CRANBERRY 841 
ing, scalping and sanding the bogs during 
the construction period. For the opera- 
tion of the bogs after they are in bearing 
about the only equipment required will 
be spraying outfits; cleaning, grading, 
packing and sorting machinery; instru- 
ments for weather observations, equip- 
ment for conveying the berries from the 
bog to the’ storehouse and unless the 
water is secured by gravity, a pumping 
plant will be required. The greater part 
of this equipment should be owned and 
controlled by an _ association of the 
growers. 
Plants and Planting 
Cranberry bogs are established by plant- 
ing cuttings from old vines. These cut- 
tings should be from eight to ten inches 
long and are generally planted by forcing 
the middle of the vine down through the 
sand into the peat leaving the tow ends 
of the cuttings sticking up above the 
surface of the sand. From each of these 
cuttings runners grow along the surface of 
the sand and gradually form a thick mat 
of vines over the entire bog. The vines 
are generally planted in the spring, but 
in the Northwest they can be planted 
during the fall and winter. 
There are a great many varieties of 
vines, but the grower need not consider 
over a dozen varieties. In selecting the 
varieties care should be exercised as to 
whether they are early or late, their 
Keeping qualities, color, size and yield. 
The principal varieties now grown on 
this coast are the McFarlan and Early 
Blacks. The vines now being planted 
are practically all imported from the East, 
mostly from Massachusetts. Some of the 
Massachusetts varieties are Early Black, 
Howe, Centennial, Bugle, McFarlan, Math- 
ews and Batchelder. Some of the Wis- 
consin varieties are Prolific, Searles Jum- 
bo, McFarlan, Bennett Jumbo, Metallic 
Bell, Palmeter and Howe. The only yva- 
rieties planted from Wisconsin on this 
coast are the Searles Jumbo, Bennet Jum- 
bo, and Prolific. The vines are planted 
about ten inches apart and it takes about 
700 pounds to the acre. 
Developing the Bog 
After the bog has been planted it will 
be at least three years before there is a 
paying crop and during this time the bog 
will require considerable attention. The 
principal work during this time will be 
to keep the bog free from weeds and to 
control the irrigation and drainage in or- 
der to get the proper growth of vines. 
It will also be necessary to guard against 
insects and plant diseases. 
Fig. 4. 
Children Planting Cranberry Vines. 
