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planting, vines should be selected whose fruit is of good 

 size and of dark red color when ripe. The egg-shaped 

 berries are usually the largest and considered the most 

 saleable, though not so heavy as some of the smaller varie- 

 ties. The vines should be carefully separated from all 

 grasses and other roots, and bound in bunches of half a 

 dozen or more by twisting about them one of the long run- 

 ners, and in this condition they can be set very rapidly, in 

 hills fifteen inches apart and rows twenty inches 

 apart. Vines may be set at any season, but the spring is 

 much the better time, as vines set early become more firmly 

 rooted and better able to withstand the winter than those 

 set later in the season, After the vines are set, it should 

 be the aim of the cultivator, as soon as he can, to get such 

 a growth as to completely cover the ground. To this end 

 all weeds, grass, moss and bushes should be kept down with 

 a hoe, while a hoe can be used, and afterwards by hand, 

 until the vines have complete possession of the ground, 

 which under favorable conditions will be in about three or 

 four years, when cultivation is generally discontinued. 



After the vines have completely covered the ground, 

 little remains to be done except to use all available means 

 for protecting and securing the fruit. Where vines cannot 

 readily be covered with water, the time of harvesting must 

 be made earlier than where flowing can be done at any 

 time. Unripe and immature fruit will sell, but perfectly 

 ripe fruit keeps best and sells best, and of course brings the 

 highest price. 



It is estimated that there will be shipped from Cape Cod 

 the present season 100,000 barrels, which goes to show the 

 great importance of this industry. 



C. C Blunt, Chairman, S. M. Titcomb, H. A. Stiles— 

 Committee. 



STATEMENT OP J. P. BUTTERFIELD, OF A.ND0VER, ON CRANBERRY 



CROP. 



Andover, Oct. 31, 1887. 

 The plat of land represented in the accompanying plan 



