PRACTICAL PAPERS—CRANBERRY-GROWING. 313 
blossom, say the last of Jane, or first part of July; making 
their webs in the top of the vine, they spread rapidly, and be¬ 
ing gifted with a voracious appetite, the vines soon appear as 
if fire had passed over them, and the crop is effectually des¬ 
troyed. There is another worm almcst identical with the leaf 
roller found on the apple, which eats into the berries, but as 
yet has done but little mischief, and does not seem to increase 
The remedy for the destruction of these insects, to be depended 
upon, is in flowing the land well up to the warm season, as 
this completely destroys the insects and their germs. 
The number of bushels gathered the past season was a con¬ 
siderable increase on any former crop, probably a fourth larger, 
amounting to 33,000 bushels, or 11,000 barrels, yielding at a 
low estimate $120,000. One-third, or less of this was expended 
in gathering, cleaning and marketing, leaving $80,000 nett to 
the growers. 
The largest yield was from Carey & Brothers’ marsh, being 
3,400 barrels; the next from the Sackett marsh, 2,600 barrels. 
J. D. Walter gathered 1,000 barrels from 40 acres. Kuddock 
Mason & Co., had 800 barrels; other marshes more recently 
improved had from 100 to 300 barrels each. 
To realize the amount for which the cranberry crop sold for 
in wheat, it would require 12,000 acres, averaging ten bush¬ 
els per acre, at one dollar per bushel, or in apples in would re¬ 
quire 40,000 barrels at $3 per barrel. These comparisons may 
perhaps give a better idea of the value of the cranberry crop. 
It is expected that there will be a largely increased produc¬ 
tion of the cranberry ; but as to an over production the grow¬ 
ers have no fears, as an increased demand has fully equaled 
the supply, and they have realized from the last crop, the 
largest yet produced, higher prices than ever before obtained. 
To those who desire to engage in fruit growing, this branch 
of it offers a wide and promising field, with a large per cent- 
age on investments. The amount of land adapted to growing 
the cranberry, is so small compared to the very large extent of 
territory, and its population wanting them, that it is reasonable 
