110 APPENDIX. 



MR. ADDISON FLINT'S METHOD OF CRANBERRY CULTI 

 VATION, WITH STATISTICS. 



To the Committee on Cranberries* 



GENTLEMEN : I see in your advertisement of pre 

 miums to be distributed, one for Cranberries, which I 

 hope to obtain ; and I refer you, for a description of the 

 manner in which I proceeded to raise them, to the Ag- 

 riculture of Massachusetts, as shown in the returns of 

 the Agricultural Societies of 1853, pp. 245, as follows : 



ME. FLINT'S STATEMENT. In the autumn of 1843, 

 I built a dam and flowed the swamp from that time till 

 August, 1846 ; then let off the water. 



The following October, burnt over the swamp and 

 set the vines. The vines were cut up with a sharp hoe 

 or shovel, and set in hills, three and one-half feet apart; 

 the bunches about the size of a quart measure. 



In raising from the seed, I planted in October, 1846, 

 about half an acre ; crushing each berry between the 

 thumb and finger, and placing it just under the mud, 

 single berries in a hill, three and a half feet apart. Also, 

 sowed broadcast a number of bushels of refuse cran- 

 berries the following spring. Yery few vines appeared 

 from them for two or three years ; no berries till 1852, 

 then very small ; in 1853, good size, in quantity worth 

 picking. 



My practice has been to stop the water in October, 



