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Cranberries

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
February
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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Cultival ed crnnberrieswere exhibited by S. Bates, Billingham, Norfolk Co., Mass., giown on owrv lan j. He slates that "low meadow 1'ancT is best for them, prepnred in the first instance in the same manner as for gro-m. The wild cranberry is transplanten into this in rows 20 inches npart. At first they require a slight hoeing, afterwards they spread and cover the field, proda. cing crops annually thereafter withont further culture. In this condition they produce much larger and finer fruit than in their wild state, the yield being from 200 to 300 bushels per acre,-worlh on an average in the Boston -mark et at least on c dollar ner busheL A damp soü etv wherewet predoinínated, has gen e rail jy been considared noeessary, but Mr. Bates: thinksthis not cssential to their successful ouhivalion: any soil, unless when. io.clined to bak e, wlll answer. Early hi the snrin?, is the best time for

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Signal of Liberty
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