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(617)862-2550 (Call Collect) Plymouth, MA 02360 (617)746-6048 1 ATV: A Grower's Workhorse By DAN BROCKMAN If you've ever taken the time to check the odometer on your pickup before and after a day's work on the marsh, you were probably surprised at the number of miles you put on in a day. Trips back and forth to the shop for tools and supplies can add up quickly — even on a small marsh. Our main marsh sits just across from the shop, yet I easily put on between 10 and 20 miles in a day of running around doing various jobs and checking things out. On top of the wear and tear on the vehicle, you have to consider how much each of the miles you put on is costing you. There are less expensive forms of trans- portation which will handle many marsh duties more efficiently than will a pickup. About ITyearsago.three-wheeled all terrain vehicles (ATV's) first came on the market in the form of the little Honda 90cc machines. The growth in the market was slow until about five years ago COVER PHOTOS GROWER Dan Brockman of Vesper, Wise, has found his all terrain vehicle a dream machine. His story about how he uses the vehicle around his marsh starts on this page. The two photos also are by Brockman. when everything took off. About the time the four wheeled machines came on the scene, the market exploded. Over 1,000,000 ATV's have been purchased over the last four or five years. WHILE ATV's can't handle all work on the marsh, there are many jobs for which they are tailor-made. Since you ride out in the open, they aren't well suited for incle- ment weather. However, I have ridden ours in some pretty nasty weather because it was the best way to get a job done. For doing minor repair work, checking water or dajrtime irri- gation, I don't think there is a better machine than a four-wheeled ATV. With the speed and agility, excellent view while aboard and the ease with which you can mount and dismount, you can usually save a lot of time by using an ATV rather than a pickup. Not only can you do a job more quickly on an ATV, but it also costs you less to do it. The pur- chase price on new ATV's ranges from about $2,000 to $4,500, much less than even the lowest priced pickup. Also, with their little engines (about 225 cc's being an aver- age), they bum very little fuel. Aside from fuel, if you change oil when needed and perform other basic maintenance, you can put Law Offices of na L^kurcntll cJuarrow fjames of. S^arijorJ 24 Bay Road/P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Contarvatlon Commission, DEQE, Mass EPA, EPA and Corps otEnglnaars) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporations and partnerships, pensions and profit sharing plans, and Wills and Trusts) Land disposition (Purchase, sale and financing of existing t>ogs artd potential sites) Land use management (Board of Appeals and Planning Board) thousands of miles on an ATV with no major expenses. Low purchase price, low main- tenance, low fuel cost and more efficient use of time all add up to savings for the marsh owner. AS MORE and more people use ATV's for work, the compan- ies are responding with useful attachments. It is now possible to get such features as electric starters, four wheel drive, full suspension , hydraulic disc brakes , automatic transmissions, carry- ing racks, even power takeoff equipped machines. On top of this, you can get such items as snowplows, lawn mowers and sprayers, which attach to the machine to make it do a day's work. Given the do-it-yourself attitude of most growers, you'll see an increasing variety of equipment designed for ATV's as more and more of them appear on marshes. We built a lightweight vine rake, which we use after harvest to train the vines, as well as remove any broken weeds or vines. The rack covers about a 10 foot wide strip and one man can rake 75 acres in just a couple of days. The low pressure tires and low mass weight of the machine make it possible to drive right into the beds anytime when the vines are dormant, and, possibly, even in late spring, after they are out of dormancy. I've driven or owned machines made by just about all of the manufacturers, as well as a var- KUBOTA^ COVERS THE FIEU) Kubota has the field covered with dozens of diescl tractors. 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Before I got my hands on a Polaris, I really had my doubts that this "automatic transmis- sion" would work. It didn't take me long to realize that it not only works, but, in my opinion, is the best. A few other nice features on the Trailboss are front and rear racks, hydraulic disc brakes, large capacity fuel and oil tanks, part- time four wheel drive (it shifts into 4X4 when a sensor deter- mines that the back wheels are turning faster than the front wheels), and full footrests. The part-time, four wheel drive makes the Trailboss handle like a two wheel drive for most rid- ing, but the vehicle has outstand- ing pulling power available when needed. Let me assure you that you have to really work at it to get one sunk— like driving into a peat bog with no top cover. About the only problem you may run into when buying an ATV for the marsh, is that you'll enjoy the vehicle so much, and find so many uses for it, that you'll want another one for your personal use. 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Will Materials - Lakeville 90 Precinct Street Lakeville, MA 02347 (617) 947-0300 MASSACHUSETTS By IRVING DEMORANVILLE Dr. Joan Lasota of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station attended the eastern branch meeting of the Ento- mological Society of America held in Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 4-7. Joan pres- ented a paper on cranberry tipworm biol- ogy and control. Dr. Lasota was invited to present a seminar on cranberry pest management at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacks- burg, Va. Dr. Karl Deubert attended a symposium on agricultural chemicals and groundwater protection in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 21-24. Dr. Deubert attended a conference on environmental concerns in rights-of-way management held at Purdue University in Indianapolis Oct. 25-28. Dr. Robert Devlin attended a meeting of the Northeastern Weed Scientists in Syra- cuse, N.Y., Oct. 26-28. ****** The harvest was nearly complete by the end of October, with just a few stragglers. It appears that the Massachusetts crop will be down sharply from the August estimate, probably about 20 percent. No official figure at this writing, but the Mas- sachusetts crop will probably come In between 1.4 and 1.45 million barrels. Early Black size was small on most bogs for the first three weeks, but then improved somewhat. Color was good, quality very good to excellent. Howes was good size but crops were spotty. CRANBERRIES gives you the news and views of the industry. Wanted Wisconsin Cranberry Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh. STEVE (715)421-0917 (715)593-2385 October was cool, averaging 2.7 degrees a day below normal. Maximum tempera- ture was 72 degrees on the 3rd and min- imum 29 degrees on the 27th. The only warmer than average days were the 3rd and 7th. Cooler than average days were the 9th, 11th-14th, 22nd-23rd, 26th, 29th-30th. Rainfall totaled 1.52 inches, or nearly 2 inches below normal. 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I was born at the turn of the century into a world that is remembered today by most people only through books, plays and an 10 occasional TV production. The streetcar in our neighborhood was a little car drawn by two horses — or was it one? What has all this got to do with cranberries? Just this. They were an unknown when I was a tad. My family ran hotels. I remember that fresh fruit was absent from the menu. For dessert, in addition to cakes and pies, there always were nuts and raisins. And then, somewhere in the passage of time, we all heard a new Battle Hym of the Republic: "You must have Vitamin C. And oranges will supply it." So we bought oranges. We also bought a glass, hand operated orange juice squeezer so that we could have fresh orange juice at breakfast time. It wasn't merely a question of whether you liked orange juice in the morning. You had to have it. Every member of the family. I remember that when one of my classmates became ill, we all chipped in pennies and bought him a huge orange. I also remember seeing "farewell baskets" of oranges and other fruits in store windows. When a couple was about to go off on a long boat trip, that was the customary gift to give them. Later, when I became a writer, I was assigned to do a story on Vitamin C. I learned all about scurvy, bleeding gums and all the other ills associated with a lack of Vitamin C. And Vitamin C still was equated in my mind with oranges. In some measure, that was a tribute to the advertising boys who whooped it up loudly for the sunny clime fruit. I had my first introduction to cranberries when the family was invited to dinner in the country one Thanksgiving. The bright, red fruit, prepared as a sauce, certainly looked different. It also tasted different. Despite a few puckered expressions, brought on by the bitter flavor, both adults and children made quick work of the new dish. The gathering also was told by our host that venison rather than turkey might have been the meat served at the first Thanks- giving but that cranberries might very well have been part of the menu. My mother was taken with the fruit. But when we returned to the city, she dould find no place that sold cranberries. "If you tell me just what they are, said one obliging vegetable man, "I'll see if my whole- saler can get some for you." Alas, future visits to the store were to no avail. So my youth was devoid of the cranberry. But today! Market shelves are stocked high with firesh cranberries, cranberry sauce, cranberry juice, cranberry juice mixed with apple juice, grape juice, and what have you. There're cranberry cakes, cranberry pies. Muffins are mixed with cranberries, waffles and pancakes are mixed with cranberries . . . newspaper recipes are replete with uses for the cranberry in a variety of dishes. Yes, the world has changed. The cranberry is everywhere and . . . aside from the merits of the food . . . part of the reason, as with the popularity of the orange in my youth , can be chalked up to smart marketing. Both fruits are similar in another way, too. Both serve well the body's dire need for Vitamin C. Vigorous — Hearfy — Bxttmely Ptodueflve STEVENS VINES Spring 1988 Delivery Priced at the market, 10% now will guarantee delivery Saddle Mound Cranberry Co. 105 Old Hwy 54 Pittsville, WI 54466 Call: Jay Normington 715/593-2326 Pete Normington 715/593-2350 11 CRANBERRY QUICHE AND BUBBLY DRINKS FOR A SCINTILLATING NEW YEAR'S PARTY Celebrating the start of the New Year is a truly pleasurable occasion when the festivities take place at home. Nothing could be nicer than to be surrounded by one's family and friends in an atmosphere conducive to remi- niscing about the old and look- ing forward with great expecta- tions to happy new days to come. After the hustle and bustle of the Yuletide season, a hostess will certainly want to consider how she might prepare something which will be at once tasteful and elegant, but easy to prepare ahead of time. Another thought is whether she'd like to extend her hospitality on New Year's Eve, or perhaps on New Year's Day. Whether the choice be for a midnight supper or for a midday brunch on January 1st, Cran- berry Quiche is a party-perfect answer. It can be made a day ahead of time and then baked fresh — or reheated. It combines cream cheese, chopped pecans, cranberry-orange relish, and bacon into a crusty, creamy, delectable delight. To complement the quiche. Cranberry Honey Sauce adds its own delicate flavor. No New Year celebration would be complete without the bubbly drinks to toast the occasion. Here are two that you'll want to try. If you decide to serve both, serve one in a tall pitcher and the other in a punch bowl. Cranberry Pink Champagne is a combination of cranberry-apple drink, brandy, champagne and orange liqueur. The other. Sparkling Berry Bur- gundy, combines cranberry juice cocktail, frozen lemonade, rasp- berry sjTup and sparkling bur- gundy. Both are perfect to serve with your quiche, and will bring a pleasant glow to your festivities — and doubtless a resounding ren- dition of "Auld Lang Syne." Serving l(Cassachusetts Cranberry Growers * Complete line of cranberry pesticides, fertilizers, miticides. In stock when you want them. *Quality aerial applications. * Sesf application and safety equipment for your needs. •kProven frost warning equipment. Don't take chances— buy the best. *Experienced cranberry consulting service offering pheromone traps and baits. *Sanding by helicopter. * Culvert Pipe—M\ sizes— steel and aluminum. *Ditch Mud Mafs— Strong— lightweight— durable. * Burlap Picking Sags— Best for your money. Contact John C. 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In small bowl, combine bacon and parsley. Use to sprinkle around outer edge of pie. Garnish center of pie with an orange rose made by thinly peeling 1 orange with a sharp knife, winding orange peel in a tight pinwheel; place in center of pie. Thinly peel second orange and cut round petals with Pump Repairs All Types SALES Field Service & Shop 20 Years Experience AAA INDUSTRIAL PUMP SERVICE INC. 66 Lake Street Plympton MA 02367 Bruce Sunnerberg (617)585-2394 CELEBRATE New Year's with ease and elegance, with a Cranberry Orange Quiche and bubbling concoctions such as Cranberry Pink Champagne or Sparkling Berry Burgundy. Party perfect for a midnight repast or festive brunch on the first of January. sharp knife or cookie or canape cut- ter. Place petals around orange rose. Serve with Cranberry Honey Sauce. CRANBERRY HONEY SAUCE (Makes I'/^cups) V4 a 14 ounce jar cranberry- orange relish % cup honey ^/z cup chopped pecans 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until well blended. CRANBERRY PINK CHAMPAGNE (Makes about 3 quarts) 1 quart cranberry-apple juice, chilled 1 cup brandy '/j cup orange liqueur 1 bottle (4/5 quart) champagne, chilled Ice cubes Orange slices In a tall pitcher or punch bowl, mix cranberry juice, lemonade and raspberry syrup. Chill. When ready to serve, slowly stir in sparkling burgundy. Pour into glasses and add ice cubes and lemon slices. Serve at once. 13 A Working Partnership Between You & Your Bank By JOSEPH ARKIN A good banking relationship remains important to the suc- cess of most business enterprises. That relationship provides the foundation for the loans, finan- cial advice and other services that a bank can provide to a bus- iness. Most often, that relation- ship centers on a particular lend- \j.A. JENKINS & SON CO. 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But from a banker's perspec- tive, habitually issuing checks that the bank must return unpaid raises questions about the man- ;QlUniPMIEMl ^ Sales and Service 27 Alden Road Fairhaven, Mass. Phone 994-5312 Custom made & repairs on Hydraulic hoses — P.T.O. shafts Vicon • White Farm Equipment Company • Bush Hog Go ahead with SAME Air Cooled Diesel PRECISION /DITCHING comer- Dave Swanberg Pudding Brook Farm PembroKe, Ma. 02359 15 agement competence in a busi- ness enterprise. Indeed, bankers presume that competent managers do not habitually issue bad checks. Several premises justify that view. First, issuing bad checks damages a firm's reputation with its creditors. A single check a bank returns unpaid can mar a reputable history of prompt payments. Several checks returned unpaid can prevent a business from receiving future supplier credit consideration. Of course, some managers blame bad checks on accounting errors. Yet bankers know that competent managers install effective accounting and control systems that prevent recurring errors. So, blaming bad checks on repeated accounting errors becomes a lame excuse for mismanagement. Other managers try to blame bad checks on unforeseen cash flow problems. Expected payments fail to arrive or antic- ipated sales do not develop. Again, such excuses raise ques- tions about management com- petence. Good managers do not issue checks without insuring that the funds are available to I I I BIG WHEEL TRUCK SALES 42 Quanapoag £• Freetown^ Mass. All types of medium and heavy duty trucks on hand from cab & chassis to dump trucks to road tractors. Largest used truck dealer In New England. All types of diesel repair. Largest tow trucks on the East Coast. Call Bob or Joe (617)763-5927 or (617)763-8745 sgagssga^^g^g^y^^g^^s^^^^^g'^g^g'^' i 2,061.43 Acres For Sale In Bandon, Oregon 72.5 acres cranberry producing bogs; 30 acres prepared, irrigated, ready for planting; 50 acres recently replanted timber reproduction land; 849 acres cleared land; 996 acrestimber reproduction land; 50 acres marshland; 14 acres nonforest, road, pond and rock pit areas. Bogs planted with Stevens, Ben Lears, Crowley. Automatic sprinkler system. Good pond. Pumping System. Graders, back hoes, etc. Asking $2 Million Cash Terms Available Pacific Corp 111 S. W. 5th Ave. Business Credit Inc. #2800 Portland, Oregon 97207 (503) 222-7900 Ask for Robert Schaffer 16 pay the checks. Indeed, bankers assume that businesses that habitually issue bad checks suffer from severe financial problems or misman- agement. Either presumption makes it difficult for a banker to meet a firm's financing needs. Perhaps the most important contribution to a successful banking relationship comes from the information you provide your banker. First, keep your banker informed about your firm's financial circumstances. As a logical minimum requirement, that means that you should supply your banker with current financial statements in a timely manner. You need a current bal- ance sheet and income statement to properly manage your business. Your banker needs the same information to properly meet your firm's financial needs. Of course, that financial information must accompany any request for a bank loan. And a banker will request current financial statements as part of the monitoring process for loans already outstanding. But you can make your banker's job easier by providing current statements regularly and voluntarily. Also, provide that information even though your business doesn't have any anticipated need for bank credit consideration. A fully informed banker then will have the information necessary to respond more readily when the need for a bank loan arises. In no circumstance should you withhold financial statements from your banker because they record detrimental changes in the firm's financial circumstan- ces. In an apparent contradic- tion, bankers typically offer a positive respose to information revealing a firm's financial dif- ficulties. Indeed, a banker's knowledge and experience can lead to solutions — often includ- ing bank credit consideration — that you may not recognize. The failure to provide that informa- tion erases that potential. Of course, financial statements do not tell the full story about any business. So, you should provide your banker with any information necessary to com- plete that story. In one instance, a firm's unique marketing stra- tegy may be relevant informa- tion. In another instance, a major change in a firm's customer base may qualify as relevant infor- mation. In still another instance, a change in product lines may become important. The circum- stance determines what information becomes relevant. In any event, remember that the more your banker knows about your business, the better he understands your banking needs. So, do your part to make your banker a better banker. PARKIN MAGAZINE SYNDICATE AERO-LIFT Helicopters, Inc. Located in the heart of cranberry country to serve your lifting needs. FERTIUZING CRANBERRY UFTING MUD LIFTING MUD MATS AVAILABLE (617) 946-1917 Marty Cole • 173 Chestnut Street • Middleboro, MA 02346 CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND Industrial Suppliers To The Cranberry Industry Chain, Cable and Accessories Used tor Making Mats All Types of Fasteners (BulK & Packaged) Hand Tools Pumps Power Tools Motors Chemicals Abrasives Lubricants Cutting Tools Safety Equipment Richards Rd Plymouth Industrial Park^, 747-0086 Plymouth, MA 02360 17 How to Handle Problems Linked to Contributions By JOSEPH ARKIN The problem of contributions is one that has always vexed the owners of small businesses. We have charity drives by promoters using computerized mailing lists and conducting concerted drives for organizations combating nearly every form of illness known to medical science. In addition there are campaigns for the needy, those starving overseas, and for a multitude of worthy causes. Giving charity should not be a problem, because we are taught from early childhood that we should share what we have with those less fortunate and to give to promote the common good. Imbued with the spirit of giving, what then is the problem? Number one on the minds of many people is the feeling of being ripped off. Is the charity bona-fide and funds collected really going for the stated pur- pose of the solicitation? Irate is hardly the word to des- cribe the feelings of those who read newspaper exposes of pro- motions taking anywhere from 70 percent to 90 percent of the gross revenues of a charity drive. "It's nice to give to causes which need your help, but if you don't know anything about the charity, you're not going to be a very effective giver," said Robert Both well. Executive Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. He suggests that, as a starting point in deciding which chari- ties are legitimate, a check should be made with your local Better Business Bureau or with some of the national organizations offer- ing reports on charities. The Coundl of Better Business Bureaus (Arlington, VA), and the National Charities Information Bureau (New York, NY) both suggest several guidelines to gift giving. • At least 50 to 60 percent of the money solicited by a charity should be applied to the cause the money is being collected for. • Fund-raising and admin- istration costs should not exceed 40 percent. • Solicitations for aid should be specific, telling how many people the charity has helped in the past or Plymouth Copters, Ltd Specializing in cranberry applications for more than 25 years Growers fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides applied to growers specifications Mud Lifting - Cranberry Lifting Mats Available Plymouth Airport Box 3446 Plymouth, MA 02361 David J. Morey Richard H. Sgarzi (617) 746-6030 Agricultural Applications • Lift VJork • Executive Charters • Aerial Photography 18 exactly what it proposes to do with the money collected. • The charity should have a volunteer board of di- rectors. In addition, the author suggests adding the following: 1 - If you have any doubts at all about a charity, ask for a copy of its financial statement to see just how much (and percentage) of funds raised went towards promotional fees and administra- tive salaries. 2 - Look for statements in "pitch" letters indicating that the orga- nization has received tax-exempt status under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. Copies of exemption letters are routinely mailed by charities upon request. Annual reports on Form 990 are required to be filed with the IRS by exempt organizations detail- ing sources of income and expenditures. 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Yet, you can't give beyond your means or in excess of that per- mitted your form of entity under our tax laws. 2BS^|^I^^X3 ^^^^^SS^^BSXB E^^ Inipl'm Uppl'm • 2" to 12" PVC Pipe with Fittings • Quick Couple Risers • Felker Aluminum Flumes & Culverts Replace old aluminum mains with government approved 4", 6" and 8 " polyethylene pipe buried just below bog surface. No insert fittings. Rent our butt fusion welder for a continuous main line. Beat the high cost of custom installation by renting our small 4-wheel drive tractor with mole hole plow for buried laterals. STEARNS IRRIGATION, INC. 790 Federal Furnace Rd. Plymouth MA 02360 Tel. (617) 746-6048 ^S3SO ^^^^^A< I 20 Here is a starting point. Check with your accountant and estab- Ush a target or budget amount, taking into consideration the profit of a prior year and pro- jected profit for the current year. In addition, consider the tax structure for the year. And, a small sum should be alloted for contingencies — the need to give a particular charity a gift or risk offending a very good customer. The worst thing anyone in business can do, however, is to completely ignore a customer's request for a donation to that person's pet charity. This will ruffle your customer. Whether or not you are going to make a donation, you should answer each solicitation letter. You can answer each letter indi- vidually or have form letters printed wherein you can j ust type in the name of the person to ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH CRANBERRY GROWING, PROCESSING, MARKETING, ETC.? Then you ought to read CRANBERRIES, the national cranberry magazine. Each monthly issue contains informative news and feature articles about the industry. Keep informed. Read CRANBERRIES Mail your check or money order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 Cobalt CT 06414 $10 one year; $18 two years NAME ADDRESS axY STATE ZIP whom addressed and the letter will look like it was individually typed. How to handle a request for a political contribution: "No doubt you are aware that our goods and services are extended to persons belonging to all major (and even minor) polit- ical parties. In the interst of remaining 'politically impartial' to our customers, we have estab- lished a policy of not making any political contributions. "We trust you will see the need and rationality of such a policy and will accept our position." A reply to those whose organization have not been included in your established budget could be make in this way: "We sincerely regret that we cannot comply with your request to participate in the fund raising campaign. ' 'At the beginning of each year we establish monthly quotas for donations to charity. The quota has been reached at this particu- lar time and we cannot make a contribution this year as availa- ble funds for the rest of the year have already been budgeted. Please send additional literature concerning your organization and WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVINXLR DEVRINOL 10G ♦ EVITAL ♦ GUTHION DIAZINON 14G * PARATHION • ETHREL Cole Chemical Supply DIVISION OF -^Opi/ftM AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO. P.O. BOX 7211. MADISON, WISCONSIN 53707 608-221-1581 g^ Cranberry Computer Co. 33 White Oak Drive Piymouth, IVIA 02360 (617) 747-3033 Have You Considered a Computer? We specialize in the use of personal computers to solve accounting and information problems. •Coordinate hardware purchase 'Software installation •Implementation & training •Ongoing support We have software for the cranberry grower who wants to track activity on his bogs. •Deliveries/barrels per acre •Chemical applications •Profitability/cost per barrel •Sanding and damage 21 we will make every effort to include your name on next year's list." A request for advertising in a journal in connection with a dinner-dance of a charitable contribution can be handled in one of three ways: * You can refuse to purchase an advertisment based on the excuse given in the prior letter. * You can make the donation in the guise of an advertisement, write a nice letter compliment- ing the organization's worthy efforts, and ask that your com- pany name not be printed and that the ad should say simply, "from a friend." This will help you in that others attending the function do not see your ad and consider you fair game for the solicitation they want to make for a journal their organization is going to make soon. * You can make the donation and hope that the money will provide two benefits. One being the use to which the money is put for a worthwhile cause, the other being that the persons attending the function will appreciate your efforts, thus reaping some goodwill. It must again be noted that all letters or in-person solicitations from customers must be handled a lot differently from those received from all sections of the country as a result of your name being on a computerized mailing list. Where money is tight or you are giving freely but just can't honor all requests because of budgetary restraints, you can discuss with your accountant the possibility of making a donation in goods or services. Here is an opportunity to give undamaged goods (but slow moving items, etc.) to organizations in your area holding "white elephant sales," "auction sales," "bazaars and flea market sales," "rummage sales," etc. You can also donate merchandise to be used as door prizes. Other forms of noncash 22 donations can be to offer a ser- budget worked out with their vice for free — again to a ticket holder at a luncheon or dinner, or for a raffle sale. It is often said that those who give freely to charity of a percen- tage of their income, or within a accountant, do not leave this world any poorer than those who do not give. In fact it is argued that they leave this world a lot richer. ©Arkin Magazine Syndicate jJih. aSW .aJfr. Ji^ Ji^ JI^ ^k difc Ji^ ^l& ^l& ^Ifc ^k ^Iftt Jifc ^Ifc. i B B B B B B B B B lOgh Volume Trailer Pumps • 12 to 16" discharge • 20' tongue • PTO shaft with marine bearing PMI Helmt W60SKl$tH, Wisconsin Rspids Wl 54494 (715) 421-0917 B B B B B B B B B B ^■mflnnnBBHiiiiiinBBnnniinBnBBiil^ The scoop of the year! Cranberry Flavor, Fact and Folklore in THE CRANBERRY CONNECTION, by Beatrice Buszek. Your favorite berry pops up in kitchen-tested recipes for every de- light from Cranberry Bog to Cranberry- Banana Bread, Cranberry Avocado Dip, and countless other desserts, drinks, salads, entrees. "A fascinating revelation of the many uses for cranberries . . . you'll find this book a treasure."— Des Moines Register. 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The farmer's cooperative that brings you a wide range of natural fruit juices, drinks and sauces Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 An Equal Opportunity Employer 13 CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE Februa.«-y 1988 Volume 52, No. 2 Our 52nd Year of Publication i:.:ooi:o yw J..sy3i-iwy -LdBCT sit'iy:3S Ayyyan sshw jo ainh Cranberry Tlpworm^ — 3 Home Office & Taxes — 14 25 years expermce^^Lj^ construction lifts ^^\ 1 AERIAtmFTING ^ BERRY LIFTING nylon berry bags bulk bins CRANBERRY GROWERS SERVICE ^-^bkSTw^^^' mat o MUd LIFTING o Nm MATS lightweight durable sales Gontaci PETER '>^ CHUCK 617 295-2222 MTC MIDDLEBOROUGH TRUST COMPANY The Business Bank. MTC offers you business banking built to your needs. Personal attention to your special financial requirements now and as you grow. Cooperation Flexibility. Complete business and personal banking. Member FUIC ^ J!fe t=} Main Office ^JjOU Hijjll^ [5enmr 10 John Glass, Jr. Square, Middleborough and ouh community toc Branch Offices Middleboro Square, Rt. 28, Middleborough • Middleboro Plaza, Middleborough Cranberry Plaza, East Wareham • Carver Square, Carver Telephone all offices 947-1313 Cranberry Tipworm In Massachusetts 1986 Damage By JOAN A. LASOTA Cranberry IPM Coordinator Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station Cranberry Tipworm (Dasineura vaccinii) is an insect pest which in the last few years has caused increased concern among Mas- sachusetts cranberry growers. In this, and future articles, I will introduce the problem of cranberry tipworm, the extent of the damage it causes, and the potential for control. This article will focus on the effect of cran- berry tipworm on Massachusetts COVER ILLUSTRATION THIS nasty pest is a cran- berry tipworm adult fly and the subject of an article on this page by Joan A. Lasota, Cranberry IPM Coordinator at the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station. The CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HALE Pumps Wshesf Qusllty PtodueU WifliS9thf9etion GumnfMd cranberry bogs which were part of the Massachusetts Coopera- tive Extension integrated pest management (IPM) program (Cranberry Experiment Station, E. Wareham). 1987 represented the fifth sea- son of a Cranberry IPM program in Massachusetts. Most of the 12,000 acres of cranberry bogs are located in the southernmost part of the state, on and off of Cape Cod. Due to the large use of water in cranberry management practices, growers face consid- erable pressure with regard to the use of chemical pesticides. The close proximity of many cranberry bogs to highly resi- dential areas and the high vis- ibility of conservation groups affords sociological implications for a shift from conventional, calendar-based spray tactics to a spray schedule based on moni- toring pest population levels. For these reasons, as well as for monetary savings, decreased environmental toxicity and tox- icity to beneficials, and for the purpose of preventing a build-up of insecticide resistance in var- ious insect pest populations, cranberry growers are willing to integrate their management practices, provided fruit quality or quantity is not reduced. In the IPM program, summer scouts are hired to sample and monitor various insect pest pop- ulations throughout the growing season, from mid-May to the end of August. Techniques and tools used for monitoring cranberry OCEAN SPRAY Welcomes Applications Ocean Spray will be considering applications from growers who wish to become new members and patrons of the cranberry pool of the Cooperative. If you have not already made a commitment with another handler for future crops and you are interested in joining Ocean Spray, please contact: either John Ropes at (617) 747-7423 or John Wilson at (617) 747-7449. pests include sweep net sampling, pheromone traps, and inspect- ing vine and berry samples. Although these techniques are useful for sampling the most damaging and widespread pest problems , techniques have yet to be worked out for pests which were previously considered secon- dary pests (pests of minor impor- tance), but which have recently increased in significance due to their potential to dramatically cause yield reduction. One such pest is the cranberry tipworm, a tiny fly in the family, Cecidomyiidae. There are varied opinions among growers and researchers as to the importance of this pest and whether or not controls should be aimed speci- fically at the tipworm or whether it is sufficiently suppressed by chemicals which are applied against other insects. However, in 1986 and 1987, most grower questions concerned this insect. The old literature suggests success at controlling the cran- berry tipworm if applications of parathion are made at 10 day intervals. This is not a good con- trol tactic due to the high toxi- city of parathion and the high probability of building up tip- worm resistance to insecticides if they are used too frequently. Instead, we will try to promote chemical applications at times when we know certain stages of the pest are present. Because changes in the popu- lation levels of cranberry tipworm have not recently been intensively monitored in Massachusetts, we are uncertain whether the tip- worm problem has actually increased over the last few years, or whether this is j ust perceived to be the case because growers are now more aware of the insect and its damage. We are as yet imcertain whether the seemingly increased incidence of tipworm is due to pesticide resistance, reduction in the number of insec- ticide applications used to con- trol other pests, or combinations of these and other factors. In the IPM progrram, one of the principal times during which insecticide reductions have been made is late May to early June, when the predominant pests are gypsy moth, false armyworm, blossom worm and, occasionally, cranberry weevil. Threshold levels for these pests are not always reached. Thus, on some bogs, control action may not be neces- sary until after bloom, during berry formation (for cranberry fruitworm and Sparganothis fruitworm). However, it is in early June that the eggs from the first tipworm generation are found. This occurs when the expanding terminal leaves are young and very succulent. On the bogs, cranberry tipworm damage is identified by an obvious cupping of the terminal leaves. However, by the time this dam- age is noticed, enough injury has been done to the young leaves that growth beyond this point is prevented. After the insects have fed off the leaves (by rasping the leaf tissue), the leaves turn brown and die. The brown, dead appear- ance (which becomes more obvious when the outer pair of leaves is pulled back or removed) is occa- sionally confused with spring frost damage. The adult flies emerge fi-om- their overwintering pupal cases in the spring and the female flies insert white, elongate, slightly ai ■) 11 oi (■ ni n II n ■) n II ■] n 11 II II H n n H n n n B n g I High Volume Triaier Pumps | s 1 B B B B B • 12 to 16" discharge • 20' tongue • PTO shaft with marine bearing Phil Helmf W60 3Kl$tH. 54494 (715) 421-0917 B lifflniinBBnnBnnnnfflnnfflnBBBnBBiiF' VINES FOR SALE Ben Lear ^5,500 per ton Stevens H,500 per ton Crowley H,000 per ton (Discounts for cash in advance) Paul L. Joniah CriS) 376-Z799 Figure 1. Cranberry tip worm eggs curved eggs (with rounded edges and red pigment in the center) (Fig. 1) at the base of the tiny, developing leaves at the tip of growing uprights. The micro- scopic eggs are only about a seventieth of an inch long and one or more eggs my be depos- ited in the uprights. The eggs hatch into small, white, legless maggots (Fig. 2) which eventu- ally become orange as they mature. It is the rasping mouth- parts of the maggot stage which cause the leaf damage. The mature orange maggots are approximately a sixteenth of an inch long. Following egg hatch, it takes about 10 days for the maggot to reach maturity (Franklin 1984). Prior to developing into the next life stage, the maggot spins a white, silken cocoon which it attaches to one of the terminal leaves. Following the maggot stage, the insect becomes a pupa inside the cocoon (puparium). Tlie pupa is also orange in color with unexpanded appendages which are held close to the body (Fig. 3). As the pupa matures, the wings and legs (still held close to the body) become blackened. The tiny flies, which emerge from a slit at one end of the pupal case, are about a sixteenth of an inch long. They are very delicate flies, with one pair of clear wings and six long, spindly legs (Fig. 4). The female fly is character- ized by a bright, orange/red abdomen, whereas the body of the male is dark. Some growers feel that tipworm has a beneficial pruning effect on cranberry vines, by forcing multiple shoots to replace a sin- gle, damaged shoot. Although at certain times this seems to be the SERVICES Cranberry Property Appraisals • ••*•• Listings and Sales of Cranberry Properties. License # 68987 Lawrence W. Pink Old Cordwood Path Duxbury, MA 02332 (617)934-6076 5 Figure 2. Cranberry tipworm larvae (maggots) Figure 3. Cranberry tipworm pupa 6 Figure 4. Cranberry tipworm adult fly case, it is uncertain whether these secondary shoots develop in time to produce flower buds for the following season's fruit produc- tion. And, if secondary shoots are formed, a percentage of the plant's energy is being taken away from fruit production to be used in the shoot production. In 1954, Phil Marucci (ento- mologist. New Jersey Blueber- ry/Cranberry Research Station) published a paper on cranberry tipworm which opened with this statement made by H.B. Scam- mell in 1923: "The cranberry tipworm is the commonest insect of cranberries and yet the least understood." I believe that this might still be the case in 1988. We must identify what the impact of this pest is, following many years of bombardment with an arsenal of chemical insecti- cides. Although I had only done pre- liminary work on this pest in Massachusetts in 1986, the fol- lowing questions will hopefully be answered within the next few years: •When does cranberry tipworm attack occur? • How well is the cranberry plant able to recover from tip- worm injury and how much damage is evident at the end of Wisconsin Cranberry Marsh For Sale 46.5 Acres Ocean Spray Exhibit A Ben Lear, Stevens, Crowley $2.25 million Contact: Eric Jonjak P.O. Box 120 Trego, WI 54888 (715)635-7611 3° shoot shoot 1° upright Figure 5. the growing season, when it is too late for a flower bud to be produced? • What is the diversity of tip- worm infestation among bogs and how does this relate to the following year's growing season? 