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some growers to redeem a certain proportion of their 

 swamps yearly ; by thus proceeding, they ultimately 

 overcome the natural obstacles before them, and ac- 

 complish what they intended to realize. The sight of 

 each year's progress encourages them to persevering 

 effort. Then it must be so that you can drain off the 

 water at your own pleasure. If you make a cranberry 

 patch in a swamp, and it is liable to have water stand- 

 ing in pools over the vines in the summer season, this 

 will operate as a hindrance to the ripening of the 

 berry. This precaution must be observed in making 

 choice of such a situation, that you can expel or draw 

 off the water, when it is necessary. 



Meadow land, which is low and moist, affords an 

 excellent location for the cranberry. In fact, these 

 damp situations are very suitable, providing the damp- 

 ness or moisture is not too cold and icy. If the mois- 

 ture beneath the surface in which the vine is planted 

 is of too cold a temperature, it will prove fatal to the 

 young vines. Care must be had, in selecting for a 

 yard, to ascertain if the water is too cold; if it is not, it 

 may be converted into a useful and profitable cran- 

 berry patch. There must be water in the land in which 

 they are planted. As a general rule, it is best to have 

 it within twelve inches of the surface. The object 

 of this is to give moisture. The grower must have it, 

 or his plants will fail. 



