The Yale expositor., 1903-08-21
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AGRfCUEFURF
Our Cranberry Boys.


Not long ago man in conversation
with the writer expressed surprise at
being informed that cranberries are
| grown as far south as Indiana ana I'LL
nois. Yet the cranberry Is grown ever
very wide area OF territory I'm the
United States and possibly could be
grown much further south than Il 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. SOS. 906 bushels: New Jersey.
230,22l bushels. Wisconsin, III. 09s
bushels. We can appreciate the lead
OF these three states by looking az the
returns OF New York. the next greatest
producer. which grew that year only
| 1857 bushels. Massachusetts had
! 5.l2S acres in cranberry marsh New
Jersey, $3.50. and Wisconsin 5.S2i. OF
| the three Massachusetts had the small.
est acreage. but the largest crop. each
acre yielding III bushels OF cranber.
/ RIGS. against New Jerseys % and Wis.
I CCpsiu's 10
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 ard Wisconsin. But III.
nois, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota
reported only q single acre each, with
I Yields OF %, 81, 90 and % bushels re.
/ spectiyely. Oregon reported six acres.
which yielded NJ the rate OF ll9 bush.
els per acre the best average of all.
New York cranberry marshes yielded
90 bushels per acre The Wisconsin
I per acre yield of 10 bushels was tho
/ lowest OF all except Maine, which re.
ported an average yield OF Il bushels
per acre on 90 acres. That cranbcrrics
are grown In man" other states not r..
I ported We have no doubt: ror DO We
/ doubt that this delicious ard profitable
I berry can be- grown In large quantities
/ in the states that now report few
acres
There arc many varieties Of Gran.
/ berries. only few OF which are known
10 commerce. The cranberry OF com.
mcrce Is known as Naccinium macro.
| carpon. and Is native to a narrow belt
OF country along the Atlantic coast.
from Maine To New Jersey. and in ESQ.
lated areas along the Allegheny noun.
tains from southern Pennsylvania 20
North Carolina. In the central United
States the plant Is found in Michigan.
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The sue.
cessful commercial developments In
the cranberry industry have generally
been found in localities where the
cranberry occurs as n native plant.
The first paintings Of the cranberry
were made in tho Cape Cod region OF
Massachusetts between 1900 and 1918.
Two species 81 cranbcrries grow IN
this country One Is the little Gran
berry tNaCCinium ONycoccus). which Is
indigenous 10 sphagaum swamps In
sub-arctic and Alpine regions OF both
Europe and America. and is also found
growing wild In New England. Penn.
sylyania, Wisconsin, Michigan and the
Pacific Northwest. The large or Amer.
ican berry Naccirium macrocnrpon)
Is distributed in the nineteen states
mentioned At the beginning Of this
article. II Is TIE species that is being
used as base for the developing OF
new and improved varieties.