WEATHER IN CRANBERRY CULTURE 65 



FROST INJURY ON MASSACHUSETTS CRANBERRY BOGS 



This list shows the frosts which did harm on our cranberry bogs in the years 

 1910-1942, inclusive, the period since the cranberry experiment station was 

 established. 



Date of Frost Range of 



Year — Minimum Bog Remarks 



Spring Fall Temperatures 



1910 April 28-29 17°-23° F. Estimated loss 35 per cent. 

 June 4-5 Loss considerable (no estimate). 



1911 Sept. 19-20 Considerable loss in Carver and the 



and 20-21 northern part of Plymouth 



County. 



1912 June 7, 9, 24°-30° F. The crop prospect reduced at least 



and 14 a quarter. 



1913 May 14-15 20°-30° F. Considerable damage on bogs in 



, some localities, especially at 

 South Hanson and Norton. 



June 9-10 26°-38° F. Considerable injury on bogs in some 



localities, especially at South 

 Hanson and Harwich. 



Damage most severe in Carver. 

 40,000 barrels estimated frozen. 

 Serious loss in New Jersey. 



1914 June 5-6 26°-31° F. Estimated loss 5,000 barrels. 



Estimated loss 25,000 barrels. Loss 

 on New Jersey bogs 50,000 

 barrels. 



1915 May 27-28 27°-38° F. Principal injury inland, especially 



in Rochester. Estimated loss 

 4 per cent. 



May 29-30 21°-28° F. Estimated injury 40 per cent. 



1916 Sept. 2-3 28°-35° F. 700 barrels frozen. 

 Oct. 1-2 21°-31° F. 500 barrels frozen. 



1917 Sept. 10-11 18°-26°F. Estimated injury 50 per cent, 



mostly in Plymouth and Bristol 

 counties. No frost in most of 

 Barnstable County. Estimated 

 injury on New Jersey bogs 25 

 per cent. 



Sept, 11-12 2r-26°F. Estimated injury 10 per cent, 



mainly in Barnstable County. 



1918 June 20-21 21°-27° F. Estimated loss 55 per cent. This 



severe frost so late in the season 

 harmed the vines of many bogs 

 so that they failed to bud well for 

 1919. 



1919 April 22-23 17^-25° F, Only slight damage from frost. 

 June 22-23 29 "-33 ° F There was some carry-over of 



injury from the June frost of 

 1918. 



