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States and some of the Middle and Southern, the cultivation of 

 the cranberry has received some attention, but to New Jersey 

 more than any other state is entitled the credit of bestowing 

 much energy, money, care and patience, in the culture of this 

 delicious fruit until it has assumed much importance. 



The most important requisite to the successful culture of the 

 cranberry is the right kind of soil. The conclusions arrived at 

 by the observation and experience of cranberry growers gen- 

 erally, are, that a mout, peaty or muck soil, intermixed with 

 beach sajid, and free from loam or clay, is the most suitable. 

 The method of preparing the soil for the growth of the cran- 

 berry vine must vary with the kind of soil. If it be sufficient- 

 ly dry in summer, the cheapest and most direct method to fit it 

 for receiving the vine would be by plowing. It may then be 

 harrowed and rolled down, when it is ready for the vine, which 

 may be set in holes made with the hoe, eight or ten inches 

 apart, covering the roots from one to two inches in depth. If 

 the plot is to be flowed with water during the winter, the vine 

 may be planted as soon as the land is made ready, but if not 

 flooded the vine should be set in spring time. 



The second mode of fixing land for the cranl)erry, which 

 could not well be ploughed, would be to spread evenly as pos- 

 sible, either beach or coarse sand, to the depth' of from three 

 to five inches, as the case might seem to require to keep down 

 the grass until the vine spreads and checks its growing. In 

 planting the vine proceed as in the plowed lot. 



The third method of preparing a plot of peat or muck for 

 the vine is to spread evenly a quantity of litter hay (perhaps 

 two tons to the acre), upon the surface, covering the same with 

 sand from three to five inches in depth. If this is done in 

 July or August, the vines may be planted in April or May fol- 

 lowing. The hay will very effectually kill the grass and many 

 other substances not favorable to the growth of the cranberry, 

 and quicken the growth of the vine in its decaying condition. 



There are one or two other methods which may be employed 

 in preparing land for the cranberry. If the patch can be flow- 



