VARIETIES OF CRANBERRIES 



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Fig. 280. Howes. 



Vines comparatively slender, producing uprights rather than runners; 

 productive, averaging 55 barrels to the acre. Leaves comparatively small, 

 light green in the summer, reddish in the winter. Flowers white, but little 

 marked with pink. Fruit very early. Black Veil alone ripening earlier; 

 berries small, 89-150 to the half -pint; when full seeded the berries are 

 round with the stem-end slightly conical, but oblong when seeds are few; 

 pinkish-white, then red and when very ripe almost black; colors well in 

 storage Avhen picked green; flesh firm, good for keeping, shipping and 

 the table; easily cleaned; seeds 7-17. 



736. Howes (Fig. 280) is the standard late cranberry in 

 Massachusetts and New Jersey, attaining popu- 

 larity chiefly because of the excellent keeping- 

 quality of the fruit. Unfortunately, the variety 

 is not always productive. The fruit is especially 

 prized for long-distance shipments. Pointed 

 Howes seems to be a strain grown in New Jersey. 

 The variety originated with James P. Howes, East 

 Dennis, Massachusetts, sometime prior to 1880. 



Vines rather coarse, with many uprights and compara- 

 tively few runners; not as productive as Early Black, 

 averaging 40 barrels to the acre in Massachusetts; rather susceptible to the 

 rose-bloom and to the blackhead wire-worm. Leaves large, dark green in the 

 summer, very dark red in the winter. Flowers white, much marked with 

 pink. Fruit late, ripening in Massachusetts about October 5 ; berries a 

 little under medium size, 80-140 to the half-pint cup; round when well 

 seeded, oblong when poorly seeded, symmetrical; red and indistinctly striped, 

 becoming dark red; colors exceptionally well in storage; flesh very firm, ex- 

 cellent for keeping and shipping, fair for the table; easily cleaned; seeds 

 7-15 as an average. 



737. Jersey. — Under this name the wild cranberry of New 

 Jersey is offered by the American Cranberry Exchange. It is 

 said that more of these "natives" are grown in the cultivated 

 bogs of the state than of any distinct named variety. The ber- 

 ries are variable in size, shape, and color. They are usually 

 ready for market after October 15. The fruit is of long-keeping 

 and good-shipping qualities and very desirable for distant ship- 

 ment. A large percentage of the crop of this variety is shipped 

 uncleaned, the product keeping better when packed and stored 

 in this manner. 



738. McFarlin (Fig. 281) is one of the few cranberries gro^vn 

 in both the East and the West. It is rather more highly prized 



