CRANBERRY 



419 



running it through a tanning mill ; and Bome growers find it an 

 advantage to put all the berriea through the mill before they w to 

 the hand - screen is a Blatted tray about six feet 1< 



and three and a -half wide at one end and tapering to about ten 

 inches at the other, with a Bide <>r border five or six inches high.* 

 The Bpaces in the bottom between the slats are about one-fourth 

 inch wide. The Bcreen is s< I uj.cn ^r 



>a\v-: 1 three women Btand 



apon :i si'K- and handle over the 

 berries, removing the poor ones and 

 the leaves and sticks, and working 



- towards the 

 small and open end, where 



they fall into a re- 

 ceptacle. The l" 



barreled directly if 

 they are not moist, but 

 if wet they are fire! 

 Bpread upon Bheete 



canvas — old sails being 



favoritei — and allowed 

 to remain until tlmr- 

 oughly dry. 

 rated cranberry is a native 

 \V* ^«iE3»^ of "in- Dorthern -' ■■■ s. I' was firs! i-ni- 



I • ti\ .* lsin, but its culture lia«i 



not become general until forty <>r fifty 

 later. The berries naturally vary in -!.-■• and shape and 

 color, and three general types, named in reference to their 

 forms, rly distinguished -the Bell, the Bugle and the 



Cherry. These types are represented in Pigs. 1"'.» t<> ill. respec 

 lively. As late as 1856 there appears to be do record of any partic- 

 ular named varieties aside from th< l types. But there 



rowing." 



