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Title: Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine
Identifier: cranberriesnatio8283port (find matches)
Year: 1936 (1930s)
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Subjects: Cranberries
Publisher: Portland, CT (etc. ) : Taylor Pub. Co. (etc. )
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injury. At Whitesbog, on some of the semi-abandoned bogs on the "old property," not a single spring flooding for frost protection was made. The better than normal crop produced on these bogs is considered to be the result of lack of water damage as well as the lack of frost. 0*^*^«^*^'^*^^»'**^
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A Solid Investment requires solid financing . . . and that's our spe- cialty. Credit for equipment, land, buildings ... all your financial needs. For Credit . . . Plus a full range of other finance-related services, see your local Farm Credit representative. P.O. Box 7 Taunton, Mass. 02780 Tel: (617) 824-7578 Office: Located on Rt. 44, Va Mile West of Rt. 24 Miwiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiii niiiiimmiim iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiiiiii A reading of 12 degrees F was recorded on a cranberry bog at Whites- bog on April 22. On this day, the minimum temperature was 23 degrees in the upland weather shelter at the Rutgers bogs and 20 on the bog. No damage could be found on the Rutgers bogs drawn in March 15 or April 1, although they were not flooded or sprinkled. At Whitesbog, bogs drawn in March for installation of irrigation Lines were completely protected by sprinklers. The autumn frost season was replete with subfreezing nights. Despite the fact that most growers lacked enough water for flooding, very little frost damage to berries was sustained. At Whitesbog, from Oct. 10-17, there were six nights of below 20 degrees readings, including two of 15 degrees. Water was lacking for flooding but the Early Black berries endured the severe frosts with only negUgible damage. Extremely hot days were less prevalent than normal. The hottest day in the year was 95 degrees F on both June 16 and July 9. There were only 18 ninety degree days in the entire year, which is eight less than normally occurs. However, there was a period of very hot weather from the middle to the end of June, during which the temperature on bogs frequently soared to above 90 degrees and close to 100 degrees F (unsheltered temperatures as opposed to sheltered weather readings). These severe temper- atures occurred on at least 12 days during the flowering period. A review of the weather during the year points out two weather factors which might have been responsible for the disappointing crop in the state- 1. the drought period of July, August and September; 2. and the very hot weather during the flowering period in late June. The latter is considered to be the most likely cause. Undoubtedly, bogs without irrigation may have been harmed by the drought but even much of the acreage which was irrigated had poor crops. The rainfall deficiencies of 0.69, 0.96 and 1.26, respectively, for July, August and September were of such a Ught magnitude that the irrigation should have prevented appreciable losses. The hot weather during the flowering period was of sufficient severity to have caused "blasting" of flowers and even of small berries. The use of sprinkler systems to cool vines 15

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