76 THE GEEAT CRANBEEEY MAEKBTS. 



these varieties must command a higlier price tlian any 

 otker that will be offered in the market. The climate 

 and soil of Cape Cod are well adapted to the perfect 

 development of the cranberry, and these natural ad- 

 vantages combined with the experience of cultivators, 

 gives them the advantage over others. 



There is a great increase in the consumption of 

 cranberries, and this fact should encourage those who 

 possess lands, of the kind pointed out in the body of 

 this manual, to make an effort to cultivate the vine. 

 If you can but get the vine into a favorable situation, 

 and know how to manage it, it rJiust pay you for the 

 pains taken in its cultivation. 



The cultivation of the cranberry is but in its infancy. 

 Ten years more of hard and practical experience in its 

 management wUl do much to establish or destroy the 

 theories which have been set up by some cultivators. 



