126 THE CRANBERRY 
In the fall when the berries are ready for picking the people 
go to the different bogs from all the country round about. Most 
of the schools give holidays so that the children can earn money 
for Christmas by picking cranberries, and while the season lasts, 
which is sometimes for two or three days, there is quite a picnic 
at the bogs. 
The cranberries are afterwards put into barrels and shipped to 
different markets all over the country. 
Drawing 
1. Make a drawing of a whole berry; of a cross section; 
of a vertical section. 
2. Sketch one of the plants in the plate, showing the 
stem, leaves, bud, blossom, and the stem that runs 
along the ground and bears the roots. 
