Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-26
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| very fair, good, sound, of good color in
good demand, rselling from $500 to
seven fifty $50 per Dbl.
Princeton. \. Grew few berries,
keeping water on thirty acres until
July first, TO destroy foul vines and
grass. Guess cranberries will sell
good. and at good process, until middle
of December, and if severe winter
higher in February. Spinach and
Kale come in competition after
January when winters are mild.
Hornerstown. n. J.-Note WiScon-
sin fruit crowding south and west
because Of alleged good and superior
qualities. Am only familiar with
| keeping qualities of Lahaway fruit.
Keeping qualities depend almost
entirely on climatic growth. spacing
of heat and cold and wet and dry on
each berry. BIG BERRIES never good
keepers, go first, an invariable rule.
Some years berries keep until cows
return from pasture, other years,-no
assignable cause,-want keep for
! ShuckS. Condition of ripeneSS fruit
| picked, another big element in keep
ing. Status from bloom to rot PRO-
GREssIvE one dependent for duration.
First, climate, second, date bog owner
steps in and controls it. Not going
| into structural specific cha racter of
| fruit like Early Blacks. In spite Of
high selling prices, demand, etc,
poorest keeper and saucer OF cram
berrieS.} Growers pay no attention to
the principle, often cannot from lack
of pickerS, climate status and first
| wipe out, simply picking on certain
date or get no berries at ALL Aside
from climate, most important element
just how ripe to let get before harvest.
| 6ipenesS not dependent on color of
! skin, but of SEEDS. A farmer looks at
| hay and harveSts with regard to ripe
ness and fitness, SO with grain, corn,
potatoes; but cranberry grower has
| date to pick wades ia and picks with
out consideration Of fitness to come
| in. Some years hits it and will vary
from one week to ten days or two
weeks over some other years. Con-
Sidering time many growers pick, and
stock and kind from ScalGing bOgS
wonder have any keep at all. Grocer
| buys crate of fruit finds it deteriOrates
| fast, purcha wonders how it is cram
| berries make such poor sauce muSll,
| lack of flavor, etc. Another grocer
| gets crate, costs little more but
when totals up sales finds he has sold
several quarts more no wasting from
keeping. Buyer wonders how he gets
such fine jelly sauce, more of it, such
fine, Snappy, aromatic flavor, etc.
| Never saw such berries, but neither
that stock does not come from
diseased scalding bogs. That fruit in
each crate is put there under judge
of tXun n irfu nrc
experience gathering cranberrieS.
Best shape, best period to give best
sauce return from fruit. So grocer
go ON buying as you please. Con-
sumers keep on buying all sorts from
scaIded bogs or Early Blacks. A Gran
berry is a cranberry to them. Fact is
a cranberry is not a cranberry any
more than a California Bell Flower
apple is not road side tree that even
| hogs fail to relish.
HaddOnfeld n. J.-Crop this past
year quite irregular resulting rather
| light, total product. Most growers
sold out five fifty $3.50 to six 5000
| per barrel, may not advance ma
terially, apples however scarce and
high.
SaybrOok, COnn.-In this section
one third less crop than last year,
price about so cents better per barrel.
Prairie, WaSh.-All sold two fifty
$3.50 to three dollars $1,000 per
bushel.
North Easton, Mass.-Slip (crop
bulletin agrees with my opinion.
Had good crop, kept much better
than ever before. Lay better keeping
| to scOoping. First year done SO to any
extent. was told by those who had
used them would find would keep
better, but whether it was scooping
or not do not KNOW, ALL [ know is.
had no work to get them for market
com paratlvely speaking.
Carver, Massive have over
thirteen hundred acres 1,30O) on
valuation list taxed in bogs from one
fourth IL acres to one hundred and
sixty acres I60). Think crop will
clean up largest raised berries good
size, selling five fifty $3.50 to six
(s6. 00), for Early Blacks six $500 to
| $780, late berries on cars at depot.
| Kentville, Nova ScOtia-Crop failure
with me and many other neighboring
locality, owing, supposed, to frost in
June.
Louisville, Ky.-Look for heavier
demand and larger consumption over
last year owing to high price apples.
Pie (small) s. to 1926, Standard
(medium) ST to 1925. Fancy (large)
S7.75 to So Most berries were sold
here from East, G.. Gods & Jerseys,
quality generally good, given salts
faction.
Musselkanaal, Holland-Crop '99
very good, 1900 very short, only one
| eighth III. This season pretty good
crop, prices like past year. Early
| Blacks variety good bearers, but bad
keeper Cape Cod Bell and late
variety demands many years to come
in good bearing condition.
Atlanta, Ga.-Market consuming
fully fifty per cent. (50) more than
this time, last year attribute high
price, apples partial cause. Also
| improved financial condition. Jerseys
eight $500 to eight.tifty (SS. 50), Early
Blacks nine 5000, Fancy, large, nine
fifty $3.50 TO ten $4,000. Market
always used eastern stock in local
shipments, principally by New York
and Philadelphia dealers and brokers',
very little shipping by associations
or individual growers.
Harwich Port, Mass.-Crop gen.
orally Overrun. Estimated twenty
per cent. (20) less early in season than
last year, exceed it about twenty per
cent. (20), about all marketed.
Fifteen thousand $4,000 barrels
shipped to date.
South Harwich. Mass.-Sent for
exhibition annual meeting small box
Mathews and Ciipt Bog Bugles: vines
four AZ years old. Extremely hot
summer caused to rot quite badly,
/ this, with fruit worms, certainly
destroyed one fourth II: somewhat
/ smaller: account heavy crop. three