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give them a fair chance of blossoming and developing 

 the berry. 



8. The banks of fresh- water ponds, when properly- 

 managed and prepared, are good. Should such a 

 situation be too stony, the stones and rocks may be re- 

 moved, and the surface made as fine as possible. 

 Should the water of the pond be apt to rise too high, 

 at an unseasonable part of the year, and flood the 

 vines, this ought to be guarded against by forming an 

 embankment, which would preserve the yard from 

 being deluged. 



4. There are situations which can be made available 

 for a cranberry patch by a little labor. It will be ob- 

 served, that there are locations which are favorable, 

 both as to aspect and soil. But they are uneven or 

 undulating. It is not unfrequently the case that a 

 part of that land may be so low as to retain at all 

 seasons of the year a degree of moisture which exists 

 in sufS.cient quantities to meet the wants of the cran- 

 berry vine. On other parts of it the hills or slight 

 elevations may be too dry and arid. In this case, 

 those mounds must be removed and the land brought 

 to the level of that situation w^ * h is moist. 



5. Should you possess land which is in every way 

 adapted to grow the cranberry, but is liable to be over- 

 flowed with salt water, and you are desirous of turning 

 that land to account by cultivating the vine, the first 



