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sauce that is generally relished. It is made by dissolving one pound of 

 loaf sugar in a pint of water, bring to a boil, and pour the liquid over a 

 quart of fruit. Boil for a quarter of an hour and cool slowly. Cranberries 

 are a serviceable fruit when canned or bottled. The fruit should be stewed 

 for about a quarter of an hour, place while hot in the cans or bottles, and 

 make air-tight. Cranberry jelly is made by adding water to the berries 

 in the proportion of half-a-pint of the former to a quart of fruit, and stew 

 slowly till they are soft. Then mash the berries, strain the juice through 

 a jelly bag, and to each pint add one pound of pulverised white sugar, 

 sugar. Boil slowly till the jelly forms, taking care to skim the surface 

 from time to time to remove impurities. 



CULTIVATION 



Though the Cranberry has received but little or no attention in the 

 Australasian Colonies, there is no reason why it should not be profitably 

 cultivated in some localities. It would thrive in the cool moist mountain 

 regions of New South Wales and Victoria, and is suitable for many 

 localities in Tasmania and New Zealand. In its native regions the 

 Cranberry is found growing in wet peaty swamps, but it may be grown 

 in open sandy loam that can be kept moderately moist. This plant 

 however, is somewhat peculiar in its requirements and -will only thrive in 

 a loose soil that will not pack. The Cranberry flourishes to the greatest 

 perfection in equal proportions of well decayed vegetable matter and 

 coarse sand. But though the Cranberry requires a soil that will be 

 always moist, yet it does not like stagnant water, and consequently in 

 preparing the ground due provision must be made for drainage. The 

 command of a running stream of water will be a great advantage in 

 cultivating this fruit. In preparing for a plantation the first thing to be 

 done is to cut drains sufficiently large, deep, and numerous to carry off 

 quickly any excess of water. The ground, as a rule, should be worked 

 deeply. It is customary with American growers in preparing swamp 

 land, to cover the surface with a layer of sand which serves a twofold 

 purpose, as it improves the soil and gives a clean surface for the plants. 

 These layers of sand vary in thickness from three to six inches, according 

 to the nature of the under soil. Planting may be done at any time 

 between the autumn and early spring, the most usual method being to 

 plant in rows three or four feet apart. The plants should stand about 

 eighteen inches apart in the lines, and ought to be put in with a 

 horizontal inclination, each row sloping the same way, so as to facilitate 

 the rooting of the stems. A plantation of Cranberries when growing 

 under favourable conditions, will last for many years. If the plants 

 show signs of failing vigour, a winter top dressing of vegetable mould, 

 wood ashes, or thoroughly decayed manure will be serviceable. A 

 Cranberry plantation will begin to yield a full return in three years, by 

 which time the plants will have covered the surface of the ground. The 

 plants are very prolific and yield large and profitable crops. In America 

 a hundred bushels per acre is considered to be only a fair ordinary yield. 

 Returns of three and four hundred bushels per acre are not uncommon, 



