THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY 



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Since 1920 the lower cost of sugar and an aggressive marketing and adver- 

 tising policy have resulted in a better demand and higher prices for cranberries. 

 This has encouraged the growers to give much more attention to the care of 

 their properties. 



Table 19 (in appendix) gives the average yield per acre and the total pro- 

 duction of Massachusetts cranberries by main varieties and counties in 1931, 

 1932, and 1933, the years immediately preceding the 1934 survey. In yield 

 per acre, Plymouth County led all the counties with a considerable cranberry 

 acreage, with Bristol and Middlesex Counties in second and third place re- 

 spectively. 



The yields per acre of the Early Black variety were generally materially greater 

 than those of the Howes variety, but in Bristol and Norfolk Counties the 

 Howes variety led the Early Black every year. Other varieties, taken together, 

 generally yielded considerably less than either Early Black or Howes, but they 

 led those varieties very definitely in Norfolk County each year. The three- 

 year average yield of all varieties and counties was 34.8 barrels per acre. 



FROST INJURY OF MASSACHUSETTS CRANBERRY BOGS 



The following record shows the frosts which have done material harm on 

 the Cape Cod cranberry bogs in the years 1910-1935, inclusive. 



Date of 

 Year Spring 



Frosts 



Date of Range of 



Fall Temperature 



Frosts on Bogs 



Remarks 



1910 April 28 



1911 



1912 



1913 May 14 



June 9 



17°-23°F. 



20°-30°F. 



26°-38°F. 



Sept. 15 20°-29°F. 



Sept. 11 21°-26°F. 



Estimated loss 35 percent. 



No official record. 



No official record. 



Considerable damage on bogs in 

 some localities, especially inland, 

 and particularly at South Han- 

 son and Norton, 



Considerable injury on bogs in 

 some localities, especially in 

 South Hanson and Harwich. 



Damage most severe in Carver. 

 40,000 barrels estimated frozen. 



Estimated loss 12,000 barrels. 



Estimated loss 25,000 barrels. 

 Loss on New Jersey bogs, 50,000 

 barrels 



Principal injury inland, especially 

 in Rochester. Estimated loss 4 

 percent. 



Estimated injury 40 percent. 



Very little frost damage. 



Estimated injury 50 percent, most- 

 ly in Plymouth and Bristol 

 Counties. No frost in most of 

 Barnstable County. Estimated 

 injury on New Jersey bogs 25 

 percent. 



Estimated injury 10 percent, main- 

 ly in Barnstable County. 



