New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-18

The sides of sand hill Yet ~ do well. they need to
have moist sub-so Not that the roots penetrate, az
some suppose, down to water, but to keep up moist
and cool condition of the earth III piah,ed upon sol
naturally dry and the kept careinly trimmed
as with grown IN MIS- TT is NOT their nat
ura condition Of growth. To flourish they must DC 30
situated that they will throw out runners anu ,a NV
plants In places where there 10 so nucn wts sn e
runners cannot readily strike ne" ioo's ." ' WIN WV
cranberry does not succeed. -. ,o, ho5s ~
mnck ma onnd in the bottom OF an old mpohh or upon
the top of bed Of peat In deep swamp put tns
coalition Is in such swamp denuded OF bushes ana
sods and covered two TO twelve ,ncnes aegp
ronay well II clay Is nsed 1t cracks cakes aud kis
the rots or dries upon the surface so that the runners
do not strike as readily MS they do in sand
IL s necessary tend new plantation two years to
keep down tho grass and weeds After that the vines
become so well established. and the ground so fully oc.
cupied that work could not be done with the hoe III
may be aerward necessary to pull out few weeds or
bushes. The grass that grows up among the
vines scatterngy does not appear to be any detrment
to their growth or production They are almost 1nVa
rably found In q Wild state, growing with grass III Is
true however that az cranberrlos are usually founa
wild, they do not offer much encouragement to farmer
10 bestow labor and money upon tleir Improvement.
The yield Of plat growing Wild bears no comparison
TO cultivated one. A yield Of one and half bushels
per rod would be considered extraordinary upon nat
ural bog and that only In patches here and there
waited pats and bushe per rod or l6o bushels per
eore. would be considered very ordinary crop \,
| Mr.. Edward Thatcher OF Yarmouth told us that nc
sold the crop from twenty measured rods one year for
s242 50, and the next year for s23s. This plot he
dressed the first year with forty pounds OF cacined
bones and next year with twenty pounds Yet 1t does
not appear be settled point whether THIS or any
other fertilizer Is Of any benefit.
DR.. Shroye Of Yarmouth, very intelligent and extern
siyc cutyator is Of opinion that the best ferhzer y;
derived from nfltraton Of water from the rlcn SOL
below up through the sand covering lie thinks tha'
a salt marsh from which the seawater is thoroughly
dyked out II quito good a. heshwater Marshes ana
uarA NJ ~
where there are small streams or springs Vncn
could be used for flooding which might be easily con
yerted from worthless condition to avery productive
one at small cost Such land Is more easily reclaimed
than fresh water swamps which arc covered with
bushes and brers which must be all thoroughly eradi
Gated before planting the vines. az bushes ana Oref'
II Ia an important fac, which those who may be dis
posed TO plant cranberry field should not lose sgh
Of that there several varieties some OF when ar
far better than Others and that some OF the rankes
growing vines almost barren. In short there Is as
much necessity TO select good cranberry vines for
plantation there Is to make choice OF strawberry
vines II Ii much owing TO this appropriateness OF
some vines that many persons who have attempted
cranberry culture have failed and become discouraged
Il Is want Of skill IN planting or uhsuitaDehess Oh
soil
An who have the opportunity Of getting vines from
natural cranberry meadow should go when IL is the
bearing season and select them for ran.planng they
will lind patches growing within a few rods Of each
other which produces the most abundant crop rom
vines 10 small that they make no show. while other
places Will De completely mhled VIA lhA s.hDs "iN"
never produced quart per square red: This TACT we
found illustrated fully upon Mr.. Ihachers plantation
which Is located whore there was an ancient mi.pond
and where he found vines growing wd when De TOOK IL
In hand and from spots staked while In full bearing
he selected his vines for planting Some, when now
make the finest show, he has refused 70 sell or give
away because he says for MS own use 9G sp our.
patches than have vines for nothing from the most
thrifty spots. such remarked upon as being 30
handsome. 8,
Mr. Thn,cher arranging his plantation 90 as 10 food
Il In separate levels and for this purpose cns down the
highest places. using selling the peat for manure
We noticed Of his beds planted night IN I'M. peat
from which two feet In depth bad been taken Oh In
other places the vines coming In OF their own &c
cord probably from pieces OF vines hoated on IN Hood
other cuiivators DO not Ike TO plant in tho peat pre-
ferrng % cover IL with sand oven at considerable ei
pcnsc Yet IL i proved that the vines wiz grow ara
produce "a profitable crop where sand cannot be Cd
sabina Small Harwich. has twenty acres Of bearing
vines. and DIR. Shrove Yarmouth fifteen acres. and
their success has great that they have been
stany encouraged TO increase their plantations. and
that hss encouraged many Others In that vicinity and
We hope by being extensively known abroad. WIZ
encourage great many owners OF worthless swanps 70
mako them profitable.
i H,r and Bhsn 70 Plat CraAJcrry yiuo.-Many have
planted IN Spring and filled. They much The more
lkey % fall than when planted In September and Octo
Der because the vines cannot bear Tie Summer sun and
because when set In Autumn they get such asat that
they not liable TO be run out by weeds as when set
AiicI the ground ia prepared. level and smooth mark
of burrows about inches deep and twelve 10 fifteen
inches apart and the vines With all cut tie top w
derhat Is deep the roots naturally run. II ro'
Qures one Summer for the new plants to get firmly
rooted Tho next Summer they send out runners 10 Gov
OF the space between the rows. The summer following
the uphrhts fruit bearing stems. grow. and the next
year n The buds are not killed By frost and the rgt Is
not eaten by worms you may expect crop that viii pay
for the lahor aud four years 81 waiting. IL IS true the
vines will produce few berries tie second and third
/ year. bat not iull crop From the bearing stems.
shoots spring out that win produce year and
increasing In hight until the ugr ghs become too woody
when they should be moved OF aud started anew.
Some persons have passed long cranberry vine'
through a cutting machine. making pieces about two
inches long, which were sown broadcast upon mud ana
lcn 10 take root upon dry land and narrowed IN.
This practice il approved by tho best cultyntors.
They say that IN planting pays rs well as cave IN
planting grapes. Tho vine needs similar treat neut
the fruit is produced upon the renewal system the
tive varieties called Bel Buglc. Cherry. though all
cassed under the botanic name OF pdeeAiun maeroe'r.
pom.
varieties In quality, which have generally been sup
posed to be produced by situation soil cultivation.
/ of late however, tie most experienced cutyatoTs.
have the conclusion that the difference is nat
ural which viii attach 20 the fruit In any soil or
situation. so that person who h assured that the
Bell cranberry Is the best sort known MAY order and
get vines Of that sort aud yet not get the bcst We be.
Leye the Kind called Buge IA the best suited to dry land
culture. Il You Observe the iuit In market you VIII
see great difference In color Of berries equally ripe
Some are almost black. Some very frg and almost
n fourth heavier than Others II equal size Some lnye
rnhly grow hollow. In paniing such ahonld Dc Ie.
ected If you select TIE best aud plant seed. YOU may
gct great IN improvement Is Inns been malc upon
straw berries
I In our opnion. tie advantages would ovorbalaucc
the ~ ma King plantation. 10 select the plants
carefully from The most productive beds and plant them
that each would stand root end down Ia It's sepa
rate position with only about inch al tac top above
ground. lt true that Cranbcrrrs viii grow nom cut.
tngs. as vel as grapes but they viii srow better fom
+ roots