1986 DAMAGE Methodology: In the beginning of September 1986 (prior to harvest), 10 vine samples per acre were randomly cut and brought back to the laboratory for inspection. The vine samples were taken from bogs which were on the state cranberry IPM program during 1986. Vine samples were taken from 201 acres (55 bogs, belong- ing to 15 growers). A total of 2,011 vines were sampled. The vines were inspected for tipworm damage in the laboratory with the use of a dissecting microscope. Results: Several categories of tipworm damage were identified in this study: 1-damage occurring in prim- ary (1°) uprights (these are uprights which had begun nor- mal development in the spring, 8 from the previous year's upright or runner) (Fig. 5). 2-damage occurring in secon- dary (2°) or tertiary shoots (3°) (shoots which developed as side shoots after damage had occurred in the primary or secondary uprights) (Fig. 5). 3-damage occurring at the tip of either primary or secondary shoot growth, late enough in the season so that there were no additional side shoots formed following tipworm damage. This was considered to be damage done to terminal growth. (Due to this damage there was a loss of vegetative and flower buds for the following year's growth and fruit production). Of the 55 bogs which were sampled, the smallest amount of tipworm damage in a primary shoot was 0% (two bogs had no tipworm damage in the 10 vines per acre used as the sample size). The maximum amount of dam- age on a bog was 71.4%. The mean tipworm damage on prim- ary growth was 29.6% (when all Equipment Inc. 14 KUDOTR ^'"'' 381 West Grove Street (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 Tractors 2 & 4 wheel drive — 12-90 hp. Compact Excavators 1 V2 to 6 ton Wheel Leaders '/? to % yd. Water Cooled Diesel Engines 4 to 104 hp. AW Types of Implements Polymark Beaver-Mowers ^ 947-6299 Specialty Fabrication Work Kubota Financing as Low as 8'/?% *Sales *Servlce *Parts ^Leasing YOTE Wheel Loaders 3/4 Yd - 6 1/2 Yd Screening Equipment the plant was unable to compen- sate for the damage by sending out secondary shoots — is the data on percent tipworm damage to terminal growth. This damage is seen in the part of the plant which would have been forming vegetative buds (for the follow- ing season's vine growth) or flower buds (for the following season's fruit production). In 1986, the bog with the least amount of tipworm damage in terminal growth had 0% damage. In these cases, either: 1-there was no initial tipworm damage in primary growth, or 2-there was damage in prim- ary growth, but the plant com- pensated by sending out secon- dary shoots which were not subsequently damaged. Vines For Sale Ben Lear Stevens Crowley Le Munyon at Market Price 10% discount for 50% payment by March 1st 6031 County Highway D (715) 479-4658 Eagle River, Wl 54521 (715) 479-6546 10 Table 1. Mean percent end-of-season vine damage (TPW=cranberry tipworm) TPW in primary upright 29.6 ±8.1 secondary shoot growth 54.3 ±27.1 TPW in secondary shoot 10.4 ±20.3 TPW damage in terminal growth 13.5 ± 11.5 sample size (n) = 2,011 vine samples number of bogs = 55 The bog with the greatest amount of damage in the termi- nal growth had 48.2% damage, meaning that, in this bog, close to half of the potential vegeta- tive and/or flower buds for the following season had been des- troyed by tipworm. The average amount of terminal damage (when all bogs were considered) was 13.5%. Conclusion: In 1986, cranberry tipworm caused varied amounts of dam- age to cranberry bogs in Massa- chusetts. In most of the cases where damage was done to primary shoot growth, the cran- berry plant compensated by sending out secondary shoots. However, in 10.4% of the cases these secondary shoots were also attacked. The average overall terminal growth damage was 13.5%. This is the amount of damage seen at the end of the growing season Oust prior to harvest) when the plant is read- ying itself for the winter dor- mant phase, and, at this point, it is probably too late for the plant to form a vegetative or flower bud for the following year. Part II of "Cranberry Tipworm in Massachusetts" will focus on damage which occurred in 1987. COLl WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVINXLR DEVRINOL 10G ♦ EVITAL * GUTHION DIAZINON 14G ♦ PARATHION • ETHREL Cole Cliemical Supply DIVISION OF -f^afikins agricultural chemical co. P.O. BOX 7211, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53707 608-221-1581 J. A. 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Constant interruptions — tele- phone calls, information requests, and the need to oversee daily operations — can pull you away from your desk. A glance at your desk piled high with unfinished work is the primary reason you need to establish a little office sanctuary at home. This, despite warnings about bringing work home after an exhausting day at your place of business. However, in the privacy of your home, undisturbed (hopefully), you can clear up a backlog of work, face the next day without the harassment of both custo- mers and employees asking countless questions. If the idea of a home office appeals to you and seems to make some sense, here are some neces- sary steps to create your "little office den." According to office-design experts, creating an office needn't take a great deal of space or money. Actually , just about every home boasts a nook or cranny, if not a full room, that can be con- verted to a useful purpose by being made into an office. 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GPM @ lOOO RPM. 13'/j GPM @ 2000 RPM. 20% GPM @ 3000 RPM max . V(**x9 splined Adapter available $11 00 2500 PSI, side ports »16 and f cranberries, workers at Lee Brothers in Chatsworth, V.J., used the Bog Boom for the first time. A story on the Floating boom appears on page 7. (CRANBERRIES photo by Cornelius Hogenbirk) Paul's Machine &T00I COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP SERVICE Specializing in Building & Repair of Cranberry Equipment WARRENS WI 54666 (608)378-4511 counts charge the cranberry handler with discharging waste water into the wetlands and the Nemasket River. Arraignment in the case will take place Feb. 24 in U.S. Dis- trict Court in Boston. The alleged violations could result in $2.1 milUon in fines. They represent the first charges since Congress tightened the pollution laws last year. The indictment deals mainly with the company's discharge over the last five years of waste water, the acidity of which pur- portedly kills bacteria needed to operate the town's sewage plant. The Middleboro processing plant, one of the Ocean Spray Cooperative's five full scale plants in the country, borders the Nemasket River near the town line between Middleboro and Lakeville. About 280 full time employees work there and nearly 1,000 workers are hired during the harvest. The company is constructing new corporate headquarters at a separate site actually straddling the Middleboro-Lakeville line. About 400 employees will be rel- ocated there from the present Plymouth headquarters this fall. THE FORTUNE SOOcompany issued the following statement after receiving a copy of the indictment by a grand jury in Boston: "Our response is that at no time did Ocean Spray endanger the pubhc's health or the envir- onment. We believe that Ocean Spray will be found innocent of all charges." The charges, in fact, amount to spilled cranberry juice, said BIG WHEEL TRUCK SALES 42 Q^anapoag £• Freetown^ Mass. 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The company will remain open to addressing problems at the town level and with the state Department of Enviromental Quality Engineering and the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Lawlor said. "We were dismayed at the sev- erity of the charges and the manner in which they were leveled," Lawlor remarked. The company was aware of the grand jury investigation last year, but, he said, "had no idea when they would come back and what the findings would be." The U.S. Attorney chose to go public without informing the company, Lawlor noted. "We understood that before going public they would contact us with the findings," he said. "We believe we will be exonerated." ALTHOUGH Middleboro is developing rapidly. Ocean Spray is still by far the town's largest sewage system customer, account- ing for 90 percent of the organic wastes processed there. The sewage agreement between Ocean Spray and the town does allow for a high level of these solids, which prove costly and difficult to treat, Middleboro Town Manager John F. Healey said. He added that the town itself risks violating water pollution laws when it discharges inade- quately treated water from its sewage plant. On another matter, Healey reported that the Ocean Spray processing plant's activities have caused electricity consumption at the sewage treatment facility to rise 45 percent in the past few years. He has recommended recalculation of the formula for charging electricity to the company. CASORON 4G Effective control of broadleafs and grasses. If you're looking for a way to control tough weeds, your choice should be Casoron 4G. It's effective against a broad spectrum of broadleafs and grasses, it's economical, and comes in easy-to-use granular form. UNIROYAL CHEMICAL Casoron is a Reg. TM of Uniroyal Chemical Company. Inc. Please read and follow all label instructions carefully. I Reagan Hits Cranberry Research Grants State of Union Message Stirs Cranberry People Reaction to the latest State of the Union speech by President Reagan ranged from ire to bemusement to agreement on the part of the cranberry community. In his message to Congress, Reagan hit at research grants — including one for cranberries — as a reason he needs line-item veto power when tackling the federal budget. The President implied that the grants were frivolous. The cranberry research grant of $260,000 had been awarded to WST O CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER « EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR MARKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN QILMORE (617) 763-5206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E. Demoranville. Director. Cranberry Experiment Station. NEW JERSEY — Phillip E Marucci, Cranberry & Blue- berry Specialist, Cranberry & Blueberry Laboratory, Chatsworth; Elizabeth G. Carpenter, Chatsworth. NOVA SCOTIA - I V Hall, Botanist. Research Station, Kentville. OREGON — Arthur Poole, Coos County Extension Agent, Coqullle. WASHINGTON — Azmi Y Shawa. Horticulturist and Extension Agent in Horticulture, Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit, Long Beach WISCONSIN — Tod D. Planer. Farm Management Agent, Wood County- CflANBERRIES Is published monthly by Olvenlfled PerlodlcalB, Wethvyn Drive, Portland CT 064M. Second class postage Is paid at the Portl«nd, Conn. Poel Otflce. Price Is $10 a year, $1S tor two years, t1 a copy In the U.S.; $12 a year In Canada; S1S a year In all other countflea. Back cop4e«: $2, Inchidlng poetage. Copyright IMS by DIvorslflwl Periedlcate. ISSN: 0011-0787 Poslmaater, sand Form 3740 to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 24» COBALT CT 06414 Rutgers University in New Jer- sey. Its two fold purpose is the development of higher yielding berries and elimination of insect pests. John Lawlor, manager of pub- lic relations for Ocean Spray, termed it ironic that Reagan took a swipe at "the only sector of agriculture that doesn't receive some sort of farm subsidy." A higher yield of cranberries, he said, could lead to additional jobs. The grant, he said, also is helpful to Rutgers. "We have to keep in perspec- tive the amount of money here," Lawlor said. "Look at it in terms of the federal deficit. Eliminat- ing the grant certainly isn't going to cure the deficit." Irving Demoranville, director of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station, said his first reaction upon hearing of the grant was envy — "they got it and we didn't." Noting that the growing trend is to have the individual com- modities fund their own research, he said he agrees there shouldn't be a return to a past in which government bore the total cost of research. Demoranville declared that agricultural research isn't exactly swimming in funds. "I can't remember when we last got a new vehicle," he said, noting that the station's dump truck is 20 years old. "We've got an old garage roof that's leaking and occasionally we get someone from the electric company threatening to turn off our lights." One major grower said that while the research grant "is not the best example of pork barrel- ing," he didn't agree that "the taxpayers should pick up the tab." With a chuckle, he said, "Don't use my name or I'll have other growers down my back." VOLM BAG COMPANY , INC. 1 1804 EDISON ST. 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The Bog Boom, manufactured in Cocoa, Fla., by Containment Systems Corpora- tion, is relatively light in weight compared to the old, awkward wood booms that they replace. They consist of a 4-inch diame- ter floatation protected by a tough, vinyl coated fabric cover, with a 4-inch hanging vinyl skirt which includes a ballast chain pocket. The Bog Boom was first dem- onstrated in New Jersey at the Oswego state experimental bogs five or six years ago. The first New Jersey grower to give it a try was Ernie Bowker, who runs the Sheep Pen Hill bogs in Magnolia, which is just eastof Camden. Bowker piu-chased 350 feet in three 100 foot sections plus one 50 foot section. "We never realized how easy this was to use," Ernie said. "Just like taking candy from a baby." 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Will Materials - Lakeville 90 Precinct Street Lakeville, MA 02347 (617) 947-0300 BAi»^>«aig»^>gaA»g«i^^ The August 1987 indleated crop: 3,67S,200 barrels The produced 1987 crop: 8,8S8,000 barrels Difference: 417,000 barrels How much of that difference was due to insects? Know the Insects Know the Insects The periodic cranberry insects: cranberry scale, fire beetle, blos- som weevil, armyworm and bluntnose leafhopper. Know the Insects The major cranberry insects: cranberry girdler, the fireworms, | tipworm, blossom worm, cranberry fruitworm and Sparganothis fruitworm. Color photographs of all these insects and more are now arranged with text in a portfolio that is available. The portfolio endeavors to bring together the words of research complementing the photographs and making a summary of cran- berry insect information that will be of use to the cranberry grower for a lifetime. The portfolio is available for $100 and, if you wish to examine a copy, telephone (609) 894-8556 evenings around 6 p.m. or write to: Walter Z. Fort I P.O. Box 183 Pemberton I New Jersey 08068 )j!«giiJS^5K>fa&Kfc>ga^ BOG BOOM . . . (continued from page 7) Boom but he believes it was '83. The following year, Ted Budd got hooked and decided to get several sections for a try at the Budd bogs in Pemberton. Ted commented that the Bog Boom was a lot easier to use . . . that employees liked it . . . and that it was easy to load onto one or two pickup trucks. The Bowker and Budd bogs, incidentally, are among the oldest of the numerous historical bogs in New Jersey. Ted mentioned that his family represents the fifth generation operating the bogs. It's worth noting that actual cultivation of cranberries in New Jersey began around 1840, according to a State Board of Agriculture report dated 1874. In 1840, according to the report. John Webb established a bog in Ocean County, near Cassville. Webb received $50 per barrel for his cranberries. Ship merchants sold them to whalers, who kept them aboard ship in cold water for the sailors to eat, more as a medicine than as a food. The berry's vitamin C warded off scurvy, the plague of seafarers in the age of sails. Back to the Bog Boom. This past harvest season, a third New Jersey grower, Lee Brothers in Chatsworth, began using the equipment for the first time. "We first saw the 'Booms' in use at a demonstration in Oswego many years ago," Abbott Lee explained. "We then saw it used extensively last year in Wiscon- sin, where we were very much impressed with it." Abbott noted that the Bog Boom is easy to handle — "works better than the old wooden booms and we can use tractors on either side." Information on the Bog Boom can be obtained from Contain- ment Systems, Corp., 658 So. Industry Rd., P.O. Box 1390, Cocoa, Fl 32922. W.D. "Bill" Clay, Sales, will be glad to answer any questions. Work: (305) 632-5640. Home: (305) 453-1374. Pump Repairs All Types SALES Field Service & Shop 20 Years Experience AAA INDUSTRIAL PUMP SERVICE INC. 66 Lake Street Plympton MA 02367 Bruce Sunnerberg (617)585-2394 22 years experience construction lifts ^^0^ AERIAtrtiFTING " BERRY UFTING ° nylon berry bags I butk bins CRANBERRT GROWERS spmncE JOE^ BRI6HAM INC ° MUD UfWG ° Mm MATS lightweight durable %ihSSJw^** mat renfa/r&sales oontaai PETER ^ CHUCK 617-295-2222 11 Says Ocean Spray Label Issue Stems From Lack of Knowledge Ralph Nader and others are wrongly trying to compare apples and oranges or — to be more precise— apples, oranges and cranberries. That's the view of John Law- lor, manager of public relations for Ocean Spray. He was remarking about the pressure by the Nader organiza- tion and 100 percent fruit juice manufacturers to get the Food & Drug Administration to enforce a regulation requiring all com- panies to label their products with the percentage of fruit juice they contain. "We're 100 percent behind providing information," Lawlor said. "But the required labeling would be misleading. "The cranberry is different. It's very tart. You can't drink it straight any more than you can drink lemon straight. "Also, it's the nature of the cranberry not to be high in water content. Therefore, our cranberry juice cocktail with 85 percent water has less water than 100 percent pure apple juice which contains 86 to 88 percent water. "And there is more vitamin C in cranberry juice cocktail than there is in 100 percent orange juice." Lawlor said Ocean Spray is in favor of nutrition labeling, which would give the public a truer pic- ture of what it is consuming. "Let's get consumer groups, the industry and government together and establish nutritional labeling," the spokesman for Ocean Spray declared. 12 Aggie Singles to Hold Convention Singles in Agriculture, a 600 strong organization aimed at providing educational, recreational and social opportunities for sin- gle persons with an agricultural background, will hold its 1988 national convention March 10- 13 in St. Louis, Mo. Information about the conven- tion and organization can be obtained by calling Glenda Turner, convention chairman, at (314) 369-2726 or Marlyn Gam, president of Singles in Agricul- ture, at (815) 443-2398. VINES FOR SALE Order Now For Spring Delivery Pure Prunings Of Howes $2,500/Ton Early Blacks $2,500/Ton Stevens $4,000/Ton Crowleys $4,000/Ton FOB Ma88achu8ett8 MORSE BROTHERS, INC. 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Much, of course, will be said at the trial but no date has yet been set. Bruce Sokler, the Washing- ton, D.C., lawyer represent- ing Decas, said he doesn't expect a trial until the end of the year, "at the very least." The trial will take place in the U.S. District Court in Boston. Decas accuses Ocean Spray of pricing violations regard- ing both fresh and frozen cranberries in the effort to maintain a monopoly. It also alleges that the cooperative engaged in some unfair mar- keting in the fruit juices field. The nature of the trial could, of course, be affected by the November election and its aftermath. The current Administration is not noted for being zealous about antitrust enforcement. A ne>v White House and Con gress could take an even mort lenient attitude or press foi stricter regulation. One likely inevitability: protracted trial. Antitrus' cases are notorious for last ing as long as a decade oi more. 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Maximum temperature was 57 degrees on the 10th and minimum 1 degree on the 30th. Rainfall totaled 4.71 inches, about Vi inch above normal. There was measurable rain on 11 days with 1.34 inches on the 11th as the greatest storm. We had one snowstorm on the 29th that left 10 inches. For the year 1987, our temperature averaged just slightly below normal. Months with substantially above normal tempera- tures were April, June and December; substantially below normal were Febru- ary, August and October. Maximum tempera- ture was 94 degrees on May 30th and August 18th, minimum was minus3 degrees on Feb. 15. Precipitation totaled 47.28 inches or ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ NIemI Electric Company Robert Niemi Electrical Contractors Heat, Light & Power Wiring • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL Pinehurst Drive ^ Wareham, Mass. : TEL. 295-1880 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ less than '/a inch above normal. This was about 4'/: inches less than in 1986. The only months with substantially above normal precipitation were January and April. Months that were substantially defi- cient were February, June, July, August and October. Snowfall was nearly double normal. Sunshine was normal but with wild swings from month to month. February gave a record amount of sunshine and May, August, October and November were very high. However, March, April (second low- est on record), June and September (low- est in over 50 years) were very dark. I.E.D. Law Offices of es C^ ay/or C/j^ ta C^ kurcniU oOarroto ffames &. sffarijorj 24 Bay Road/P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Conservation Commission, DEQE, Mass EPA, EPA and Corps ol Engineers) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporations and partnerships, pensions and profit sharing plans, and Wills and Trusts) Land disposition (Purchase, sale and financing of existing bogs and potential sites) Land use management (Board of Appeals and Planning Board) Krause Excavating, inc. Canal work Pond Construction Ditching Land Clearing 1-1/4-3 yd. draglines with 80' boom and matts, 2 yd. backhoe, swamp dozer and other related equipment. Contact: Roger Krause 1-414-398-3322 Route 3 Markesan. wis. 53946 15 m^M^uP'w f ;.3i Young Fruit Trees. Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Cranberries. Introducing New Norosac Herbicide; More Particles, Better Coverage. Let us send you a sample to test on the toughies like Quackgrass, Redroot Pigweed and Horsetail (Equisetum SPP). Since its introduction in the U.S.A., Norosac has increased in sales each year. Fruitgrowers and producers of field-grown nursery stock have seen how well it controls weeds and grasses, even the toughest of them, and yet how gentle it is to young trees and ornamentals. Now, Norosac is even better To help you understand the reasons why, let us review how Norosac works. When Norosac granules are spread on the ground, the active ingredient, dichlobenil, is earned into the upper layer of soil by moisture. This dissolved active ingredient is vaporized as the soil temperature rises above 50° F. The vapor is held in place by organic matter. Because dichlobenil vapor moves very little in the soil, and its uniformity there is essential to weed control, the uniform distribution of granules is Dark drawing compares granule coverage of the ORIGINAL Norosac with the supehor coverage (right) of the NEV\/ formulation having 37% more particles to the pound. This greater density results in substantially less risk of a gap existing in the vapor barrier through which sprouts can escape. Kith gaps through which sprouts can escape and grow Continuous vapor which sprouts cannot escape mmmmm ^CWF^S.-Ji"."" N(mosAc 9 4G ■ FREE SAMPLE of New Norosac in Reusable Acme® Spreader. There is enough Norosac in the spreader to treat 1,000 square feet, and you'll find many uses for the granule spreader. Sample offer expires April 30, 1988. extremely important. Although NEW Norosac has the same amount of active ingredient as the original formulation, and is applied at the same rate, it contains 37% more particles per pound. This results in a more even vapor barrier and correspondingly better control. Toll-free 1-800-821-7925 In Missouri, 1-800-892-7281. Ask for Sales Service. Acme Division G pbi/Gondon conponation 1217 West 12th Street P.O. Box 4090 Kansas City. MO. 64101 NOROSAC Acme' and Norosac* are registered trademarks ol PBI/Gordon Corporation c 1987. PBI/Gordon Corporation Computer Company Jnveils Its Program Mark Bennie, president of ;ranberry Computers Inc. of Vareham, Mass., announced ecently the availability of the ompany's all new computer irogram, "Cranberry Growers jystem." i Aimed specifically at cranberry jp-owers, the new program has [jeen designed to provide grow- ers with an easy-to-use method jf tracking production costs and producing handler and chemical reports, Bennie says. Research and development ot the system took Bennie and his associates more than five years. Local cranberry growers, said the young entrepreneur, were involved in all phases of the pro- MARK BENNIE gram's development to assure that the system met all of their information needs. A former employee of Ocean Spray, Bennie worked for sev- eral years with growers, auto- mating their accounting systems. It was during that period, Ben- nie says, that he saw "a tre- mendous need" for growers to be able to tracH production infor- mation by bog section. He set out to develop a computer system to meet that objective. Initial systems were installed by the company in 1987. The response was enthusiastic, says Bennie. The Cranberry Computers president says he and his staff will assist growers with hard- ware purchases and set up soft- ware installation and training. "This support continues until the grower is comfortable and knowledgeable about all aspects * NS «}- 1 Crop Hail policies on any commercial crops — Hail, Fire, Vandalism and Transit 2 Federal Crop Insurance Policies for Apples, Potatoes. Tobacco Corn, Cranberries and ottiers 3 Home, Auto, Business, Lite, Healtti Call us for a quote or details Call us for a quote or details BUTLER Florists' & Growers' Insurance Agency of New England, Inc. 20 South St., Westborough MA 01 581 617-366-1512 The comparison emphasizes the benefits that can develop when the income taxes on the earnings from an IRA are deferred. Thus, an individual placing $2,000 annually into an IRA that earns 10% accumulates $400,993 after 30 years. That more than doubles the accumulation that would occur if the same interest income was subject to taxation at the 28% marginal tax rate. The married couple's accumu- lation is even more startling. The $4,000 annual deposit into the IRA account grows to more than $800,000 after 30 years. Again, that more than doubles the accumulation possible when the income from a 10% account is subject to taxation. Note again that income an IRA produces actually doesn't escape taxation. Rather, the tax obligation on interest, dividends or other earnings is deferred until the owners begin withdrawing the fimds, presvunably after retire- ment, when they are in a lower income tax bracket. Withdrawals from an IRA account may begin when the owner reaches 59^2 years of age. However, if not already initiated, withdrawals must begin when the owner becomes 70V2 years old. As a final note, if circumstan- ces dictate a withdrawal from an IRA account before the owner has reached the eligible age, the funds become subject to taxa- tion. In that case, the individual must pay a 10% penalty for early withdrawal. In any event, the tax benefits available from an Individual Retirement Account should make them very attractive for a large proportion of those eligible. Establishing an IRA is rela- tively simple. After you identify the specific investment vehicle, opening an IRA account requires only a few minutes to complete an "IRA Application and Adop- tion Agreement." Indeed, it's so simple that the reluctance to contend with paper- work represents the weakest excuse for not opening an IRA account. That holds true particu- larly when you recognize the financial benefits that can de- velop from such accounts. In fact, the size of the tax savings fi-om establishing an IRA justify bor- ** Results will vary according to the rates paid for IRA's by banks, etc . and tor savings accounts ir-e, Portland CT OMM. Second ■w postage Is paid at the Portland. Conn. Post Olflc*. lee Is tio a year, $18 lor two years, $1 a copy In the 8.; t12 a year In Canada: US a year In all othw unlrlea. Back coplaa: $2, Including postage. Copyright M by Dlvenlfled Periodicals. ISSN: 0011-0787 Poatmaater, aend Form 3740 to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 disease rating were similar in all plots. Nematode numbers had no observable relationships to percentage cover, disease rating or berry yields. No evidence was developed during two years of research to connect nematodes to the die- back disease. In addition, no reductions in yield nor damage to cranberry plants were caused by the relatively high numbers of nematodes present in the bogs. Relatively httle is known about nematode parasites of cranber- ries, although surveys in Wis- consin, New Jersey and Massa- chusetts indicated their presence, often in high numbers. The most common nematodes were sheath and ring from Wisconsin (Barker & Boone, 1966), spiral and sheath from New Jersey (Bird & Jen- kins, 1964) and sheath and stunt nematodes in Massachusetts (Zuckerman & Coughlin, 1960). The major genera were identi- cal, although geographically the species varied. For example: H. ritteri predominated and H. sim- His Thome, 1955, occurred in New Jersey, H. similis in Mas- sachusetts, while H. typica de Man, 1921, was recorded as present in Wisconsin. Several other genera of plant parasitic nematodes have also been report- ed, but none have been shown to reduce yields in cranberries. These include Afer/mms ioctus (Thome, 1949) Sher, 1973, and Atylenchus decalineatus Cobb, 1913, and species from the following genera: Tylenchus, Psilenchus, Ditylen- chus, Meloidogyne, Aphelenchoi- des, Paratylenchus, Pratylenchus, Hoplolaimus, Xiphinema (Bird & Jenkins, 1964; Barker & Boone, 1966; Zuckerman, 1961). Bird and Jenkins (1963) dem- Legal Notice Legal Notice Legal n Town of Marshfield, Mass. Notice of Public Auction In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 60, Section 77B, the vote of the Marshfield Town Meeting and every other power thereto enabling, notifica- tion IS hereby given of the intent of the Town of Marsh- field to sell the after described property: A vacant lot on Parsonage Street, in said Marshfield, consisting of 15 acres more or less, being shown on Asses- sor's Map 106-02-11. Such sale shall take place Saturday, April 23, 1988 at 11 a.m. at Parsonage Street. The terms of sale shall be as follows: A deposit of $1,500 shall be required immediately upon the signing of a purchase and sale agreement at the time of sale, such deposit to be payable in cash or certified bank funds. The balance shall be due and payable within 20 days at the Marshfield Selectmen's Office at which time a deed shall be granted for the balance of the agreed purchase price. The town, through its custodian as appointed, reserves the right to reject any and all bids and reserves the right to adjourn the sale from time to time for such periods as he deems exoedient after giving notice of the time and place appointed for the sale and for any adjournment thereof. Any person who wishes to bid at the aforesaid auc- tion shall be required to exhibit to the custodian, prior to the beginning of such auction, cash or certified bank funds in the amount of $1,500. Sale to be subject to all encumbrances of record, if any. Legal Notice Marshficld Board of Selectmen Legal Notice onstrated that stubby root nem- atodes were the most pathogenic of four species and stopped root growth while causing root discolor- ation. Fourteen of 16 other species of nematodes tested fed and repro- duced on potted cranberries. Seedlings and cuttings of cran- berries were extremely sensitive to injury by nematodes. Injury to potted cranberries is probably due to limited root development and the large nimiber of para- sites inoculated onto the root systems in relatively small volumes of soil. Such sanitized greenhouse soil confined in pots is considerably different from bog soil and pathogenicity in pots is not necessarily reprodu- cible under field conditions. Although no relationships among populations to growth and yield parameters could be dem- onstrated in my field tests, Bird and Jenkins (1963) reported that DBCP (1,2 dibromo-3-chloropro- pane)and Zinophos (0,0-diethyl 0-2-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate), both of which are no longer labeled for use, significantly controlled nematodes. They also reported that plants produced a greater niunber of uprights and fruit buds (7-44%). No consideration was given to the possibility of the chemicals also controlling pathogenic, nontarget organisms and the probability of nutrient release by the death and decay of soil organisms or chemical breakdown resulting in nitrogen release. Such phenomena are known to increase plant growth. Zuckerman (1964) indicated yield increases resulted from field application of Zino- phos, but an examination of these reveal that, in some cases, the untreated controls yielded more firuit. The current and previous research suggest, therefore, that the presence of relatively high numbers of nematodes cause lit- tle damage to cranberries, with the possible exception of young. cil=ll=ll=],=]r=lr=d=J=JgJgJK=ll=il=]=l=lr=i.= fl 0 B i 0 fl B i 0 i fl fl fl Vines For Sale Pure Prunings Of Howes $2,000/TON Ron Drollett Rocky River Bogs (617) 585-3472 nild^r=l«J«J^«^^^^>==J^^r=i,=l=n=l KUBOTA- rf COVERS THE FIELD Kubota has the field covered with dozens of diesel tractors. From 10 horsepower lawn and garden traaors to 85 PTO horsepower turbo charged farm traaors. And while they vary in size, all are built by Kubota to exacting quality specifications. All are powered bV Kubota diesel engines. They're sturdy and dependable, fuel cfTicicnt, and require little maintenance. Multi-cylinder design makes them quiet and they run with less vibration. KtJBOTA LAW'N & GARDEN TRACTORS MoJcl c:vL HP Trtnimrtiwn GiJOO 10 Siandvd G4200 \2 Sitndud G42O0H 12 Hydro»MtK G52O0H 14 Hydmuitc G6200H 16 HydrcnutK 181 KUBOTA B AND L SERIES TRACTORS Modtl CYL HP Choice of Tranimisiion B520O Il- Slindird B6200 ls' ' Standard B7200 17" Of Bfl200 19" . 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Thus, it ems doubtful that nematodes ert a measurable effect on yield cept possibly during a prolong- drought period. 3uch data may imply, how- jr, that soil fumigation before in ting a new bog might lead to increased rate of root devel- nent, faster foliage growth and )und coverage, and perhaps a Jrter period of time to full >duction. *ost-plant treatment of bogs h nematicides has not been )wn to produce increased Ids. Literature Cited irker, K.D., and D.M. Boone. ). Plant-parasitic nematodes anberries in Wisconsin. Plant lase Reporter 50:957-959. rd, G.W., and W.R. Jenkins, i. Nematode control in cran- y. Phytopathology 53:347 (tract). rd, G.W., and W.R. Jenkins. . Occurrence, parasitism and logenicity of nematodes ciated with cranberry. Phy- thology 54:677-680. ckerman, B.M., and J.W. ghlin. 1960. Nematodes ciated with some crop plants [assachusetts. Agricultural ;riment Station, University assachusetts Bulletin 521. ckerman, B.M. 1961. 