244 SMALL FKUIT OULTURIST. 



by producing new varieties therefrom, plants may be ob- 

 tained that 'will be better adapted to dry soils than any 

 previously known. It is certainly worthy of trial, and I 

 would advise all who have leisure and inclination to try 

 the experiment fully and thoroughly. 



PROFITS OF CULTURE. 



The profits of Cranberry culture, like those from other 

 fruits, depend somewhat upon the amount of care given 

 the beds as well as upon the markets. There is also a lia- 

 bility of failure from unforeseen causes ; still the Cranberry 

 may be considered as certain as any other fruit. To make 

 anything like a fair estimate in regard to profits, we are 

 obliged to select from the reports of the various growers 

 throughout the country, and draw our conclusions there- 

 from. But in many instances these are so vague that we can 

 only approximate to the truth. I have inserted a few of 

 such as I deem reliable, omitting those which appear to be 

 too far above the average : 



Mr. Edmund Bagley, of Massachusetts, reports in the 

 Journal of Commerce : cost of land, $12 per acre ; clean- 

 ing, $100 ; vines and setting, $50 ; cultivation. $10 per 

 year. The fourth year, average crop, 300 bushels per 

 acre ; worth $2.50 per bushel. 



F. Trowbridge, New Haven, Conn., considers the usual 

 average about 175 to 200 bushels per acre. 



Mr. Sullivan Bates says, that on beds that have been 

 carefully prepared, the yield will be from 150 to 400 bush- 

 els per acre. 



J. H. Baker, of Westport, Mass., reports the average 

 crop about 175 bushels. 



Trowbridge and Davis, of Ocean County, N. J., report 

 10 acres in bearing ; crop 1,100 bushels ; although the 

 beds were new, and have not arrived at an age at which 

 a full crop could be expected. 



