No. 4.] CRANBERRY CULTURE. 397 



factored to contain that quantity, with a partition through 

 the centre. 



By the use of the improved gathering and assorting ma- 

 chines the cost of harvesting has been reduced from $3.50 to 

 $4.50 in 1875 to from $1 to $2 per barrel the present season. 

 If the grower is unfortunate enough to have any fruit not 

 gathered when a white frost occurs, the berries will be more 

 or less affected, which will add quite a little to the cost of 

 harvesting. 



The smaller growers dispose of their crop through com- 

 mission houses in the large cities of New England and the 

 middle States, while the large growers sell in car lots, a 

 large part of their crop going direct to the western, southern 

 and Pacific coast cities. 



While I would not encourage indiscriminate planting of 

 the crop, I believe under favorable circumstances and good 

 management it is the most profitable crop grown in south- 

 eastern Massachusetts. 



