New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05
PICh4NG CRASBERRLES.

PICTURESQUE SCENES IN THE BOGs.
HOW THE Blight BERRIES ARE RAISED AND GATH.
ERED--A BUSINESS WITH LARGE ELEMENT OF
kIsK IN 1T.
The supply of cranbeTies interests no small
number Of people at TINS time The year TRIBUNE
r. porter going through Wasnmgto Market hal talk
on the su5jec with a weu-kuown dealer who owns an
extensive cranberry bog III Nsw7Jersey
Is the crop OF cranberres large this year y asked
the reporter.
Not SO extensive as 1871. which yielded the lare-
est amount that has ever been known" replied the
dealer "stiIl cant complain; they very p.ent
tu this year notw nsandng The culture Of the
berry IL always uncertain. don't believe thar In more
than one season of half dozen they escape the
early frost And then there's the crsuberrywOrm. We
never quite get him out OF the way. Sometimes no
is the means of destroying tho whole crop. We have
never lad very great crop since nine years ago, on
that very account, together with the damage done b.
the early frost. l wouldn't advise yOu TO 20 into
the business Talk about Spectators in MINING stocks
on the street; why they haven't got half the risks
contend with that we have There's Pile Of money
INVESTED in II, 100. and man never Knows when he's
,,iug to come n a loser rs lottery. ia
which many, AIN sorry to say. draw blank The bus-
ness represents today capital OF many hundred thou
sands of Gollrs But, I'm telling again. us pesky
risky and requires delicate handing 10 make it pay.
When IT does pay yOu can bet there's good deal %
money ma1e--more than people would tmnk, coming
from what would seem such small product tho
cranberry"
where do cranherrtes thrive the b'stl"
Nearly every Northern State has sol IN some part OF
IT. good for raising cranberres. Al You want il bog
Of peat or rotten This must dned for twelve
or eighteen below the surface always taking care
t. have a supply OF water ". that the meadow
OF bog be swampcd whenever desired"
How the vines pantedf
.'we plant them pretty far apart, that the
he her ix
because the spread good deal, ana require
large space 20 grow in"
'Wnere were cranberries first cultivated IN this coun-
tryr
New England believe, lays claim 70 being the hras
10 raise the cranberry | think 70 Cape Cod
where they were first heard from, Though have my
doubts being so. You see all EnSlanders
are SO terribly conceted that you never can believe
them They only to live 10 ho~' about the
state they i've in here the dealer took pinch %
snun by way OF relief to MS feelings anu then went on
But there's 10 place yet found that 'em
by the bushel a. little New-Jersey d. shr may not
be much Of state but she fairly sheds crauDerres in
o ober More than half the market supply comes from
there" ,, =.
.Ye- You can bet have lively times when the har-
vest ocGins Eyrp man, woman fh; 1a El ana 1aks su n
and talk If some kind ~ am sement tney were
engaged IN, instead of work IL looks lk Oig Picnic
10 see the way they all file down 10 the FISHES IN tho
morning flushed with their long walk u the morning
m de oliies, all to besin Their work done
believe any other occupation can bri z about more
matches than cranberry picking IN boz, where every
one ID iuil OF uu, and talk IA mucn he she
wants. They have plenty OF time Tor loyenaking and
never tired. either. Most of them walk ten
miles day, 10 and from the Dos, anh though they work
twelve hours day besides they DONE seem
mind u Dt. IL would do YOUR heart GOOD To seo
what pretty scene IL makes wnen tDey are al plcsMS
away Tor salvation, The green vines M the red
petcoa,s the standing out IN stroIg co trsst
10 ia, dark brown background OF the bog Al the pick
ers med aud happy II hcrc WASN'T 0iS
OF sorrow IN the world.
How do YOU pay the pickers T.
oven, the frs place. when they start out 20 work
W them each "A tin pan or hittsh KIND OF basket
ehch they picked full they deliver 10 TIE ono
IN cnar- e. who give them IN return ticket On pay
da these cacts 10 the oyegscer who pays Tor
tn work accOrdl ely. For picking bu>h"l U cranDers
res rs generally paid, though OF course tue
prce Is some ess depending upon the size Of tho
crop. Mcu generally plck from two 10 tDice Ousuels
daN. Hardly ay OF the women WORKERS can come up 10
that though there few who surpa-S H. know
ul one man who used 10 average five tusAeis day and
sometimes seven. The work Is rather hard ones
back nut YOU used 10 u. And aier all us
maj kably healthy the LONG much 20 that many
| OF the better class leave their homes und como
down for a week 10 work aud Improve
health. They always enjoy It, and ~ back to their
homes with bright color In their cheeks looking much
better the experiment. In the evening the pckers
get up dances IN the barns regular good Tunes Ike la
huskng- thai you read about with the Duidng all
glowing with Chinese lanterns ana the Old blind darkey
hider saving away for dear lie ON top of noun bar
| rel"
How do you prepare the land for the next years
| crop 7" asked the reporter In conclusion.
| Right after the crop has been gathered III we HOOD
the mole meadow with water and leave II all winter
and until the early ot June, when we draw IL on
| again"