MISCELLANEA 



By Henry J. Franklin, 

 Research Professor in Charge of the Cranberry Station 



The following material has interesting relations to other studies in this bulletin 

 and is therefore presented with them. 



WEATHER AND CRANBERRY SIZE 

 Henry Griffith Data 



The late Henr\' S. Griffith, for many years chief inspector for the New England 

 Cranberry Sales Company, did considerable research in connection with his 

 duties. He made records and calculations of the size of cranberries in his in- 

 spection district, the township of Carver. In February 1930, he sent a summary 

 of his findings up to and including 1929 to the writer, and this, together with his 

 later calculations^ and his letter cf transmittal, follows: 



Dear Dr. Franklin: 



I am enclosing a complete record of the size of the cranberries for the 

 years that I made and kept a calculation. You will notice I skipped the 

 years 1920 and 1921 for which I am now sorry. These calculations were 

 made only on the lots that came under my observation with the exception 

 of one year in which Mr. Besse (S. A.)^ gave me the results of his inspec- 

 tions. 



In making the calculation I called the lot the unit, but nearly all of the 

 lots were car-loads. In the case of Blacks I called lots in which the cup 

 count^ was below 110 as large; between 1 10 and 120 as average; above 120 

 as small. In the Howes I called lots in which the cup count was below 100 

 as large; between 100 and 110 as average; above 110 as small. 



Sincerely yours, 

 HENRY S. GRIFFITH 



Small 

 Percent 



Early Black Variety Howes Variety 



Year Large Average Small Large Average 



Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 



1918 20 44 36 25 33 



1919 8 47 45 50 47 



1922 80 17 3 82 16 



1923 8 30 62 23 17 



1924 49 27 24 50 40 



1925 48 33 19 58 40 



1926 15 50 35 12 63 



1927 46 35 19 62 31 



1928 46 43 11 37 40 



1929 40 45 IS 52 41 



1930 18 52 30 49 26 



1931 67 22 11 64 29 



1932 30 44 26 34 50 



1933 52 40 8 56 42 



1934 40 45 15 43 45 



1935 43 53 4 30 57 



16-year average 38 39 23 45 39 



'Published in annual reports of the New England Cranberry Sales Company. 



^The Sales Company inspector for the Wareham district. 



'The cup used was the standard inspector's cup of the Sales Company. 



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42 

 3 



2 

 60 

 10 



2 



25 

 7 



23 

 7 



25 



7 

 16 



2 

 12 

 13 



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