The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-03-30
CRANBERRIES,

me CultlNdlloH OIL tD6 cranberry continues to
excite attention. Those who have engaged in it
have generally been successful and many vines
will be set the present spring. AS we have here
tofore prepared an article on the cultivation the
cranberry, which was generally copied by the
newspapers, we propose at this time to state only
"a few facts, which may be useful to those who
only commencing the cultivation.
1t has generally been thought that there is but
one variety ofthe American hog cranberry. This
Is mistake; there are several, differing in form
size and color from each other The large round
ish deep red berries are esteemed the best.
In its native state, the cranberry is found grow
ing on the low borders of ponds and streams, in
swampy grounds, in damp sands, and in the deep
moss which is sometimes found in shallow ponds
and boys.
1t is most productive on soils composed almost
wholly OF scous sand, oyerfowed with water
in the winter and spring and which continues
damp through the season.
Vines set in peat Dogs are not productive if at
any time during the summer months the surface
of the bog becomes dry and hard !; but when the
surface OF the bog is covered with sand, and there
is an abundant supply of water durihg the year,
they are productive.
The cranberry is the only cultivated fruit not
benefited by the application ofmanures. In deep
messy boys is frequently found growing in sItua-
tons where its roots do not touch the soil. LISA
plant that derives Its support almost wholly from
the atmosphere and WATER and there it is that
it f1ourishes best in sand and vegetable matter
that is not entirely decomposed.
The spring of the year is the best season for
transplantlng cranberry vines. IT set in the fall,
they are frequently hove out of the ground by
the FROST and have to be reset There is less
danger of setting them too deep than too-shallow,
and is now considered the better mode to separa-
tie the vines and plant them in drills, drawn about
two feet deep.
1t has been said that the cranberry, like the
native grape, will grow in wet or dry soils We
have seen few cranberry vines on uplands, but
they produce but little fruit and that was general
ly wormy and poor. We do not advise any to
try the experiment on large scale.
The best remedy for destroying the worm which
attacks the cranberry plant about the time it is in
blossom, is 10 scatter wood ashes over the vines,
early in the morning, when they are wet with
due. Fine salt and lime also 81 i'd to be RENEE
dies.
Al the prices which the cranberry has sold for
several years past, it is the most profitable crop
that can be cultivated The year before last one
OF our neghbors sold the produce OF one square
rod for fourteen dollars Yarmouth Register.
ENJoYMENr OF Lire. Two wealthy citizens
of Boston, now considerably advanced in life, were
lately conversing in regard to the period when
they had best enjoyed themselves. 81 will tell
you, "says one, ''when most enjoyed life soon
after was twenty-one, | worked Tor Mr.. -,
laying stone wall, at Twenty-Five centsper day.
"Well," replied the other "that does not differ
much from my experience when was twenty,
j "hired out' at seven dollars per month | have
never enjoyed myself better since" The exper-
fence of these two individuals teaches-lst that
ones happiness does not depend on the amount of
gains or the station he occupies I'd, that very
small beginnings with industry and prudence may
secure wealth.