CORRESPONDENCE. 97 



"1st. Select a situation for your cranberry field on a 

 clay soil, on such as is not liable to bake, or on a dark 

 loam soil, or on all moist soils where there is a mix- 

 ture of sand, mostly of reclaimed lands ; such as can 

 be made moderately dry, are well adapted to grow the 

 cranberry. In fact most all soil that is natural to 

 grow the potatoe, is well adapted to grow the cran- 

 berry, (yet the first mentioned soil would be preferred). 

 I think there are portions on most of the farms situ- 

 ated in the Middle States, and their vicinity, that are 

 well adapted to grow the cranberry, and I should pro- 

 pose to all desirous of commencing the business, to put 

 their plants on different parts of their soil, and by so 

 doing the better soils may be ascertained. As far as I 

 have ascertained, there are three varieties of cranberry, 

 viz: the Bugle, the Cherry, and the Bell I have 

 never known of any other variety of the berry that 

 would naturalize to dry soil except the Bugle cran- 

 berry ; this species of the berry grows much in the 

 form of an egg it is inclined to grow in the wild 

 state on the borders of cranberry bogs, spreading its 

 way to upland soil, this species is much larger than 

 the others in its wild state. Persons engaging in the 

 cultivation of the article should commence with the 

 last mentioned species, and by commencing with those 

 that have been cultivated and naturalized to a dry soil, 

 they will much sooner accomplish their object, and 

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