124 THE CRANBERRY 
When the bud first opens the petals hang down 
almost straight, but they soon begin to curl up. 
Can you find any blossoms in which they have 
curled up? 
Notice the point that hangs down under the blos- 
som. This point is formed of the stamens and 
pistil folded together. 
15. After the petals fall off the berry is left hanging 
upon its crimson stem. This is then very small, 
and either green or purplish green, and has a 
collar of four little points opposite the stem. Do 
you see this in the picture? Did you find four 
points on the grown cranberry? These are the 
same points that formed the collar when the 
berry was little. 
Now look at a picture of a blossom and find the 
young cranberry before the petals have fallen off. 
Compare this with one of your berries. 
Information 
The cranberry is raised mostly in the New England states, and 
particularly on Cape Cod, and also in New Jersey. There the 
people make what they call cranberry bogs by digging ditches 
through a marshy place and then covering the spaces between 
the ditches with sand. In this sand the cranberry vines are 
planted. They grow and spread and soon cover the sand all over. 
