Massachusetts Agricultural Highlights, 1988 



CRANBERRIES 



ACREAGE: 12,142 productive, 580 not bearing, 12,722 total 



PRODUCTION: 1,861,000 barrels 



GROWERS: 498 (60% of growers manage 11 acres of bog) 



MARKET: 7 handlers 



Massachusetts produces approximately 48 percent of the U.S. crop. Cranberry production occurs in 45 

 communities in seven counties in eastern Massachusetts. Eighty percent of the total acreage is highly 

 concentrated in a cluster of Plymouth county communities. Sixty-one percent of the Commonwealth's 498 

 growers msinage 11 acres of bog or less. 



Counties with Acreage in Cranberry Fruit 



County Communities % of All Acres 



Middlesex 1 <1% 



Worcester 1 <1% 



Norfolk 3 <1% 



Bristol 8 3% 



Nantucket 1 2% 



Barnstable 11 7% 



Plymouth 20 87% 



Dukes <1% 



45 100% 



Plymouth County: The Nucleus of Cranberry Production 



Community % of All Acres 



62% 



Cranberry Fruit: Productive Acres and Acres Not Yet Bearing 



Source; Ocean Spray, 1988, New England Agricultural Statistics (USDA), and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 

 (USDA) 



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