THE CPiANBERllY. 



CHATTER I. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CRANBERRY. 



If tlie traveUer over Cape Cod wiU now and then 

 turn his eye toAvard the borders of the many ponds 

 which abound in that region, or occasionaUy examine 

 the margin of swampy tracts, he wHl frequently per- 

 ceive patches, as they are technicaUy termed, of a 

 strange-looking, and at first sight, a seemingly stunted 

 vegetation, presenting very different appearances to 

 those exhibited by fields of stately Indian corn; or 

 tracts of farm land, where the tall stalks of the rye 

 wave, and ears of wheat look golden in the sunshine 

 of summer. 



A certain preciseness of planting, and regularity of 

 disposition, convinces even the most careless observer, 

 that these patches are by no means unproductive. 

 And if he chooses to inquire of the next person he 

 meets, he wiU learn that these, to him singular-looking 

 specimens of farmmg, are cranberry grounds. 



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