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CRANBERRY CULTURE. 



the growth of wild vines any indication that the soil there 

 is peculiarly adaptcl to them ; nor is their absence any 

 argument against the clioice of a swamp. Exposure is of 

 no consequence. As compared with Cape Cod, our bogs 

 are now cheaply made, less liable to injury from frost, and 

 as productive ; our berries are larger, of finer color, and 

 of better flavor. 



March 2Sth, 1870. 



The vitality of the cranberry vine is so great that, 

 after it has been transplanted four or five years, if the 

 season should be favorable, the yield is likely to be very 

 great. This fact misleads many, and is the cause of many 

 foolish theories. 



3Iany again form theories without ever having seen a 

 successful cranberry bog. I mean one that averaged, 

 from tlie time it was five years old until it was ten years 

 oM, about '20.) bushels per acre for every acre in vines. 



This large yield is not owing entirely to the soil, etc., 

 as the following instance will show. Near mine was a 

 bog of just five acres. It had never yielded much over 

 600 bushels, though it was about seven years old. On 

 my recommendation a friend bought it for 86,500. I di- 

 rected the care and management of it, an^l the next crop 

 was 1,500 bushels. Since then, tlie crop has been from 

 1,150 to 1,800 bushels, yearly — an average of over 200 

 bushels per acre. The former owner now oflers §10,000 

 for the bog. I felt very confident of the result, for the 

 vines were of a good variety, the soil and exposure excel- 

 lent. 



My bog has never produced S(> large a crop, its largest 

 being over 2,000 bushels on T' j., acres, and its average 

 about 200 bushels per acre. 



In a few wor^ls I will give you what I consider abso- 

 lute requisites : 



