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$34.75 



REPORT ON CRANBERRIES. 



The Committee on Cranberries submit a brief statement on the 

 subject committed to their charge. 



During the first week in December they visited the Cranberry 

 meadow of Dr. E. D. Miller, situated in Franklin, which was 

 found to consist of about sixteen acres of what, a few years since, 

 was taxed as waste land. This land had been drained at consid- 

 erable expense, and dams constructed, whereby control of the 

 water had been secured, so that when threatened by frost the 

 meadow could be overflowed in a short time, and the crop thus 

 protected. 



In regard to the cultivation of the vine. Dr. Miller has tried 

 various ways. From some portions of the meadow he has remov- 

 ed the turf, whilst others have been gravelled. His vines he has 

 procured from various sections of the State, running some through 

 a hay-cutter and sowing them broadcast, transplanting others by 

 the root, and likewise sowing the seed. For all which painstaking 

 he is now, in our judgment, receiving his reward, the meadow 

 now containing five hundred bushels of berries of the finest quality. 



Of the berries presented at the Exhibition, there were several 

 varieties. Dr. Miller and Edmund Tucker of Canton exhibiting 

 some very fine specimens. Mr. Tucker's were raised on upland, 

 a detailed statement of the cultivation of which is herewith sub- 

 joined. The Committee award to Dr. JNIiller the first premium of 

 $10 ; and to Edmund Tucker of Canton, the second premium of 

 $5. WILLIAM TUCKER, Chairman. 



Canton, Oct. 1, 1859. 



EDMUND TUCKER'S STATEMENT. 



The Cranberries, which I raised, grew on a piece of moist up- 

 land, that had been in grass for a number of years. In October, 



