No. 4.] CRANBERRY GROWING. 283 



Water Ice. 



Boil 1 quart of cranberries in 1 pint of water until the skins are soft, 

 and strain through cheesecloth. When cool, add the juice of 2 lemons. 

 Make a syrup with 1 pint of granulated sugar and ^ pint of water; when 

 cool, add to the cranberry juice and freeze. 



Many persons add 1 tablespoonful of gelatine which has been soaked 

 ten minutes in ^ cup of cold water. 



Punch. 

 Boil 2 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar together fifteen minutes; boil 

 1 pint of cranberries and 1 cup of water together five minutes, strain 

 through cheesecloth, add the syrup and juice of a lemon, cool, freeze to 

 a mush, using equal parts ice and salt; serve in glasses. 



The Cost of Building a Cranberry Bog. 



Cost per acre for land, $10 to $100 



Clearing, ditching, turfing, grading and sanding, . . . 200 to 500 



7 barrels vines at $3 per barrel, 21 to 21 



Setting out of vines, 16 to 16 



Incidentals (tools, dikes, flumes, buildings, etc.), • . . 150 to 250 



Total, $397 to $887 



The cost of building will depend on a variety of circum- 

 stances, but particularly on the natural conditions, make-up 

 and location of the swamp which is to be converted into bog, 

 and on the ability and knowledge of the foreman who super- 

 intends the W'ork. An average yearly yield of from 50 to 65 

 barrels of berries per acre may be expected from a good piece 

 of bog, properly built and located, planted with standard 

 varieties and given proper care. 



A good bog, planted with standard varieties and given proper 

 care, barring the accident of fire, ought to bear crops more or 

 less regularly for a long period of years. There are bogs now 

 forty years old on the Cape which are still in fine condition and 

 bearing well. 



