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CRAXBERRY CULTURE. 



lated to lead the beginner from the laws of nature and 

 success in the culture of the fruit. All advocated beach 

 sand — so poor that nothing else would grow — and the 

 ground well saturated with water in the summer season, 

 and flowed in the months of June and July to kill the 

 harry worm, all of which is at variance w^ith the proper 

 growth of the cranberry. I have found, by experience, 

 that they will not grow, to produce mucli fruit, on poor 

 sand, unless it is underlaid with muck or peat, so near the 

 surface that the vines will have the benefit of it. And 

 they will make but slow growth, and produce but small 

 crops, unless well drained in summer. And that flooding 

 in June or July will eff'ectually kill both berries and 

 worms. 



Cranberry bogs can be irrigated, by having water run- 

 ning tlirough them in ditches. Irrigation wiW be a benefit 

 in times of drouth; but should the water become stagnant, 

 the vines will cease to grow; and if it is long continued so, 

 they Avill die. 



I have had the best success on muck or peat. Have 

 had as good success without sanding as with; both have 

 done well when properly drained, yielding from 100 to 

 200 bushels par acre, while the savanna land has yielded 

 but from 15 to 40 bus ii els per acre. 



In short, I think the success of raising cranberries is 

 based on three points, viz. : 1st. Thorough drainage in 

 summer. 2d. Plenty of mud or peat, destitute of loam 

 or clay. 3d. Floodhig in winter, to kill the vine worm. 

 Hoping this may meet your views, 



I remain your Friend, 



Theodore Budd. 



