Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-08
AMONG THE CRANBERRIES.

! y III w iIE tNdI DEN ~ ff[tS.
| From Drcksbarg IN. J.l Correspondent to the
Philadelphia Times, October 2sih.l
Some thirty odd years ago Captain
John /. Webb, OF Jackson township,
Ocean county, New Jersey, began ex-
perimenting with the cultivation OF
cranberrics which were growing wild
upon his land Gathering thcfew BUSH
els in the swamps he carried them to
Trenton, thirty miles distant, where
they were readily exchanged for bis
winter stores The Captain was the
proprietor of n wooden leg, with which
he deity punched the vines into their
places and made them stay there. The
result was that the pioneer Of cranber-
ry culture in this State New Jersey,
all in due time, became man of means,
and he has refused $1,000 an acre for
bis bogs. | met the Captain few
days ago. swinging along on his wood
en- leg, as rosy-cbeeked ard vigorous
looking as school-boy just let out for
Il holiday. llc is popularity known as
the Cranberry King" The first at
tempt 10 cultivate ms lrui' was ,hauo
by Capt. Henry Hall, of Dennis, Mass,
oh Cape Cod, in the year 1912, and
the vines from which the first crop
was ga'horcu nave ,,, oornc goou crop
ever since, ana w WIN ahoro ia'r yie'u
lnis autumn; me cranberry GROWING
district Oh new Jersey ihciuucs parts
ol 'nc counties u ocean, pur'',,e'on
anu A'an,ic' a''nougp ,i, so,ie s'i''', Por-
uohs o' "onniou'n, Mluu'cscN, N"'n-
ue'' OaPe Mhy, anu perhaps one VI
'wo o.ncr coun,ies, a,e a'nP'cu " .nc
cui,'Na'o', or .ne iru'' my s'ea'ei
por''9, - 'v'avu - "na' via. 70: - .ho"h 40
inc tines, WHEREIN "'so ~ 'no .nar
coal regions, esn tract containing apou'
l,1ov,ovv acrcs. Jus. now lne :. ~, iran, .n :
ocrry p,chc's , VI arc Us ouS.y a. "p,n ,, 10 'no
huSqu''ocs a'c u, Woih ~ '"e'n' ~
walelng over .ne oogs .he rpe cli'ilson '
berries arc 80 NUMEROUS ,na. 'ney eon-
stant'y masn ana Pop oenea.n your
icet WINE 'nc sun '''o,o nu,''erous
,hosqu''o,9 pvP away ." you' 'a.e
na".o @ an' nooh: p"sso' wv oos
Oh ioo acres W burlington 'oun'y
wnere mn rhe p,cNers ~ WIZ ,on a. Da', 40
oeeS = neru ',I nav ocon foV ..o", wy.
men ana eni'ureh ~ WORK ~ % 'ne sane a;",,
u'he On 'h,s s,ngiv p1g "on pm
IRON 'wo W IVY pusnc's uay III
which lncy arc pau ~ Genus u puSne''
Inc men "'erngo apou' iour u"1
wceh, anu gcnern'y s', "'nA 'ne
rest atnougn VI COURSE .noy ''ano
pe'tersnowing ~ some sect'ons. h,'.r ,
'he vines nave occn pretty 'no,oosn'y
gone over, 'nc wafer 10 ~. ~, anu
bushels Oh berries r'se 10 .nc suriacc SURFACE
anu hoat uown 70 'ne s"'ss' ""'''
'hey arc rahcu OUT ~, IN ..,.,.a
my cr''nvcrry, nNc an ou,.,.a.ou ,,'.:'ss
Iru''' Is uev.'oPn'S numerous 'a',1''Ss' ',,
the pilhc'Pa' o' wn'cn nre 'Ac oc'', "
oeep mo.'eu crimson anu so,'eM ', nav
pc"r-snnpcu ,"o wn'.e, "nien M 'l'vnI w
,ne c"r''es' anu ro,S 'n' syo".'. a,'u
,nc ooi''Ino, rou"u p1'lyi n, mn'." ,. y wy. wy
leas' ',ao'' " lo' ano ""n ,..Ll,. Ill IN H.
.na. ,. ,: tno ~, J,n.i WV sos' ;,s onon,;os
run, my a,'. an osn.,e, n' 10 L. IL - ,ha,
,no nus. ues'rue''.e ~ n a",d ~ 'n ,",
popu'ar nnom" -. 40 ine ,.rI hl,,h,s H. KY
anougn so'',o sep"'a'o .n.s0 ~ W. ,;sJ JsI ar
my t'''e o'sn ''1s ha;s sn, " ~, ,ha
'ya1 ',.it 49, aao,, & sosson ~ Coz dn,hle
'e,u nv ''si'"'S mio '"sI s.,i,;sa,.,, snds b;s
.nn' '''no, nv ,, ou''' "so; = "J si.a's @
wno'v WHY , no'u " TX, IS,.,.; ~ e.;aso, t. ~
eansa ~ uoSn AZ "s'' III y'Is ha liz nd
aoJ"s w w ~, ""' !, ~ ,,aos,i,,, aD lie na,on
,".aa ',a olss h;a a.'. vs. ",os,s a. A. acrs v;elds
ne.' ,ns.S n's "'., pon''' o", h,ndrod % Inshals
,rI piah o" "nI, son, 'vs ,,so dollar = busbel 10
"n.." .", "a ~. co. % do,lors .I and dur;nn tbc
M 'ni.' a,'u .; ,4u, a oI,";n,i - ,ras ,hreo or
,onr v ,;,mei ;mv vv ,ha, % awo", bu, before nick
~; ;oa' ,;.'n eo oo,'as sn ,ho h,;,,h, swcens over
ms s e'.,I T e., Larr;ss ,,rr = d;r,v
s,,a .nJ ns' IL ,soat the whole hog
{oa,, av bad W Tha onl,ivo,or su,vevs the
a'naai n"a " ~ aa, n,ass nc ro,,enness mills
, sP'Inaou. na, ",'or LIZ" h;s o,.o. ;sms h;s hands
US. ~. ". .;s 49, ,oala,s as ayd ZOOS home N fig
"re % how be can cconomize enough 10 Z
,rv some now oxneriments next wear.
TTiy sa"id hns;nels has kent nm so long
/, ,ho, i, ia hecoming monotonous and
" un, ~. H. Las, romarlable nccuIjaritv IA
,he M sac, that no living mortal has been
ALA 70 fnd out n preventive for the
% ',n,,us Ererv ;magnable experiment
r%s ,vas made !. water 6as been let on and
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