The Penn's Grove record., 1912-08-30
CRANBERRY MEN
FACE MANY FOES
Growers Get Little Light on the
Destructive Pests.
CROP SHOWS A SHORTAGE
President of Association Points Ways
for Keeping Up Yield-Perpetuity
Of Boys Of Paramount Import
ance-Decresse Sure.
Especial Trenton Correspondence

Trenton.-Every phase of the cram
berry business from the selection of
the land on which Dogs are set out to
the successful marketing of the crop,
was touched upon at considerable
length at the annual convention of
the American Cranberry Growers As
ISOLATION at the Courthouse in Mount
Holly. The one hundred or more men
and women delegates present as the
representatives of the extensive cram
berry interests of the State increased
their fund of knowledge of the freak
ish capers that berry-growing develops
every year, but did not receive much
enlightenment upon the important
question of destroying the death-deal-
ing pests that they are continually
called on to fight. The best encour-
agement that they received was a sug-
gestion that they keep right on fight
ing, as "sure-cure" remedies are yet
unknown. President E. H. Durell, of
Woodbury., who presided over the con-
vention, brought out some important
matters in his annual address. He
dwelt upon the perpetuity of the Gran
bury bog as being of paramount i'm
p%ortance. He said it is expected that
after a few years boys will gradually
show a decrease Of production, and it
is now apparent that the question of
p%erpetuity will soon be n of serious
consideration. He gave it as his opin-
ion that the present depreciation a
be somewhat offset by the selection of
suitable locations for boys, thorough
preparation, careful planting, selecting
the best varieties Of vines, properly
developing them by evenly distribut-
ing them thickly massed and firmly
rooted; careful management after de-
velopment, and the owners personal
superintendent, as success is Deepen
dent upon a bulldog tenacity.
Secretary Riders Report.
In his annual report, Secretary A.
]. Rider, of Hammonton, brought out
several points of interest, but the
most important was his crop forecast
for this year. He said that the New
Jersey and Rhode Island districts will
produce about 400, 600 barrels, at least
$4,000 short of last year. Massachu.
sets crop will be from 275, 900 to 3OO,-
600 barrels, and Wisconsin will come
out with about $4,000 barrels. Joseph
j. White, the New Lisbon Cranberry
king" spoke of the c~ontributory caus-
es of the shortage in the 1912 crop
and a that among other things were
refooding, two frosts in June, two hail
storms in July, damage by worms, n
a new variety appearing in July, and
excessive rainfalls.
Effect of Spraying.
On the subject Can the Fire Worm
Be Controlled by Spraying?" Alfred
Edgar Freeman, of Island Heights.
stated that the growers in his section
were able to handle the fire worms
this year after spraying a second time,
and gave it as his opinion that they
a be controlled every year by the
proper kind of spraying. State Fire
Warden c. B. Wilbur was present in
the interest of the fire-fighting SER
vice thai the State is now maintaining
for the protection of such property as
the cranberry growers own and he
asked for their cooperation. Speak
ing on Fruit Diseases" Mel T. Cook.
plant pathologist of New Jesey, stated
that protective measures are regarded
as of greater Importance than cura-
tive measures. Miss Elizabeth c..
White, of New Lisbon, spoke of the
housing and care of pickers and said
that on their boys they had found it
advantageous to provide some enter
tainment for their employees, but they
never allowed their pickers to dictate.