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Report forms sent to 20 percent of farms con- tain additional questions on production methods and expenses, income from farm-related sour- ces, etc. The census enables the Cen- sus Bureau to present the big picture about such facts as the number and size of agricultural holdings, production, sales and financial health. Here are other ways the fig- ures are helpful, says the Census Bureau: •The U.S. Department of Agri- culture can use county level cen- sus data to define problem areas and help growers and other farmers recover fi-om outbreaks of disease or pests. • Farmer organizations, Con- gress and state and local govern- ments which plan programs to help farm operators get the most for their investments will find census statistics helpful. • Farm machinery manufactur- ers can better pinpoint the most effective products and where needs are changing, to the eco- nomic benefit of farm operators. MUST SELL Grorman Rupp Centrifugal Pump Ford 4-cylinder power, trailer mounted, excellent for up to 10 acres $3,500 (617) 753-3780 Kanted Wisconsin Cranberry Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh. STEVE (715)421-0917 (715)593-2385 Equipment Inc. 14 I^UPO^fl Diesel 381 West Grove Street (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 Tractors 2 & 4 wheel drive — 12-90 hp. Compact Excavators 1 '/? to 6 ton Wheel Leaders '/? to % yd. Water Cooled Diesel Engines AH Types of Implements Polymark Beaver-Mowers Specialty Fabrication Work Kubota Financing as Low as 8V2% *Sales *Service *Parts 4 to 104 hp. 947-6299 4wO^ "O^ 'Leasing 9 I MASSACHUSETTS By IRVING DEMORANVILLE The latest crop report from the New England Agricultural Statistics Service indicates the 1987 Massachusetts cran- berry crop as 1 ,440,000 barrels, 1 9 percent below the August estimate and 20 percent below the record crop of 1 986. Other areas show New Jersey at 280,000 barrels, about 14 percent below last year; Oregon, 144,000 barrels, a record, I believe; Washington, 130,000 barrels, about the same as the August estimate, and Wiscon- sin, 1,264,000 barrels, about 4 percent below the August estimate. The national total is 3,258,000 barrels, down about 1 0 to 1 1 percent from 1 986. Even though the Massachusetts crop was down about 20 percent, it was the fourth largest in our records, exceeded only by the crops of 1986, 1985 and 1984. Dr. Robert Devlin attended the North- eastern Weed Science Society meeting In Hartford, Conn., Jan. 5-7. He presented a paper on his weed research. Dr. Frank Caruso and Dr. Joan Lasota attended the New England Small Fruit Show In Concord, N.H., Jan 5. Dr. Frank Caniso was the Invited speaker at the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers School held In Wisconsin Rapids Jan 1 8-20. Frank gave two talks on root rot, upright dieback and various controls lor these and other cranberry diseases. Carolyn DeMoranvllle attended the Nor- theastern Regional Section of the Ameri- can Society for Horticultural Science at the University of Maine In Orono Jan 7-1 0. She presented a paper on her cranberry nutrition work. Dr. Frank Caruso attended a "Good Laboratory Practices" meeting sponsored by Clba-Gelgy In Pittsburgh Jan. 27-28. OREGON The Coos Curry Council of Govern- ments (CCOG) has been listening to plans to encourage the expansion of cranberry growing in the region. "We have a lot of land in Coos and Curry counties," John Mayea, chairman of the Port Orford port commission, told a recent CCOG meeting. "There are opportunities overseas. We might become large enough that a processing plant would be built right here and keep (the berries) from being loaded onto trucks and hauling jobs off." George Barton, representing the Ch rieston Rural Fire Department, charg- Ocean Spray with stifling growth in t number of acres under cultivatio according to the Bandon, Ore., Weste World. "There could be a great many mc acres producing locally if we didn't ha this monopoly," Barton asserted. Phelps Elbon, Bandon councilor, si Welch's, among other companies, is loc ing into buying cranberries locally. The Cranberry Festival Association Bandon, which boasts of being the CnlJ^Hi berry Capital of Oregon, will hold \j^i annual festival kickoff dinner April 16|tn the Barn In City Park. r^ The winning theme for this year's Stjj ^^' tember festival will be "Cranberry Olyliki pics of 1988." j[^ Creators of the theme are Dwayne No lln and Tim Carver, who will split the i prize money. Princesses for the festival will be Melb | Durel, Deena Flynn, Anne McMakIn i Kerry Nordstrom. Festival President Marge Nelson anyone Interested In helping with the ev should call 347-2612. lif( ipr To meet EPA requirements for Chemigation, we offer Ames Antisyphon Check Valve to which we are adding a pressure vaive to iciii the power and a port hoie for injector. All units are expoxy coated. 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CRANBERRY RELISH (Serves 6) t ounce) package- Jltrawberry gelatin 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup boiling water 1/4 cup cold water 1 pound fresh cranberries, ground 1 medium orange, unpeeled and ground 1 tart apple, unpeeled and finely chopped 1 cup celery, finely diced 1 cup pecans, chopped 8V4 ounces canned crushed pineapple, drained Dissolve gelatin and sugar in one cup of boiling water. Add lemon juice and V4 cup cold water. Grind cranberries and orange in meat grinder. Add to gelatin along with chopped apple, celery, nuts and pineapple. Chill and serve. Vines For Sale fi®" f-^^r $5,000 a ton Stevens $4^000 a ton Crowley $4,000 a ton Le Munyon $4^000 a ton Searies $3^500 a ton $500 a ton less with 50% payment before cutting 6031 County Highway D (715) 479-4658 Eagle River, Wl 54521 (715) 479-6546 \J.A. JENKINS & SON CO, Grower Service MOWING (ALL TYPES) SANDING DITCHING WEED WIPING Serving Cape Cod 227 Pine St., W. Barnstable, Ma. 02668 Phone 362-6018 r^yflaAg^>flaj),sgfcyfla^ 11 umRS from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Mar jo Valtanen, Agricultural Journalist, Kasurilantie 69, as. 6| 71800 Siilinjarv) SF-Finlandl Visiting Finn Sends His Best Best wishes from Finland. We have had a very mild winter compared with usual ones. We have also had less snow, but this hasn't given any trouble for cross-country skiing, which we do a lot here. I visited Wisconsin and Mas- sachusetts cranberry marshes last October and liked your country a lot. I got to know many people, especially among cranberry growers, and I think that, among all the cultivation forms, cran- berry growing is the most inter- esting. I want to thank and give my kindest regards to all of you who helped me during my visit. Especially, I want to thank Pro- fessor and Mrs. Elden J. 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The festival is a fim family affair, with country music, coim- try foods, cranberry related con- tests of all sorts and a wide var- iety of country arts and crafts on display for purchase or just to look at. Tours of local bogs to observe the harvesting have become the berries! The strategic location of Chatsworth— "Capital of the Pine Barrens" and hub of the Bur- lington County cranberry grow- ing region — has been discovered at last by Ocean Spray, which is building a new, ultra-modern processing complex there. It will be a huge operation, indeed, and work is now well underway. THE festival is the brainchild of Mary Ann Thompson of Vin- centown who spent her childhood on large, family-owned blueber- ry/cranberry farms. Fascinated with the history and folklore of cranberry farm- ing, she restored her three story home, once owned by her grand- mother, with cranberry-colored furniture and cranberry memo- rabilia too numerous and varied 22 years experience construction lifts ^^^ AERIAI^FTING ^ BERRY LIFTING^ nylon berry bags bulk bins CRANBERRY GROWERS spmncE JOE^ ttRIGHAM INC o MUV LI f Tim o Hmms lightweight durable %i2!isrM^^ mat rentals^o- sales Qontaci PETER o^ CHUCK 617-295-2222 tan inti 14 P A ' «' ^ \1 AL BRICK JR. of West Jersey Farms, New Medford, with crates of fresh cranberries that he sold without letup every day of the festival. (CRANBERRIES photo by Cornelius Hogenbirk) Ito list. Thompson also is a vigorous advocate for the preservation of the Pine Barrens and its vital water resources. With respect to the first festi- val, she said: I "We were looking for a way to promote cranberries ... to show what the cranberry growers were doing to conserve water. We (also) were looking for a way to pre- serve the White Horse Inn." (The thought occurred to Mary Ann that a festival might be a I good way to combine the two ?oals. In 1984, she attended a I cranberry festival in Massachu- I jetts, studied old issues of I ::RANBERRIES Magazine, and wondered long and hard about VINES FOR SALE Ben Lear ^5,500 per ton Stevens H,500 per ton Crowley H,000 per ton (Discounts for cash in advance) Paul L. 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Hwy 51 & 73 Interchange Plainfield.WI 54966 (715)335-6372 Bruce Sunnerberg AAA Industrial Pump & Ser, Inc. 66 Lake Street Plympton, MA 02367 (617)585-2394 NOTICE Selected exclusive dealer territories still available — Inquiries invited how to put it all together. MARY ANN enUsted the aid of members of Chatsworth Club II as well as a group of local 10 to 17-year-olds to get started on that first festival. The kids up until then had been using the 130- year-old, dilapidated, cedar-sided White Horse Inn to play in . Some , oblivious of its historic value, were vandalizing the property. The White Horse Inn was once a stagecoach stop and later served rail passengers on their way to Jersey shore points from north- ern New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Today, many of the same youngsters, though several years older, are still helping out at fes- tival time. With the success of the fair now a proven fact, more and more people are willing to get involved and help out. In addi- tion, more of the cranberry growers are taking part and volunteering for tour demonstra- ^*^^tl.l^l.t^^^^^*^^^.t.l.l.l.l,l.».S.S.S.S.<.1.1 < Ift'i^st'm Supplies • 2 " to 12" PVC Pipe with Fittings • Quick Couple Risers • Felker Aluminum Flumes & Culverts Replace old aluminum mains with government approved 4", 6" and 8 " polyethylene pipe buried just below bog surface. No insert fittings. Rent our butt fusion welder for a continuous main line. Beat the high cost of custom installation by renting our small 4-wheel drive tractor with mole hole plow for buried laterals. STEARNS IRRIGATION, INC. 790 Federal Furnace Rd. Plymouth MA 02360 Tel. (617) 746-6048 t^***^******^**^^*************^*^^*^^*^^^*^'^*-*-^^*^*^*^' Serving I^ssachusetts Cranberry Growers *Complete line of cranberry pesticides, fertilizers, mitlcldes. In stock when you want them. *Quality aerial applications. *Best application and safety equipment for your needs. *Proven frost warning equipment. Don't take chances — buy ttie best. *Experienced cranberry consulting service offering pheromone traps and baits, *Sanding by helicopter. *Culvert Pipe — All sizes — steel and aluminum. *Ditch Mud Mats— Strong— lightw/eight— durable. *Burlap Picking Sags— Best for your money. . Contact John C. Decas DECRAN AG SUPPLIES INC. 219 Main St. Wareham, MA 02571 office: 295-0147 evening: 763-8956 (William D. Chamberlain) 17 HAVE YOU MISSED THESE ARTICLES? CRANBERRIES Magazine's Reader's Service makes available copies of the articles listed below which have appeared in past issues. Order the article you want to update your library. Please send a check or money order with each article requested. ORDER BY NUMBER. 536 First Issue of CRANBERRIES, Published In 1936 8.00 1066 Early History of Massachusetts State Crantierry Bog 3.50 1 166 New Jersey Research Center at Oswego 3.50 1266 Whitesbog, New Jersey 3.50 768 History of Cranberry Industry In Wisconsin 3.50 868 Sprinkler Frost Protection, Parts 1, 11, III 10.00 1069 ResandIng of Massachusetts Bogs, Parts I, II 7.00 570a Cranberries Greeted Our Forefathers 3.50 570b Cranberry Pollination 3.50 1270 Progress In Controlling Bird Damage to Crops 3.50 371a Oxygen Deficiency Kills Cranberry Insects 3.50 371b Summer Spray Application of Phosphorus 3.50 672 HoneytMe Populations and Fruit Set In Cranberry 3.50 772 Surface Water Quality In Drainage Areas of Crant)erry Bogs 3.50 573 Insecticide Toxicity to Honeybees 3.50 673 Prolonging the Life of Harvested McFarlln Cranberries 3.50 274 Effect of Light on Cranlwrry Seed Germination 3.50 374 Effect of Temperature on Germination of Cranberry Seeds 3.50 275 Analyses of Cranl>erry Marsh Discharge Waters-Progress Report 3.50 976 Response of Cranberry Bogs to Sulfur-Coated Urea 3.50 380 Effect of Trash on Growth Inhibition 3.50 680 Aircraft Spraying and Fruit Rot 3.50 880 Ocean Spray Golden Anniversary 3.50 281 Fairy Ring Control 3.50 481 The Rope-Wick Weed Wiper 3.50 781 Cranberry Pollination in British Columbia 3.50 282a 1981 Fungicide Trials 3.50 282b Abbott Lee's 3 Wheel Water Harvester 3.50 582 Fungus Research at University of Wisconsin 3.50 183 Fungicide Trials on Cranberries 3.50 283 Cross-Fertilization Experiments 3.50 583 Bogslde Wildlife 3.50 783 Orthene Experiments 3.50 284 The Cranberry in History 3.50 864 Modifications to Furford Ptoker-Pruner 3.50 685 Sex Attractant Traps 3.50 1285a Integrated Pest Management: What It Means 3.50 1285b Picking at the 63rd Parallel 3.50 486 Appropriate Rates for Lorsban 3.50 686a Spur A Promising Insecticide 3.50 686b Ponds for Profit 3.50 986 3 Year IPM Survey 3.50 387 A Survey of Crant>erry Dieback 3.50 487 A Rationale for Pruning 3.50 587 Ditch Stonecrop and Its Control 3.50 687 Control With Fyduian 3.50 787 Using Furtoe and Fusllade 3.50 987 Insecticide Timing to Control Frultworm 3.50 188 All Terrain Vehicles 3.50 288 Cranberry Tipworm— 1986 Damage 3.50 18 rOP: Mary Shockley of Tuckerton proudly displays one of her framed, antique cranberry box labels. The luarter barrel shipping boxes in the foreground are all originals that have been meticulously restored by Shockley. The Eatmor Company, which went out of business during the Great Depression, used 32 differ- jnt labels. BOTTOM: The exhibit by the Pemberton Camera Club of prizewinning photos drew a steady Iitream of onlookers. (CRANBERRIES photos by Cornelius Hogenbirk) 19 TOP: •'Rotten Ralph." actually 72-year-old stilt wa^er Ralph Alburg^^^^^^^^^ his three brothers. Nathan. 8. Adam, 9, and Jacob, 5, ^t^^^^^j^^^^J^^ig^photos by Cornelius Hogenbirk) 20 ""rOP:By the bag and barrel, truckloads of Early Blacks were purchased nonstop. Selling the berries as fast "' as she can make change is Allison Brick of West Jersey Farms, Medford. BOTTOM: Long lines of hungry rairgoers lined up at the snack outlets. f* I (CRANBERRIES photos by Cornelius Hogenbirk) I 21 TOP: Laura Mann, country rock singer and guitarist, was accompanied by the electric violin of Ong's Hat's Karen Lin. BOTTOM: Tim and Grace St. Clair of Browns Mills found listening to country blues very relaxing, even though the little brown jug they had just purchased was empty. With them are son Ethan, 5, and daughter Katie, 3. (CRANBERRIES photos by Cornelius Hogenbirk) 22 tions. The increased fair activity, however, may have had a price. At the first few festivals, some folks claimed to have seen the Jersey Devil slinking about, forked tail twitching, hiding behind cranberry barrels, and such. One observer suggested that the Devil may have been the one that had been snatching cran- berry ice cream cones from some kids and cranberry muffins from others. This year, tiie dread Devil, fearing numbers perhaps, had stayed within the pines that border the fairgroimds. Who can say? THERE was one festival per- former that it seems can always be counted upon. He's "Rotten Ralph," otherwise known as Ralph Alburger of Tumersville. This covmtry poet and lover of children fastened his lengthy stilts onto his 72-year-old legs, to once again metamorphose into Rotten Ralph, a hopping, skip- ping and jigging 10-foot tall clown. The Chatsworth Festival is sponsored by the American Cranberry Growers Association, Jersey Fresh, a state publicity entity, Ocean Spray and Chats- worth Club II. Wisconsin Cranberry Marsh For Sale 46.5 Acres Ocean Spray Exhibit A Ben Lear, Stevens, Crowley $2.25 million Contact: Eric Jonjak P.O. Box 120 Trego, WI 54888 (715)635-7611 ^*****A^******A^*4^*****¥^*4^***A^.^^**:^^A^jf R.A.S.P. INC. Carrying a Complete Line of: Cranberry Chemicals and Fertilizers Frost Alarms Thermometers Chemical Application Equipment Kubota K-35 Rental Contact: Bob or Mike 3 Plymouth St. Carver, MA 02330 Phone: (617) 866-4429 Authorized Agway Representative LAGWAY *.**^^^4^4^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^4^^^^^^^4^^^i^^^^'^ 23 Weatii&i Walck MASSACHUSETTS January was cold, averaging 3.0 degrees a day below normal. Maximum tempera- ture was 47 degrees on the 19th and the minimum was minus 8 degrees on the 11 th. There were only four days with sun- stantial above average temperatures and 11 days substantially below average. Precipitation totaled exactly 3.0 inches, about 1 Va inches below normal. There was measurable precipitation on only eight days, with 0.87 on the 25th as the greatest storm. We had a total of 1 0 inches of snow. I.E.D. No matter how small your business, you can afford to place an ad in the m,agazine that serves the industry: CRANBERRIES! ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ NIemI Electric Company ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I Pinehurst Drive ♦ Wareham, Mass. : TEL. 295-1880 Robert Niemi Electrical Contractors Heat, Light & Power Wiring • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Vigorous — Hearty — ixttemly Ptoduethe STEVENS VINES Spring 1988 Delivery Priced at the market, 10% now will guarantee delivery Saddle Mound Cranberry Co. 105 Old Hwy 54 Pittsville, WI 54466 Call: Jay Normington 715/593-2326 Pete Normington 715/593-2350 We Still Make House M* A 11^ Like your old family doctor, your Farm Credit representa- ^y^j^j^j^}^ five still makes house calls . . . and he's been treating farm families like yours for a good 70 years. Farm families count on him to provide the financial support they need— short- term and long-term credit— that helps them plan for a productive future. But there's more to Farm Credit than money. What makes your Farm Credit representative unique is that he knows your business so well. Which means that he's more than a dependable source of credit. He can provide farm business consulting, tax services, credit life insurance, appraisal service and computer- ized record-keeping. Give him a call. He could be just what the doctor ordered for you. Jk Southern New England *^^ Farm Credit Service Federal Land Bank Association Production Credit Association P.O. Box 7 Taunton, MA 02780 617/824-7578 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t 24 BAY STATE BUREAU BACKS 18 BILLS The Massachusetts Farm Bureau has filed 18 bills for the 1988 session of the Massachusetts General Assembly. Bills which could affect grow- ers, and their sponsors, are: CRANLAND SERVICES Cranberry Property Appraisals *••*•• Listings and Sales of Cranberry Properties. License # 68987 Lawrence W. Pink Old Cordwood Path Duxbury, MA 02332 (617)934-6076 ■|^ %>"• Z^- »» l-An act providing for payment for crop and live- stock losses caused by wildlife protected by state or federal law. (Hodgkins, D-Lee, Mass.) This bill would establish a state fund to pay farmers for doctmient- ed damage to crops and livestock caused by protected wildlife species. This figure is well in excess of $2 million per year, says the Farm Bureau. BIG WHEEL TRUCK SALES 42 Quanapoag E. Freetown, Mass. All types of medium and heavy duty trucks on hand from cab & chassis to dump trucks to road tractors. Largest used truck dealer In New England. All types of diesel repair. Largest tow trucks on the East Coast. (617)763-5927 or (617)763-8745 Call Bob or Joe Irrigation Equipment Designed Especially tor the Cranberry Industry • Gorman-Rupp Self Priming Electric Sprinkler Pumps • Proven Quick Couple Riser • Polyethylene Main Lines, 3--12" • Butt Fusion Equipment Available • Paco/Wemco Water Harvest Pump • Berkeley Self-Priming and Centrifugal Pumps A Most Complete Inventory of Irrigation Accessories MRCH/VIONr IRRIGATION / SNOWMAKING P.O. Box 66, 11 Larchmont Lane Lexington, Massachusetts 021 73 (617)862-2550 I Contact Larchmont Engineering Stearns irrigation, Inc Phil Tfopeano, President 790 Federal Furnace Rd. (617)862-2550 (Call Collect) Plymouth, MA 02360 (617)746-6048 2-An act relative to taxes on farm machinery and animals. (Angelo, D-Saugu$) This legislation would allow farmers who operate under a corporate structure to take advan- tage of the special consideration given to farm animals and machinery with respect to prop- erty and excise tax. 3- An act providing for the inclusion of aquaculture and agriculture under certain zoning exemptions. (Bauschen- bach, R- Brewster) Agriculture Rock Village Electric Full Senice Company Sfuiiiiiiii \» I •Commtrclal ^ *R»*ld0ntM •InduitrM Cranberry Bog Pump Motors & Controls Quality Service Fully Insured Bill Gazza Master Lie # A962a 48 Highland St Middleboro, Mass. 947-6505 Law Office* of Haines cJaylorCJ]fe \JJavxa C^ nurcltilt cJOarrow ffamei &. '^arljorJ 24 Bay Road/P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Contervatlon Commltalon, DEQE, Ma$» EPA, EPA and Corpa ofEnglnaan) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporations and partnenhlps, pensions and profit sharing plans, and Wills and Trusts) Land disposition (Purchase, sale and financing of existing bogs and potential sites) Land use management (Board of Appeals and Planning Board) Custom Welding and Fabricating Now Taking Orders for your Springtime needs HERBICIDE SPREADERS, priced to start at $2,500.00 Self-propelled, gravity feed style with Four Gandy Hoppers Different widths and engine options available For further information on this or our other Bog related products, Contact JIM OR COLETTE HAYWARD at (617) 947-5378 78 EAST GROVE ST., MIDDLEBORO, MA. 02346 26 currently has certain protections with respect to zoning under M.G.L. Chapter 40A. This bill would provide aquaculture and beekeeping with the same protections. 4-An act further deHning the public health nuisance VINES FOR SALE Howes and Early Blacks CALL (617)428-6101 Or (617)428-0907 After 6 p.m. O^^M Equipment, inc. 381 West Grove St. (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 (617) 947-6299 ^KUBOTR Tractors, Excavators and Diesel Generators >YOTE Wheel Loaders 3/4 Yd - 6 1/2 Yd innsmsjii Screening Equipment 27 law. (Wetmore, D-Worcester, Franklin, Hampden and Hamp- shire) This bill would add the "keeping of bees for agricultural purposes" to those items protected from nuisance complaints. 5- An act further regulating recreational vehicles. (Hodg- kins, D-Lee) This bill would require that all "recreational vehicles," as defined by law, be registered with the Division of Marine and Recreational Vehicles. 6-An act designating that one member of the trustees of the University of Massa- chusetts have "agricultural knowledge and expertise." (Hodgkins, D-Lee). 7-An act amending the Massachusetts Water Manage- ment Act. (Hynes, D-Marshfield) This bill would create an "agri- cultural water use" classification within the Water Management Act in order to take into account the unique characteristics of water use in agriculture. 8-An act providing for penalties for persons convict- ed of certain crimes. (Walrath,- D-Stow) This bill would increase the penalties for malicious dam- age to agricultural property, livestock or crops. 9-An act clarifying a cer- tain provision of of the Farm- land Assessment Act. (Olver, D-Franklin and Hampshire) This bill would clarify the obligations of a city or town in deciding whether or not to exercise their first refusal option when a pro- posal is made to convert land and withdraw it from Chapter 61 A (Farmland Assessment Act). 10-An act providing for inclusion of certain small farms within the Farmland Assessment Act. (Rauschen- bach, R- Brewster) This bill would allow for farms between 3 and 5 CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 li AERO-LIFT Helicopters, Inc. Located in the heart of cranberry country to serve your lifting needs. HEUCOPTER SANDING FERTIUZING CRANBERRY UFTING MUD LIFTING MUD MATS AVAILABLE (617) 946-1917 Marty Cole • 173 Chestnut Street • Middleboro, MA 02346 acres to be included under Chap- ter 61A, provided that they meet certain requirements with respect to dollar value produced. Win nr* STAY INFORMED [ J subscribe to CRANBERRIES | $10 a yeai-$18 two years Send check or money order to CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 COBALT CT 06414 CRANBERRIES gives you the news and views of the industry. The CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. 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BOX 7211, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53707 608-221-1581 Vines For $ale Ben Lears & Pilgrims At Market Prices For Further Details, Call: (608) 378-4069 Or Write: Jensen Cranberry Bogs, Inc Route 2 Box 92 Warrens, Wl 54666 Ebtgagig»stfr^T^T^T<«ahgtgag>sr taxpayer uses his own car to Irive from home to convention lite, no allocation of gas, oil, or oil expenses has to be made just >ecause a spouse (or children) ire taken along on the trip. Children usually sleep free in tarent's room and again no allo- ation has to be made for room ent. However, the cost of meals or a spouse or children who do lot qualify as being necessary n the trip are personal expenses, ence, not deductible. It goes without sajdng that if oth husband and wife are both ctive in a business (a real situa- ion, not a sham), that the xpenses of both are fully eductible if the guidelines set )rth in Income Tax Code sec- ons 162 and 274 are met. See- on 162 tells us what expenses re deductible. Section 274 tells s how to substantiate the eduction. The possibility of an audit and le present mood of enforcement early indicate that the tax law 1 business executives and oth- ers attending company conven- tions, continuing education seminars, association meetings and various other business meetings must be understood by both the taxpayer and the spon- soring organization. In many cases, taxpayers, through neglect of proper record keeping and failure to show proof and neglecting to adhere to the provisions of the tax laws, have had to pay additional income taxes. To conclude: Follow through after leaving a convention-trade show. Review your notes, reread speeches, give a report to other members of your staff who did not attend, try to capitaUze on the contacts you made, discuss new products or procedures with members of your management team — in effect, try to put to good use the time spent. And, importantly, review your records to make sure that you get the greatest possible tax deduction by following the suggestions and guidelines enumerated in this article. ©ARKIN MAGAZINE SYNDICATE ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH CRANBERRY GROWING, PROCESSING, MARKETING, ETC.? Then you ought to read CRANBERRIES, the national cranberry magazine. Each monthly issue contains informative news and feature articles about the industry. Keep informed. Read CRANBERRIES. Mail your check or money order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 Cobalt CT 06414 $10 one year; $18 two years NAME ADDRESS QTY STATE ZIP The scoop of the year! Cranberry Flavor, Fact and Folklore in THE CRANBERRY CONNECTION, by Beatrice Buszek. Your favorite berry pops up in kitchen-tested recipes for every de- light from Cranberry Bog to Cranberry- Banana Bread, Cranberry Avocado Dip, and countless other desserts, drinks, salads, entrees. "A fascinating revelation of the many uses for cranberries . . . you'll find this book a treasure."— Des Moines Register. Paperback, $8.95 Please send . copies of THE CRAN- BERRY CONNECTION, $8.95 each. Namp Address .^___ .Zip_ Add $1.50 for postage; Conn, residents add 7% sales tax. CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE P. O. Box 249, Cobalt, CT 06414 31 Take Good Care of Yourself Have an Ocean Spray! CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MA May 1988 Volume 52, No. 5 Our 52nd Year of Publication isy3!-iwy ,.d3a siyiy3s Ayyyein ssyw .=io aimh eez^T Tips on Exporting Buying a Computer —14 Si»c| in tM€^i^iiiite|^^uced enough to c^ ^. the country mm Atlantic to. Faci^y .And with our Spiral Mill Plant we have high volume capacity and versatile product capacity. We produce standard (2-2/3" x 1/2") culvert in round from 12 to 96 inches and pipe arch from 12 to 72 inches. ..and 3" x 1" culvert corrugation allov\/ing production of round pipe up to 144 inches and pipe arch up to 108 inches. Structural plate culvert is available in pipe arch and arch in sizes up to a 40 feet span. We've come a long way in 77 years! CAN WE HELP YOU THIS YEAR? BARK RiVER EAU CLAIRE I71SI 835-5157 GBEEN BAY (414) 435 6676 ■■■^aia MADISON (608) 222-4151 mONWOOD (906) 932-0222 ^i False Lily-of-the-Valley Control in Cranberries By Changing Soil pH By Azmi Y. Shawa irector, Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit It is known that cranberry is a w-growing, trailing, woody oadleaf, evergreen vine. Vegetatively, cranberry vines, ually referred to as runners, e from 1 to 6 ft. long. The vines rm a thick mat over the entire rface of a cultivated bog. Cranberry bogs are acidic in .ture and can be high in organic COVER PHOTO IS CUTE A CRANBERRY I you'll ever see is Elizabeth illhouse of Vincentown, N.J. le photo is from the files of ew Jersey cranberry pho- grapher Cornelius Hogen- rk and w^as taken at the tiatsworth, N. J., Cranberry »8tival when Elizabeth was CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 matter. These two factors can decrease herbicide performance. Thus, higher herbicide rates are required, which can, in turn, result in cranberry vine injury. Herbi- cides have to be washed down immediately, in order to pene- trate a mat of vines covering the bog surface. Herbicides norflurazon (evital), simazine, chloropropham, dichlobenil (casoron or norosac), fydulan, napropamide (devrinol), 2,4-D, dalapon, and glyphosate (roundup) are registered for use against weeds growing in cran- berry bogs. Although these herbicides have been successful in controlling the majority of weeds in the cran- berry bogs for the last 2 decades, they are not effective in control- ling false lily-of-the-valley , which has soil requirements similar to those of crapberries, i.e., acid soil with a pH from 4.5 to 5.5. However, cranberries may grow successfully in a lower pH than the false lily, which may allow for selective control through change in pH. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of various soil pH levels as controlled by agricultural lime and flowable sulfur on false lily-of-the-valley and on cranberry vines. Agricultural lime (CaC03) and flowable sulfur 51% treatments were applied on 100 ft^ plots of 'McFarlin' cranberry vines infested with the false lily-of-the- valley in Grayland, Washington. Treatments were replicated 4 times in a randomized, complete block design. Agricultural lime L BIG WHEEL TRUCK SALES 42 Q^anapoag £• Freetown^ Mass. All types of medium and heavy duty trucks on hand from cab & chassis to dump trucks to road tractors. Largest used truck dealer In New England. All types of diesel repair. Largest tow trucks on the Ekist Coast. Call Bob or Joe (617)763-5927 or (617)763-8745 was top-dressed at rates of 1 ,000, 2,000, 4,000 and 8,000 lb/A and washed down with water. Flow- able sulfur was applied at the rates of 25, 50, 75, and 100 gal/A. All treatments were applied in 2 consecutive years to two sections of bog in February 1984 and 1985. False lily, a perennial deciduous plant, was dormant. Cranberry vines were in late dormancy. Plots were rated visually in September of each year for weed control and cranberry vine phyto toxicity. Plots were harvested with a cranberry scoop. Fruit was screened by hand to remove trash and soft berries, and the weight of marketable fruit determined. Samples of sound berries were analyzed for soluble solids using a refractometer and for acidity with a pH meter. Berry volume was measured, using a pycnometer, and individual berry weight was calculated. All flowable sulfur treatments and the higher three rates of lime changed the pH values of the bog. All treatments of flowa- ble sulfur and lime controlled false lily-of-the-valley (Table 1,2). Berry volume, weight, acidity and soluble solids for all treatments applied in 1984 and 1985 were not affected by treatment. As the rate of flowable sulfur increased, the soil pH decreased (Table 1 ). An application of 75 to 100 gal/A controlled false lily 70-100% in 1984 and 80-90% in 1 985 (Table 1 ), with no toxicity to cranberry vines. As the rate of lime increased, the soil pH increased and false lily control increased (Table 2). An application of 2,000 lbs/A lime increased pH significantly with a 65-70% control to the lily. Higher 3 rates of lime increased percent control but also raised pH to levels (Table 2) that had adverse effects on cranberry vines (the development of chlorotic uprights near the end of the growing season). Controlling false lily-of-the- valley by changing soil pH with- out affecting cranberry vine and fruit growth and development may have eliminated the poten- tial for cranberry root, vine, and fruit phytotoxicity through excessive herbicide applications. Since flowable sulfur applied at the rate of 75 to 100 gal/A con- trolled false lily 70-100% during two years of experimental work and without decreasing soil pH to a critical point, it will be pre- ferred for usage over lime, which showed a tendency of raising soil pH to an undesirable level when high percent control of lily is required. Controlling weeds, particularly false lily-of-the-valley growing in cranberry bogs, by changing the pH value by 1 (more or less), may provide a new option for weed control in acid soils. Acknowledgments. Grateful appreciation is extended to John oC ll AERO-LIFT Helicopters, Inc. Located in the heart of cranberry country to serve your lifting needs. HEUCOPTER SANDING FERTIUZING CRANBERRY UFTING MUD LIFTING MUD MATS AVAILABLE (617) 946-1917 Marty Cole • 173 Chestnut Street • Middleboro, MA 02346 ^^vvv^^vv^v^^vw^vv^SSS^^ VINES FOR SALE Order Now For Spring Delivery Pure Prunings Of -Hewers — SOLD OUT .^2,I>QO/T0ii^ Early Blacks $2,500/Ton ^Stevens SOLD OUT .$4^000/T0fi^ Crowleys $4,000/Ton FOB Massachusetts MORSE BROTHERS, INC. (617) 699-2588 dng, technical assistant. sites. cal supplies, and an additional Robert P. Quinby and Joseph This study was made possible grant from the Washington )ss are thanked for offering by a grant from the Stauffer Cranberry Commission, eir properties as experimental Chemical Co. as well as chemi- Table 1. Influence of soil applications of flowable sulfur on pH and on the control of false lily-of-the-valley . Rate PH^ Control^ (gal/A) 1984 1985 1984 1985 % ■Jntreated 25 50 75 LOO 5.50 a 5.45 a 0 d 0 e 4.70 b 4.50 b 50 c 30 cd 4.22 c 4.17 c 50 c 40 c 4.17 c 4.13 c 70 b 80 ab 3.82 d 4.00 cd 100 a 90 a 'Mean separation in columns by Duncan's multiple range test, 5% level lable 2. Influence of soil applications of lime on pH and on :ontrol of false li ly- •of-the-valley . late lbs/A) PH^ Contro l" 1984 1985 1984 1985 ntreated 5.50 d 5.45 d % — 0 d 0 d 000 5.60 d 5.60 d 50 c 70 be 000 6.27 c 6.25 c 65 be 70 be 000 6.60 b 6.60 ab 75 b 80 b 000 6.87 a 6.85 a 95 a 100 a 4ean separation in co lumns by Duncan's multipl e range test 5? level Georgia Chamberlain Receives Salute From Conservationists By CAROLYN GILMORE Conservationist Georgia D. Chamberlain , president of Decas Cranberry Co., Inc., of Wareham, Mass., was presented the Envir- onmental Service Award by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions at its annual meeting March 5 in Worcester. Mrs. Chamberlain was cited for "outstanding contributions to the environmental protection of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts." She has been actively involved in environmental protection work for the town of Rochester for 25 years. Without staff or secretarial assistance, she has compiled an impressive list of accomplish- ments, including: •Obtaining a Ford Foundation grant to inventory natural resource maps. •Securing 291 acres of farm- land under the Agricultural Preservation Act. • Winning a matching grant fix>m the Plymouth County Commis- sioners Conservation Fund to purchase the property of the his- toric Town Pound. •Receiving a grant from the Plymouth County Conservation District to update Rochester's Open Space Plan. Another of Mrs. Chamberlain's outstanding conservation achieve- ments for her town was the 1979 purchase of shoreline on pristine Mary's Pond for use as a beach for town residents at a cost of $95,000. She also has worked with the owner of 1 12 acres of prime forest land in Rochester — now known as the Delano Memorial Forest- in placing the property into the Plymouth County Wildland Trust. In addition, she facilitated get- ting the Bruce Reservation deeded to the town and she discovered a 20 acre piece of town -owned land that had been forgotten. During her 25 years on the Rochester Conservation Commis- i sion, Mrs. Chamberlain has served more than half as chair Custom Welding and Fabricating Now Taking Orders for your Springtime needs HERBICIDE SPREADERS, priced to start at $2,500.00 Self-propelled, gravity feed style with Four Gandy Hoppers Different widths and engine options available For further information on this or our other Bog related products, Contact JIM OR COLETTE HAYWARD at (617) 947-5378 78 EAST GROVE ST., MIDDLEBORO, MA. 02346 m fill KI KK r,( lli *» W! iGO also is a member of the Ply- nth County Conservation st and Recreation Advisory incil and the Pilgrim Area ource Conservation Develop- it Council and a trustee of the mouth County Cooperative ension Service. A former car of the Massachusetts ociation of Conservation imissions, she is presently ing in her third year as an jted member of the Rochester ining Board. rs. Chamberlain has been '■ to successfully balance her Ivy conservation activities I her duties as an officer in 'amily cranberry business in eham. RANBERRIES gives I the news and views of M industry. "WIT o RANBERRIES NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 ICOBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 •UBLISHER « EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR IKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN iOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (617) 763-5206 l«^ISORS & CORRESPONDENTS t.SSACHUSETTS — Irving E. Demoranvllle, If.tor, Cranberry Experiment Station. W JERSEY — Phillip E. MaruccI, Cranberry & Blue- Specialist, Crant>erry & Blueberry Lat>oratory, worth; Elizabeth G. Carpenter, Chatsworth VA SCOTIA — I. V. Hall, Botanist, Research in, Kentvllle. EGON — Arthur Poole. Coos County Extension t, Coqullle SHINGTON — Azml Y Shawa, Horticulturist and lalon Agent In Horticulture, Coastal Washington irch & Extension Unit, Long Beach. ;CONSIN — Tod. D. Planer, Farm Management , Wood County. MERRIES It published monthly by Olvenlfled ■deal*, WelNryn Drive, Portland CT 06480. Second peetage la paid at the Portland, Conn. Poet Office, la $10 a year, $1S lor two year*, $1 a copy In Hie $12 a year In Canada; $1S a year In all other lie*. Back coplea: $2, Including postage. Copyright Vt DIverelfled Peilodlcato. ISSN: 0011-07S7 Poatmaaler, send Form 374( to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 0S414 V/r.