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At Shamong, N. J., a small bed is reported to have 

 yielded 220 bushels per acre. 



W. R. Braddock, of Bedford, N. J., lias 100 acres; 20 

 acres of which yielded, last season, 1866, an average of 

 100 bushels per acre. The fruit sold for a price which left 

 him $6,000 over and above all expenses. 



The above statements are about a fair average of the 

 various reports received from the proprietors of Cranberry 

 beds in the Eastern States. The price of the fruit varies 

 from $2.00 to $6.00 per bushel It is probable that when 

 the immense beds, which are now being planted, have ar- 

 rived at full maturity, our markets will be fully supplied, 

 unless some new way of disposing of the fruit is dis- 

 covered, w&ich it is very likely will be the case. 



