44 Amcriran JToriiruJtunil Sorlefif. 



Second I>ay — Tliursday. 



Afternoon Session, January 10 



At 2:30 1'. M., Prcsicleiit Earlr called tlio meeting to order. A 

 large number of delegates having aiiivid since the preceding meet- 

 ing, the representatives now ])resent include ])r()minent horticiil 

 turists from almost everv State and Territorv in the United States, 

 together with manv foreign countries. 



Mr. P. M. Augur, of Connecticut, being present, was called upon 

 to read a paper on Cranberry Culture. 



THE CRANBERRY. 



nv P M. AUGUR, OF CONNECTICUT. 



The multiplicity of fruits given by Divine Providence is a wonderful il- 

 lustration of loving favor to the human family, and .strikingly so the cran- 

 berry. 



It occupies a nich by itself, crowding out no other, but of and for itself 

 holding a place occupied by no other and that can be filled by no other, in 

 its own realm. It reigns alone. 



The cranberry thrives best where other fruits would hardly grow. It is 

 mo.-^t beautiful, a most excellent appetizer, a great delicacy, and in a s;initary 

 relation ranks high, and its power to keep and bear transportation from one 

 clime to another commends it to lovers of that which is good all through our 

 countrii and beyond. 



It then becomes a practical question where and how we can best raise it? 

 Nature has in part answered this question for us. But only in part. This 

 much we know, it loves a velvety, peaty soil, where pure spring water is 

 abundant. And the secret of success with the cranberry we regard in great 

 measure in introducing the best varieties to a ]iprfectly congenial home and 

 in devoting such attention to them as shall make them j)U'ased and satisfied 

 with their home. 



What is the place, then, for tlie cranberry ? 



1. A peaty bog, as before mentioned, having a copious supply of good. 

 pure spring or brook water, suflicient to flood the plat in twenty four hours 

 in spring and early summer and in three ilays in late autunm. If this is 

 too much to expect approach it as near as possible. 



2. An abundant su])ply of coarse, clean sand in easy reach. Having the 

 right natural conditions, preparation is in order. FlrM. The grubbing 

 which consists in removing all turf and the stumjis, bushes and trees, large 

 and small. Remove every species of vegetation, large and small, root and 