>\T •:^:j- .'yV^ -X^U .«'•, vr:^),-, J.A. JENKINS & SON CO. Grower Service MOWING (ALL TYPES) SANDING DITCHING WEED WIPING Serving Cape Cod 227 Pine St., W. Barnstable, Ma. 02668 Phone 362-6018 W- f^Jr.. ?u^" *V^^,»r" rjr. ^^i rj^l)h*^ S*/. KUBOTA' COVERS THE FIELD Kubota has the field covered with dozens of diesel tractors. From 10 horsepower lawn and garden traaors to 85 PTO horsepower turbo charged farm traclon. And while they vary in size, all are built by Kubota to exaaing quality specificaiions. AU are powered By Kubota diesel engines. They're sturdy and dependable, fuel efficient, and require littic maintenance. Multi -cylinder design makes them quiet and they run with less vibration. KUBOTA LAM-N & GARDEN "PIACTORS Modfl (VL HI* TrmjmiMwn G3200 2 10 G4200 2 12 G4200H 2 12 G520OH ) U G6200H 3 16 Standtrd Siwidard Hydroubc HydrosiBic Hydmuitc KUBOTA B AND L SERIES THACTORS Modtl CYL HP Owiee of Trinimaiion B)200 I)- Slmdird IS- ' Siindird BTMO 17" or mm 19- . 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Not content to rest on the lau- rels of its decades-old juice export markets, Welch's remains active in developing new overseas markets. But Hewins pointed out that competition for new markets has gotten tougher. "Sixty years ago there were very few American companies like ours that were trying to export. We were essentially out on our own." he said. "Today, Equipment Inc. 14 l^ljgQ^H Diesel 381 West Grove Street (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 Tractors 2 & 4 wheel drive — 12-90 hp. Compact Excavators 1 V2 to 6 ton Wheel Leaders V2 to ^U yd. Water Cooled Diesel Engines 4 to 104 hp. AW Types of Implements Polymark Beaver-Mowers 947-6299 Specialty Fabrication Work Kubota Financing as Low as 8'/?% *Sale8 ^Service *Parts ^Leasing l;; Plymouth Copters, Ltd Specializing in cranberry applications for more than 25 years Growers fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides applied to growers specifications Mud Lifting - Cranberry Ufting Mats Available Plymouth Airport Box 3446 Plymouth, MA 02361 David ). Morey Richard H. Sgarzi (617) 746-6030 Agricultural Applications • Lift Work • Executive Charters • Aerial Photography >* 9 more companies are becoming aware of the opportunities in exporting. Also, competition is more aggressive now than when we started." According to Hewins, Welch's efforts to develop new overseas markets have been boosted with assistance from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). "We recently went to Malay- sia, Singapore and Thailand and one of our first stops was to meet with FAS people at the U.S. embassies," Hewins said. "They helped us set up meetings with distributors in those markets." FAS also helped Welch's in making business contacts in Australia and Europe, according to Hewins. Hewins has used trade reports compiled by FAS in deciding on areas to target for market devel- opment, and was assisted by FAS in arranging to display Welch's products at the 1987 ANUGA international food show in Cologne, West Germany. But export business is not all rising growth charts and black ink for Welch's. There are frus- trations for the company's exporting program too. "I think the two biggest obsta- cles to doing business overseas are (foreign) government restric- tions and outright bans on our products in some countries," Hewins said. Several countries have banned imported grape products to pro- tect their wine industries. Welch's has suffered this action in Korea and Germany. Government res- trictions also have caused prob- lems for Welch's. "Take Taiwan, for example," Hewins said. "They have a 45- percent duty on juices that makes our product uncompetitive with local producers." Hewins feels that problemfex like these must be addressed b;' the federal government. "All of us in the export bus: ness need the support of the U.S Department of Agriculture an the U.S. Trade Representative! getting markets open to us," h said. "I hope that they will coi tinue to put pressure on th markets where U.S. exporters ai not able to do business." Another lesson Welch's ha learned is that products that d well in the domestic market aj not always popular with foreig buyers. For example, Welch's he had minimum success in ma keting jellies and jams oversea particularly in countries whei bread is not a predominant iter "Jams and jellies in rice-base markets don't really fit in vei well," he said. Hewins said that there is r one formula for success i 2,061.4S Acres For Sale * in Bandon, Oregon 72.5 acres cranberry producing bogs; 30 acres prepared, irrigated, ready for pianting; 50 acres recentiy repianted timber reproduction iand; 849 acres cieared iand; 996 acrestimber reproduction land; 50 acres marshiand; 14 acres nonforest, road, pond and rocic pit areas. Bogs planted with Stevens, Ben Lean, Crowley. Automatic sprinkler system. Good pond. Pumping System. Graders, back hoes, etc. Asking $2 Million Cash Terms Available PacificCorp Credit Inc. Ill S.W. 5th Ave. Business Credit Inc. #2800 Eugene, Oregon 97402 (503) 222-7900 Ask for George Bradish 10 xporting. "You have to look at each market for its own particular jneeds," he said. "Once you determine that your product can fit those needs, then your task is to pick the right relationship in that market so that you can expand." (Reprinted by permission of Foreign Agriculture.) j<. 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This was he third largest on record, exceeded only )y 1 981 and 1 969. There were 1 0 days with neasurable precipitation with 2.61 inches )n the 12th as the greatest storm. We are illghtly more than 1 inch above normal ind slightly behind 1987. There was only )ne inch of snow recorded. I.E.D. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ NIemI Electric Company Robert Niemi Electrical ♦ Contractors ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Heat, Light & Power Wiring • RESIDENTIAL • COMiVERCIAL • INDGSTRIAL Pinehurst Drive ♦ Wareham, Mass. I TEL. 295-1880 ♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«t Vines For Sale Ben Lear $5,000 a ton Stevens $4,000 a ton Crowley $4,000 a ton Le Munyon $4,000 a ton Searles $3,500 a ton $500 a ton less with 50% payment before cutting 6031 County Highway D (715) 479-4658 Eagle River, Wl 54521 (715) 479-6546 Krause Excavating, inc. 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It is obvious, to even the most casual observer, that the compu- ter will continue to proliferate in the years ahead. However, many of the computers that are pur- chased are being underutilized or not being used at all. A recent study by the Yankee Group found that on average, the personal computer was only being used for 30 minutes a day. Another survey found that between 30-35 percent of all microcomputers purchased are "abandoned" and not used at all. Other studies pertaining to the utilization of mini-computers have yielded similar results. Much has been written about the proper method of selecting a computer, be it a micro, or a mainfi*ame. Unfortunately, mgmy people get caught up in the hype of the computer industry and rush headlong into making a decision that they ultimately regret. As the price of the compu- ter has plummeted and the number of computer instal- lations increases, we face 14 the question: What kind of a computer do I really need for my business? Know the Requirements: The single most important fac- tor in the installation of a com- puter is knowing what to expect of the computer. However, defin- ing your requirements with a simple statement such as, "We are interested in automating our billing procedures," is inadequate. There is the story of the distri buting company buying a computer with only a vague idea of what was needed. As a result they bought a computer and a billing program from a local computer store. The package thej bought allowed invoices to be produced in dollars and cents (as opposed to whole dollars only) Regretfully, their business required that invoices be prepared . SF WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVINXLR DEVRINOL 10G * EVITAL * GUTHION DIAZINON 14G » PARATHl'ON • ETHREL Cole Chemical Supply DIVISION OF -^atikin§ agricultural chemical co. P.O. BOX 7211, MADISON. WISCONSIN 53707 608-221-1581 Law Offices of es C/aylor Cyy« na i^nurcnill cJuarrmv ffamet O). &fatijori 24 Bay Road /P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Contenatlon Commission, DEQE, Mass EPA, EPA and Corps of Engineers) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporations and partnerships, pensions and profit sharing plans, and wills and Trusts) Land disposition (Purchase, sale and financing of existing bogs and potential sites) Land use management (Board of Appeals and Planning Board) dollars and hundredths of cents bur digits to the right of the ecimal point). Obviously, the l^stem they purchased is inade- uate to satisfy their needs and ley now have an expensive iperweight. Before you talk to the first )mputer salesperson, take the me to carefully and thoroughly I itermine exactly what you want le computer to do. Develop a iiecklist of functions that the umputer must perform, so that ihen you go shopping you are 1 )t influenced by all of the non- ( sential features that you most (rtainly will be shown by the ( mputer salesperson. Shop based upon need, not lidget: All to often, prospective (mputer purchasers decide to I end a certain amount of money i r a computer and then look for i nachine to match that amount, (oviously, if you tell a salesper- sn you have a certain budget, tey will surely find a machine t at falls within your budget. What the purchaser fails to cnsider is the needs of the busi- r ss enterprise. A case in point: i business owner decided to c mputerize accounts receivable, V)rking within the strict guide- hes of a budget. Needs were s:;ondary. The amount of money a ailable didn't permit the pur- case with a sufficient storage Q "memory." And to make mat- Wheonsin Cmbeny M^nh Looking for Manager/ Foreman Send Reply To: P.O. Box 895 Eagle River, Wl 54521 ters worse the system could not be expanded. Thus another computer found a place in a closet. If you have done your home- work and determined the requirements of your business, look for a computer to satisfy those needs. If the computer you need is not within your budget or cannot be economically justif- fied, don't buy. Contary to popu- lar belief, there is no stigma involved in not owning a computer. Verify Everything: There would be fewer underutilized systems installed if buyers would only corroborate the information they are told by the computer salespersons. Generally speaking, ABEL'S APIARIES Call or Write: Abel's Apiaries P.O. 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Box 247 Montello, Wl 53949 (608)297-2041 ^,^,„ FAX: (608) 297-7248 Call us today for the dealer nearest you, or contact: Skip Tenpas Central Bands Irr. & BIdg., Inc. Hwy 51 & 73 Interchange Plalnfield, Wl 54966 (715)335-6372 Bruce Sunnerberg AAA industrial Pump & Ser, Inc. 66 Lake Street Plympton, MA 02367 (617)585-2394 NOTICE Selected exclusive dealer territories still available — Inquiries invited " buyers have great respect for the technical expertise of the com- puter vendor or retailer, and tend to accept their statements at face value. However, many of the retail salespersons lack the business experience and/or the computer training to be of much help in selecting the proper equipment. To combat this problem, talk to several salespersons about your needs. Be a "brain picker." In addition, talk to people in the same industry about their expe- riences in purchasing a compu- ter. Obtaining differing views can provide valuable insight into the capabilities and limitations of a particular computer. Don't be sno>ved by techni- cal jargon: Many consumers are reluctant to admit they don't know what the computer sales- person is talking about. There- fore, a favorite ploy of the sales- person is to use a great deal of technical terminology. This allows him/her to sound very au- thoritative and successfully stops the consumer from asking addi- tional questions. If you ask a question and get an unintelligible response, insist that the person repeat the answer in language you can understand. All of this technical mumbo jumbo, such as ROM and paral- lel interfaces, usually are used as a smokescreen by persons trying to cover up their own technical inadequacies. The truly compe- tent individuals should be able to explain the meaning and sig- nificance of these terms in lan- guage that the average person can understand. Don't overbuy: Before final- izing your decision on the equipment, ascertain what the requirements are for the program(s) that interest(s) you. It has been the experience that most people buy more hardware that they really need. This is partly due to not knowing what they intend the computer to do— and the persuasiveness of most salespeople. For example, micro- computers are available with RAM (Random Access Memory — the part of the computer that stores the programs and data you are processing) in the mil- lions of bytes (characters). How- ever, most software packages you are likely to purchase will not utilize this amount of memory. Thus, money is being spent for features that will never be used. Before you buy any computer or computer program, ask your- self, "Am I sure I need this, do I know what to do with it, will it serve my purposes or am I just buying an expensive toy?" Invest your time before you buy: Don't by misled by the advertising that states all you have to do to become an expert is to master the three page man- ual that comes with the machine. [ f I I f I Office 295-2222 CRANBERRY GROWERS SERVICE K. Beaton 295-2207 D. Beaton 888-1288 . COMPLETE BOG MANAGEMENT . HARVESTING (Wet & Dry) .^Ps Specializing in • NETTING SANDING P. Beaton 947-3601 DITCHING CUSTOM HERBICIDE APPLICATION Complete line of portable Crisafulli Pumps 2" Plastic netting for suction boxes 16" J 17 While you do not have to under- stand the inner workings of a computer to successfully operate one, you will not become profi- cient with your machine if you have only allotted yourself one or two hours to become fully educated. Learning to master the com- puter, like any other task, takes dedication and time. If you don't want to invest the time, don't invest your money. You will only add to the already large number of purchasers of unused equipment. "I have a staff to do bookkeep- ing, inventory record keeping, etc., so why should I have to know anything about compu- ters and programs?" That's an often heard statement. Yes, you may not be a very small enterprise. But even with several people in your office you must know how a computer works if you are to own one. First, you want to be able to have some control of the opera- tion so that your employees don't become your "partners" by stealing. There are articles and books on how to combat compu- ter fraud or computer ripoffs. Secondly, if your operation is rather small, one employee for instance, or two, with only one versed in the operation of the computer, what do you do if that person takes sick, quits or is oth- erwise unavailable? Answer: You pitch in imtil the problem is solved and recordkeeping doesn't grind to a halt. A final word. A computer is nothing more than a tool. Care- ful forethought prior to its pur- chase will allow you to reap all of the potential benefits it can offer. Arnold L. Kanov is a CPA, CMC and CISA. He heads A.L. Kanov & Associates, a Miami- based computer consulting firm. He has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients in the selection, design and imple- mentation of computer-based systems. ARKIN MAGAZINE SYNDICATE The CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HALE Pumps HIihest Quflltn PtodueH WHhSitisf teflon 6uamft»^ MTC MIDDLEBOROUGH TRUST COMPANY The Bu^ness Bank. MTC offers you business banking built to your needs. Personal attention to your special financial requirements now and as you grow. Cooperatioa Flexibility. Complete business and personal banking. 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(414) 426-2222 or (414) 426-2220 TOLL FREE 1-800-356-6045 (OUTSIDE WI) ANALYTICAL SERVICES • Complete Cranberry Soil Analysis & Interpretations • Complete Cranberry Plant Tissue Analysis & Interpretations • Liquid & Dry Fertilizer Recommendations • Soil Problems Consultation • Cranberry Water Analysis, Usage & Interpretations • Seminars BY Certified Professional Soil Specialist Certified Professional Agronomist , CONTACT US FOR DETAILS We Do Not Sell Fertilizer or Chemicals ♦' .♦' .♦ ♦' .♦' .♦ A ROYAL IDEA FOR MOTHER'S DAY -CRANBERRY QUEEN CAKE Every year, on the second Sunday in May, America's mothers are honored by Presi- dential proclamation, but surely what makes this date especially significant for them is the thoughtful remembrances they receive from their families. Cards, flowers and presents are bound to please, but a gift O^^M Equipment, inc. 381 West Grove St. (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 (617) 947-6299 ^KUBOTH Tractors, Excavators and Diesel Generators © pYOTE Wheel Loaders 3/4 Yd - 6 1/2 Yd innsmsjii Screening Equipment which is prepared with loving hands to celebrate the occasion will surely be most appreciated. So make mother "queen for a day" and plan with father, sister and brothers to take over moth- er's chores. Early in the morning, before mother's up, bake a spectaculeu' cake which will delight and sur- prise her — and one all the family will enjoy. "Cranberry Queen Cake" is at once pretty, delicious and easy enough for novice bakers to pre- pare. Two can share in making this cake; one can mix the ingre- dients for the batter and the other can whip up the frosting. The luscious batter for this bundt shaped cake combines butter, sugar, baking powder, flour, lemon juice, eggs, cranberry-orange relish and chopped nuts. The fluffy pink frosting is prepared with butter, confectioners' sugar and jellied cranberry sauce. Let the littlest hands in the house have the pleasure of deco- rating the frosting by sprinkling silver dragees on top. Along with the cake, serve a scintillating drink to toast mother on her day. "Lady's Roseberry Cup" is simply made by mixing cranberry apple drink, ginger ale and pineapple juice. Serve it by pitcher or punch bowl over ice and garnish with orange slices and cherries or strawberries. Presented with these thought- ful treats, mother will not only feel like a "queen for the day," but will consider her family very royal, indeed. CRANBERRY QUEEN CAKE (Makes 1 bundt cake) ' 2 cups (4 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice CRANLAND SERVICES Cranberry Property Appraisals ****** listings and Sales of Cranberry Properties. License # 68987 Lawrence W. Pink Old Cordwood Path Duxbury, MA 02332 (617)934-6076 Vines For S»ale Ben Lears & Pilgriins At Market Prices For Further Details, Call: (608) 378-4069 Or Write: Jensen Cranberry Bogs, Inc. Route 2 Box 92 Warrens, Wl 54666 rkasg<«g«g^T<^T^T^T»3*gr^ 20 MOTHER will need neither scepter nor golden coach to feel like "queen for a day" when presented with this easy to make, but delicious "Cranberry Queen Cake" and a toasting drink, "Lady's Roseberry Cup." 21 8 eggs 4 cups sifted cake flour or 3% cups sifted ull-purpose flour 1/2 cup each cranberry-orange relish and chopped nuts 1/2 teaspoon baking powder FROSTING: 3/4 cup jellied cranberry sauce 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 pound confectioners' sugar Silver dragees Beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in lemon juice. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Add flour, relish, nuts, baking powder, and stir quickly until well blended. Pour batter into a greased and floured 12 cup bundt cake pan. Bake in a preheated slow oven (300" F) for 1 hour and 25 min- utes or 1 hour and 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 5 minutes, tap to loosen cake and invert pan onto a rack. Remove pan. Cool cake. In a bowl, mix cranberry sauce and butter. Gradually stir in sugar. Place cake upside down on serving platter. Swirl frosting on the top and sides of the cake. Sprinkle top of cake with silver dragees. LADY'S ROSEBERRY CUP (Serves 8) 1 quart (4 cups) cranberry apple drink, chilled 2 cups pineapple juice 2 cups ginger ale Orange slices Cherries or strawberries Mix cranberry apple drink with pineapple juice and ginger ale. Pour over ice cubes in large pitcher or punch bowl. Add orange slices, cherries or strawberries. Serve in champagne glasses or punch cups. MUST SELL Gorman Rupp Centrifugal Piunp Ford 4-cylinder power, trailer mounted, excellent for up to 10 acres $3,500 (617) 753-3780 >Vantecl Wisconsin Cranberry Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh. STEVE (715)421-0917 (715) 593-2385 *Complete line of cranberry pesticides, fertilizers, miticides. In stock when you want them. *Quality aerial applications. *Best application and safety equipment for your needs. ■kProven frost warning equipment. Don't take chances— buy the best. * Experienced cranberry consulting service offering pheromone traps and baits. *Sanding by helicopter. ■kCulvert P/pe— All sizes— steel and aluminum. *Ditch Mud /Vfafs— Strong— lightweight— durable. * Burlap Picking 8ags— Best for your money. Contact John C. Decas office: 295-0147 DECRAN AG SUPPLIES INC. evening: 763-8956 219 Main St. (William D. 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Box 249 Cobalt, CT 06414 Add $3.50 Shipping & Handling Charge NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Ot'* ^ ft"' iP^ A COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR CRANBERRY GROWERS Comprehensive System Includes: Deliveries & Payments Profitability/Cost Per Barrel Handler Chemical Reports Chemical & Fertilizer Inventory Chemical & Fertilizer Applications Sanding Applications For Additional Information Call Our Response Line Today (617) 291-1192 COMPUTER, INC. 2 Tobey Road Wareham, MA 02571 23" Pump Repairs All Types SALES Field Service & Shop 20 Years Experience AAA INDUSTRIAL PUMP SERVICE INC. 66 Lake Street Plympton MA 02367 Bruce Sunnerberg (617) 585-2394 w^ii^'w^pwww^m^i^w ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH CRANBERRY GROWING, PROCESSING, MARKETING, ETC.? Then you ought to read CRANBERRIES, the national cranberry magazine. Each monthly issue contains informative news and feature articles about the industry. Keep informed. Read CRANBERRIES. Mail your check or money order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 Cobalt CT 06414 $10 one year: $18 two years RTHENE BUILDS PROTECTION YOUR roUNDATION INSECTICIDE FOR SPARGANOTHIS, FIREWORM AND SPANWORM CONTROL Distributed by: VOLM BAG COMPANY, •El 1804 EDISON ST BOX B, ANTIGO. WIS 544090116 PHONE 715/627-4826 Vigortui — Hearty — ExUtmly Pfodieth* STEVENS VINES Spring 1988 Delivery Priced at the market, 10% now will guarantee delivery Saddle Mound Cranberry Co. 105 Old Hwy 54 Pittsville, WI 54466 Call: Jay Normington 715/593-2326 Pete Normington 715/593-2350 «^^c%<.i.^^^^^.<^<^i.^^^.^^^^-t^^^^^^^^^i.i.i.^^^^ t^*^*^*^****' Mpfm Supplies • 2" to 12" PVC Pipe with Fittings • Quick Couple Risers • Felker Aluminum Flumes & Culverts Replace old aluminum mains with government approved 4", 6" and 8 " polyethylene pipe buried just below bog surface. No insert fittings. Rent our butt fusion welder for a continuous main line. Beat the high cost of custom installation by renting our small 4-wheel drive tractor with mole hole plow for burled laterals. STEARNS IRRIGATION, INC. 790 Federal Furnace Rd. Plymouth MA 02360 Tel. (617) 746-6048 ^^^^zs LiimT\T\^^x\x^m n^tt^tttt^^^*' VINES FOR SALE Howes and Early Blacks CALL (617)428-6101 Or (617)428-0907 After 6 p.m. VOLM BAG COMPANY , INC. 1 1804 EDISON ST. BOX B, ANTIGO. WIS. 54409-0116 PHONE 715/627-4826 SUPPLYING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS BRAVO - SEVIN - FUNGINEX - ORTHENE CASORON - GUTHION - DEVRINOL - PARATHION AND DELIVERING A COMPLETE LINE OF FERTILIZER WITH FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE!!! 22 years experience construction lifts AERIAtltiFTING ° BERRY LIFTING nylon berry bags bulk bins CRANBERRY BRowERs sgmncE JOE BRIGHAM INC » MUV LIFTING ° NmMATS lightweight durable %?BrS!jMf** mat renfeflr& sales eeniact PETER ^ CHUCK 617-295-2222 25 26 More Festival Photos There Avere plenty of pieces of impressive looking equipment to gaze at wishfully at last year's 100th anniversary celebra- tion by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association. In the top photo on the preceding page, Lee Kozsey and Bob Petersen show off Bravo fungicides. In the bottom photo, sisters Brenda and Judy Cowan are ready to make sales at the cranberry bake shop they had set up. Assisting them are Barry Card and Dean Wambolt. 27 Take Good Care of Yourself Have an Ocean Spray! The farmer's cooperative that brings you a wide range of natural fruit juices, drinks and sauces Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360 An Equal Opportunity Employer June 1988 Volume 52, No. 6 Our 52nd Year of Publication idBQ siyiy3S ssyw -10 Aiwn Marucci Is Hailed ^ o Dead Bacteria Use /-10 Regional Notes MASSACHUSETTS By IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE ATTENTION: Cooperating growers arc •till needed for the llsh hydroiysate fertil- izer study. You must have an area of 3 acres or l9$$ that can l>e Isolated for Irriga- tion. Early Black and Howes acreage accepted. Contact Carolyn DeMoranvllle (295-2213) as soon as possible. As of April 1st, there are 3 points of a possible 10 that favor keeping quality in the 1988 Massachusetts crop. The fore- cast is for poor keeping quality. This would be a good year to consider late water for qual ity control. Early water bogs, particularly those that will be dry harv- ested, should have fungicide treatments applied at the proper time. A cool, dry spring favors quality fruit, but these have been few and far between in the past 15 years. OREGON Coos County ranks first in the state In cranberry production, second in sheep production and fourth In dairy production. This year's Cranberry Princesses for the Bandon Cranberry Festival are Melissa Durel, Deena Flynn, Anne McMakln and Kerry Nordstrom. WISCONSIN A board of review in Biron recently turned down a challenge by three cran- berry companies of their 1987 assessments. The companies are Biron Cranberry Co., Dempze Cranberry Co. and North- land Cranberries Inc. The growers claim that a proper assess- ment would have been between $2,300 and $4,000 an acre. Assessor Barbara Pauls called her assessment of between $6,000 and $13,000 an acre "fair." The growers also had challenged Mrs. Paul's 1985 assessments, which were upheld by a village board of review but reversed in Wood County Circuit Court. Later, however, the District IV Court of Appeals upheld the assessments. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been peti- tioned for a review of the appeals court decision. The slate hopes to have ready this month a repellent that kills the tick that ^reads the dreaded Lyme disease. Ed Bergman, a pesticide specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, wald the state Is studying the repellani PeriTtanone. Farm bankruptcies are down more than 42 percent in western Wisconsin for the first quarter of 1 988 compared to the same period last year, according to U.S. Bank- ruptcy Court records. There were 75 farm bankruptcies in thl first three months of this year. The numbc for the first quarter of '87 was 130. WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVINXLR DEVRINOL 10G • EVITAL ♦ GUTHION DIAZINON 14G ♦ PARATHION * ETHREL Cole Chemical Supply DIVISION OF -^OpA/ftM AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO. P.O. BOX 7211, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53707 608-221-1581 We Still Make House m^t% 1 1 0 Like your old family doctor, your Farm Credit representa- ^y^^j^^}^ tive still makes house calls . . . and he's been treating farm families like yours for a good 70 years. Farm families count on him to provide the financial support they need— short- term and long-term credit— that helps them plan for a productive future. But there's more to Farm Credit than money. What makes your Farm Credit representative unique is that he knows your business so well. Which means that he's more than a dependable source of credit. He can provide farm business consulting, tax services, credit life insurance, appraisal service and computer- ized record-keeping. Give him a call. He could be just what the doctor ordered for you. ik Southern New England ^^^ Farm Credit Service Federal Land Bank Association Production Credit Association P.O. Box 7 Taunton, MA 02780 617/824-7578 %t Annual ACGA Meeting hilip Marucci Honored By Growers & Friends y ELIZABTH CARPENTER Phil Marucci called Ed lipman ■conniver." Ed Lipman spoke f his long-time friend as "tena- lous" and, on occasion, "obsti- ate." And New Jersey's cran- erry growers, Rutgers Uni ver- ity colleagues, and friends rose applaud Marucci, research rofessor in entomology and Ktension specialist in cranberry nd blueberry culture. Cranberry nd Blueberry Laboratory, Ihatsworth, N.J., and a man ■ho has devoted much of his life ) New Jersey's cranberry and lueberry industries. Without question, Lipman said, "Phil has earned growers' love and respect." To his many friends, it didn't seem possible that the 119th winter meeting of the American COVER PHOTO A MODEL stands in front of a rapidly growing hybrid willow that has shot from seedling to the height shown in the photo in only two years. The tree is an Australian import. The story is on page 18. Cranberry Growers Association (ACGA) officially marked the retirement of Philip E. Marucci, a fine scholar and inveterate researcher. Even more amazing was the fact that the very mod- est Marucci actually appeared to accept the accolades of those who long regarded him as instru- mental to the success of this state's modern cranberry and blueberry industries. In fact, Ed Lipman, the architect of this tribute, had to do considerable conniving to prevent a last min- ute "escape" by the self-effacing honored guest. MIDDLEBOROUGH TRUST COMPANY MTC The Business Bank. MTC offers you business banking built to your needs. Personal attention to your special financial requirements now and as you grow. Cooperation. Flexibility. Complete business and personal banking. Member FUlC ^m^ t^ Main Office WmW ^'^"« 10 John Glass, Jr. Square, Middleborough Branch Offices Middleboro Square, Rt. 28, Middleborough • Middleboro Plaza, Middleborough Cranberry Plaza, East Wareham • Carver Square, Carver • Trucci's Plaza, Taunton Telephone all offices 947-1313 Growers and friends presented Marucci with a greenhouse, an unusual retirement gift, but one in keeping with the fact that nobody regards him as a typical retiree. Able to outwork many men half his age; an avid reader of the classics; a talented author who, in his college days, could have majored in English but chose entomology; a researcher who helped identify the sharp- nosed leafhopper as the vector of blueberry stimt disease^ ; a breeder of magnificent day lilies; a teacher: these are just a few of Marucci's achievements. Far more at ease in the field than in the spotlight, Marucci, growers know, prefers to let his work speak for him. However, they welcomed the opportunity to thank a man who means so much to New Jersey's agricultural community. W CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAOAaNE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER a EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR MARKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN OILMORE (617) 783-8206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E. Demoranvllla, Director, Cranberry Experiment Station. NEW JERSEY — Phillip E. MeruccI, Crenberry & Blue- berry SpeclilItt, Cranberry & Blueberry Laboratory, Chataworth; Elizabeth Q. Carpenter, Chataworth. NOVA SCOTIA — I. V. Hall, Botanlat, Reaearch Station. KentvUla. OREGON — Arthur Poole, Cooa County Extenalon Agent, Coqullle. WASHINGTON — Azml Y. Shawa, Hortlculturlat and Extension Agent In Horticulture, Coaatal Waahlngton Reaearch & Extenalon Unit, Long Beach. WISCONSIN — Tod. D. Planer, Farm Management Agent, Wood County CKANBERRIH la pubNahad moiMMy by OhreraMed Pertodteala, WeNwyn Ortve, Poflland CT OMM. Saoond eiaaa paatiga la paid al the PotHand, Cenn. Poat OMoa. Prtee la tio a year, til tor two yaara, t1 a copy In the U.S.; 112 a year In Canada; t1> a year In all other ooufnncs. BAOk oopMsi 92( higiimhiq ponAQ#« CopynQnl IMN: 0011-OTtT Poalmaator, aand form IT4( to: chanbcrriu P.O. BOX 24* COBALT CT 0M14 THE BALANCE of February's ACGA meeting addressed topics ranging from Dr. Nicholi Vor- sa's ongoing cranberry breeding program to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' wetlsmds regula- tions impacting cranberry bog development. James Gibson, state statisti- cian, N.J. Agricultural Statistics Service, reported New Jersey's 1987 cranberry production totaled 280,000 barrels, down 14 percent from the 1986 production of 325,000 barrels. The 1987 area harvested, 3,200 acres, was 100 acres less than 1986. New Jer- sey's yield averaged 87.5 barrels per acre, down from the record yield of 98.5 barrels per acre in 1986. Total value of the state's crop was $14.8 million, 23 per- cent greater than the ten year, 1978-87, average of $12.0million. Edward V. lipman, vice pres- ident of New Jersey's Agricultu- ral Society and a four-term Rutgers University trustee, put Gibson's report into historical perspective when he reminded growers that, in 1946, New Jer- sey's 450 growers in seven coun- ties harvested an average of 90,000 barrels annually, on 13,000 acres of bogs^. Today, about 50 growers primarily located il Burlington County, harvest ap proximately 300,000 barrel annually on almost 10,000 fewe acres. Improved yields directl; reflect Marucci's research as wel as the water harvesting methoi developed by William S. Haines Sr. Marucci reminded growers tha iP D| 11 NIemI Electric Company ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ «>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< Robert Niemi Electrical Contractors Heat, Light & f^wer Wiring • RESIDENTIAL • CGMAOERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL Pinehurst Drive Wareham, Mass. TEL. 295-1880 -^.*^»i*i^'2:-K*'*j s'r ^v7w^-^vT.7v,»' •^^.^,►'^'^.7^,'- .r/\ \j.A. JENKINS & SON CO. Grower Service MOWING (ALL TYPES) SANDING DITCHING WEED WIPING Serving Cape Cod 227 Pine St., W. Barnstable, Ma. 02668 Phone 362-6018 r^^ •;;,»' A^V 7;.'' A^' Jijease control and insecticide ' iplication don't increase the imber of cranberries on a vine. pwever, careful pruning will. He phasized that three problems lult from excessive vine growth: only a small percentage of rights produce flower, (2) )wers are weaker and shorter ed, and (3) flowers are less apt be pollinated. Currently, Marucci is gather- g mathematical data to sup- irt his assumption that 300 to '0 uprights per square foot is e optimum density. It appears at a well-pruned bog with short )rights in moderate density elds a greater number of ber- es with an overall weight crease per unit area than an ipruned bog. Marucci again minded growers that winter )oding of bogs is a proven ethod of controlling insect JOSEPH DARLINGTON, iCGA president, introduced Equipment, inc. 381 West Grove St. (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 (617) 947-6299 ^KUBOTH Tractors, Excavators and Diesel Generators ® pVOTE Wheel Loaders 3/4 Yd - 6 1/2 Yd USX Screening Equipment Erwin "Duke" Eisner, the new extension entomologist at the blueberry /cranberry research center. Eisner brings experience in blueberry culture to this posi- tion. He told growers his com- mitment will focus entirely on entomology, with 20% of his time being devoted to research. Initially, his plans include surveying agricultural areas throughout New Jersey to eval- uate insect resistance to pesti- cides and to determine how such resistance may be reduced. Dr. Allan W. Stretch, USDA plant pathologist at the blueber- ry/cranberry research center, and Raymond J. Samulis, Burling- ton County agricultural agent, reported on their respective fol- iar fungicide test results. Pro- VINES FOR SALE Ben Lear Stevens Crowley '5,500 per ton M,500 per ton M.OOO per ton (Substantial discounts for 1989 orders received with deposit by 7-15-88) P9ulLJonj9k (715) 376-2799 CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND Industrial Suppliers To The Cranberry Industry Chain, Cable and Accessories Used for Making Mats All Types of Fasteners (Bulk & Packaged) Hand Tools Pumps Power Tools Motors Chemicals Abrasives Lubricants Cutting Tools Safety Equipment Richards Rd. Plymouth Industrial Park 747-0086 Plymouth, MA 02360 '-^^^ ducts tested included Bravo 500, Bravo 720, Dithane M-45, and Ferbam. Stretch and Samulis evaluated each product's ability to control cranberry rot as well as the fungicide's impact on crop yield and anthocyanin content. Samulis will continue to test foliar fungicide formulations. However, Stretch's research will be increasingly devoted to iden- tifying an antagonistic organism that may serve as a biological control. Samulis' 1987 research results, including names of fun- gicides used, application tech- niques and schedules, and pro- duct's impacts on cranberry yield and color, are summarized in his paper, "1987 Fungicide Study in Cranberries," that may be obtained by caUing (609)265-5050 or by writing to Samulis at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County, 49 Ranco- cas Road, Mount Holly, NJ. 08060. Dr. Nicholi Vorsa, plant breeder f I Office 295-2222 [ at the blueberry/cranberry research center, told growers his research continues to focus on cranberry yield increase and improved frmt color. Many factors influence yield, he said, including environment- runner density, upright density, and pollination and genetic characteristics — quality of pollen and number of seeds per berry. There is a correlation between good pollen quality and high number of seeds per berry. For example, Vorsa noted the Stev- ens and Franklin varieties have twice as many seeds as Wilcox and Howe and 90% good pollen while the Wilcox and Howe varieties, with only half as many seeds as Stevens and Franklin, have reduced pollen fertility. Vorsa has also determined there is a difference in upright density depending on variety. He plans further research to determine if there is a correla- tion between other varietal chi| acteristics and runner gro\ His present observations showfi tremendous variegation in i growth between test plot although it has yet to be leami| if this is related to genetics environment. D. Beaton 888-1288 • COMPLETE BOG MANAGEMENT • HARVESTING (Wet & Dry) ^ 0. 