The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-11-23

~, or mstrimony without ouxrr-is
The small red spheres Of { e fruit
crushed, sweetened, nd, transmu,ed
into Delicious CT atalline j-lly, bring
ont all that is good IN the bsri's favor.
and supplement it 10 agreeably that no
reasonable housekeeper ever thinks of
serving 1t without the sxuce. which il.
It's ruddhiess of color seems To have
caught the very sxh,larai,uu of autumn
and In IT'S tastes com bines the .w..t-
and sours to perfecstD.
Much that Is idyllic might be writ
ten In praise OF the Cranberry; but
though its private habits are interest.
lug. they are not wholly c nnmendsble
II exacts more attention tnan 50 hardy
iruit should require IN Its culture,
and IT has several idio.yncrasies. nor
the least curious VI which is its selec-
t'on Of ground to grow. is.- The. nrd,-
nsry Held with q god depth of loan,
such as coutcnts Dearly all other bsr-
ries. IS not enough. The cranbery has
u preference Tor the Cedar swamp, and
will thrive nowhere else. All al ,ng
the Atlantic coas: from Long Islaud t.
Florida, th.re are cedar swanps, and
tho Only living things that find b1sut,
In them are crAnberries, and artist.
VI acuteiy developed sensibility ~
che plcturrsqus. The CEDAR 10 never q
very cnseriul-lookin tree. Its crisp,
mossy, d"cky green foliage, that never
expands aud always looks compactly
incipient, Is pathetic. aud its dull r.o
oa'k grows feebly under the we,g
'ia' kness Of the branches. In tb..
nwainp 1t grows dens-ly, and makes
perpetusl twilight Of the sessons; and
In the moist. spongy. uncertain ground
ben. sth. the wild cranberry develops
~ cloistral privacy more becoming a
sentimental violet than 80 h,ghly eol-
Ored xn esculent. L. is ouly the so,l
that It insists on, however; and refined
by donies'icAtinn. in parts coutentedly
with ats old protector the cedar, and
thrives IN level places, sunshiny and
unsheltered, If it Is planted in the for
Ger bed vi that tree.
Tue cranherry.srower always clears
the swamp, rem wing every vestige OF
the tangled Wood down To the stamps.
bitches It, sad spreads depth of f.Um
four to twelve inches ut sand over it,.
which is removed from time to time,
aud under such changed conditions the
lOw-cr0uching vine of the fruit yields
abundance, and prOspers ~ it never
psU-psred in the secluded home of its
wilduess under toe da,k k bougLs of the
cedar.
A good "bog." a. the swamp is now
called. yields abuut two hun,ired
bushels to an acre. more or less. and We
visited one last August. sixiy acres OF
which were expected to produce over
three hundred bushels an acre. That is
near Nest Greek sn old fishing Village
Oh the TruckertOn branch Of the New
Jersey Southern Railway, and includes
abs'ut one humdreu aud ten acres, which
scarcely ever yield less than fifteen
thousand bushels Year. The berries
were then ripeniny for the SspteWbs,
picking. and trailed along tue smuotn
moist ground III countless thousands.
They are never prettier than late in
August. and the deep crimson of then
maturity is not nearly 80 charming AS
the tints Of their budding The gather
lug begins carly in September. aud tn.
seven hundred people employed in il
make an exhilarating aud attractive
scene. Parts Of tue old swamp. with
the cedars still growing. surround the
big and scent tile air; rivulsts divide
the grIund into squares. aud bold mnIy
lilies On their placid surfaces. The
pickers have been mustered from all the
neix ixnboring farms AID villages. and
work in regimental rows. b~glnning at
one end of square, aud backing do n
to the other. aud putting the berries ~
they are gathered into small wicker
bssk. t. that huld half bushels. Most
If them ere young womeu in nsat cot
ton di ssscs end voluminous suu- bon
nets; but besides these there are old and
young tishermen with bruLxc faces and
salty ciothiny, who have taken . week
from their Usual occupations to share in
the cranberry harvest. which almost
xmvunts to festival. and which. more.
over, 10 very Profitable to the laborers,
paying them forty cents for every
bushei gathered. Here 10 . groupe
m.re diversified than the others. At
the snd Of the line 10 an old sailor, with
= facs brown ~ : chestnut. and blue
guernsey ,ovrf his stout btdy; ,lexs 10
him is ps stty little girl. not more than
six or seven years old; next her. some
body's city cousia. in quite . fashion,
able costume. aud most ornately
carved mecrschaurn cigsr-holder in his
nvuth; next to him. decr~pit old
dau,e and her husband; and beyond all
thess are score Of rtsy country girls,
cbar,n,ngly dressed in c0oi summer
f3brics aud the archcst straw hats. II
scarcely seems 10 bc labor at all, ther..
is -, much chatter ard laughter, and
we may teel flsts~red that there is 50
little coarssn~ss and Ignorance. such a.
d,syrace similar gatherings ct the hop
harvests Vt English Kenk
The .,iekiug upaally tskes ahout I've
weeks. nnd - tbs ehd Of thnt time
crsnberries are . familiar thing in the
city storsa-Hdyper's weskiy