CRANBERRY GROWING IN MASSACHUSETTS 



By Henry J. Franklin, 

 Research Professor in Charge of the Cranberry Station 



Tlie cranberry of commercei is native to North America (Mily, aUhoueh 

 a closel\' related s])ecies- grows in northerii Pairupe and Asia. Tliat 

 s]jecies, liuwever, lias sucli small berries that it is not suitable for cultiva- 

 tion. Our American craidterry is grown a little in Holland and F.ngland 

 but extensively (jnly in North .A.nierica. The fruit i> u>ed maiidy in the 

 I'niled .States and Canada, no large foreign market liavirig been develoi)cd. 



Fig. 1. Cranberry Bogs from the Air. 

 The bogs in the foreground look whiter than those in the background because they were 

 partly flooded. 



C ommercia! cultnatio 

 .Middlesex Count\ a hui 

 has develoi)e(l so that 

 .State, bringing in a gro 



the cranberry began on Ca])e Cod and in 

 \ears a.i^o. It paid well from the start and. 

 ruit is now the leading export croj) of the 

 nual return of from $3,000,000 to $.S, ()()(),( )()(!. 



Till' industry here, excci)t for a few small bogs, is confined to Middlesex, 

 llnstol, l'lym..nlli, MarnMable, Dukes, and Nantucket CMunties, the Plym- 

 outh C'ountx ci'oij hein- more impnrtant than the dlhers, with Carver, 

 I'lymouth, and Wareham the most productive 1. .wnsliii)s. Craidierries 

 are also grown in .\ew Jersey, in Wisconsin, on the oast of ()reL;i>n and 

 Washiniilon, in Nova Sctia, and <>u Cng Island, these districts being 

 nanu-d in tin- order of their imiiorlance in the industry-. 



in .Massachusetts, 13,644 acres were under craid)errv cultivation in 



NOW I.KDOMKNT 



7, 9C, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 37; 

 Kigurc's 1 and 40; and to the 

 skill to list- Kiffiire 22. 



] yaccin inmmacrocarpon Ait. 



tlie Hiiroau of Plant Industry of the United States 

 lotographs reproduced in Figures 5 and 6, also for 



Exchange for the iiholngraiilis i.sed in Fig'ures 2, 3, 

 :'raiil)erry ('aimers, Inc., for llic iiliutoKmplis used in 



.lersey .\«ricullnr;il f.M.crinu'Ml Siiili,,n l(ir i.iTniis- 



