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vines have generally extended from hill to hill. The plants 

 were all selected the year preceding when in fruit, and marked 

 by putting down sticks beside them. The produce, this year, 

 was about half a bushel. 



The whole amount expended on the quarter of an acre is — 

 For carting on the sand, . . . . . $11 68 



Setting the vines, 4 00 



Hoeing the same, . . . . . . . . 4 12 



Whole expense, $19 80 



The water was drawn from the two rods entered for premium 

 in June, 1845, and the vines were set by shoving them with the 

 hand into the mud. No sand was carted on, and I have not ex- 

 pended more than two hours' labor on the two rods. This bog 

 is kept covered with water in the winter and spring, till the first 

 of May. The cranberries are of a large variety, and somewhat 

 peculiar in their form: at the stem and blossom-ends there are 

 projections not usually observed in this fruit. The color on the 

 side next the sun is deep red, and, underneath, a pale red or yel- 

 low. I am thus particular in the description of the fruit, because 

 I think it an excellent variety for cultivation. It is very pro- 

 ductive, blossoms a week or fortnight later irtan any variety I 

 have noticed, is hardy, and I have not known the blossoms to be 

 injured by the late frosts. 



The first year, the vines produced but a few berries, last year 

 four quarts, and this year, two bushels and twenty quarts, or a 

 bushel and ten quarts to the rod. 



Yarmouth, Oct. 20, 1847. 



Leonard L. Lumber ts Statement. 



About the year 1836, my cranberry vines were quite unpro- 

 ductive, and, to alter if possible such a state of things, I com- 

 menced the experiment of transplanting the vines to a piece of 

 swamp-land or peat-bottom, which formerly was wooded with 

 cedar, maple, and pine, containing three and one half acres. I 



