22 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 332 



Date of Date of Range of 



Year Spring Fall Temperature Remarks 



Frosts Frosts on Bogs 



1918 June 20 21°-27°F. Estimated loss 55 percent. This 



severe frost came so late in the 

 season that it harmed the vines 

 of many bogs so that they failed 

 to bud properly to produce a 

 crop the following year, that is, 

 in 1919. 



1919 Only slight damage from frost. 



There was some carry-over of in- 

 jury from the June frost of 1918. 



1920 No frost damage on the bogs. 



1921 May 11 18°-24°F. Estimated loss 5 percent, mostly 



around South Hanson. This 

 frost killed strawberry blossoms 

 quite generally and also many 

 blueberry blossoms. 



Estimated loss 15 percent, mostly 

 in Barnstable County. 



Estimated loss 20 percent. 



Estimated loss 10,000 barrels. 



Loss considerable but not esti- 

 mated. 



Estimated loss 7 percent. 



Estimated loss 5 percent. On New 

 Jersey bogs, estimated loss 15 

 percent. 



3,000 barrels estimated frozen. 



3,000 barrels estimated frozen. 



4,000 barrels estimated frozen. 



4,000 barrels estimated frozen. 



Very little frost injury. 



Estimated loss 2 percent. 



Slight loss. 



Very little injury. 



Estimated injury 6 percent. 



Estimated loss 1,500 barrels, all in 

 Norton. 



500 barrels frozen. 



Estimated loss 3 percent. 



No injury. 



Estimated injury 4 percent. 



Only slight injury. 



Only slight injury. 



Estimated injury 8 percent. 



Little injury. 



This record covers twenty-six years. The estimates of loss in every case 

 were made up from information secured from the cranberry growers at the 



