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Varieties 



Early Black and Howes are the varieties most grown on the Cape, together 

 making up 93 percent of the whole acreage. They are productive, well known 

 to the trade, good keepers, and usually can be picked easily with scoops. E^rly 

 Black berries (Fig. 14A) make fine sauce, but Howes (Fig. 14B), unless picked 

 very late, are only fair in that respect. Early Black berries are highly valued 

 for canning and for cocktail juice because of their dark red color, and the variet\- 

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

 content than those of any other cultivated variety, and this makes them ver\- 

 desirable for canning. Howes ripen late and so interfere with proper fall flooding. 



Fig. 14. 



Berries of Cranberry Varieties. 

 D. Bugle. 



Bugle (Fig. 14D), Centennial, Centerville, Holliston, Matthews, AIcFarlin 

 (Fig. 14C), 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. 

 Round Howes is perhaps the most productive variety. 



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

 som; most of 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 generalh- 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 colored 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 



