78 ON THE CULTURE OF THE CRANBERRY. 



weighed from the field, liolding out nine thousand one hundred 

 and ten pounds in Boston market, leaving one thousand three 

 hundred and ninety pounds for sininkage and feeding the teams 

 of the hauler, in 1849 the crop amounted to eiglit thousand 

 two hundred pounds wiien weighed from the field, and seven 

 thousand five hundred pounds in market, falling short seven 

 hundred pounds, of a quality a little inferior to the first, al- 

 though selling as high as the average. In 1850 the weight of 

 the crop was ahout four tons, remaining as yetrmsold. All the 

 dressing this land has received since it was laid down, was 

 about ten bushels of ashes on a part of in 1848, and about fif- 

 teen bushels in 1849, and two casks of lime. 



I should be glad to be more particular in my statement as to 

 loss and gain, but general and imperfect as it is, I submit it to 

 your consideration. 



Ipswich, Sept. 25, 1850. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE CRANBERRY. 



No entry has been made Yor the Society's premium for the 

 cultivation of cranberries. But the chairman of the commit- 

 tee submits the following communication, in the hope that it 

 may not be without interest, and may excite to further experi- 

 ments. 



The Cranberry or Oxycocus, is so called from the Gr, oxus, 

 sour, and Kokkus, berry, on account of its acidity. It is found 

 from the Middle States to Hudson's Bay, and perhaps farther 

 north. The European cranberry has been found in Lynn 

 woods, and is distinguished by its short pointed leaves. It is 

 very common in Russia, and other countries in the north of 

 Europe ; it bears a close resemblance to the common Ameri- 

 can cranberry, but is rare in Massachusetts. The earliest des- 

 cription of our cranberry that I have been able to discover, is 

 to be found in an old, quaint, and very scarce book, describing 

 the Natural History of our country at the period of its first set- 

 tlement. It was published in London in 1672, and was writ- 



