 947-1723 9 __-_::-:1i:---:ii~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i':·i`':'i:':i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _i i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' : -i-_:_i i--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'''''"~''- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /i~:::: 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) because of martial law in Poland, friends and relations who had planned to visit have not yet Specializing in been allowed to do so. "Sometimes it is not easy to J Agricultural Construction work in a foreign country, but because of the people in this Flumes station, I don't feel lonely," Dr. Canals Zbiec said. "I'm very happy for Land Clearing the opportunity to work here." Sanding "This station is helpful not Water holes only for us but for exchange MER-HOWES Ditching students from Poland," Dr. 295-5542 Dikes Karczmarczyk said. "In the last Grading decade about 10 Poles had the 619 COUNTY ROAD opportunity to come, work, W. 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The growers had contended Subcommittees are: chemicals, in court that the town should Paul Morse, chairman, Bob $3,500A TON follow the farmland assessment Alberghini, Bob Hammond, guidelines established by the Bob Johnson, Charles Northrup; state Farmland Valuation management, Art Handy, G. BROCKMAN INC. Advisory Commission. Wareham chairman, Doug Beaton, Larry VESPER WI 54489 disagreed and valued bogs at Harju, Russ Lawton, John Decas; higher rates than those machinery, George Andruk, chair-(715) 423-0368 recommended in the guidelines. man, Peter Beaton, Bill Stearns, _I- The state Supreme Judicial ·*E•••••••••••·····•··•••••••••• Court turned the matter over to the Appellate Tax Board. "The news is that we won," said CCCGA president Clark A. Griffith. The CCCGA officers and ROGER H. PARENT directors also moved to assist I CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT growers in evaluating bee hives and assessing spray damage to hives. The state TELEPHONE 59 NORTH MAIN STREET bee inspector had reported last 947-0522 MIDDLEBORO. MASS. 02346 year that several growers claimed they had received hives · · · · · · · · · · · · · Cranberry Mr tl? Welding Specializing in all types of Cranberry Equipment Members of Flumes, Sanders Since1933 theSIPC and Wheel-Offs t Also general bog work done ( Gage-VViey&CO., Inc. by the hour or by the job. STOCKS& BONDS : 3 STOCKS& BONDS + FREE ESTIMATES j Village Landing, Plymouth, Mass. 02361 Two blocks south of Cranberry World (617) 748-0014 days 617-746-3322 call Toll Free in Mass 1-800-242-0263 (617) 295-6838 nights BOOK REVIEWS sacramental drink. The book also contains other By BOB TAYLOR arresting personae, among them WELCH'S GRAPE JUICE: FROM Thomas' son, Charles, who CORPORATION TO COOPERA CORPORATION developed the enterprise into a TO COOPERA- pTIVE by William Chazanof. 407 thriving industry, and Jack Kaplan, pages. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse a business genius who bought the University Press. $9.95 papercompany in 1945 and eventually My initial thought after read-transformed it into a cooperative. 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 fields, are obvious. J. Weinberger. 431 pages. New Of course, to do the Ocean York: Practising Law Institute. Spray story equal justice, the Hardcover, $50. prospective author would have You might want to alert your to be someone as capable as lawyer or accountant to this one William Chazanoff, Distinguished but it is perfectly readable for Teaching Professor of History the layman. A multi-authored 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 $5,000,000 (but then again, a company begun in the 19th depending on your holdings, century by Thomas Welch, an you might not) ardently religious, teetotaling But, sure, ee ae o r ar.dentlyh forelious,teettalg But, surely, there are other dentist, who formulated a items of more universal interest, non-alcoholic grape juice because such as the "farm method" of he couldn't stand the thought valuing estates used as farm of wine being used as a property, the opportunities ft* O* * AI A* * * * · A ·d *m ~ _r~ IS~' C~ll~ md~rl L~BLT~i~Q$ a~ * North Carver/Plympton Line, At Intersection of Rtes. 44 &58 ToBoston * aWhkS.,ii~ Lisabeth A. Johnson, Manager 0 /\— Rie.44 s ,ymouth 866-4358 * To a — P.O. 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Coverage-Temporal | 1980-1989; |
Creator | Bob Taylor; Carolyn Gilmore; Carolyn Laban; Irving Demoranville; Phillip E. Marucci; Elizabeth G. Carpenter; I. V. Hall; Arthur Poole; Azmi Y. Shawa, Tod D. Planer; Dan Brockman; Joan E. Humphrey |
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CRANBERRIES
THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE
Volume 47, No. 2 February 1983
Poles study berries..... 7.7T.. ¥-:"'l': : :-::--
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Cross iertilization•... • . . 9 tj~,,' ..
Now The Name Is
4G-DICHLOBENIL HERBICIDE
Furthermore, as weed seeds in
this zone germinate, the seedlings
Cranberry Growers ... read aboutthe killed by the
are NOROSAC In
addition, seedlings developing
remarkable 2-inch barrier that has zone be killed as
below the will
they reach the barrier. A number
on a new name and of perennial weeds, coming outof
ust taken on a ne••^ww ••w••••^^name and run the same
wj^Ms •^M•^r•• wdormancy, into
a new company. dead-end.
Apply NOROSAC to your bogs
anytime in early spring, prior to
bloom, while perennial weeds are
still dormant and annual weeds
Cranberry growers were first the active ingredient then pene-have not yet started to germinate.
introduced to dichlobenil herbi-trates to a depth of 2 inches -no NOROSAC provides season-long
cide in the late 60's. It was the first more -creating a remarkable 2-control of more than 40 weeds,
truly effective tool to control a inch barrier in which no plant cell including ferns, rushes and
broad spectrum of weeds without division -hence no growth -sedges, and drastically reduces
damaging plants. After all these can take place. labor costs.
years, the product is still pro-The most important factor in
viding outstanding results. It Thus, vegetation such as The most mportant factor in
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w/e like
the people.yout we would lieand ture within the 2-inch zone will die over the entire area to be treated.
introduce you to its new name and ba NOROAC I
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Polish scientists get
hands-on knowledge
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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herbicides. Our time is fruitful
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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
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BERRY PERCENTAGE
Know what percentage of
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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
Beach.
WISCONSIN-Tod D. Planer,
Farm Management Agent, Wood
County.
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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
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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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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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aqueous solution culture. Steinmann recalled: "We had cross-fertilization. The average
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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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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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
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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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