50 KECOED OF IIOETICULTUKE. 



scale. There is probably no section of the country where 

 so much attention is being given to Cranberry culture as in 

 New Jersey ; throughout the southern portion of the State 

 there are large tracts of land admirably fitted for its cul- 

 ture, and capitalists have taken hold of these and are 

 rapidly changing them into beautiful and fruitful fields. 

 At Manchester, Ocean County, some four hundred acres 

 are already planted. At Elwood there is an equal num- 

 ber of acres j^lanted, and hundreds more in preparation. 

 In many other sections of the State large plantations are 

 being made, and there will probably be five thousand 

 acres of Cranberries planted in New Jersey Avithin the 

 next five years. That these plantations will return a 

 large profit on the investment there is scarcely a doubt. 

 It may be asked if there will be a market for such an 

 enormous amount of fruit ? Most certainly, for when the 

 ordinary channels are supplied new ones will -be opened. 

 Cranberries will be exported in large quantities to coun- 

 tries that can not produce them. They will be preserved 

 in cans and shipped to very distant markets. There is no 

 fear of New Jersey, Cape Cod, and all other sections 

 where Cranberries are grown combined producing a sur- 

 plus in the markets of the world. 



In making the New Jersey plantation, the wild plants 

 gathered from the native bogs are chiefly used, the grow- 

 ers believing that they are equal to the improved varieties ; 

 and if not, they are indigenous to the soil, and arc obtain- 

 ed in any quantity and with very little expense. All the 

 plantations are so arranged that they can be overflowed 

 whenever it is necessary to protect from cold oi- prevent 