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Hwy 51 & 73 Interchange Plainfield, Wl 54966 {715)335-6372 Bruce Sunnerberg AAA Industrial Pump & Ser., Inc. 66 Lake Street Plympton, MA 02367 (617)585-2394 NOTICE Selected exclusive dealer territories still available — Inquiries Invited ALTHOUGH a southern New Jersey deer may remind a hunter from Maine of a Great Dane with antlers, these comparatively small specimens continue to do considerable damage. Win Cow- gill, Warren County agricultural agent, discussed techniques used to discourage hungry deer from devastating agricultural crops in Warren and Hunterdon coimties. Everything from repellents like creosote and a product marketed by Weyerhauser to installation of electrified wire fencing are being tried. Researchers at Penn- sylvania State University are having good luck with electrified fencing, Cowgill said. He told growers that staff from the state's Division of Fish and Game will assist with this fenc- ing design. Meanwhile, gun club members are encouraged to sup- port a doe day in order to curtail the expanding deer population. Keith Arnesen, agricultural meteorologist, Cook College, Rutgers University, assured growers the agricultural forecast program will continue. NOAH radio carries Arnesen's daily report from 7 a m. to 10 a.m. with an update from 1 2 noon to 3 p.m. Additionally, anyone with a home computer may access the Rutgers Extension Service bulletin board weather service by dialing 1-800-722-0335. Ed Butler, USDA animal damage control office, en- couraged growers to respond to his swan damage questionnaire. Swans and Canadian Geese are protected by federal law. There- fore, swan control measures only have a chance of being adopted when a substantial statistical base identifies them as a major source of crop damage. Mean- while, if growers have questions about damage control , Butler may be reached at his Basking Ridge, N.J. office by calling (201)647- 4109. Currently, "defensive weapons" against swan damage offered by the animal damage control office include Japanese 8 mylar flash tape and a coyote frightening device, a combina- tion siren and strobe light. DarUngton and Stephen V. Lee HI updated growers on the Army Corps of Engineers' wetlands regulations. Both men agree the current permitting process as it relates to cranberry bog con- struction is costly and unrealis- tic. Lee encouraged growers to work together to resolve this regulatory problem. In an efforlipi to reach a satisfactory solutionMci it is important that a dialogue bwry maintained between regulatorjUi agencies and New Jersey'jaw cranberry growers. Based obidc Lee's recommendation, ACG^p members appointed William SM Haines, Jr., vice president of NeMi ii Jersey Farm Bureau, to reprelp sent their position at meetingi dealing with this issue. a B (■ (■ (■ (■ n n n 01 n n 11 11 11 (■ n n n ■ n n ■] IP n n B g High Volume Trailer Pumps • 12 to 16" discharge •20' tongue • PTO shaft with marine bearing PMIHelmf W60 3nl$t.H. Wheonsin Rtpltis Wl 54494 (715) 421-0917 e % n m n n n n n n n n nn nil m n nil IP n n n n n il*! Krause Excavating, inc. canal work Pond Construction Ditching Land Clearing 1-1/4-3 yd. draglines with 80* boom and matts, 2 yd. backhoe, swamp dozer and other related equipment. contact: Roger Krause 1-414-398-3322 Route 3 Markesan. Wis. 53946 fiiiipman, speaking in his M lacity as treasurer of the blue- liirry/cranberry research «i incil, noted the council's sound J iancial position. Annually the iifincil contributes to research ^he center. "We are a self-help i ustry. This makes a favora- *J( impression when we ask for Jip from legislators," lipman m-d. ACGA members reap- «nted Abbott Lee to a second ^ai on the council. ulter, "The Effect of Oxygen Cficiency in the Winter Flood- vter on Cranberry Insects in >ew Jersey — Part I, CRANBERRIES, January L il, pp. 3-9. I. Phil Marucci and Harry J. L\)ulter, "The Effect of Oxygen Cficiency in the Winter Flood- »|iter on Cranberry Insects in iw Jersey— Part II," CRAN- IRRIES, February 1987, pp. 24. T-Shlrt "CRANBERRIES North America's Native Fruit" An Original Botanical Design of Blossoms and Green & Ripe Cranberries by ^/y^(^/j5 Adult T-Shirt $12 Adult XXL T-Shirt $14 Youth Size 14-16 T-Shirt $11 Women's Scoop-Neck T-Shirt $15 Chlldren'sSizes4, 6-8, 10-12 $11 Adult Sweatshirt $25 Adult XXL Sweatshirt $28 Youth 14-16 Sweatshirt $21 Children's Sweatshirt (4, 6-8, 10-12) $19 Sand Ch»ck or Money Order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 Cobalt, CT 06414 Add $3.50 Shipping & Handling Charge NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE. ZIP HYBRID WILLOWS SUPER TREE from "DOWN UNDER' Salix Masudana x ALBA SUPERFAST GROWTHATRSATILITY WINDBREAKS FIREBREAKS FORAGE CROP EROSION CONTROL SALINITY CONTROL SNOW FENCE LANDSCAPING Exteasive reseaich bas produced this hybird willow bred ipecifically to minimize problems associated with willow species and to maximize its benefiu. The versatility of the tree has nised it to the status of a m^or fann crop with substantial benefits to the fanner. NOW AVAILABLE TO VS. FARMERS from Australia in minimum lots of 100 Enquiries; AUSTREE INC 3145 Geary Blvd. Suite 623 San Francisco, California 94118 Call (800) 638-1441 or (41S) 668-1818 (415) 668-9219 2 year old hybrid willows as a shelter belt 9 Public Concern About Genetic Engineering Leads to Use of Dead Bacteria Public concern about the safety of releasing live, genetically engineered bacteria into the en- vironment has led one biotechno- logy company to invent a new kind of genetically engineered product made from dead bacte- ria. Jerry D. Caulder, Ph.D., pres- ident and chief executive officer of Mycogen Corporation, des- cribed the new technology at a recent agricultural biotechno- logy conference in Washington, D.C. The process used to kill the bacteria turns them into tiny capsules containing an environ- mentally safe insecticide, or bio- toxin. The capsule, analogous to the gelatin capsule used to pro- tect human pharmaceuticals until they reach the stomach, protects the fragile biotoxin until it is eaten by an insect pest. "The possibilities are almost limitless," Caulder says. "We can Sevi lies m dual itch ipp fflc afe lycl ippi ifc put any biotoxin into these capsules." Mycogen received two U.S patents for the invention in Sept ember 1987. Called the MCap'r^bio tialf pesticide delivery system, th«ker invention enabled Mycogen tciida become the first company t(i M receive permission from the U.SJieal Environmental Protectioilp Agency (EPA) to field test eene EP, tically engineered bacterial pesi {ej icides. 22 years experience construction lifts ^04 AERIAtrtiFTING •^ BERRY UFTm° nylon berry bags bulk bins CRANBERRY GROWERS SpRHCE et BRIBHAM INC 0 MUV LIFTING » nmMm lightweight durable ^iwSmm^*^ mat renrals-G- sales oentaet PETER - CHUCK 617-295-2222 10 Several biotechnology comp- nies are working on genetically ttgineered bacteria for use as al- jmatives to chemical pesticides. uch bacteria can be engineered produce natural toxins that ill crop-eating insects but are afe for humans, benefical isects, or other living things. If ffective, these biopesticides Tould help to eliminate the health 1 nd environmental risks caused y chemical pesticides. But the EPA has been slow to pprove field tests of live geneti- ally engineered bacteria because f concern that the microbes light multiply and spread, ausing unforeseen environmen- al problems. The first such tests '^ere approved in 1987, after elays as long as four years. Mycogen's management ealized in 1984 that the com- any was not going to win quick ;PA approval for tests of live, enetically engineered biopest- :ides. "Only big chemical compan- 38 have the resources to with- tand years of delay," says vaulder, who advises the U.S. Congress on release of geneti- ally engineered organisms and ther public policy issues raised ty biotechnology. "When you're unning a smaller biotech com- )any, you've got to get your pro- lucts to market before your aoney runs out." So Mycogen's scientists set out o find a way to satisfy EPA's ;oncern. Andrew C. Barnes, a ihemical engineer with an M.B.A. legree, suggested that Mycogen dll its genetically engineered )acteria. Then the company could DIKE MOWING Enjoy Reasonable Rates NEW ARM FLAIL Call Brook Holmes (617)293-5353 get quick EPA approval for field tests, since dead bacteria can't hurt the environment. Mycogen's biologists initially dismissed the idea. Killing the bacteria would destroy the cell wall, they reasoned, and deacti- vate the insect toxin within. But Barnes, now Mycogen's vice president for operations and corporate development, persisted. He and other Mycogen scientists developed a process combining heat and chemical treatments that killed the bacteria, while cross-linking the molecules of the cell wall. The researchers had not only solved the problem of ABEL'S APIARIES Call or Write: Abel's Apiaries P.O. Box 234 Sydney, Florida 33587 Phone (813) 659-0784 or (301)592-9712 Vines For Sale Ben Lear $5,000 a ton Stevens $4,000 a ton Crowley $4,000 a ton Bergman $4,000 a ton Prices are F.O.B. $500 a ton less with 50% payment before cutting Richberry Farms Ltd. 11280 Meliis Drive Res. (604) 273-4505 Richmond, B.C. Bus. (604) 273-0777 V6X 1L7 Canada 11 containment of experimental organisms in the environment; they had invented a tiny, natu- ral capsule that prolongs the effectiveness of the toxin. By killing the bacteria, Myco- gen was able to start field tests of its first genetically engineered biopesticide in 1985, two years before the much -publicized initial field test of live genetically bac- teria. The field tests of the MCap biopesticide delivery system indicate that the toxin remains active two to five times longer than biopesticides made without genetic engineering. "We found a technological solution to a social problem," says Caulder, who spent 15 years of his career as an executive in the chemical pesticide industry and owns and manages several farms. "We also got out two to three years ahead of our compet- itors in field testing our products." Mycogen plans to complete final tests and market the MCap biopesticide delivery system by 1990. As more companies conduct safe tests of live genetically engineered microbes, Mycogen 's management anticipates that the EPA will approve such tests more quickly. At that time, the com- pany plans to develop live genet- ically engineered biopesticides. The CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HALE Pumps Wilitst Qiitllty Putiutfi With $9tlsf teflon iSatmfud After Mycogen introduces live biopesticides, it will still market the MCap biopesticide delivery system, since both live and killed bacteria will have their own advantages for different crops. live bacteria will be more use- ful on fast-growing plants, such as lettuce. The bacteria will grow with the plant, so reapplication will not be necessary. The MCap biopesticide deliv- ery system is also a more effi- cient source of insect toxin. Live bacteria produce little toxin because they must use most of their energy to grow and repro- duce. Because the MCap bacte- ria will be killed before leaving the production plant, Mycogen can engineer them to do little else but make toxin. In addition to the MCap bio- pesticide delivery system, Myc- ogen is developing nonengineered bacterial insecticides, a line of herbicides derived from fungi, and nematocides (which kill worm pests in soil) made from bacterial toxins. Law Offices of nd L^nurcnxU cJuarrow yama &. ^fariforJ 24 Bay Road/P.O. 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Plymouth MA 02360 Tel. (617) 746-6048 12 Plymouth Copters, Ltd Specializing in cranberry applications for more than 25 years Growers fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides applied to growers specifications Mud Lifting - Cranberry Ufting Mats Available Plymouth Airport Box 3446 Plymouth, IVIA 02361 David J. Morey Richard H. Sgarzi (617) 746-6030 Agricultural Applications • Lift Work • Executive Charters • Aerial Photography R.A.S.P. INC. Carrying a Complete Line of: Cranberry Chemicals and Fertilizers Frost Alarms Thermometers Chemical Application Equipment Kubota K-35 Rental Contact: Bob or Mike 3 Plymouth St. Carver, MA 02330 Phone: (617) 866-4429 Authorized Agway Representative AGWAY y^^^^^^^jf^ifi^^^ifi^if^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ t UNIQUEL Y QUALIFIED TO SERVE ONL Y CRANBERR Y GROWERS IN U.SJi. AND CANADA over 20 years of experience working on low land and acid soil K Ag LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2323 Jackson Street Oshkosh, WI 54901 U.S.A. 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We are about y* inch above normal for the year to date and only slightly behind 1987. We recorded only 2'/2 inches of snow— much below average. I.E.D. Job Hopes Good For Ag Grads Agriculture students have terrific job prospects, according to the USD A and job placement directors for the nation's colleges and universities. Biotechnology and agri-business companies are reportedly busily harvest- ing the latest crop of aggie grads. That plus low enrollments in college agricul- ture programs and the needs of a farm population that requires expert advice have ended a five year job drought for agriculture students. Scott Johnson, job placement director for the University of Wisconsin's College of Agriculture and life Sciences, said agriculture graduates have excellent opportunities in almost every phase of agriculture, firom research to marketing to consulting. OL ll AERO-LIFT Helicopters, Inc. Located in the heart of cranberry country to serve your lifting needs. HEUCOPTER SANDING FERTIUZING CRANBERRY UFTING MUD LIFTING MUD MATS AVAILABLE (617) 946-1917 Marty Cole • 173 Chestnut Street • Middleboro, MA 02346 Irrigation Equipment Designed Especially for the Cranberry Industry Gorman-Rupp Self Priming Electric Sprinkler Pumps Proven Quicl< Couple Riser • Butt Fusion Equipment Available • Paco/Wemco Water Harvest Pump • Berkeley Self-Priming and Centrifugal Pumps A Most Complete Inventory of Irrigation Accessories 15 How To Save On Your Checking Account By JOSEPH ARKIN The day of the commerical check account without a monthly service charge is fast becoming a reUc. Banks charge depositors, except for a favored few, a set monthly charge plus a stip- ulated fee for each item depos- ited and each item withdrawn. When you open an account at a local depository, you are invar- iably asked to sign a form which spells out your "contract" with the bank. The form lists the charges made on your account — activity, stopping a check, col- lection of drafts and notes, fee for returned checks, etc. — and lists the bank's liability for hand- ling items for collection and payment. At times, the digest of rules is printed on the reverse side of deposit slips. Most bank agreements provide that the schedule of fees for han- dling your account can be changed at the bank's option by providing you with a written notice. Such notice is often included in a month-end bank statement of your account. What are these charges and how are they computed? A bank is a commerical profit-making institution and must cover the costs of handling a check accoimt and providing the multitude of services offered to the commer- cial depositor. The funds you keep on deposit is available (subject to limits as prescribed by law and banking authorities) for the making of loans or investments. The bank knows how much it can earn on your monthly average balance and has an idea of what it costs to handle items for your account. Thus, banks impose a monthly service charge and add a fee for the "excess" items handled. These rates vary from one section of the coimtry to another, even from one bank to another within the Custom Welding and Fabricating Now Taking Orders for your Summertime needs HERBICIDE WIPERS Self-propelled, with different widths and engine options, available in 6, 8 & 10 foot spans. 6' $1,500 8' $1,750 10' $1,950 For further information on this or our other Bog related products. Contact JIM OR COLETTE HAYWARD at (617) 947-5378 after 5 p.m. 78 EAST GROVE ST., MIDDLEBORO, MA. 02346 16 same city. It is a safe assumption that your bank is charging anywhere from $5 to $10 per month service charge for which they will give you about ten free items. This is for a level of average balance and you'll get additional free items for having additional money on deposit. A hefty $5 to $30 is charged if you issue a check against insuf- ficent funds. You have to take into account a "holding period" so that you don't issue checks against uncollected funds. Issu- ing bad checks of any sort leads to embarrassment and becomes a blemish on your bank record and with the payee. In at least two states, California and Flor- ida, depositors have sued banks for "unconscionable" fees and have won damages. Sometimes banks will pay out against uncollected deposits and will impose a special service charge for this service. However, many banks are reluctant to pay out checks drawn against uncol- lected funds for fear of suffering monetary losses. Here are some pointers for get- ting the best utilization of your checking account and keeping charges to a minimum: 1-Study the rate structure. A sole proprietor or partner may find it costwise to transfer funds from personal savings accounts to the company's commercial account. Losing $26 interest (at 5%) will get free items each month, more than making up for lost interest, and the cushion will help as protection against issu- ing n.g. checks. 2- Avoid n.g. charges. Make sure your check book is kept up to date and properly balanced so that there are so unintentional overdrawings. 3-Consolidate payments. Are you paying for some services on a weekly basis? Try to put these payments on a monthly basis. This will reduce activity charges and also reduce cost of printed checks. 4-Reque8t special service. If you receive checks from prime business organizations, governmental bureaus, etc., ask the bank to give immediate credit. This will help with the problem of uncollected funds. A new Fed- eral law, not yet in effect, is going to govern how long banks may hold checks to clear. 5-Space your transactions. You can show a higher average balance if you draw checks a few days after making deposits — checks you are drawing against collected funds, e.g., you have $5,000 on deposit, deposit $5,000 and draw checks for $5,000. Try making deposits on Fridays (checks will clear even on days banks are closed where checks deposited clear through a clear- ing house) and issue checks on Mondays or Tuesdays. It will take time to reach vendors and time to be charged against your account. If possible, mail to regional office across state lines — you will get another few days of what is called "float" (time lapse for checks to clear). Shop neighborhood banks. If you feel that you are paying too much for service charges, shop banks in your neighborhood. Ask the manager to discuss fees. If banks are "hungry" at any particular time for more depos- its, there will be some competi- tion and reductions to your benefit. Smaller banks, es- pecially, will try to compete with the biggies and will offer inducements to get your account. Try to find openings of new banks (or new neighborhood branches) and try to get charter depositor status. If you do a little "shopping," you will find that banks are not set in their rates . They will bend. Managers especially will go out of their way to show home office that they are bringing in new accounts. There is always the method of making threats to move if you feel that charges for service and activity are too high. With the proliferation of banking faciU- ties and present situation of banks crossing state lines, you can strike a bargain for reducing present fees. These are but a few cost-saving devices. There are probably many that you can uncover by analyz- ing your checking account. Also, ask neighborhood merchants to tell you how they are doing in their banking relations. # ARKIN MAGAZINE SYNDICATE ^mn VOLM BAG COMPANY , INC. 1 BAG COMPANY L INC. ^ix 1804 EDISON ST. BOX B, ANTIGO, WIS. 54409-0116 PHONE 715/627-4826 SUPPLYING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS BRAVO - SEVIN - FUNGINEX - ORTHENE CASORON - GUTHION - DEVRINOL - PARATHION AND DELIVERING A COMPLETE LINE OF FERTILIZER WITH FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE!!! 17 New AussiB Species From Seedling to Windbreak In a Single Growing Season How would you like to pop a seedling into the ground £ind have a 12 foot high willow tree in a year? An Australian farmer, Neil Curry, is promising such results from a rapidly growing hybrid he is now exporting to the states. Curry says the tree is espe- cially suited to on-farm use as a windbreak. The hybrid willow, Salix Mat- sudana x Alba, grows up to 12 feet in the first year from a spe- cially treated cutting and more than 40 feet in five years. "The rapid growth of these trees is nearly impossible to believe," says Curry, a farmer fi-om the Australian state of Vic- toria. He and his partner, Owen Uebergang, have sold thousands of trees across Australia. Neil and his wife, Alix, are now headquartered in San Fran- cisco, where they are offering the specially treated cuttings in lots of 100 by direct mail. The cut- tings have USDA approval and are being airfreighted to the U.S. in less than a week after treat- ment. Curry and Uebergang, who have a combined total of more than 50 years of farming expe- rience, have researched the trees since 1982, in conjunction with the New South Wales State Department of Agriculture and the Victorian Department of Agriculture. The New South Wales department regards the trees as Serving lilassachusetts Cranberry Growers ^Complete line of cranberry pesticides, fertilizers, miticides. 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And, to illustrate their ver- satility, we have sold to golf courses, landscapers and city planners." Besides being sought for wind and fire breaks, the trees also are eyed as a means of preventing soil and water erosion and con- trolling soil salinity levels. Properly established willow hybrids, with their rapid growth rate and vigorous root system, can reduce and check erosion, Curry says. For wind erosion, lines of trees are planted across the direction of prevailing winds. They are also effective on the banks and in the beds of water courses, Curry notes. Regarding salinity, their value lies primarily in controlling water tables to prevent and reverse surface salting, says the Aus- tralian. Additionally, he adds, they have outstanding produc- tion and nutrition value for animals, including sheep, goats and cattle. In fire areas, the trees will break the force of the wind and act as a heat shield because they have a very high moisture con- tent. 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Apart from the human costs, drug abuse costs businesses bil- lions of dollars annually. The larger proportion of those costs come from the thefts stimulated by the abusers' need for the drugs to feed their habits. To illustrate the problem, note that the cost for a gram of cocaine ranges from $50 to $150 per day. Assume an addict spends $75 per day to support his cocaine habit. Addiction precludes holi- days. So, that daily expenditure adds up to $27,375 over the course of a year. Hard core addicts may spend four times as much. On a cumulative basis, Fed- eral Drug Enforcement Agency estimates place the total expen- ditures for cocaine addicts alone at $160 million per day. That accumulates to $60 billion per year. Expenditures for other drugs add an estimated $50 bil- lion to that annual total. Two considerations make those estimates even more disturbing. First, they may fall well below the real expenditures. Uncer- tainty surrounds any estimates of illicit drug use. 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Addicts in responsible positions may have the opportunity for embez- zlement. In other instances, an addict may "finger" your pre- mises for burglary by profes- sionals in exchange for part of the stolen goods. Drug addiction also can impose a less obvious form of financial damage on a business. Drug addicts experience higher levels of absenteeism. That often can disrupt the operations in a small firm or department in a larger business. Moreover, an addict's productivity level falls well below a healthy worker's. That undoubtedly damages the prof- its in many business enterprises. The potential financial damage makes it imperative that you identify any drug addicts employed in your business. Unfortunately, that task often becomes more challenging than many managers realize. Drug abuse does provide some identi- fiable effects. But many of those effects also can result from con- ditions and circumstances that have nothing to do with drug abuse. Drowsiness represents a common example. Some illicit drugs induce drowsiness. But drowsiness also results from many nonprescription drugs used to treat colds, sinus problems, or CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 minor pain. Many people also use prescrip- tion drugs that induce drowsi- ness without the knowledge of their fellow employees. People contending with allergies, dia- betes, and asthma often receive drug therapy that produces drowsiness as a side effect. So, drowsiness does not prove that an employee abuses illicit drugs. Nor does finding tablets, cap- sules, or other forms of drugs automatically mark a person as an addict. Ordinary prescription and nonprescription medicines don't necessarily differ in appearance from illicit drugs. Distinguishing between illicit and legal drugs requires a trained technician using complicated laboratory procedures. Simple visual inspection isn't reliable. Indeed, the common per- ception of the obvious signs of drug abuse easily can be mis- leading. Overreacting to those signs can lead to unfortunate false accusations. That potential rziises the need for managers to remain alert to other signs that may suggest drug abuse. As one example, dramatic changes in an employee's job performance may indicate a potential drug problem. Of course, such changes also can result fi-om other problems. A divorce, a death in the family, or a problem with a child can become a severe dis- traction for an employee. But in the absence of such circumstan- ces, a sudden change in perfor- mance may result from drugs. Drug abusers also may display contrasting extremes of activity and inactivity. Sudden, emotional responses to minor problems may accent those extremes. Addicts Pump Repairs All Types SALES Field Service & Shop 20 Years Experience AAA INDUSTRIAL PUMP SERVICE INC. 66 Lake Street Plympton MA 02367 Bruce Sunnerberg (617)585-2394 21 may fluctuate between apathy and intense interest in their job tasks. A significant change in an employee's personal appearance stands as another indication of potential drug abuse. The crav- ing for drugs can make the addict indifferent about his appearance. That bleeds over into other hab- its. Even eating can become an indifferent, irregular activity. Some more specific signs also should arouse suspicion, especially when a person already ejdiibits other signs of drug abuse. Furtive behavior may sigrnal a fear of discovery of hidden drugs. Sunglasses at inappropriate times may represent an effort to hide dilated or constricted pupils indicative of drug abuse. Always wearing long sleeve garments — even on hot days — may result from the need to hide needle marks. If a severe habit forces an employee to use drugs while on the job, you may find the abuser in closets or storage rooms at odd times. Persistent efforts to borrow money from fellow employees also may suggest drug abuse. Those efforts may represent the final alternative to stealing from the business to support an expen- sive drug habit. Of course, standing alone, none of the above signs prove an employee is abusing drugs. But recurrent signs in a particular employee suggest the need for further investigation. At the same time, the above clues represent behavior common among those abusing different drugs. The different drugs also elicit specific manifestations that can help identify abusers: Cocaine: After taking cocaine, people commonly become over- confident and talkative. They report feelings of stimulation, exhilaration, and exaggerated euphoria. Addicts typically "snort" cocaine through the nose where it is absorbed through the nasal lining. So, abuse often makes the nostrils red and raw. 22 Stimulants: Amphetamines and related drugs are commonly referred to as uppers, pep pills, bennies or speed. So, users often show signs of excessive activity. They may appear extremely nervous and become irritable and argumentative. Pupils will dilate. Users may develop bad breath suggestive of garlic, onion or alcohol. Abusers often have per- sistent wet lips which tend to chap. Narcotics (Opiates): Addicts usually "mainline" heroin, injecting it directly into a vein. Immediately after a dose, addicts reportedly experience dreamlike euphoria. Pupils become con- stricted and they do not respond to light. The addict may not feel pain and may become unrespon- sive to stimuli. After awhile, the addict often goes into a state that approaches a stupor, called "on the nod." After repeated injections, users develop scar tissue or tracks on their arms or legs. Hallucinogens: The "trips" produced by hallucinogens such as LSD may last for several hours. So, users probably will not take such drugs at work. The signs of any such use will be clearly evi- dent. Physically, the drug increases the hesirt rate, raises the body temperature, and causes irregular breathing. The hands and feet shake. The palms break out into a cold sweat. The person shivers and has chills. The drug heightens and distorts sensory perceptions and produces strange, unpredictable mental reactions. Marijuana: Usually, "pot" produces a slowly growing intoxication, accompanied by a sense of well being. This may give way to euphoria, sometimes accompanied by loud, rapid talk- ing, bursts of laughter, or ani- mated behavior. When rolled into cigaretts. Marijuana produces an ordor similar to burnt rope. Identifying an employee abus- ing drugs raises the need for action. 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He was in the area from April 18-21, gave two talks, toured many of the bogs with Dr. Bristow and generally received an education in the disease prob- lems of the area. All told, a fine exchange of information and Frank was able to bring back some nice pictures. WISCONSIN By ELDEN J. STANG The 100th Anniversary celebration of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Asso- ciation will be held Aug. 1 7 at the Gaynor Marsh, off Highway 54 near Wisconsin Rapids. ******** The Fourth Annual International Sym- posium on Vacclnlum Culture will be held from Aug. 13-17, culminating with a visit by the 1 20 attendees from 1 6 countries to the 100th Anniversary fete of the Wiscon- sin Cranberry Growers Association. On Aug. 13 there will be a tour of blueberry fields In East Lansing, Mich. Aug. IS will be spent at the University of Wlsconsln/- Madison for a scientific program. At this writing, there had not been an appreciable rain in the area for six weeks. 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"We're in deep trouble," said Wareham's Peter Wilson, who raises bees part time. "If we're in trouble, cranberry growers are in trouble. They have pollina- tion needs virtually in one basket and it is falling apart." Part-time bee inspector Wayne Andrews estimates that there are COVER PHOTO ED LIPMAN'S own honors share w^all space 'with those of his father, Jacob, as the family tradition of service to New Jersey agriculture and Rutgers University continue. A story on the Lipman Legacy starts on page 10. (Photo by Nick Romanenko) Wanted Wisconsin Cranberry Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh. STEVE (715)421-0917 (715) 593-2385 between 1 ,000 and 2,000 bee hives in Pljmiouth Coimty, an estimate he cannot verify because there are no hive registration require- ments in the state. He is receiv- ing reports of 80 to 90 percent loss of hives over this past winter. "The local bees are not there," Andrews said this May. "We don't know how good the migratory people are this year, but the good citrus flow they had this year will help keep the colonies strong. Growers are really dependent on the migratory bees." Massachusetts cranberries are pollinated about 80 percent from migratory bees and 20 percent locally. Wareham's Wilson suffered a 90 percent loss in his hives over the winter before he discovered the culprit was the hard to detect tracheal mite. There are no specific symptoms of this mite infestation. As with other bee diseases, sick individ- uals tend to leave the hive. resulting in a reduced colony — a condition beekeepers call 'dwin- dle." Time consuming microscopic examination of the thoracic tra- chea is the only method of diagnosis. "We do have trachea mite, but we don't know how extensive," Wilson said. "There are only two or three people in the common- wealth that can diagnose it, but we suspect it is spreading fast. Pollination this year will not be what it should be." Publicity about bee disease this season has highlighted the threat of varroa, which one beekeeper compared to "getting the AID's virus." Tracheal mite, by com- parison, is regarded by bee experts as a "flu-like" condition and something that beekeepers can tolerate. However, the impact of the mite in southeastern Massachu- setts is proving to be severe. Tracheal mite has almost cer- tainly been a bee parasite since Law Offices of \uJav\a L nurcnill oJOarrow ffames GJ. QfariforJ 24 Bay Road /P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Conservation Commission, DEQE, Mass EPA, EPA and Corps ot Engineers) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporations and partnerships, pensions and profit sharing plans, and Wills and Trusts) Land disposition (Purchase, sale and financing of existing bogs and potential sites) Land use management (Board of Appeals and Planning Board) antiquity. In areas where bees were overpopulated, such as Great Britain and Switzerland, bees seemed to be susceptible to infes- tations. Mites also increase in regions having a succession of poor honey flows. Bee inspector Andrews noted that Plymouth and Barnstable counties, where most Massachu- setts cranberries are grown, tend to have "very poor honey flows." Cranberry flowers themselves are poor producers of pollen and nectar. Acidic wetlands in the area, Andrews explains, tend to result in a "general lack of flow- ers" that support honey bee pop- ulations with enough honey for overwintering hives. Several miles away from cranberry country, where there are more field crops and fewer wetlands, hives tend to be stronger and better honey producers. With tracheal mite infestation, only the adult honey bees are affected internally. Beekeepers think mites may be spread between hives by infected drones that drift between colonies. 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Beekeepers already struggling with a tracheal mite infestation in Massachusetts are worried that the varroa mite {Varroa Jacob- soni) is coming next. Varroa has been found in 13 states and is threatening the nation's bee industry. Bees are responsible for the pollination of about $20 billion worth of crops in the United States, including the $188 million cranberry crop. This past April, the federal government imposed a quaran- tine on interstate bee transpor- tation in the 13 infected states, about six months after the var- I CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER & EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR MARKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (817) 763-5206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E Demoranville. Director. Cranberry Experiment Station NEW JERSEY — Phillip E Marucci, Cranberry & Blueberry Specialist, Cranberry & Blueberry Laboratory, Chatsworth: Elizabeth G, Carpenter. Chatswonh. NOVA SCOTIA — Robert A Murray, Horticulturist, Berry Crops, Research Station, Truro. OREGON — Arthur Poole. Coos County Extension Agent, Coquille WASHINGTON — Azmi Y Shawa. Horticulturist and Extension Agent in Horticulture. Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit, Long Beach. WISCONSIN — Tod. D Planer. Farm Management Agent. Wood County. CRANBERRIES It publlthed monthly by DIvertllled Periodicals, W«ll«ryn Drive, Portland CT 06480. Second class postage Is paid at the Portland, Conn. Poat Office. Price Is $10 a yaar, $18 for two years, $1 a copy In the U.S.; $12 a yaar In Canada: $15 a year In all olharcounMaa. Back coplaa: $2, Indudkig postage. Copy right 1986 by DIvarelflad Periodicals. ISSN. 0011-0787 Postmaster, sand Form 3749 to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 roa mite was detected in Wiscon- sin. However, the quarantine was lifted after proving too costly and unmanageable, and inspec- tion was turned over to individ- ual states. "There is no question in my mind varroa will be here if it is not already," said Peter Wilson, a part-time beekeeper from Wareham. "It is easy to identify. Treatment involves a rotation of miticides to prevent build-up of immunity." Wareham cranberry grower Jim Ashley, who raises his own bees, warns that cranberry grow- ers may be without enough bees for pollination within the next few seasons. He noted that there are severe management problems with overwintering of hives in the area and the threat of mite infestation may provoke a quar- antine of migratory hives, on which the cranberry industry relies heavily. The varroa mite has a complex life cycle as an ectoparasite of both worker and drone larvae, pupae and adult. It can be clearly noticed on the thorax of an infected adult. These mites do the most damage while in the brood cells. The result is dead brood, deformed adults and, eventually, dead colonies. The mite may also act as a vector of disease, through woimds produced during feeding on the bee. Beekeepers serving Massachu- setts cranberry growers warn that pollination will not be thorough this year and may even decrease further over the coming growing seasons until mite disease can be controlled. To date, there are no chemicals registered to control either varroa or tracheal mites. Cranberry Experiment Station Director Irving Demoranville noted that there is a relationship between the number of ovules fertilized during pollination and the size of the resulting berry. For top fruit set and maximum size potential, sufficient bees to cover pollination are a necessary factor, he added. Demoranville and other bee observers speculate that hives may already have been stressed during last year's cranberry bloom, which could have con- tributed, along with other ele- ments, to the reduced Massachu- setts crop and the smaller than average size of the Early Black variety. 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Chamberlain) Wareham, MA 02571 Serving Ilassachusetts Cranberry Growers 6 "contrary to past Pesticide Board policy." The original regulatory hearing was announced just a week ahead of the slated March 28 date. This was later postponed to May 20. Dwight Peavey, executive director of the CCCGA, called the proposed regulations "pre- mature." He noted that "an over- all" ground water policy should be developed first before restrict- ing activities in an arbitrary one half mile radius around wells." Peavey and others said the regulations were difficult to imder- stand, even as to which products are to be restricted. The proposal targets "known or probable car- cinogens" in several categories, without specifically naming them, he noted. Growers expressed concern that the regulations had the potential of destroying agricultural activ- ities, particularly the growing of cranberries. 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He and Decas further ques- tioned whether the state would prohibit development of public water supplies within a half mile of agriculture should these pro- posed regulations be enacted. Decas predicted a gloomy future for agriculture in the state "if we can't depend on the commissioner of agriculture to rely on scien- tific evidence." He pointed out that the 12,000 acres of cran- berry bogs in southeastern Mas- sachusetts have more than 60,000 acres of open space associated with them. "Is this process going to bring more cooperation?" Peavey asked. "Or is there an agenda to elimi- nate agriculture in Massachusetts because they feel this will create open space? If so, are they ready to pay compensation?" Gerald S. Parker, commissioner of public health, was the only voice at the Wareham hearing favoring the proposed regulations. 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Though he was still too young to comprehend the words, the boy had been told what they meant. The building was named in honor of his grandfather- first dean of agriculture of Rutgers, third director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experi- mental Station— a man he'd never known. "At that point I felt an 10 immense sense of pride, but also intimidation," says Edward V. Lipman Jr., boy turned now into man, as he remembers the events of that singular day in 1955. "I remember, even then, that I would have a powerful reputation to live up to." "Have you done that?" he is asked. "Not yet," he says, then pauses. "Not yet." GRANDSON of a dean and son of a four-term University trustee, Ned, as he prefers to be called, is a graduate of Ohio University now working on a doctorate in geography at Rutgers. He is director of continuing professional education at Cook College, a position he has held since 1978. Ned's office off Ryders Lane overlooks the fields of Horticultural Farm Two, land his grandfather acquired for the college long ago. There, some of the college's farm animals graze in subtle counterpoint to the bustling noise of the Route 1 corridor nearby. Ned leans back in his chair and looks over at a picture on the wall. The photo shows his grandfather standing with Dr. William Martin, his successor as dean. "We need a sense of institu- tional history as well as per- sonal history," Ned says, wav- ing a hand toward the picture. "In those days, big men cast big shadows. They could impact more profoundly on their sys- tems than we can today. Men like my grandfather made this college and this University. It's important for us all to know where we came from." Where Ned himself came from is a family perhaps unique in modern Rutgers history for most of the last 100 years, since Ned's grandfather came to New Bnins- wick in 1894 to study at the State College for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, which today, several incarnations later, stands as Cook College. THE LIPMAN family came originally from Russia, where Jacob Goodale Lipman was bom in 1874, the oldest son in a fam- ily of nine children. The lip- mans came to America in 1888 and settled in New York City, but life there wasn't kind to them. In 1892 they moved to an agricultural colony in Woodbine, New Jersey, on the sandy soil of Cape May County, where immigrants could work as farmers. In Woodbine, Jacob received training in practical agriculture and the basic sciences. 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He pedaled across New Brunswick to New Jersey Hall, then the headquarters of the experiment station, on a bicycle, carrjdng a water pistol with a weak ammonia solution in it to discourage the dogs that liked to chase him up George Street as he threaded his way between pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons. In class, he sat with pencU stub in hand, listening to Voorhees explain the little that was then known of the role of microbes in soil fertility and plant growth. Voorhees encouraged Jacob to devote his studies to soil chemis- try, plant nutrition, and soil microbiology. After graduating from Rutgers with honors in 1898, Jacob did graduate work at Cor- nell, receiving his Ph.D. in 1903. By that time, he was married and on the faculty at Rutgers, where he established a depart- ment of soil chemistry and bac- teriology and taught agricultu- ral chemistry. His wife, Cecilia, an 1899 graduate of Hunter Col- lege in New York City, was an adult student in the New Jersey College for Women, now Dou- glass College, from which she graduated in 1922. They had three sons. Leonard (RC'25), the eld- est, attended Rutgers and later became an investor and bus- inessman. Twins Daniel and Edward Voorhees Lipman, named in honor of Jacob's men- tor, are both Rutgers College Class of '33 and retired exec- utives. Jacob lipman climbed Rutgers' academic ladder at a steady pace, becoming a full professor of soil fertility and bacteriology in 1910. In 1911 he succeeded Voorhees as director of the experiment sta- tion and, in 1915 became Rutgers' firstdean of agriculture. He would hold both posts until his death in 1939. IN December 1910, shortly before Lipman became director, a young Russian immigrant came to him for advice on his plans to study science and medi- cine. Because the youth had dif- ficulty with the English language, they conversed mainly in Rus- sian; Lipman convinced him of the advantages of a career in scientific agriculture and persuaded him that Rutgers was the place to learn. The young man was Selman A. Waksman (RC'15)— the scientist whose k Plymouth Copters, Ltd. Specializing in cranberry applications for more than 25 years Growers fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides applied to growers specifications Mud Lifting - Cranberry Lifting Mats Available Plymouth Airport Box 3446 Plymouth, MA 02361 David 1. Morey Richard H. Sgarzi (617) 746-6030 Agricultural Applications • Lift V^ork • Executive Charters • Aerial Photography 12 studies of soil microorganisms were to yield the discovery of the antibiotic streptomycin, the wonder drug that cured tubercu- losis and won him a Nobel Prize. In the early days, Lipman had a staff of 23 professionals and a budget of $75,000. There were only 25 undergraduates and no graduate students. During his i'Jyears as director and dean, the rofessional staff grew to over 00, and by 1939, the budget ncreased to more than half a illion dollars and the student ipulation to 334 undergraduates ,nd 78 graduate students. With scientific knowledge, litical skill, a desire to serve, d a personal style that made lim friends at all levels of society, Jpman and his staff, in effect, reached into the fertile New Jer- sey soil and pulled out a college. They established many new iepartments, got buildings built, Bxpanded research programs, and I Office 295-2222 D. Beaton 888-1288 set up field stations to experi- ment with crops and techniques in different parts of the state. Their work was to yield formid- able agricultural and scientific harvests in the decades to come. 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Dairy cattle, oysters, and everything from poultry to peaches grown in New Jersey were fair game for improvement by the experiment station. Lipman established and edited the noted journal Soil Science — the first in its field in this country — in 191 6 and kept active in teaching, research, and scho- larly publication for as long as his administrative duties would allow. Between 1899 and 1928, he published some 120 journal articles and books; even as his other responsibilities grew, he managed about one publication a year during his last 1 1 years of Ufe. Particularly close to lipman's heart was the short-course pro- gram, which carried information to farmers and others who couldn't enroU as regular students of the college. He himself taught many of these sessions. Today these programs at Cook are again administered by a Lipman— Jacob's grandson, Ned. IN his biography of Lipman, Jacob G. Lipman: Agricultural Scientist and Humanitarian, Waksman wrote, "Within a quarter of a century, Lipman raised the status of the Experi- ment Station from one of secon- dary significance to one of the leading scientific and agricultu- ral institutions in the world." As the experiment station's fame spread, so did Lipman's. In July 1925, he was one of a small group of scientists of national DIKE MOWING Enjoy Reasonable Rates NEW ARM FLAIL Call Brook Holmes (617) 293-5353 14 renown summoned to Dayton, Tennessee, by Clarence Darrow to testify at the Scopes trial in defense of the teaching of Dar- win's evolutionary theory. Lip- man made the trip, but in vain; the judge ruled scientific testim- ony irrelevant to the case. For all his increasing promi- nence, Jacob Lipman never lost the human touch. He might con- clude a series of meetings in Washington or a phone call with the governor, then change into work clothes and display his student-day skills in a campus milking contest. In recognition of his many contributions, Lipman was selected as one of the first recip- ients of the Rutgers University Award, also known as the "Rutgers Medal. "It was inscribed simply, "For Outstanding Ser- vice to Rutgers/Sept. 14, 1934/Awarded to JGL." FOR grandson Ned, working near lipman Hall and riding occasionally along lipman Drive, his grandfather's achievements and the honors to his family 1 1; name reinforce the sense of pride and desire to accomplish that he felt at the ceremony in 1955. The office he administers isl rolling up a record of service oi which Ned is proud in his ownl right. During the last academic year, his office ran 126 courses Its serving more than 7,000 people if from 43 states and 16 foreigrjli countries. "I feel lucky to be the directoi of a program that makes so manj contributions to the work peoplt are doing for agriculture anc environmental preservation,' Ned says. "That it happens to b< something my grandfathe; established is a special source o personal pride as well. "The philosophy of sharinj the University's reso-urce through continuing educatioi was a good idea at the turn of th century and it's an even bette Krause Excavating, inc. Canal work Pond Construction Ditching Land Clearing 1-1/4-3 yd. draglines with 80' boom and matts, 2 yd. backhoe, swamp dozer and other related equipment. contact: Roger Krause 1-414-398-3322 Route 3 Markesan. wis. 53946 !» iv^ ea today," he adds. "This is Dti icoblipman's tradition living." lils That tradition hves also in the idi Bmories of people who knew Ihi icob Lipman and to this day are anecdotes about him with i i jd. The dean's shining smile, eo ispitality and warm sense of )wi imor were legendary, as was mi s keen interest in bridge and sei imp collecting. oplThe dean's house, just above iigl e College Pond and today the adquarters for the college's «ta ime economics department, was lan e center of the campus for rea- opl ns not solely geographic. Rene an ibos — later to become famous on, the discoverer of the antibio- tol gramicidin and as a philo- thi pher of science — lived there as cei graduate student newly arrived im France. Holiday dinners iiii vays meant visitors — graduate rce idents often far from home iti« iftl letti ^re you involved with :ranberry growing, »r0cessing, marketing, ETC.? Then you ought to read ;RANBERRIES, the national ranberry magazine. Each nonthly issue contains nformative news and feature irticles about the industry. Ceep informed. Read :ranberries. Mail your check or noney order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 Cobalt CT 06414 $10 one year; $18 two years lAME DDRESS ITY TATE ZIP FAMILY and college history intersect for Ned Lipman, shown on the porch of his grandfather's former home on campus. (Photo by Nick Romanenko) were invited to share the dean's hospitality, as were others from the college. ONE of those holiday meals gave the dean's son, Ed, a taste of things to come. "I particularly remember one Thanksgiving when I was just a J.A. JENKINS & SON CO.l Grower Service MOWING (ALL TYPES) SANDING DITCHING WEED WIPING Serving Cape Cod 227 Pine St., W. Barnstable, Ma. 02668 Phone 362-6018 r/^^^'fy 15 kid," Edward Lipman says. "Pop got a 'Jersey crate' of cranberries — a special gift pack of about 30 pounds — all red like cherries in the cedarwood container, and I couldn't wait to bite into one. Well, I did, and boy, was it bitter! Later my mother showed us how she cooked them down for cran- berry sauce and such, but I'll never forget my first taste of those cranberries!" Cranberries would come to play a major role in Ed's life, as most of his career was spent at the cranberry cooperative. Ocean Spray, first as a field man and later as an executive. He became a cranberry grower himself, with bogs in Ocean County. Ed's sons, Ned and Jeffrey, are partners in the enterprise. Retired now as southeast area manager for Ocean Spray, Ed talks easily about days gone by and the Lipman contributions to Rutgers. In an office filled with plaques, memorabilia and the clocks that he's collected for years, Ed's constantly ringing telephone is a reminder of the vigorous pace he sets for himself in spite of his 76 years. Since Ed's great love is music, many of the stories he shares fol- low that theme. One of his fond- est memories is of himself in 1918, dressed up as "Uncle Sam," performing with twin brother Dan at George and Albany streets in New Brunswick to sell Liberty Bonds. 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He :j jield a short series of agricultu- al jobs, some connected with lutgers and some with the fed- iral government, including ser- ace as the U.S. Department of " Agriculture's Agricultural Adjust- Qent Agency administrator in »Jew Jersey during World War I. "In the course of those jobs, I /as on perhaps 10,000 farms in few Jersey, talking to farm perators about their problems, irhat it means to be in agricul- are, and so on," he says. ED'S years of contact with le farm community stood him good stead when, in 1946, a nend offered him a job with teean Spray, enrolling cranberry owers to supply the firm. "The first year I got 39 percent f the Jersey crop and in five ars I had 90 percent," he says. [n those days, there were 450 rowers in seven counties and e grew 90,000 barrels, on the verage. We had 13,000 acres of ranberries. Today there are 50 rowers and we grow 320,000 arrels on 2,500 acres." ED was president of the state card of Agriculture in 1972 when rmer New Jersey Secretary of griculture Philip Alampi (Ag'34, SEd'45) asked then-Gov. Wil- am T. Cahill to appoint Ed to 1 unexpired term on the Rutgers oard of Trustees. Cahill did so id lipman has been reappointed iree times since. As a trustee, Ed has held many >mmittee appointments and (airmanships serving Cook, the lollege of Engineering, athle- Ics and the library. He has (laired the trustees' buildings nd grounds committee and irved as a trustee member of t e Rutgers Board of Governors' hildings and grounds commit- te and architect selection com- littee. He is active in alumni jfairs, too, now serving as pres- |ent of his class. Ed's service as a trustee has involved him in controversy on a number of occasions over the past several years, particularly in matters involving the sale or lease of University real estate. 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If we're not shy about eaking up, ask tougher ques- I ;)ns or don't go away as quietly II someone else might, it's cause of that need to know at the University's personal- r is what we feel it should be." 1|ASKED about his personal lilosophy of service, Edward pman thinks for a minute. tapping on the arm of his chair. "I've got no right being on the board of trustees except for what I can do for the students and our common future," he says. "In the final analysis, that's why a person serves as a trustee. And that's what the University's there for." Ed looks at the plaques and awards surrounding him, feeling the memories they evoke. "I never really got to work at Cook like my father did, or my son," he continues, "but I'm delighted to see Ned working there and following the tradition of his grandfather, because his grandfather was some hell of a guy." That seems to run in the fam- ily, too. A Lasting Reputation To another distinguished soil scientist. Dr. John C.F. Tedrow (GSNB'50) — professor emeritus of soils at Rutgers, fourth editor of the journal Soil Science, author of standard texts on Arctic soils and the soils of New Jersey — Jacob Lipman 's career remains a landmark today. Tedrow gives this account: "Looking back at a lifetime of soils work in agriculture, I would say that perhaps Lipman had more influence on the scientific aspects of American agriculture than any other individual. The world focused on Lipman and Rutgers then; he took Rutgers with him in the recognition. During Lipman 's time, Rutgers was the most prestigious center for soils research in America. "When the first International Congress on Soils Science was organized in Washington, D.C., in 1927, Lipman was selected to be the president. He got the president of the United States, M R.A.S.P. INC. 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"Lipman's signal accomplish- ments were in the field of microbial populations in the soil. He was an international pioneer on nitrogen fixation in legiunes — the part that legumes play in soil fertility and the general micro- biology of the soil. "By today's standards , he would be a microbial ecologist. That is, he was interested in the field effect, total reactions, the whole ecological aspect of soil microb- ial populations. "Lipman built up a very envi- able reputation; he was recog- nized throughout the world. He had as much recognition in Europe as he did here on campus." MUSEUM SPRUCED UP The cranberry section was included in the renovation given the South Wood County Historical Museum in Wisconsin Rapids. The one room cranberry exhibit was expanded to three rooms. Funded by private donations, the exhibit covers the history of cranberry growing in Wood County in photo- graph and artifact. 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ORDER BY NUMBER. 536 First Issue of CRANBERRIES, Published In 1936 8.00 1066 Early History of Massachusetts State Cranberry Bog 3.50 1 166 New Jersey Research Center at Oswego 3.50 1266 Whitesbog, New Jersey 3.50 768 History of Cranberry Industry in Wisconsin 3.50 868 Sprinkler Frost Protection, Parts I, II, III 10.00 1069 Resanding of Massachusetts Bogs, Parts 1, 11 7.00 570a Cranberries Greeted Our Forefathers 3.50 570b Cranberry Pollination .3.50 1270 Progress in Controlling Bird Damage to Crops 3.50 371a Oxygen Deficiency Kills Cranberry insects 3.50 371 b Summer Spray Application of Phosphorus 3.50 672 Honeybee Populations and Fruit Set in Cranberry 3.50 772 Surface Water Quality in Drainage Areas of Cranberry Bogs 3.50 573 insecticide Toxicity to Honeybees 3.50 673 Prolonging the Life of Harvested McFariin Cranberries 3.50 274 Effect of Light on Cranberry Seed Germination 3.50 374 Effect of Temperature on Germination of Cranberry Seeds 3.50 275 Analyses of Cranberry Marsh Discharge Waters-Progress Report 3.50 976 Response of Cranberry Bogs to Sulfur-Coated Urea 3.50 380 Effect of Trash on Growth Inhibition 3.50 680 Aircraft Spraying and Fruit Rot 3.50 880 Ocean Spray Golden Anniversary 3.50 281 Fairy Ring Control 3.50 481 The Rope-Wick Weed Wiper 3.50 781 Cranberry Pollination in British Columbia 3.50 282a 1981 Fungicide Trials 3.50 282b Abbott Lee's 3 Wheel Water Harvester 3.50 582 Fungus Research at University of Wisconsin 3.50 183 Fungicide Trials on Cranberries 3.50 283 Cross-Fertilization Experiments 3.50 583 Bogside Wildlife 3.50 783 Orthene Experiments 3.50 284 The Cranberry In History 3.50 884 Modifications to Furford Picker-Pruner 3.50 685 Sex Attractant Traps 3.50 1285a integrated Pest Management: What It Means 3.50 1285b Picking at the 63rd Parallel 3.50 486 Appropriate Rates for Lorsban 3.50 686a Spur: A Promising Insecticide 3.50 686b Ponds for Profit 3.50 986 3 Year IPM Survey 3.50 387 A Survey of Cranberry Dieback 3.50 487 A Rationale for Pruning 3.50 587 Ditch Stonecrop and Its Control 3.50 687 Control With Fydulan 3.50 787 Using Furloe and Fusllade 3.50 987 Insecticide Timing to Control Frultworm 3.50 188 All Terrain Vehicles 3.50 288 Cranberry Tipworm— 1986 Damage 3.50 Cranberry World Presents Events Cranberry World, the cran- berry museum sponsored by Ocean Spray, has scheduled five events for the month of July. Cranberry World is located on Water Street in historic Pljonouth, Mass. Summer hours for the museum from July 5 through the end of August are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. The schedule of events is: Wednesday, July 6, 7-9 p.m.: The Music Makers, Shamus Pender and Eileen Moore Quinn, offer a diverse musical program featuring Irish ballads, sea chanties and sing-alongs. Sunday, July 10, 2-4 p.m.: The Fiddle Puppet Cloggers, an inter- nationally recognized dance company, performs stepdancing in the Southern Appalachian mountain tradition: clogging, hoofing, and African boot dancing. Wednesday, July 13, 7-9 p.m.: Led by David Lindsay, the Fes- tival Brass Band recreates the brass band concerts of more than NiemI Electric Company Robert Niemi Electrical Contractors Heat, Light & Power Wiring • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL Pinehurst Drive Wareham, Mass. TEL. 295-1880 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 22 100 years ago and features works by such composers of the day as John Philip Sousa, Scott Joplin and Stephen Foster. Wednesday, July 20, 7-9 p.m.: Robin Right, 1985 Massachusetts Country Music Association enter- tainer of the year, will perform her favorite country hits. Sunday, July 31, 2-4 p.m.: Morgan and Phelan, who play several American folk instruments, including the fiddle, mandolin and autoharp, will sing Appa- lachian mountain music, action- packed ballads and well-known folk songs. Admission to all the events is free. bid STAY INFORMED subscribe to CRANBERRIES | $10 a yeai-S18 two years 1 ■ Send check or money order to: ■ i CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 COBALT CT 06414 CRANBERRY PIE The following recipe is frm The Cranberry Connection Beatrice Buszek. 3'/^ cups cranberries | V/z tablespoon flour 3 tablespoons water IVicup sugar V4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter Chop berries and mix all ingr dients. Fill pie shell (unbake and arrange strips of crust cris cross over top. Bake at 450° : minutes. Reduce to 350° andbal 40 minutes longer. ly, n II Ci The scoop of the year! Cranberry Flavor, Fact and Folklore in THE CRANBERRY CONNECTION, by Beatrice Buszek. Your favorite berry pops up in kitchen-tested recipes for every de- light from Cranberry Bog to Cranberry- Banana Bread, Cranberry Avocado Dip, and countless other desserts, drinks, salads, entrees. "A fascinating revelation of the many uses for cranberries . . . you'll find this book a treasure."— Dcs Moines Register. Paperback, $8.95 Please send copies of THE CRAN- BERRY CONNECTION, $8.95 each. Name Address . .Zip_ Add $1.50 for postage; Conn, residents add 7% sales tax. CRANBERRIES MAGAZINE P. O. Box 249, Cobalt, CT 06414 ;ol It ly «1 i] rtl h 3Ef rjli % Problem Employee: The Alcoholic By BRYAN E. MILLING Many people enjoy alcoholic bev- ages in moderation. But enjoyment ows into abuse and alcoholism for me. Statistics indicate that 6 per- (nt of those who drink become J acholics. Inevitably, many alco- ; lies bring their drinking problems j to the work place. Indeed, estimates place over five " j.llion alcoholics on the payrolls of Jlnerican businesses. Lost man hours { d lower productivity costs those I sinesses billions of dollars. Nation- { y , estimates place the total cost of £;oholism from lost time, medical B d hospitalization costs, property c mage, and welfare services at $60 II lion a year. The staggering economic and ll man costs should make the prob- Im a concern for every business ninager. From a positive perspec- fc e, identifying the problem drinker ci benefit both employee and the bsiness. With the proper help, a p overing alcoholic can return as 3 efficient, productive employee. Jnfortunately, some false ideas h p the alcoholic hide his problem. "or example, many managers iiume that it's easy to spot an ]»( oholic on the job. Others believe dit alcoholism becomes a problem J) y among clerical and blue collar wrkers. Still others beUeve that iloholics can chemge their ways iii become normal drinkers. These t'ths obscure the reality about 3ianbenry Experiment Station n East Warehsim from 1953 until lis retirement in 1982, died June I after a long illness. He was 75. Dr. Cross, husband of Shirley Gale) Cross, was bom in Maiden, ilass., later lived in Wareham nd then moved to East Sand- wich in 1941. He was a Wareham hgh School graduate and earned lis bachelor's degree in botany rom the Massachusetts State CRANBERRIES 'HE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER & EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR MARKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (617) 763-5206 |\DVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E Demoranville. )irector. Cranberry Experiment Station. NEW JERSEY — Phillip E Marucci. Cranberry & blueberry Specialist. Cranberry & Blueberry Jiboratory, Chatsworth; Elizabeth G. Carpenter, >iatsworth. NOVA SCOTIA — Robert A. Murray, Horticulturist, lerry Crops, Research Station, Truro OREGON — Arthur Poole, Coos County Extension kgent, Coquille WASHINGTON — Azmi Y Shawa, Horticulturist and ixtension Agent in Horticulture, Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit, Long Beach. WISCONSIN — Tod D Planer. Farm Management Vgent, Wood County SRANBERRIES It publlthed monthly by DIvenHled >wlodlcal«, Wttlwyn Orl«*, Portland CT (M4M. tacond dus pottage Is paid at Iha Portland, Conn. >e«t Onica. Price Is $10 a year, $18 lor two years. $1 a »py In the U.S.; $12 a year In Canada; $15 a yaar In all Khar countitn. Back ooplaa: $2, Indudng poataga. Copyright ISM by Olvartltlad Periodicals. ISSN: 0011-0787 Poatmastar, sand Form 3749 to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 College at Amherst, his master's degree in the same field in 1937 and a Ph.D. in biology in 1940 from Harvard University. Dr. Cross worked at the Cran- berry Experiment Station in various capacities for about 41 years and was an integral part of the growth of the cranberry industry in this century. He served as assistant professor at the sta- tion for several years until 1953, when he became the second direc- tor of the station, serving until his retirement in 1982. He wrote a great deal on cran- berries and many of his articles appeared in CRANBERRIES over the years. In 1973, Dr. Cross received a gold medal from the Massachu- setts Society for Promoting Agriculture in recognition of his efforts in furthering understand- ing of agricultural issues. He was honored by the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association in August 1981, when growers named their annual meeting "Dr. Chester E. Cross Day." He served on the Sandwich Planning Board for 15 years. Jf=li=Ji=Ji=Jf=]f=Jf=If=Ii COVER PHOTO DR. CHESTERCROSS empha- sizes a point during a 1982 interview with CRANBER- RIES Associate Editor Caro- lyn Gilmore. Cross died June 6 after a lengthy illness. Sto- ries about the former direc- tor of the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station start on this page. (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Gilmore) Also a participant in commun- ity affairs, he served on the Sandwich Planning Board for 15 years. Dr. Cross served three years with the Army Quartermaster Corps in World War II and was stationed at the Lawrence Labs in Lawrence, Mass. Throughout his life, he was an avid hiker and Civil War buff. Besides his wife, survivors include three sons, Peter N. Cross, who is in charge of the Agency for International Development health project in Honduras, Christopher E. Cross of Los Angeles and Timothy H. Cross of Tallahassee, Fla.; two broth- ers, Leslie P. Cross of Sarasota, Fla., and Wareham, and Ken- neth K. Cross of Tulsa, Okla. He also leaves four grandchildren. There are no memorial hours. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to The Covenant House, Box 731, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108-9998. The Covenant House serves the poor and homeless. CENSUS FORMS WANTED A drive to round up report forms that have not t>«en returned by growers, farmers and ranchers In the 1987 Census of Agri- culture has been started by the U.S. Bureau of Census. Bureau officials said the drive Is under- way as part of an effort to provide statisti- cal results to the nation's agricultural community as early as possible. Agricultural producers received their forms last Decemt>er. Most have completed and returned them and the return rate has exceeded that of the last agriculture census. According to Charles Pautler, chief of the bureau's agriculture division, " . . . tfte completeness and accuracy of the census depend on each Individual filling out the census report form." Crosses Pick Bog Over Being 'Out to Pasture' EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol- lowing article by Carolyn Gilmore was printed in the January 1982 issue of CRAN- BERRIES. Retirement for Dr. Chester "Chet" Cross, longtime director of the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station, has not meant the end of his growing seasons. Far from it. For the Cross family as a whole, involvement with the cranberry industry has meant more even than Chefs leading role as pro- fessor and director of the exper- iment facility in East Wareham. Last season, nine family members, including three daugh- ters-in-law and three grandchil- dren, traveled from Bolivia, Los Angeles and Philadelphia to join in on the 42nd harvest of what Chet refers to as "my wife's bog." The Cross sons— Peter, Chris and Tim — supervised the dry picking of their mother's 7 acre bog in Sandwich. Chet's wife, Shirley, the Ocean Spray member of the family, said: "(The boys) keep the picking machines running all day non- stop. All they want to know is what's for supper." "My wife's bog" has provided Dr. Cross with bountiful amounts of anecdotal material for the captivating talks he gives on the industry. "We experiment on it, too; especially some of the more fan- tastic ideas," Shirley said. When Shirley first acquired the bog, which is situated 2 miles from the Cross home in Sand- wich, it was pumped by a 1.5 hp Fairbanks-Morse one cylinder engine that made loud BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! noises. "Each flywheel weighed 400 poimds," Shirley said. "It was a make and break system . . . and it was mostly break. It's marve- lous not having to sit up with the thing all night." 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According to Shirley, a million ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ * NIemI )RS. SHIRLEY GALE CROSS & CHESTER E. CROSS peruse imuch leafed copy of— what else?— Gray's "Manual of Botany." (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Gilmore) ind an electronic temperature alarm wired into a nearby cran- berry grower's home. COMMENTING on the mod- ern cranberry industry, Chet is quick to remind growers that while "it has all come up roses for the last four years, for the prior 34 years we produced more than we could sell." Director of the Cranberry Experiment Station from 1953 to 1982, Chet says the station's continuing role should be "to improve the agricultural technol- ogy of cranberry cultivation" while making certain that that technology is not injurious to the environment. As for his own accomplishments while director, he modestly extends credit to his "topnotch staff." And he compliments his wife for "keeping me from mak- ing mistakes." "Her qualifications are the same as mine," Chet says. His Ph.D. is in biology, Shirley has one in botany. Shirley is on the state board of agriculture, was its chair two years ago and has been secre- tary of the state Farm Bureau for a decade. Four years ago, she organized a group of cranberry growers' wives to stage a cranberry exhibit in the Massachusetts building at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield, Mass. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Electric Company Robert Niemi Electrical Contractors Heat, Light & Power Wiring • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDGSTRIAL Pinehurst Drive Wareham, Mass. TEL. 295-1880 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t ViJ?V/T.^-^ii^-^^-S>»£i!V/r.^-»^ AV J. A . JENKINS & SON CO. Grower Service MOWING (ALL TYPES) SANDING ^as/s DITCHING WEED WIPING Serving Cape Cod 227 Pine St., W. Barnstable, Ma. 02668 Phone 362-6018 fmx^jsmxfstfftmL's^^ 5 people file past the cranberry exhibit at the Expo every sea- son. More common than any single query she gets, she says, are remarks by the visitors about the medicinal benefits of drink- ing cranberry juice. Although the industry hasn't promoted this aspect of the cranberry, the idea apparently is as ingrained in the public mind as is the concept that vitamin C prevents colds. IF ANYONE is qualified to look into a crystal ball emd see the future of the cranberry industry, it is Chet. He says: "It seems to me the future of the industry still is in the hands of the cranberry growers. This is precisely what Marcus Urann (first president of Cranberry Canners, forerunner of Ocean Spray) wanted it to be . . . grower control of the crop until it hits the market, grower control through cooperation ... it seems to me the future is bright." In agricultural production. cranberries are second only to apples in Massachusetts. "We used to jockey back and forth with apples," Chet remarked. "... some growers seem to think— and so do I— that we will produce l'^ million barrels of berries. If the price continues to be firm, we could be up there with dairy, worth over one hunred million dollars to the common- wealth." SEVERAL THINGSare clear about the Crosses' future. One is that they'll continue working their bog. Another is that Chet will remain a major voice in agricul- ture and the cranberry industry. And Shirley is already making plans for next season's Expo. As for traveling (they've been to Nepal, Ireland and Eastern Europe), a big adventure lies ahead. Thanks to a retirement gift from the Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers Association of two round trip tickets, they'll be heading for La Paz, Brazil, where they'll visit son Peter and his family. The trip probably will take place at the end of the rainy sea- son in March, a good time for hiking and seeing the Andean flora, say Chet and Shirley. 