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Fig. 13. Sanding a New Bog with Gasoline Engine and Cars. 



gether making up 88 percent of the whole acreage. They are productive, 

 well known to the trade, good keepers, and usually can be picked 

 easily with scoops. Early Black berries (Fig. 14 A) make fine sauce, but 

 Howes (Fig. 14 B), unless picked very late, are only fair in that respect. 

 Early Black berries are preferred for canning and the variety will keep 

 its lead a long time for that reason. Howes berries have a higher pectin 

 content than those of any other cultivated variety. Howes ripen late and 

 so interfere with proper fall flooding. 



Bugle (Fig. 14 D), Centennial, Centerville, HoUiston, Matthews, Mc- 

 Farlin (Fig. 14 C), and Smalley Howes are all fancy berries and prime 

 for the table. McFarlin and Smalley Howes have found more favor than 

 the rest of these varieties, the former being grown widely in Wisconsin 

 and on the Pacific Coast. Aviator is the most promising of the newer 

 varieties. Round Howes is perhaps the most productive variety. 



McFarlin, Shaw's Success, and Early Black are quite resistant to false 

 blossom; nearly all the other varieties are not. 



Varieties with fine vines, short upright branches, and low seed counts 

 and without a noticeable bloom on the fruit are generally superior in 

 production and disease resistance. 



A large number of new varieties, selections from the wild and crosses 

 between cultivated varieties, are being tested for future planting by the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



The varieties vary in ripening, the earliest usually becoming well col- 

 ored the first week in September and the latest the third week in October. 

 Some berries color well in storage; others will not redden much unless 

 left on the vines. Most cranberries are first green, then whitish, then 

 pink, then light red, and finally dark red. Some of the wild berries are 

 white when ripe, and some cultivated ones get so dark red that they are 



