Civilian & telegraph., 1860-01-12
}armerg' tlepattment.
From The Ra't Register.
Un thC cultivation Of the Gram
berry.

demand for foreign aud domestic con-
sumption, that city dealers are holding
it ut the rate of seventeen dollars per
oarrcl-tho producer averaging about
tcn-therc has arisen quite speculative
spirit at the North for lands that are
suitable for conversion into cranberry
meadows. Swamps that were regarded
rs worthless, have turned out, in some
instances, to be positive gold mines to
their happy possessors, who have reason
20 bless the rise in the price of cranher-
rlcs for more than the thrifty housewife,
who, while admitting their piquancy of
flavor, Is perfectly cognizant of the OK
traordinary dcman they make upon her
customary supply Of sugar. il cranbcr-
ries could be grown already swcctcn1d
sufficiently to suit the most ftstiIious
Of paatcs, they would not be only one
Of the most delicious, but also O.c of
the most popular of fruits; but when
cr4nDcrrics are sold by retail at twenty
five cents a quart, and the sugar to
5wcoton them costs nearly twenty cents
more, they become rather an expensive
luxury. But however this may trouble
prudent persons Of moderate means, the
TACT is, nevertheless, apparent, that there
has grown up Of late years, an increased
a,cmand for cranbcrrcs, and that the
supply has not EcIt pace with that lu-
creased demand The result, of course,
is, that the growers Of cranberrios are
rcapins 4 rich harvest, and boys and
sWamps, and wet meadows, have ac-
qurcd value which renders them, just
now, exceedingly desirable pieces of
property. Now, the question which has
never yet, to our knowledge. been prac
tically determined j", o asccrt lin whether
they cannot be grown quite as prolitably
III the Middle States, as along the bleak
and sandy shores Of Cape Cod? If it
were proven beyond all cavil that they
can be 50 grown, We see no reason why
Il fruiL SO much sought after, yet 50 long
neglected, should not claim the attention
of our own farmers. In the cultivation
Of the products of the soil, there are.
we are happy to say, no monoPolles. -
The people Of Cape Cod have no patent
right, granting them the exclusive priv
ilcgc Of growing cranberrics for home
use and for purposes of export, There
are plenty o: swamps and wet meadows
i'll other places far remote from the sandy
region Of Massachusetts Bay, and the
composition Of the soil is certainly not
so widely different as to be Objectionable
to the habits Of the cranberry, whica is,
by no means, plant Of very refined
tastes, however excellent its fruit may
be. We think, moreover, that the cul-
tivaton Of the cranberry may be usofully,
and, to certain degree, proftably ox
tended. We think so, for this reason.
1t is one Of the very few fruits that will
not only bear expectation without in
jury, but which, when put up in water
tight casks, may b. kept on sale in for
cign markets for several months, after
arriving there, without dctcrioating ci-
thcr in freshness or in quality. Now,
fruit Of this kind is the only one which
can always count upon permanent de-
mand. and therefore it is desirable that
we should make it as much an article of
regular export, as it is possible for us to
do at romuncrativc prices.
vLoI a., o,,I.uro of Tho ar, nhorrv pool
,,t ''' .'..oa.;I.. '',s ~ aomfnol 10 ~, 49,
Hou' t:'.,, ioaoI;. IL, f.,u' tLa f,ot
.i,a. :. = ~ =, c,vnJ rua,r;n, Viii on
the moist prairics of Michigan aud In
diana, and many other Western
States; thai it is also by no means un-
common iu Western Virginia, and that,
Int n few years aro. thero was remark
puI ~" Sc"'s 49, u ""' 'I'''''
ap'y ~" "i'"uV I'urpor.y "'oa'," !"
iia''?Iu I, 'oun,y' ~ .n'' o.'.' W. Nv
'nGr IL 10 S'''t 'n oH'''on0o We "'c ~, .i''
aoio u say ~; ~ Tut ,'sS "u"'oo. ~ Wv
t:..' t. we i"D'''.ro r,u w. I,;''.;oa ' '.u of
t,t''C VIZ 0,''onn .o' ~ -, -'''o'
t,'S run 'oo:"o' WIZ" ''''v,'','S wv ' W
'"c "e."a' ,o'u Po' 80. " "N',
i."'"i"S " ""'' " '''TSc , 'i' eo''o'' ''in
'Io 'ac' 'iin' some cu''iE"'orS s'fo''"ouS'y
advocate hoou'1e t'e '!,S ct'nolrlS : hD:'n.
o"S' whenever ~ - Pr'c'!cao'c' auf,'4
'l' winter ,r MONTHS IRON. e's"' 70 '"e'N. ,
"oeAS' ! nc l'r"c''ce "t 10, one o' ,"c nios1
successful growers Vi '"c cfa"p rfy, .
20 Leu OH '"c wa I "' '"o c'osc VI ov,o-
Ger 10 Il S"n'citn' utP," 70 cover '"r
Ninc" 70 "'"" ~ P''S''.'y ol as soon "s
Fegc'atlch coh''nen''s III cary sprt'g'
sun RETAINING " 'r" '"y"eS o' water "
o9ut 'hS roo's "ntl' '"t =, berries are co''-
Pie'ctJ ioFiHtu' ""p'i ''' s'u''o, "t1 -
PGn'" anu !"o 'ie'"1"I .h u'.,utu' c. ~ - ,, ia"
'i'l,a'c '''o 'pc"'''s Vi ''o II ''' anu ''''
Satme''no o' INC crop,
we nave "l'hISsc.l iS Se'rta' , ".'''''P's P
70 grow tac crHlpeiry Oh up'anus ou'
tnen nave never oceh "t'ehucu win sue
cess Ne'lhereior'' cannot .t conc!r w.!r WIN
,NoSc writer's VINO "SS.'' 'A"' II WIN
ii'"''o" ''' S"''N' ~ " P'
odnnlonce of crOns on any dry soil