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The fruit season may be greatly prolonged hy having beds 
in different exposures; those fronting the south-east will 
ripen long before those towards the north-west. There 
must be no trees or other objects.to shade the beds. For 
more minute directions see Pardee, a new work on the 
Strawberry, &c., published by C. M. Saxton. 
Cranserry.—The culture of the American Cranberry 
(Oxycoccus macrocarpus) was introduced by the late Sir 
Joseph Banks, and deserves particular notice, for it is al- 
together overlooked by Lindley and other horticultural 
writers. The plant is distinguished by the smoothness of 
its stems, and the largeness of its fruit. It grows freely, 
and produces its fruit readily in any damp situation. It 
has also recently been cultivated in various parts of the 
United States on uplands with great success. The ordi- 
- nary way of cultivation in low lands is to select a swamp 
or bog meadow—clear it off, and then pare off the surface 
of bogs or grass so as to clear the soil of the roots—next 
cover the surface of the ground with sand to the depth of 
two to five inches, and in the sand set out the plants about 
a foot to 18 inches apart. If transplanted with the sod 
adhering, it is well, if the grass is only pulled out of the 
soil. The Cranberry plantation is then to be kept clean 
of grass and weeds until the whole surface of the ground is 
covered by the Cranberry, which is usually the case in 
‘three years after planting out. 
On uplands the ground is not to be enriched (one writer 
says, the poorer the ground the better,) but prepared simi- 
lar to a Strawberry plantation. It is well to cover the 
surface of the ground with sand, and requires three or more 
years for - soil to become filled with the plants; during 
