The Cranberry Industry in Massachusetts
1926; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/140223
ISSN1944-8287
Autores Tópico(s)Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
ResumoT HAT the cranberry industry should become important enough to take first place in the agriculture of the southeastern section of Massachusetts is a matter of astonishment to many people. Though cranberries are a luxury the demand for them is great, and can be depended upon from year to year. The holiday custom of turkey with cranberry sauce has become so firmly established development of the cranberry industry (Fig. 1). Early settlers, when they found that the poor soil would not produce crops large enough to support them took to the sea there as elsewhere in eastern New England (Fig. 2). Then in the nineteenth century it was discovered that the peat bogs of Cape Cod could be used for growing cranberries and after successful experimentation, the industry
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