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berry vines in the bog and to induce such growth as 

 will give the largest crop of berries. The bogs so 

 treated, do not reach full bearing until the fifth year, 

 though there is quite a little fruit borne the second year 

 and more each succeeding one. The expense of estab- 

 lishing such a bog is reckoned at from $300 to $500 an 

 acre, and bogs that are well established will last for 

 twenty-five years and longer. 



Constant attention is required to keep the bog clear 

 from other growth until the vines cover the ground, 

 and hand-weeding after the first year is all that can be 

 done. The varieties most generally grown are Early 

 Black, Late Dark Red, Cape Cod Beauty, Chitman 

 Bugle, and the McFarland. The usual price for plants 

 among growers is $3.00 a barrel, and four to five barrels 

 of plants are required to set an acre. Root cuttings 

 are generally used, and root much more quickly than 

 stem cuttings. Of course, entire plants can beset out, 

 but this is unnecessarily expensive where a large area 

 is to be planted. After the bog is established the work 

 is chiefly of light chara6ter. An important point in 

 the establishment of a bog is the seledlion of sand suit- 

 able to cover the ground. This should be coarse and 

 of porous nature, which will let the water through 

 readily. If it has some gravel all the better, but it 

 should contain no soil. 



By irrigating cranberry bogs two advantages are 

 assured. The vines are protedled from the heaving of 

 frost in winter and from the depredations of worms, 

 which are very destruc5live in spring. Although irri- 

 gation is essential in growing cranberries to perfedlion, 

 good drainage is also necessary and the ordinary system 



