THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY 



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Figure 5. 



Cranberry Growers' Association held September 4, 1886. The figures for the 

 years 1883 to 1888, inclusive, are actual shipments as given in the report of 

 the Twentieth Annual Convention of the American Cranberry Growers' Asso- 

 ciation held August 27, 1889. The figures for the year 1889 are taken from 

 the same report but are only estimates. The figures for the years 1890 to 

 1900 are taken from the annual report of the New Jersey State Board of 

 Agriculture for 1901, but were received from the American Cranberry Grow- 

 ers' Association. These are, presumably, shipments, though the report does 

 not say so. The figures were in bushels or crates, but have been converted 

 into barrels for the sake of uniformity; three bushels or crates equal one 

 barrel. The figures for the years 1867, 1868, and 1869 were taken from the 

 annual report of the United States Department of Agriculture for 1869. 



Figure 6 presents graphs of the changes in the yearly cranberry production 

 of New England, New Jersey, the West, and the entire United States from 

 1867 to 1900, inclusive. As will be seen, the production of New England and 

 New Jersey, though fluctuating violently at times, increased rather steadily 

 throughout this period, while that of the West showed no definite trend. 



Figure 7 illustrates the changes in the annual cranberry production of the 

 three principal producing States and the entire country since 1900. See also 

 Table 18 (in appendix). In general, the crops of Massachusetts and Wisconsin 

 have increased during the period, while those of New Jersey and the Pacific 

 Coast have trended downward. The main difficulty in New Jersey has been 

 the prevalence of the false blossom disease in recent years. This has greatly 



