12 THE CRANBEERY. 



"We liave selected Cape Cod as tlie imaginary field 

 of our illustration, inasnnicli as tliat erroneously sup- 

 posed exclusively sandy region contains within its 

 boundaries more cranberry yards than any other 

 locality of similar dimensions, that we are aware of. 

 The reason why it should be so, is obvious enough. 

 Its mixture of sand and soil, its peculiar climate, its 

 exemption from early frosts, — ^matters to which, with 

 others relevant to the subject, we shall hereafter refer 

 — are all favorable to the production of cranberries. 

 Indeed, this berry promises to share, with the codfish, 

 a great local popularity. 



There are many other parts of this great country 

 where cranberries are grown, but it is confessed on aU 

 hands, that Cape Cod takes the lead in this enterprise. 

 Her few growers have achieved a reputation for their 

 irwit, which already commands ready sales, and the 

 best prices. This circumstance has of late drawn at- 

 •tention to the growing of cranberries, , as a money- 

 making undertaking; and curiosity having been once 

 excited, it is not likely to be allayed, until growers in 

 other parts of the States spring up, and like their Cape 

 Cod brethren, succeed in making otherwise unproduc- 

 tive tracts of land both fruitful and a source of gain. 

 For there are at this moment thousands of acres of 

 swampy and sandy places, in the great "West and in the 

 South, which by a little labor can be converted iritp 