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Dodder is a parasitic weed which is increasingly prevalent on Massachusetts cranberry bogs. It has esentially no root and no green leaves and therefore cannot make food for itself, but is totally dependent for noiuishment on its host plant. By means of suckers, it pene- trates the bark of the cranberry upright and absorbs the nutri- tive juices of the stem. Twining from upright to upright and put- ting in suckers, it spreads rapidly and soon forms a yellow "web" over the vines. Leafy tips of par- asitized uprights redden and fail to set buds for the next year's growth. Dodder is most difficult to eradicate after it has appeared in the new growth because each fragment containing a sucker which is left among the vines constitutes an independent plant, and, as such, will flower and fruit. Dodder dies at the end of the growing season but new plants appear from its seeds the follow- ing spring. 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J., Abbott Lee and his brother, Steve Lee Jr., and father, Steve Lee Sr., of Lee Brothers' Farm received the Outstanding Service : to Agriculture Award from the ' Pesticide Association of New I Jersey. The Lee Brothers' operation was cited for its innovations in agricultural mechanization, particularly in the area of friut harvesting and pesticide appli- cation. Lee Brothers' was also recog- nized for its recruitment and management of a labor force with emphasis on the strict compliemce to pesticide regulations and for its computerization of pesticide and farm records. Jerry Frecon, president of the Pesticide Association of New Jersey, also emphasized Lee ' Brothers' work with the Rutgers j Blueberry /Cranberry Research ' Center in development of pro- Award grams to control and manage pests, and for the overall quality and detailed farming practices that Lee Brothers' employs. The principals in the opera- tion were also mentioned indi- vidually. Steve Lee Sr. was rec- ognized for the many years of work on pesticide issues with the New Jersey Farm Bureau and the Glassboro Services Organi- zation, the largest farm labor recruitment organization in New Jersey. Steve Lee Jr. was acknowledged and cited for the outstanding work he has done with the Pine- lands Commission on water quality issues relative to the blueberry/cranberry industry. Abbott Lee, who accepted the award, was cited for his invol- vement in everyday issues related to pesticides. Abbott is currently chairmein of Gov. Thomas Kean's Pesticide Council. The manner in which he has respresented the growing com- munity in presenting objective, well-balanced information on agriculture was also emphasized by Frecon. Lee Brothers' Farm is located near Chatsworth. 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No job is complete until the pesticides, the containers and equipment have all been prop- erly stored, experts say. Applicators should be in the habit of storing all materials safely before cleaning up to go home or on to the next job. At the same time, users should continue to wear their protective clothing required for the job and also con- sider wearing gloves, even if the label does not recommend them. A careful, commonsense ap- proach to pesticide storage must start with an adequate storage facility. 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Bartok Jr., extension agricultural engineer for the University of Connecticut Coop- erative Extension Service, has developed construction recom- mendations for both a pesticide storage room within a building and a separate storage building. These designs will work well for cranberry operations: Figure 1 shows a pesticide storage room within a building. It should be isolated from work, (Please turn page) 11 3-0" ■h irn ^Ep: e>-o' v\\'-4" ll'-4-" >^ IS'-O" m IZ-'-O" PL-A>V--1 - Ill III 1 — ' 1 1 C-yUAUiJT CAiO±3 5 1 1 1 -U- 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 T^ 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 P I G>Lli2C' Z •• i«^A0M& PE5T1^1D5 5\CQt^J&- tUlLX^lM^. /0\FTtD P^U Ui)OA PLAKl KJO.d^sZU:^ office and lunch areas. Walls can be constructed of 2" by 4" lumber with a polyethy- lene vapor barrier on the room side. A chemical resistant paint such as polyester or epoxy should be used to finish the wall and floor surface. The room should contain a sink and counter for easy preparation. The room should be aired with 12 a 10" diameter, 2-speed kitchen exhaust fan so that low speed is kept on except when the room is occupied. A light switch activates high speed. An electric heater may be added to keep the min- imum 40°F during the winter. Locate a 10 lb. Type ABC fire extinguisher near the door. As always, a lock, with a properly identified key, should be provided. Figure 2 shows a separate building for pesticide storage. This buUding should be construct- ed on a 4-inch thick, smooth fin- ished concrete slab provided with floor drains. The concrete slab must have a Va inch per foot slope to the drains to prevent puddling. Placement and number of drains will vary with building size. Windowless structures are more cost and security efficient. Doors on opposite ends of the shed will ensure easy access and an escape route in emergencies. Standard exit locking hardware which automatically locks from the outside when closing is another security feature to consider. I Walls should be insulated to 'protect against temperature extremes. Recommended is a polyethylene vapor barrier placed on the inside walls, covered with exterior type plywood and painted with a chemical resistant paint. A forced air ventilation sys- tem minimizes toxic vapors and dust buildup. Install louvers near the ceiling, just above the front entrance to the building, and a two-speed, electrically shielded, centrifugal fan above the rear entrance. The system should provide approximately six air changes per hour at all times. When the interior lights are switched on, it is important that the fan speed increases to provide about 20 air changes per hour for a safe working environment. A stainless steel wash basin and drain board should be in- stalled near the back door and exhaust fan. There should also be a deluge shower and eye wash in that area. A waste system should be incorporated to collect all materials from the sink, floor drains and exterior wash area to be held for proper disposal. A fire detection system should be installed wherever large quantities of pesticide are stored. Additional protection can be built in with an automatic sprinkler system hung from the ceiling. Whatever method of storage is used, it makes sense for the applicator to purchase only what pesticides are absolutely needed during the growing season and to avoid stockpiling for more than one season. Proper equipment calibration will prevent excess pesticide mix and associated disposal problems. In all situations, a properly designed and managed pesticide storage area is important for the safety of the user and nonuser. NS S« ^\ V--II' ?s ** *Complete line of cranberry pesticides, fertilizers, miticides, In stock when you want them. ^Quality aerial applications. *Sesf application and safety equipment for your needs. *Proven frost warning equipment. 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Prposed amendments to the order relate to changes in the rol- ling base concept, allocations in surplus crop years and hemdler assessments. The CMC has been working for a number of years to change base quantity from an assigned, marketable quantity to a non- transferable, "rolling" base. Under the proposed, base quan- tity would be recomputed annu- ally to reflect the average of the The CHARLES W.HARRIS Company 451 Old Somerset Avenue North Dighton, Mass. Phone 824-5607 AMES Irrigation Systems RAIN BIRD Sprinklers HALE Pumps Hlihitt Qutnty Pmiueft 1a best four of the past six years of production sales history. The resulting figure would be a nontransferable niunber remain- ing with the grower rather than assigned to a particular bog. The new policy would allow the pro- duction history of the past six years — not base quantity — to be transferred with the sale of a bog or marsh. "We don't want base quantity to have any monetary value or stigma attached to it," said Farrimond. Instead, he added, the new concept would reflect a produc- er's ability to grow cranberries. Also proposed is a change in the manner in which allocation is to be handled during times of surplus production. Rather than limiting the percentage of a grower's crop that can be mar- keted, as is done presently, the CMC would set a percentage based on the total base quantities represented by all the growers served by a handling company. The proposed changes also address how assessments will be paid. Under the new rules, a handler would be assessed on the basis of the entire crop received from the grower, regard- less of how much shrinkage occurred at the processing plant. If the CMC agrees on the final draft of the proposed amendments at the August meeting, the chairman will send notice to the USDA requesting hearings within the marketing district. During the hearing process, growers will Vines For Sale Ben Lear $5,000 a ton Stevens $4,000 a ton Crowley $4,000 a ton Bergman $4,000 a ton Prices are F.O.B. $500 a ton less with 50% payment before cutting Richberry Farms Ltd. 11280 Mellis Drive Res. (604) 273-4505 Richmond, B.C. Bus. (604) 273-0777 V6X 1L7 Canada be invited to express their views through testimony and written comments. The final step will be a vote by all grrowers conducted by the USDA. The entire hearing process will take 18 months to two yeaia, Farrimond said. The roUing base change would be implemented two yeaiB after grower approval. "If the (CMC) gives approval this August, the foundation is down," Farrimond said. "It is time for growers to express their views." The bylaw change that will be considered is a change in the annual CMC winter meeting date from February to March. The budget to be considered is about $198,000, which represents a $40,000 increase over last year. The order costs about $100,000 annually to administer. "The budget was doubled on the advice of USDA," Farrimond said. The larger budget would allow one year of reserve funds to be retained. The February meeting estimate for the 1988 crop was SVa*? per barrel, based on a 3.8 million barrel projection for the harvest. The August meeting may revise the estimate, Farrimond said. Increased expenses are foreseen for the amendment hearings because of increassed travel and printing costs. All independent members and alternates to the CMC were renominated at caucuses held this June in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and New Jersey. Renominated were: i Massachusetts— John C. Decas, member, Robert Hiller II, alter- nate; Wisconsin, Oregon, Washing- ton— Richard Indermuehle, mem- ber, Mary Brazeau Brown, alter- nate; New Jersey— Charles Thomp- son, member, Alvan Brick, alter- nate. Ocean Spray is in the process of selecting its members and alternates. 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In recent years, the Cranberry Experi- ment Station has discovered that the fun- gicides that we use to control rot fungi are also beneficial in protecting the vines. Therefore, fungicide treatments are an even better investment for the grower. Good quality fruit is always beneficial to everyone. WISCONSIN Perhaps relief in the form of rain may have come to Wisconsin before this issue comes off the press, but up to deadline time the chief topic of conversation in the Badger State was the drought. Despite some rain, there wasn't enough precipitation to chase away sprinkling bans and campfire and July 4 fireworks restrictions and other signs of water shor- tage. G rowers and other farmers definitely were concerned. The Dally Tribune In a recent article recalled the heavy frosts but even worse tires that devastated marshes In the Wis- consin Rapids area In 1893 and 1894. CRANBERRIES gives you the news and views of the industry. 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He said the industry is obligated to I practice good science under the cur- rent regulatory guidelines and to take into consideration public concerns. "But," he added, "caution does not mean timidity. Regulation does not mean paralysis. We have in our hands the ability to do a great deal of good, and we must consider it an obhgation, a duty, to deUver." Harbison said the orderly devel- opment of biotechnology depends 30' ,vNS»^ "O^, % on the relationship among the aca- demic community, industry and governments. The sdenttfic judgments about the health, safety and effi- ciency of new discoveries should be consistent worldwide, he added. "We have the unique opportunity to discuss public policy issues in advance of problems," Harbison said. "Here we are, peering into a future of new advances in medicine, agricul- ture, protection of our environment, new manufacturing processes, new sources of economic growth — all before any of it has actually hap- pened. It would be nice — for a change — if we could get our global ducks in a row beforehand," The biotechnology executive added that, to a large extent, the worldwide industry is obliged to coordinate efforts because technology is borderless. "A patchwork quilt of regulations would inevitably lead to border hopping by researchers or by com- panies seeking the best climate for their efforts," Harbison warned. "That, in turn, means exporting jobs and national income." 0^^^. 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First, the activity becomes an escape from the individual's frustrations. He can focus on the odds and forget about his problems. In an apparent contradition, winning ceases being the pre- dominant objective for the com- pulsive gambler. Any winnings soon become committed to more wagers. Given the odds, the addicted gambler eventually must lose everything. In severe instances, the addict will sacri- fice family, reputation, job, and financial security to continue his compulsive gambling. The gambling also com- pensates for the individual's own personality problems. The neu- rotic hopes to find solutions for all of his problems in the turn of the next card or the next roll of the dice. Of course, the escape from reality remains temporary. Inevitably, the compulsive gambling adds to the problems that precipitated the obsession. Financial problems become unavoidable. The unfavorable odds against the gambler means that he must lose over the long run. The gambler often has to contend with marital or employment problems that result from his compulsion. In many instances, more serious problems develop when the gambler's acti- vities violate the law. Compulsive gambling by an employee also creates a managerial problem for a bus- iness. The gambling becomes a distraction that reduces the 20 employee's productivity. The employee's distraction also can make other employees less effective. As suggested above, the com- pulsive gambler also becomes a financial threat to a business. Personal financial problems can push the employee into stealing from the business. Retaining a compulsive gambler on the pay- roll can be costly. From another perspective, compulsive gambling stands as a human problem. The compul- sive gambler needs help to break his self-destructive addiction. So, a manager who identifies a compulsive gambler has a dual responsibility. 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At the same time, intervention in help the business retain a aluable, experienced employee, he help he receives from a lanager to overcome his prob- m often increases the em- loyee's contribution and ihances his loyalty to the asiness. The most Ukely source of con- nuing help for the compulsive ambler comes from Gamblers nonymous, an organization milar to Alcoholics Anonym- as. Gamblers Anonymous icludes people from many ickgrounds who suffered the 3spair that results from com- iilsive gambling. They band igether in a mutual effort to ;op gambling. The help that comes from amblers Anonymous can pro- ide some immediate, positive nancial feedback for the com- alsive gambler. When he stops ambling, the addict gains an nmediate increase in disposa- CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617) 888-1288 Law Offices of na {^kurcmtl cJ3arrow ffames QJ. ^narijorJ 24 Bay Road/P.O. 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That means that a manager should preclude some gambling activities that many view as acceptable in a business. Foot- ball and baseball pools stand as common examples. Such pools typically represent innocent diversions. But they can become expensive when conducted in a business. On one level, such activities inevitably decrease employee productivity. Employees engaged in gambling — even in apparently innocent pools — aren't focusing on their job objectives. That damages a firm's earnings. On another level, allowing such activities can appear to validate other gambling activities. A temporary diversion can open the door to organized gambling in the work place. The tacit acceptance of gam- bling can encourage an employee to become a bookmaker. Another may become a runner for an ille- gal numbers game. Still another may begin running a dice game in the middle of the work day. Employees easily can become more involved in their gains and losses than in their jobs. From the perspective here, a troubled employee may find some unexpected attraction to these gambling activities. That initial attraction can grow into a com- pulsive gambling problem. So, don't create the opportun- ity for the problem to develop. Enforce a strict code against gambling on your premises. National Labor Relations Board rulings make gambling on com- pany premises reasonable grounds for an employee's dis- missal. Many unions now con- cur in that premise as a justifia- ble basis for firing an employee. In any event, recognize that you have a responsibility to pre- clude the direct and indirect damage that can result from gambling on your premises. At the same time, accept the responsibility for helping the employee who becomes addicted to compulsive gambling. 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We have lot had any hot, sunny weather this spring, }ut are experiencing short rainfall like Tiuch of the country. There was a total of seven nights with rost warnings, three in April, four in May. The most dangerous was on May 8th. No jreat amount of damage anywhere. I.E.D. I STAY INFORMED For 52 years, we've been the source growers turn to for the latest industry news, regional reports, grower profiles, weather statistics, recipes, humor, and more. So don't miss a single issue of CRANBERRIES, The National Cranberry Magazine. Subscribe today! $10 a year — $18 two years Send check or money order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 Below are several recipes from The Cranberry Connection by Beatrice Buszek that might make you forget the scorching days of summer for awhile. Cranberry Summer Mix equal parts chilled cran- berry cocktail and cold tea. Serve in tall glasses with ice. Add a crisp sprig of mint from the garden. Spicy Iced Tea 2V^ cups boiling water % cup sugar 5 tea bags or 5 teaspoons loose tea V* teaspoon each ground nutmeg and cinnamon 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail VA cups water Mi cup orange juice M: cup lemon juice Pour boiling water over tea and spices. Steep 5 minutes. Remove tea and strain. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Cool. Add remaining ingredients. Chill. Serve over ice cubes in pitcher. (7 cups) Cranberry Orange Quencher Combine one 32 ounce bottle cranberry cocktail with one cup orange juice and one teaspoon mace. Place an orange peel twist in each section of ice cube tray. Half fill each section with juice mixture. Freeze. Refrigerate rest of mixture. One half hour before serving: Remove tray from freezer. Thaw slightly. Put two or three cubes in each of six old-fashioned glasses. Pour refrigerated juice over ice cubes. Mixture will become slushy. Serve with tea- spoons. Makes six (8 ounce) servings. 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The relevant questions are When ?, By Whom ? and How do you get the financing ? Also, Who will provide the expertise ? The forum was part of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources' ongoing new crop development program. Not only are farmers and agricultural entrpreneurs seeking new crops, but a new 'farming enterprise also is looked upon as a way of relieving some serious pockets of vmemployment in the largest, by far, of the New England states. Crop development in Maine also could dovetail with what is happening in the cranberry industry, where demand is exceeding supply and land for bogs in the most productive state, Massachusetts, is becoming scarcer because of high prices and competition from developers. DURING a coffee break in the daylong meeting, Irving E. Demoranville, director of the Cranberry Experiment Station I in EastWareham, Mass., defined I what may happen next. In remarks to Charles Girard and another member of the I Farmers Home Administration, I he said: "The only way this is I going to work is if it is set up on I an experimental basis. It will I take Ocean Spray or an inde- ( pendent (cranberry grower) or (possibly a (Maine) blueberry I grower with sufficient money to ' set up an experimental bog." i Ninety persons attended the ' forum, held at the Senator Inn. I The affair was sponsored by the Maine Department of Agriculture. y One of the crucial issues dis- , cussed at the forum was the ( environment. - Bob Battesse, director, Maine Ifioard of Pesticides Control, set ithe tone for this issue when he 3aid: "I think we're an environ- ^ mentally conservative state. Cer- itainly, we're protective." The only sign that sparks could fly at the otherwise harmonious meeting occurred when Charles Whitmore of the U.S. Soil Ser- vice said that if wetlands are converted to bogs, "you still have wetlands." Lissa V/idoff of the Nature Conservancy's Natural Heritage Program promptly replied, "It's time for an ecologist to interject." "Whenever," she said, "there is a chance of losing wildlife habitat, you're trading values." That led Ben Gilmore, both a civil engineer and owner of Mas- sachusetts bogs, to respond. OOOOOOOOOO COVER PHOTO JOE SCOTT, left, Maine hor- ticulturist, and Irving "Dee" Demoranville, director, Massa- chusetts Cranberry Experi- ment Station, unfurl the state flag of Maine, which may figure strongly in cranberry growing in the future. In fact, cranberries could become a main crop. (CRANBERRIES photo) "Sometimes," he said, "bogs enhance wildlife." He went on to note the sight- ings of blue heron, crane, eagles and bluebirds, among other wild- life, on Massachusetts bogs. After listening to the aforemen- tioned, as well as Peter Kube, Army Corps of Engineers, Matt Schweisberg, U.S. Environmen- tal Protection Agency, and Bob Moore, Maine EPA, some wag CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 was overheard to say, "If they'd have put on that environmental panel first, we could have all gone home." Actually, the formal title of the panel was "Production in Maine, Opportunity and Constraints: Land Availability, Conversion, Water Management and Regula- tion." The apparent consensus that followed all the give-and-take was that it probably would be advan- tageous to develop upland rather than wetland bogs. Brooks Holmes told the group: "As a Massachusetts grower, I'm interested in coming into Maine. We can do it in the uplands. We can stay out of the wetlands. We don't have to get involved with the Army Corps of Engineers." There were three other panels. Their titles were: "Marketing in Maine"; "Pest Management and Regulation"; "The Business View- CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINI SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER A EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR MARKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (617) 763-5206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E Demoranville. DprectOf. Cranbefry Experiment Station NEW JERSEY - Phillip E- Marucci. Cranberry & Blueberry Specialist. Cranberry & Blueberry Laboratory. Chatswonh; Elizabeth G Carpenter. Chatswonh NOVA SCOTIA — Robert A Murray. Horticulturist. Berry Crops Research Station. Truro. OREGON — Arthur Poole, Coos County Extension Agent Coquille WASHINGTON — Aimi Y Shawa. Horticulturist and Extension Agent m Horticulture. Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit. Long Beach WISCONSIN — Too D Planer, Farm Management Agent. Wood County CRANBERRIES It puMlalMd monlMy by Otvcnllled Pcrlodlcalt. WttNryn Drive. Portland CT 0«4M. Second dan poetigt l> paid at On Ponlar>d. Conn. Po«lO«lc« Price 1« $10 • year. JU (orhw y»ar». $1 a copy In tha U S.; S12 • year In Canada; $15 a yaw In all c«Mr cojnMaa. BK:k ooplaK C lnclu<*>g poaOO*. CopyiIgM 1»M by Ohreralflad Perlodlcatt. ISSN: 0011 -07 »7 Poalmaaler, tend Form )74S la I CRANBERRIES P O BOX 249 COBALT CT 04414 point: Profitability, Private Ven- tures, Public/Private Partner- ships, Financing. IN HIS INTRODUCTORY remarks, Maine's associate commissioner of Agriculture, Carl Flora, said "regulatory balance" exists in Maine. "It is perceived," he said, "that laws exist for the benefit of the regulated as well as the public interest." One advantage of growing cranberries in Maine, Flora said, would be the opportunity "to engineer an entire industry from the ground up." He said some areas under con- sideration for bog development are among the most economically deprived in the state, but the inhabitants possess a strong work ethic. Irving E. Demoranville, direc- tor of the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station, in giving an overview of cranberry production and marketing in the U.S. and Canada, provided con- siderable historical and anecdo- tal backgroimd. He told the story, for example of "Peg Leg" John, an old-time grower, who stumbled while going upstairs with a basket full of cranberries and conceived the idea of the sorting machine when he saw the berries bouncing on the steps. Growers, he warned, should have happy wives. Many wives, he said, aren't happy when their husbands are out all night nursing their ber- ries during the frost season. Demoranville fielded many questions. In response to a query about whether the Massachusetts Cran- berry Experiment Station could handle Maine's research, he said it would like to, but never has enough money or personnel as it is. "I don't know what could happen," he added, indicating that the door wasn't completely shut. Asked whether pesticide residue can be found in reservoirs, he answered that cranberry pesti- cides either become bound up with soil organic matter or are broken down in the soil. He cited experiment station scientist Ksirl Deubert as saying that the water taken off cranberry bogs is purer than what is put on. # Industrial Suppliers To The Cranberry Industry Chain, Cable and Accessories Used for MalJJavia C tturcnul cJuarrovo (James Q). SnatijorJ 24 Bay Road/P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Conten/atton Commission, DEQE, Mass EPA, EPA and Corps of Engineers) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporations and partnerships, pensions and profit sfiaring plans, and Wills and Trusts) Land disposition (Purchase, sale and financing of existing bogs and potential sites) Land use management (Board of Appeals and Planning Board) 3^^^^^^^^^^^*.4^*.^^*A»-***-*J^*********-*^****4f * R.A.S.P. INC. 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"Because it relates to my job" or "I'm on the mailing list" are not valid reasons. Neither is "everyone else does," unless you're talking about a publication which is regularly discussed by colleagues and which contains information you can't obtain elsewhere. Your reading goals can be per- sonal or professional, long or short term, but it's important that you know exactly what they are. Whether you're contemplat- ing a trip or visit to a trade show or convention, or trying to keep up to date with the latest break- throughs in your industry, your reading should reflect these goals. 2. BE SELECTIVE. Would you eat everything in sight just to be well nourished? Of course not! Apply the same principle to your reading. 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Read those sections first. Whether you complete the book or not depends entirely on how closely linked it is to your goals. 3. SET DEADLINES. What you read also depends on how much time you have. After you've selected material and set a cer- tain amount of time aside to read it, establish reasonable deadlines. If you don't read the newspaper the day it's published, throw it out. Same applies to May's new- sletter if it's still hanging around on June 1st. Don't feel you'll miss something vital. Important topics are sure to be featured again. 4. WRITE AS YOU READ. Underline, make notes in the margin, put question marks beside confusing statements. By marking the text as you read, you're effectively outlining the main points it makes. This way, when you refer to it again, you won't have to reread the entire piece to refresh your memory. 5. DELETE AND DE- LEGATE. Get rid of any mate- rial which is useless to you. If you don't read it, cancel your magazine subscription or have your name removed from the mailing list. Still find yourself swamped? It can happen from time to time. This is when you should try delegation. Enlist a coworker, spouse, friend, or relative to help. Have them read and summarize the article for you. Alternatively, find a coworker whose reading requirements overlap your own. Then share the overlap. Suppose you both have to read the same four reports each month. If each of you read two, discuss them or trade marked -up copies (see Step 4), you'll both save time and still accomplish your reading goals. There's nothing difficult about reading effectively. All it takes is a little bit of thought and organ- ization. STAY INFORMED For 52 years, we've been the source groAvers turn to for the latest industry news, regional reports, grow^er profiles, weather statistics, recipes, humor, and more. So don't miss a single issue of CRANBERRIES, The National Cranberry Magazine. 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The agreement includes the dismissal of all pending cases before the state Tax Appeals Commission involving growers and nine communities. The cases arose when growers protested the assessment practices of local assessors. Wisconsin had set an equal- ized value of $8,000 an acre in 1987. Biron Cranberry Co., Dempze Cranberry Co. Northland Cranberries Inc. and other grow- ers argued that age, condition, productivity and other individual factors should be taken into con- sideration when making an assessment. The communities involved were Bear Bluff, Biron, City Point, Cranmoor, Gordon, Kingston, Knapp, Lincoln and Scott. Agreed upon by growers and state tax officials was a value of $7,200 per acre for 1988. Starting in 1989, valuations will be made on a individual basis. "A new 100 point evaluation system will be used to set the value of cranberry bogs across the state," said John Swendrow- ski, president of Northland Cran- berries. "The new measure is an equitable system of valuing cranberry beds, based on their individual condition and fair market value." Thomas G. Ragatz of the law firm of Foley & Lardner, which represented the petitioning towns, said, "Negotiating a satisfactory methodology for evaluating cran- berry beds required a significant exchange of information and negotiations with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue." MTC MIDDLEBOROUGH TRUST COMPANY The Business Bank. MTC offers you business banking built to your needs. Personal attention to your special financial requirements now and as you grow. Cooperatioa Flexibility. Complete business and personal banking. 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EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR MARKETING DIRECTOR: CAROLYN LABAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (617)763-5206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E. Demoranville, Director, Cranberry Experiment Station. NEW JERSEY — Phillip E Marucci. Cranberry & Blueberry Specialist. Crantjerry & Blueberry Laboratory, CHatswortti, Elizabetti G Carpenter. Chatsworth NOVA SCOTIA — Robert A Murray, Horticulturist, Berry Crops, Research Station, Truro OREGON — Arthur Poole, Coos County Extension Agent, Coquille WASHINGTON — Azmi Y Shawa, Horticulturist and Extension Agent in Horticulture, Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit, Long Beach, WISCONSIN - Tod D Planer, Farm Management Agent, Wood County CRANBERRIES Is published monthly by Olverillled Periodical!, Wellwyn Drive, Portland CT 064S0. Second clau pottage Is paid at the Portland, Conn. Post Otilce. Price Is $10 a year, $18 for hvo years, $1 a copy In the U.S.: $12 a year In Canada; $15 a year In all other countites.BacIt copies: $2, Including postage. Copyright 1986 by Olversllled Periodicals. ISSN: 0011-0787 Postmaster, send Form 3749 to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 Nobody knows where this will end, but the future does not look encouraging. More ponds and streams than ever before have been monitored and this devel- opment will not come to an end in the foreseeable future. • Whatever chemical is used, keep as much of it as you can out of the ditches, particularly the ditches containing running water. • If this cannot be done, keep the water impounded for as long as possible. • If the above cannot be done, residues in the parts per trillion range can be detectable down- stream. • See to it that the floodgates COVER PHOTO PHIL MARUCCI has retired as research professor in entomology and extension specialist in cranberry and blueberry culture at the Cranberry and Blueberry Laboratory in Chatsworth, N.J., but he still is avidly studying things that grow, both on his own and as a part-time researcher for Tru-Blue Cooperative Asso- ciation. He also is indulging his love for the classics and the breeding of day lilies. Needless to say, he is making good use of his retirement gift: a greenhouse. The Bud- dtown, N.J., resident also is continuing in his post as offi- cial Weather Bureau observer for the Pemberton Station. CRANBERRIES is happy to report that Marucci has agreed to write articles for forthcoming issues of the magazine. (Photo courtesy of Cook College, Rutgers University) are tight. • If the floodgates leok tight, think about the bottom plank. One does not see leakage coming from under the bottom plank and may have the wrong idea about being safe. • Do not trust stagnant water. "Stagnant" water actually may run at the rate of 2-5 feet per hour, which one cannot see from the dike— but it can amount to 48 to 120 feet in 24 hours. • Pesticides in ditch water break down 50-90% during the first 3-5 days after the applica- tion. Therefore, runoff occurring during the first days is more eas- ily detectable than runoff leav- ing the bog later due to higher concentration. • Fertilizers are now consider- ed as bad as pesticides. • For the time being, have peat or something else ready to keep the floodgates tight. PESTICIDES IN GROUND WATER With the increasing interest of regulatory agencies in pesticide Pump Repairs &. Scales All Types • Field Service • Chemlgatlon Equipment Sold • Demonstration by Appointment AAA Industrial Pump Service Inc. Bruce Sunnerberg 66 Lake Street Plympton, MA 02367 (617) 585-2394 residues in ground water, indi- vidual growers are nervous again about their particular situation. Here is our position: • The peat under most Massa- chusetts cranberry bogs (at times more than 40 feet deep) separ- ates the active upper layer supporting plant growth from the main aquifer. Under most bogs, there is an impervious layer that inhibits vertical water flow. • Peat under cranberry bogs does not act like a big sponge holding large volumes of water and releasing it to drainage streams. In most cases, water flow is very slow below the top layer that carries the cranberry bog soil. • Bogs draining into estuar- ies, primarily those located south of the Mid-Cape Highway, probably lack the impervious layer. The thickness of the underlying peat layer may vary, but we believe that the water flow in this peat is the same as under regular cranberry bogs. Contamination of ground water is considered improbable (or we would have looked into the mat- ter some time ago). • We do not have a ground water analysis that shows the presence of pesticide residues. • Soil analyses indicate that measurable amounts of pesticide are concentrated in the top 10-12 inch soil layer. • This situation exists in Massachusetts and is not neces- sarily applicable to the other cranberry producing areas. