The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-29
Oar Cranberry Boys.


Not long ago man In conversation
with the writer expressed surprise at
being informed that cranberrles are
grown as far south as Indiana and ILL
nois. Yot the cranberry is grown over
q very wide area of territory in the
United States and possibly could be
grown much further south than 1t Is
at present grown. Massachusetts,, New
Jersey and Wisconsin are the great
cranberry states. exceeding in their
cranberry products all other states.
The figures for these three states for
the census year 1899 were: Massachu.
sets, 59S,906 bushels; New Jersey,
300 POI bushels; Wisconsin, 111,09S
bushels. We can appreciate the lead
of these three states by looking at the
returns of New York, the next greatest
producer, which grew that year only
1887 bushels. Massachusetts had
5,l2S acres in cranberry marsh; New
Jersey, 1856, and Wisconsin 5,S21. or
the three Massachusetts had the small
est acreage, but the largest crop, each
acre yielding 1T bushels of cranber-
ries, against New Jerseys 29 and Wis.
consin's 49,
Altogether 10 states reported Gran.
berry marshes. They were Connect
cut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.
Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan. Min
nesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ore
| gon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
| Washington and Wisconsin. But ILL
nois, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota
reported only single acre each, with
yields of 5S, 81, SO and 20 bushels re.
spectively. Oregon reported six acres,
which yielded at the rate of 119 bush.
els per acre the best average OF all.
New York cranberry marshes yielded
SO bushels per acre The Wisconsin
per acre yield of 10 bushels was the
lowest of all except Maine, which re-
ported an average yield of II bushels
per acre on 90 acres, That cranberries
are grown In man. other states not re
ported we have no doubt; nor do we
doubt that this delicious and profitable
berry can be grown in large quantities
in the states that now report few
acres.
There are many varieties of Gran
berries, only few of which are known
to commerce. The cranberry Of com
merce is known as Vaccinium macro
carpon, and Is native to narrow bel
OF country along the Atlantic coast
from Maine to New Jersey, and in iso
lated areas along the Allegheny noun
tains from southern Pennsylvania t
North Carolina. In the central Unite,
States the plant is found in Michigan
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The sue
cessful commercial developments II
the cranberry industry have generall
been found In localities where tn
cranberry occurs as native plan,
The first paintings of the cranberr
were made in the Cape Cod region O
Massachusetts between 1900 and 1915
Two species of cranberries grow Il
,, this country. One is the little craI
berry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), which |
indigenous to sphagnum swamps Il
sub-arctic and Alpine regions Of bot
Europe and America, and is also foun
growing wild in New England, Penn
sylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and tn
Pacific Northwest The large or Amel
lean berry (Vaccinium macrocarpon
is distributed in the nineteen state
mentioned at the beginning OF thi
article. 1t Is the species that Is bein
used as base for the developing G
/ new and improved varieties.