1800s by a man named, of course, Eli Howes. New 

 cultivars, the result of controlled crosses, are making 

 their mark and will likely drive the industry in the fu- 

 ture, but native selections still dominate the scene 



Propagation of plants is rather simple. Planting ma- 

 terial (cuttings) is obtained by mowing vines from a 

 well established planting of the cultivar wanted. Cut- 

 ting material is kept moist until spread, either by 

 hand or mechanically, on prepared bog sites, gener- 

 ally in May in New Hampshire. These loosely spread 

 cuttings are then pressed into the soil either with the 

 cleats of a small crawler or with a device that re- 

 sembles a disc harrow, except that the discs are 

 quite thick and blunt-surfaced. Once set, cuttings and 

 surface soil are kept moist with frequent, light over- 

 head irrigation. After a couple of weeks, roots will de- 

 velop on stem surfaces below ground and axillary 

 buds above ground will break and produce shoots. 

 Within a year or two, the entire surface of the bog 

 will be covered with new vines. 



Many of those wild cranberry bogs 1 visited when 

 young have disappeared, lost to development and 

 gravel mining, but small pockets of wild cranberries 

 are still out there, waiting to be discovered. One 

 special wild cranberry 1 have taken a liking to in the 

 past several years is what 1 call the mountain cran- 

 berry, Waccinium oxycoccus, although it is perhaps more 



accurately called the small or European cranberry. It 

 is more winter-hardy than the American cranberry 

 {V macrocarpon) and is relatively common at higher el- 

 evations in Coos County where 1 pick a few each fall. 

 Like the American cranberry, 1 find these sweet 

 enough to eat readily out-of-hand and the flavor is 

 just great The cranberry is, after all, one of the great 

 original tastes of America 



Bill Lord is Extension Fruit Specialist. UNH Cooperative 

 Extension, University oj New Hampshire, Durham. 

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