172 SUCCESSFUL FRUIT CULTURE 



HARVESTING 



This crop must be harvested before fall frosts unless 

 water facilities are such that the bog can be flooded 

 at ten or twelve hours' notice. The crop is gathered 

 by hand picking and by means of the rake or scoop. 

 With the latter 400 to 450 quarts per day are picked 

 by the most active pickers, while hand pickers will 

 hardly pick more than 200 quarts unless the crop is 

 large and thick. 



Storing and Marketing The cranberry is a fruit 

 that keeps well in an airy, cool, but not too dry place, 

 the temperature never going down to thirty-two degrees. 



Fig. 90 The Large Bell Cranberry 



For home use, if put in fruit jars and covered with 

 cold water, the fruit will keep until May or June if 

 placed in a moderately cool cellar. It is most largely 

 sold in barrels of about 100 quarts. Prices obtained 

 range from $3.50 to $15 per barrel, an average of about 

 $7. Some markets demand the fruit in crates, and many 

 dealers buy in barrels and repack in crates or boxes. 



RENEWING A CRANBERRY BOG 



After ten or fifteen years of fruiting many bogs 

 begin to fail, and are renewed by resurfacing, or with 