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH PESTICIDES IN WATER? Growers are more observant about residues in water than ever before. As a result, the number of fish kills caused by pesticide residues in water has been dras- tically reduced. Carelessness or accidents are the only causes of fish kills. Although we thought that this was an achievement, it is not enough anymore. EPA is now looking at residues in water in the parts per trillion range as potentially dangerous. Under these circumstances, the future use of chemicals in food production is questionable. Not only the cranberry industry is in danger, but also other agricultu- ral commodities. The difficulty is that studies done by the industry are not acceptable and private laborato- ries are employed to assess the situation. These laboratories usually come up with similar figures, but the interpretations can be different, e.g., phosphor- ous from decajdng leaves may be labeled fertilizer phosphorous. During the next two years, EPA will delegate the development of new regulations to fine tune the use of pesticides to the states. States are to determine sensitive areas and decide which chemi- cals may be used in these areas and— possibly— how much. Neither federal nor state agen- ices will have enough funds to study the situation carefully enough to make good decisions. The thought that input from the industry in this process will be ignored is not very comforting. NOTE: Therefore, growers should be extremely careful with the handling of chemicals. WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVINXLR DEVRINOL 10G • EVITAL • GUTHION DIAZINON 14G * PARATHION • ETHREL Cole /Grower Service 537 Atlas Ave., P.O. Box 721 1 . Madison, Wl 53707 (608) 221-6204 or 1-800-362-8049 Law Offices of a»d avia (_ nurcnill ^S)arrow (James Z). ^Harljord 24 Bay Road /P.O. Box 2899 Duxbury, Massachusetts 02331 617-934-6575 Bog renovation and Bog development (Contervallon Commlttlon, DEQE, Matt EPA, EPA and Corpt of Englneart) Business, retirement and estate planning (Incorporatlont and partnerthlpt, pantlont and profit tharing plant, and Wilt and Truttt) Land disposition (Purctiata, tale and financing of exlttlng bogt and potential titet) Land use management (Board of Appealt and Planning Board) i—fll ''-asasfe'^-j THE BOG by Daniel X. Coffey A distinctive full color print that illustrates the warmth, hard work and beauty of a cranberry bog! THE PRINT: This is a full color offset lithography print, printed on France's finest acid free paper, with nonfading inks. Size is 26" X 31". THE ARTIST: Daniel X. Coffey is a world renowned artist who has a number of limited edition prints, appearing in galleries all over the world. THE EDITION: This is a signed print, numbered to an edition size of 190. HOW TO ORDER: Mail check or money order for $200.00 to: The Photo-graphic Corporation of New England Post Office Box 581 Concord, Massachusetts 01 742 A 20% discount is granted with a grower's number. For additional information, please contact us at: Tel.: (508) 369-3002. All orders are 100% refundable. 5 Obituaries Gerald Potter Baptist Church for more than 60 years and had served as superin- tendent of the Sunday School and as a deacon. He also was a member of the Monroe County Sheriffs Posse. Potter was bom in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is survived by his wife, the former lila Gillette, a son, a daugh- ter, six grandchildren, five great- grandchildren, two brothers and a sister. Jerald Zimmerman Jerald D. Zimmerman of Stevens Point, Wise, a former employee of the Chelsea Treat Cranberry Marsh near Tomah, died Aug. 20 at the age of 55. Zimmerman had received a heart transplant in February 1987 and, for several months before his death, he and his wife, Sharon, had been developing plans to open a lakeside retreat where transplant patients could go to rest and recuperate. R.A.S.P. INC. Carrying a Complete Line of: Gerald Potter of Warrens, Wise, former president of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association, died at home July 25 at the age of 80. 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Costs of up to $500 an acre and the difficulty of getting the nematodes evenly spread are problems, he added. Richard Cavaletto, agricultural engineer at Oregon State University, spoke of the large range of efficiency in the spraying effectiveness of nozzles he tested. Of those he tested, he found that ceramic nozzles last the longest time, brass nozzles the least. WISCONSIN When spokesmen for the Potter & Sons marsh in Cranmoor found that 186 colo- nies of bees they rented from J.J. Tilta had been poisoned, they and Tilta offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) involved. They came to the conclusion that the poisoning had been deliberate rather than accidental after a University of Wisconsin biologist found a pesticide concentration of 100 parts per million in the felled bees. A concentration that high, said marsh man- ager Leonard Pun/is, ruled out the possi- bility that the bees had been accidentally poisoned by a spraying at nearby farms. They'd never have made it back to the hives, he said. Further, he added, there were human tracks leading to all of the hives. Anyone having information about the poisoning is asked to call the Wood County Sheriff's Department at 421-8554. Weather Watch MASSACHUSETTS July was somewhat on the warm side. WISCONSIN The summer of 1988 might be the top of conversation in the 21st century whi they get around to talking about really h weather. Records were being smashed over the place. Example: On Aug. 16 in Wisconsin Ra ids, a place not noted for tropical weathi the temperature hit a record breaking 1 degrees. The previous record was degrees, set in 1946 and 1983. Aug. #' ' LV»/ ' IV.»/ ' ' v»/ ' LV.»yj 'A'.'J '1*' I '.K'V; WJi !.v M^SMSSSMi !LWJLVVJLWJ'WJ'l»it4!'J!.l*'JtM»/JLV»y,; Spring 1989 J^^i^ Vines For Sale CRANBERRIES, INC Ben Lear Crowley Stevens Pilgrims Buy 10 tons, get one ton free. 20% down paynnent with order. Call for large order pricing. $3,500.00 per ton $3,500.00 per ton $3,500.00 per ton $4,000.00 per ton Prices F.O.B Contact: LeRoy Miles Northland Cranberries, Inc. (715)424-4444 251 Oak Street Wisconsin Rapids, Wi 54494 8 made the 37th day of temperatures over 90. In West Allis, Mayor Fred Cashmere declared that city employees wouldn't have I to wear neckties when the thermometer hit over 90 degrees — "if . . . you don't have to visit the president of the United States." Nepco Lake was down 2 feet, leaving some docks and swimming areas high and dry. aSSSaSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS«S8SSS&»V*.'»S'i &sss^S8ssssssssssssssssssssss&^isssssssss8sssssssswa^a-assss! Sound Tax Policy The old system in Wisconsin of having a universal valua- tion for marshes in Wisconsin made the job of assessors easier. But it wasn't fair to all growers. The new system, of valuing bogs individually, according to specific criteria of age, condition, etc., makes more sense. Unsound Policy What apparently doesn't make sense is the new 1,200 page trade bill that fails to lay down broad principles and leaves too much room for case-by-case haggling by administrative agencies and special interests. But, while he quarrels with the bill passed by Congress, RajTnond Vernon, professor emeritus of international affairs at Harvard University, says the new trade agreement with Canada offers hope "that we can produce a structure for trade decisions that is now drowned out by the debates between the President and the Congress over individual cases, that keeps its eye on the general welfare even as it recognizes the claims of special interests and regions of the country. In its broadest outlines, such a system would insti- tutionalize the participation of political and industry repre- sentatives within the process." In a letter Sept. 12 to The New York Times, he concluded: "That balance cannot be achieved, however, simply by increasing the President's discretion in the law to deal with hard cases, as the 1988 trade act has done. Painful though the chore may be, the next Congress will have to go back to the drawing board for a more durable solution." Financial Planners Open An Office In Mlddleboro Roger H. Parent Jr., enrolled agent, attorney Peter W. Hutchings and William H. Bestgen Jr., chartered financial consultant, have formed a professional association, Yankee Planners Inc., to provide financial planning services for individuals and businesses in the area. Their office is located at 59 N. Main St., Middleboro, Mass. Parent has been an accountant for 14 years, Hutchings has been a tax lawyer for 22 years and Bestgen has been pro- viding financial planning services for 18 years. CRANLAND SERVICES Cranberry Property Appraisals • ••••• Listings and Sales of Cranberry Properties. 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Japan has been the largest single U.S. offshore market for horticultural products for many years. Exports to Japan rose 60 percent from $472 million in 1983 to $755 milHon in 1987. Nearly 90 percent of the increase came during 1986 and 1987. Gains in recent years have been spurred on by an 80 percent appreciation in the value of the j4 No one is more qualified to serve your ^ Crop Insurance needs j^ than ^ THE BUTLER ^ ^ GROUP *r J)- 1 Crop Hail policies on any commercial crops— Hail Fire Vandalism and Transit 2 Federal Crop Insurance Policies (or Apples Potatoes Tobacco Corn Cranberries and ottiers 3 Home Auto Business Lite. Healin Call us for a quote or details Call US for a quote or details BUTLER Florists' & Growers' Insurance Agency ol New England, Inc. 20 South St., Westborough MA 01581 617-366-1512 XJ- 10 yen against the dollar and imple- mentation of USDA's Targeted Export Assistance (TEA) pro- gram, as well as relaxation of certain import barriers. ORANGES, grapefruit, cher- ries, strawberries, prunes, frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, canned com and frozen french fries registered the most signifi- cant export gains during 1985-87. Many U.S. horticultural pro- ducts have benefitted from the TEA program's promotional acti- vity. Under the program, the Foreign Agricultural Service allocates funds to grower groups to promote U.S. goods overseas. Only products affected by unfair foreign trade practices are ineligi- ble. Overhalfofthe$110millionof TEA funds available in 1988 are slated for horticultural export promotion. A sizable part of this amount is directed toward the Japanese market, where high consumer incomes, changing eat- ing habits and a growing open- ness to Western-style foods make the market ripe for U.S. sales. During any given week in Japan, food stores, hotels, res- taurants and media advertising feature promotions for a variety of U.S. horticultural products. The commodities promoted under the TEA program include rai- sins, table grapes, canned cling peaches and fruit cocktail, citrus from California, Arizona and Florida, avocados, cherries, kiwi fruit, potatoes, wine, walnuts, almonds and pistachios. DESPITE the sales successes achieved through promotion and improved market access, U.S. exporters still face several trade barriers that keep exports from reaching their full potential. Japanese restrictions such as import quotas, juice blending requirements and limited-entry seasons, limit the import of some products. Although per capita consump- tion of fresh citrus in Japan is nearly 23 kilograms per year — I BIG WHEEL TRUCK SALES 42 Quanapoag £. Freetown^ Mass. All types of medium and heavy duty trucks on hand from cab & cfiassis to dump trucks to road tractors. Largest used truck dealer In New England. All types of diesel repair. Largest tow trucks on the Ekist Coast. Call Bob or Joe (617)763-5927 or (617)763-8745 compared with the 1 1 kilograms in the United States — Japan continues to Hmit its imports of fresh oranges and orange juice. The United States and Japan negotiated agreements in 1979 and 1984 that enlarged the Jap- anese quota for fresh oranges from 45,000 metric tons in 1979 to 126,000 tons in 1987. The Uni- ted States currently supplies close to 100 percent of Japanese fresh orange import needs, but ana- lysts believe the volume would be much higher if quotas were lifted. While the United States domi- nates the fresh orange market, Brazil, with its less expensive products, has captured nearly 90 percent of the orange juice market. Under the 1979 and 1984 agree- ments, Japan raised orange juice quotas from 3,000 tons in 1979 to 8,500 tons in 1987. On March 31, 1988, the latest U.S.-Japanese agreement on cit- rus import quotas expired. The United States asked Japan to liberalize fresh orange and orange juice imports completely. Japan responded by agreeing to liberal- ize imports of fresh oranges in three years and orange juice in four years. Meanwhile, Japan plans to impose hefty tariffs on these imports for another three years. Present Japanese regulations require imported orange juice to be blended with domestic unshu mikan (satsuma) juice. Juice blending prevents Japanese consumers from developing a Wanted Wisconsin Cranbeny Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh. STEVE (715)421-0917 (715)593-2385 U.S. Is Top Supplier of Japan's Horticultural Imports United States 30% Philippines 16-4% Rest of World 21% 1986 Value = $2,4 Billion U.S. Fruits and Vegetables Are Tops on Japanese Shopping Lists Miscellaneous 3.8% Treenuts 1 1 .5% Alcotiolic Beverages 3.3% Non-Citrus 21.9% Citrus 37.1% Vegetables 22.4% 1987 Value = $755 Million 11 preference for sweeter, brand- identified imported juices. In 1986, Japan lifted its import quota on grapefruit juice. The United States dominates the frozen concentrate grapefruit juice market, selling $15.6 mil- lion worth to Japan in 1987. JAPAN' S strict phytosanitary regulations also can discourage U.S. exporters. Prior to 1978, Japan's plant protection and quarantine rules banned entry of all U.S. products that hosted the codling moth, including apples, pears, all stone fruit and in-shell walnuts. The first breakthrough was Japan's acceptance of a fumiga- tion procedure for Washington and Oregon cherries in 1978. However, Japan allowed entry of the U.S. cherries only after July 1 each year, following com- pletion of Japan's May-June cherry harvest. This late entry date precluded participation by California growers who market their crops in May and June. The red letter date for Califor- nia cherry exports was in 1987, when Japan approved a fumiga- tion procedure for California cherries. As a result, cherries could enter Japan between May 25 and June 7 and after July 1. The value of cherry exports to Japan jumped from $8.3 million in 1986 to $31.1 million in 1987. In subsequent years, entry win- dows are to be enlarged and all entry date restrictions will end in 1992. In 1986, fumigated in-shell walnuts were allowed to enter Japan. Research into fumigation of apples and California necta- rines continues. Nectarine ship- ments to Japan commenced June 20, 1988, and hopefully approval to ship U.S. apples will be obtained within the next few years. Although much remains to be done, some of Japan's phytosan- itary measures have been altered to aid importers. In April 1986, weekend food sanitation and Equipment, inc. 381 West Grove St. (Rte. 28) Middleboro, MA 02346 (617) 947-6299 ^KUBOTR Tractors, Excavators and Diesel Generators Q pYOTE Wheel Loaders 3/4 Yd -6 1/2 Yd Screening Equipment Plymouth Copters, Ltd. 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For example, on cherries, no post- harvest chemicals can be used because the Japanese view these as food additives, of which few are permitted in imports. Like- wise, only a limited number of fungicides have been cleared for use on products entering Japan. (Suzanne Ginger, formerly with the Horticultural and Tropical Products Division, is now in the International Trade Policy Div- ision, Foreign Agricultural Service.) WOLLSCHLAGER EXCAVATING Dragline Work — All Kinds Also Have Clam & Scalping Buckets Route 1 Necedah. m saeae 1-608-565-2436 *Complete line of cranberry pesticides, fertilizers, miticides. In stock when you want them. *Quality aerial applications. *Best application and safety equipment for your needs. *Proven frost warning equipment. 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"Our processing plants are really underutilized," Robert Phillips, company president, told freelance writer Anne Hyde Degan. "They are only used five weeks out of each year." Since the cranberry harvest is about a month later than the blueberry harvest, the use of present blueberry processing plants could be extended if cran- berry production is adopted in the state. In another recent development, Charles E. Davis, director of the Eastern Maine Development Cor- poration and former president of Jaspar Wyman, is spurring pri- vate and public efforts to get a pilot project started. Several Massachusetts grow- ers also are looking into bog development in Maine. There is a consensus, both pri- vate and public, that develop- ment would take place in upland sites because of Maine's strin- gent wetlands regulations. The Maine Department of Agri- culture, Food and Natural Resour- ces reports having received numerous letters of inquiry since it sponsored a Cranberry Forum in Augusta on July 13. One key figure in Massachu- setts cranberrying expressed the hope that Maine, for its own 14 sake, "wouldn't jump in with both feet," but would proceed cautiously. The likelihood that the state won't leap without looking is borne out by the Department of Cranherrp SERVICES Herbicides Applied Cutiom Pruning Cu»tom Ditching West Wareham, Massachusetts Sanding Wiping Wet Harvesting Mowing (Mowing includes Hydraulic Arm Flail Mower.) Ask for Rick at 295-5158 , Agriculture's working closely with I the University of Maine Exper- iment Station and Extension Service, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Downeast RC & D to provide technical assistance and to help ensure that pilot projects are envi- ronmentally sound. State and university person- nel are busily boning up on cranberry production. Represen- tatives attended the Fourth International Symposium on Vaccinium Culture in Wisconsin. 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Here are some you'll enjoy making and your tricksters will find irresistible. "Mini Cheese Pumpkins with Wizard's Berry Dip" can be prepared before the special day. The simple mix for the mini pumpkins is just grated cheddar cheese and mustard, which is then rolled into little balls. Top each with a stem shape, using short, thin slices of celery or green beems or parsley. Handy little hands will enjoy helping you create these charming little snacks. The pump- kins are to be dipped in a piquant sauce combining fresh cranberries and catsup. Serve the wee pumpkins on a platter around a bowl of the dip. For all those "sweet teeth" to devour, "Pumpkin Pizza with Cran- berry Fluff' is delectable and nutri- tious, tqo. Pie crust mix is the base for this treat, which is formed in the shape of a pumpkin, and baked. For the filling, there's a super tasty mix- ture combining butterscotch pudding, heavy cream, milk, mashed pump- kin and pumpkin spice. When the pizza shell has been filled with the pudding, it is topped with rosy fluffs made from jellied cranberry sauce and egg whites. The puffs of fluff are used to make the pumpkin's eyes. c^^^^^m;^y COMPUTER, INC. CRANWARE • Growers • Handlers • Chemical Applications • Chemicol Resale (508) 291-1192 2 Tobey Kood, Worehom, MA 02571 18 nose and mouth. The rim of the pumpkin and the face are garnished with sugar-syruped berries. It's all a beaming delight to behold and it's perfect as your colorful table center- piece. To round out your party taste pleasers, "Berry Bewitching Cider Punch" is prepared in a snap with cranberry juice cocktail, cider, fro- zen lemonade and orange slices. If you don't have a punch bowl, con- sider using a plastic bowl which can be decorated with colorful Halloween decals or homemade cutouts. How about a special Halloween game, "Pin the Stem on the Pump- kin"? 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Press small celery sticks or parsley stems into top of each ball to resemble a pumpkin. Chill until ready to serve. DIP: In a saucepan, mix cranberries, sugar, water. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in catsup. Chill. Place bowl of spicy dip on platter and surround with mini pumpkins. PUMPKIN PIZZA WITH CRANBERRY FLUFF (Serves 8) 1 package (11 ounces) pie crust mix 2 packages (3V4 ounces each) butterscotch pudding and pie filling 1 cup (^/2 pint) heavy cream 1 cup milk STAY INFORMED subscribe to CRANBERRIES | $10 a year-$18 two years Send check or money order to: CRANBERRIES P.O. Box 249 COBALT CT 06414 1 cup canned, mashed pumpkin 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie slice 1 can (8 ounces) jellied cranberry sauce 2 egg whites Fresh or frozen-fresh cranberries, (from 1 pound container as needed) Corn syrup and sugar Prepare pie crust according to pack- age directions. Roll out crust on a floured surface into an 11 inch round. Place round on a foil lined cookie sheet. With a sharp knife, cut pie crust into large pumpkin with a stem. Roll trimmings with the fin- gers into a long rope. Place rope around edge of pumpkin, crimping edges of rope and pumpkin to seal, shaping an edge about V2 inch high. Prick bottom of shell with the tines of a fork. Bake in a preheated hot oven (400°?) for 15 to 20 minutes or until brown. In a saucepan, mix pudding, heavy cream, milk, pump- kin and spice. Stir over low heat until pudding bubbles and thickens. Cool, cover and then chill. When ready to serve, spread filling evenly into baked shell. In a bowl, beat cranberry sauce and egg whites until stiff and mixture holds peaks. Spoon eyes, nose and mouth of cranberry fluff on pumpkin. Roll cranberries in syrup and then in sugar. Place cranberries around outer edge of pizza and on the eyes, nose and mouth. When serving, spoon remain- ing topping on each portion of pizza. BERRY BEWITCHING CIDER PUNCH (Makes about 9 cups) 4 cups cranberry juice cocktail, chilled 4 cups cider, chilled 1 can (6 ounces) frozen concentrated lemonade, undiluted Sugar to taste Ice cubes, orange slices In a large bowl or pitcher, mix cran- berry juice, cider and lemonade. Add sugar to taste and stir until well blended. Add ice cubes and orange slices and serve. CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 J»^ t Cl. l.t»»**^Ct^*^Ltl-l-tl.l-<^^^.<.^-<-l.<.t. 1-1- 1.111- l.^.l-1-l-l.l.l.l.l-t^^J lni^9tion Supplies • 2" to 12" PVC Pipe with Fittings • Quick Couple Risers • Felker Aluminum Flumes & Culverts Replace old aluminum mains with government approved 4", 6" and 8 " polyethylene pipe buried just below bog surface. No insert fittings. Rent our butt fusion welder for a continuous main line. 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The CCCGA recommends that photographers obtain permission before entering property they do not own. Photos must be in color and include negatives — no slides. They must be no smaller than 3" by 5" and no larger than 8" by 10". Name, address and phone number should be printed on the reverse side of an entry. All entries become the property of CCCGA and will not be returned. Contest judge will be Hal Peter- son, professional photographer and owner of The Shutterbug Camera Shop in Fairhaven. Winning photos will "go on the road" with the promotion committee to state and national events and will be eligible for publication in a book- let on Massachusetts cranberry cul- ture, wetlands and wildlife sponsored by the environmental committee. There is no limit to the number of entries that may be submitted. Grand prize will be an U" by 14" framed enlargement of the winning photo. First prize in each of the categories will be 10 rolls of Kodak color film. There also will be second and third prizes and honorable mentions. For further information, contact Carolyn Gilmore at (508) 763-5206 or Linda Rinta at (508) 295-3254. 20 I HAVE YOU MISSED THESE ARTICLES? CRANBERRIES Magazine's Reader's Service makes available copies of the articles listed below which have appeared in past issues. Order the article you want to update your library. Please send a check or money order with each article requested. ORDER BY NUMBER. 536 First Issue of CRANBERRIES, Published in 1936 8.00 1066 Early History of Massachusetts State Crant>erry Bog 3.50 1166 New Jersey Research Center at Oswego 3.50 1266 Whitesbog, New Jersey 3.50 768 History of Cranberry industry in Wisconsin 3.50 868 Sprinitler Frost Protection, Parts I, II, ill 10.00 1069 Resanding of Massachusetts Bogs, Parts I, il 7.00 570a Cranberries Greeted Our Forefathers 3.50 570b Cranberry Pollination 3-50 1270 Progress in Controlling Bird Damage to Crops 3.50 371a Oxygen Deficiency Kills Cranberry Insects 3.50 371b Summer Spray Application of Phosphorus 3.50 672 Honeybee Populations and Fruit Set In Cranberry 3.50 772 Surface Water Quality in Drainage Areas of Cranberry Bogs 3.50 573 insecticide Toxicity to Honeybees 3.50 673 Prolonging the Life of Harvested McFarlln Cranberries 3.50 274 Effect of Light on Cranberry Seed Germination 3.50 374 Effect of Temperature on Germination of Cranberry Seeds 3.50 275 Analyses of Cranberry Marsh Discharge Waters-Progress Report 3.50 976 Response of Cranberry Bogs to Sulfur-Coated Urea 3.50 380 Effect of Trash on Growth Inhibition 3.50 680 Aircraft Spraying and Fruit Rot 3.50 880 Ocean Spray Golden Anniversary 3.50 281 Fairy Ring Control 3.50 481 The Rope-Wicit Weed Wiper 3.50 781 Cranberry Pollination in British Columbia 3.50 282a 1981 Fungicide Trials 3.50 282b Abbott Lee's 3 Wheel Water Harvester 3.50 582 Fungus Research at University of Wisconsin 3.50 183 Fungicide Trials on Cranberries 3.50 283 Cross-Fertilization Experiments 3.50 583 Bogside Wildlife 3.50 783 Orthene Experiments 3.50 284 The Cranberry in History 3.50 884 Modifications to Furford Picker-Pruner 3.50 685 Sex Attractant Traps 3.50 1285a Integrated Pest Management: What It Means 3.50 1285b Picking at the 63rd Parallel 3.50 486 Appropriate Rates for Lorsban 3.50 686a Spur: A Promising insecticide 3.50 686b Ponds for Profit 3.50 986 3 Year IPM Survey 3.50 387 A Survey of Cranberry Dieback 3.50 487 A Rationale for Pruning 3.50 587 Ditch Stonecrop and Its Control 3.50 687 Control With Fydulan 3.50 787 Using Furioe and Fusllade 3.50 987 insecticide Timing to Control Fruitworm 3.50 188 All Terrain Vehicles 3.50 288 Cranberry Tipworm— 1986 Damage 3.50 C. 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We will supply you with exactly what you need, not something designed for somebody else! For information, quotations, local representation, call: 1-800-442-7867 or FAX 406-365-8088 Page 2 CRANBERRIES Noven ler 1988 Wisconsin Association 100 Years and Still Growing By FREDERICK POSS * Smiles from hundreds of happy )eople popped up faster than cran- )erry blossoms one day near the snd of summer. That's the day the jrajmor Cranberry Marsh of Wis- ;onsin Rapids, Wise, welcomed ;ome 1,500 people for a commem- irative field day celebrating 1988 is the centennial year of the Wis- ;onsin Cranberry Growers Associ- ition. HOSTS for this gala occasion were he Gordon Dempze and Ron Heller amilies, which greeted guests arriving m shuttle buses with a hardy hello and . packet of materials, including a his- ory of the Gaynor Cranberry Company. Gary Dempze, a robust and genial nan who works the marsh full time, irovided an oral history to supplement he handout visitors received. "In 1876," Gary explained, "John ind James Gaynor came from Wauke- ha (Wise.) to start a cranberry marsh, n 1893, James Gaynor went to the tate legislature to ask for money to itudy cranberries ... he received $250 or a Va acre plot at the Gaynor marsh. 3y 1896, he had expanded the plots to 5 icres at this experimental station, and I'rom 1897 to 1913 every field day summer convention) was held there except for 1910)." And how does the Dempze family tie n to the Gaynor marsh? "In 1903," Gary said, "Charles Dempze and his mother started to work it the Gaynor marsh. By 1926, Charles vas marsh manager and, for the next 10 years, proceeded to buy stock in the ;ompany." I The company did very well under s^t«/JWWiA»yLv»ijwwwwi»yiv»>yivayi>»jiJ!^^ COVER 5USAN Renae Sampson was ;ommissioned by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers \ssociation to paint "Cranberry tiarvesttime" in celebration of ;he 100th year of the organiza- ion. A story about the field day lommemorating the anniver- sary starts on this page. LOTS of interest was displayed over the large display of machinery at the 100th anniversary fete of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association. (CRANBERRIES photo by Frederick Poss) Charles's management and in 1941 was the largest grower of cranberries in Wisconsin. In 1968, Charles Dempze died and his son, Gordon, assumed complete management of the company. "There are three boys and one girl who are the children of Gordon," Gary continued, ". . . and if you wait a min- ute, I'll go get him for your picture." So the only appropriate place to cele- brate the 100th field day would have to be the marsh where the very first field CONSULTING ENGINEERS SURVEYORS Extensive experience in all aspects of cranberry land development: evaluation, purchase, survey, design, permit acquisition, phased construction and planting both in wetlands and uplands. Have references. Will travel. Contact: Will Lee 10948 Highway 54 East Wisconsin Rapids, Wl 54494 (715)424-3131 CRANBERRIES November 1988 Page 3 day was held? "Yes, that's right!" explained an officer in the growers association while arrangements were being made for a photo of the widely known and highly respected dean of Gaynor marsh: Gor- don Dempze. A photo session provided the oppor- tunity to catch Gordon, proudly exhibit- ing a box of cranberries sporting the well-known Gaynor label, and his son, Jim, and daughter-in-law, Suzie, were willing to exhibit some of the historic newspaper clippings and antique packing and sorting equipment still set up in some of the outbuildings. VIEWING the exhibitions and tak- ing pictures was not limited to the press. Another set of hosts quickly appeared on the scene to lead visitors and press alike around the spacious grounds. Andy and Annie Cranberry, two bigger-than-life clowns, pointed out where a visitor could find the historical and equipment displays, where the crafts and indoor exhibitors were located, and even where to stand to catch a bus for a tour of the marsh. A quick check of the crafts' areas revealed everything from cranberry knickknacks to a Cranberry Associa- tion quilt made especially for the cen- tennial. There was a special treat for artistic-minded visitors if they stopped CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER a EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (508) 763-5206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E. DemoranvNIe, Director. Cranberry Experiment Station. NEW JERSEY— Phillip E.Marucci, Cranberry & Blueberry Specialist. Buddtown. Elizaljetti G Carpenter. Ctiatsworth NOVA SCOTIA — Robert A Murray. Horticulturist. Berry Crops, Research Station. Truro OREGON — Arthur Poole, Coos County Extension Agent. Coqurlle WASHINGTON — Azmi Y Shawa, Horticulturist and Extension Agent in Horticulture. Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit. Long Beach WISCONSIN — Tod D Planer. Farm Management Agent. Wood County CRANBERRIES li publlihcd monthly by Dlv«r>lflMl Perlodl- c«li, Wellwyn Driva, Portland CT 06480. Sacond claaa poa- tagalapaldat Itia Poniand. Conn. Poat Otflca. Prlcala$15a year, S28 lor two yaara. $2 a copy In Iha U.S.; t17 a yaar In Canada: (20 a yaar In all othar countriaa. Back coplaa: $2.50, Including poataga. Copyright 1988 byOlvarallladParlodlcals. ISSN: 0011-0787 Poatmaalar, aand Form 3749 lo: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 Page 4 CRANBERRIES November 1988 i Pi Tf\f\i PAUL Salzwedel showed off the picker head he developed. (CRANBERRIES photo by Frederick Poss) to chat with Phylhs Sampson and viewed her daughter Susan's lovely commemorative oil painting of a cran- berry harvest. "There are 40 to 50 indoor exhibitors and 50to eOoutdoorequipmentdealers," Gary Dempze had explained earlier. And a long look down "dealers' row" showed an impressive array of cranes, heavy-duty earthmovers, helicopters and harvesting machines. Paul Salzwedel of Warrens, Wise, was busy demonstrating his machine. "It's a cranberry picker head," he said, as curious onlookers examined it. "It's a Getsinger design . . . this is a hydraulic, 5 foot wide riding tractor, which can pick wet or dry." THE NOONDAY SUN must have heard about the centennial, too. The nearly 100 degree heat and high humidity made more than a few vis- itors make use of the carefully planned refreshments and hospitality centers. Cranberry ice cream and drink were especially popular. And the shade of the meeting hall beckoned to people after lunch to hear the welcome to the field day given by this year's state president, Nodji Van Wychen. Committee reports about new real estate forms which can greatly assist tax assessors and growers alike and the great increases in grasshopper infestations due to the drought this summer were two of the main themes during the business meeting. Perhaps the best moment of the field day centennial, however, may have been a simple observation the current state president made as she looked across the rows of tables, chairs, booths, displays, machinery and buses and people, all in harmonious motion. "You know," she reflected, as a smile bom of hard work and accomplish- ment formed quietly across her fea- tures, "in 1953, there were 75 people who attended the field. Last year, there were about 900. Just look at this year! We probably have 1,500 people here. This just keeps growing bigger and bigger every year." . . . if John and James Gaynor and Charles Dempze could have been lis- tening in at that moment . . . they'd have been smiling too. ^S^S^mky COMPUTER, INC. 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By FREDERICK POSS "Don't fall over the cement steps— the lights aren't on and there are toy trucks all over the place!" ITis 8:30p.m. and Nodji Van Wychen, her husband, Jim, and their four child- ren are graciously trying to accomo- date one more interview about the upcoming Wisconsin Cranberry Grow- ers Association Centennial — even though it's late and she has been on the road all day promoting the event. We stumble out past the garage of their new log home. The pine which the Van Wychens cleared for new cran- berry beds has been recycled into sid- ing and — as with everything else about marsh operation — everyone in the family pitched in when the hard work of roofing and splitting shingles demanded attention. As Jim starts up their roomy CMC van, Nodji explains that the vehicle "works out real well going to parades with the royalty girls. They (the queen and her court) can change while we are setting up the royalty float, so eve- ryone is ready at the same time." It turns out that one daughter, Tanya, age 15, is one of this year's cranberry princesses and her duties include a steady schedule of parades and festival appearances. Was being a wardrobe assistant part of the job description for Nodji's role as president of the state cranberry association? CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 ....fa--- -^ ^^H ■i VM 1 NODJI Van Wychen, new president of the Wisconsin State Cran- berry Growers Association never fails to find an opportunity to promote cranberries. Here she is being interview^ed by an area television station. (CRANBERRIES photo by Frederick Poss) She chuckles, than says seriously, "It is getting so that the cranberry growers themselves can't do all of the work, so we're thinking about hiring an executive director." The van is bumping along pretty good now. Jim needs to drive out on the reservoir dikes to turn on the motors which drive the irrigation pumps. A first year fawn prances nervously in Financial Strength. . . Personalized Service. Isn't That What You Need In A Bank? The Jackson County Bank We're large enough to serve has supported agriculture in the you and yet we offer personal- area for more than 1 1 0 years, ized service which your busi- We recognize the importance ness demands, of the cranberry industry and are The Jackson County Bank. A pleased to provide finanical ser- name to count on throughout vices for all your banking needs. the years. lf<9M tk -t^ dllficna. S^ JACKSON COUNTY n Jt UJI^ Member FOIC D/\PI ^W I7ISI 284 S341 Black Rivc( Falls Alma Cent 1 HKlon. Meinllan. Taylor. Wl 54615 Page 6 CRANBERRIES November 1988 ,Tont of our glaring headlights as Jim fjits the horn and brakes. Another inoment's hesitation, then the yearling bounces back through the "deer-proof [fence from whence he came. "BUT haven't people been irrigat- ing cranberries and chasing away whitetails for more than 100 years in Wisconsin?" I ask. "Yes," Mrs. Van Wychen agrees. "The growers first organized meeting was held in 1887 in New Lisbon, Wise. A group of them got together to share ideas, problems and marketing sug- gestions. Because of that meeting, they decided to form bylaws and the follow- ing year (1888), they adopted the bylaws — so that's why we choose 1888 as the year for the centennial." The van slows momentarily as another animal confronts the vehicle. Phis time it's smaller. A brown, furry streak scoots across the ditch. "Otter, maybe," Jim allows, and the v^an and interview continue on. So the entire year is a celebration of the cranberry growers centennial? "That's right," President Van Wychen agrees. "At our winter meeting in Wis- consin Rapids, we were able to have Grov. Tommy Thompson proclaim an Dfficial cranberry day. We also set up historical displays, paperworks, the first mechanical picker, cranberry quilts, wooden scoops and the like." What else? "In May," she continues, "the South Wood County Museum renovated their cranberry building for a cranberry his- tory of Wood County." And what about the field day coming up in Wisconsin Rapids? "We choose the Gaynor Marsh," Mrs. Van Wychen says, "because the first field day was held there — and we are coming back to the original marsh." CRANLAND SERVICES Cranberry Property Appraisals • ••••• Listings and Sales of Cranberry Properties. License # 68987 Lawrence W. Pink Old Cordw^ood Path Duxbury, MA 02332 (617)934-6076 "There's a state fair booth, too," she adds. "Yesterday, I spent all day with it." "It" turns out to be a 120' by 10' low- boy which displays the progress of harvesting tools. She concludes, "It displays the first mechanical picker by Robert Case from Warrens, the Getsinger picker, the four wheel Felton raking machine and the water wheel cranberry beater." I am recognizing some local names as we talk about the picking machines, so I ask about them. "Most of the inventions of cranberry machinery have been created right here in Warrens and Wisconsin Rapids," Nodji says quickly. There seems to be a hint of pride about that in her voice. AND what about the rest of the year? Anything else coming up to cele- brate the year of the cranberry? "There is a centennial quilt," Mrs. Van Wychen tells me. "Five ladies who are growers have fashioned a quilt that shows some of the history of cranberry growing. The quilt is to be displayed at all events this year." "And we commissioned an oil paint- ing by a famous Wisconsin artist, Susan Renae Sampson of Black River Falls," she says as the van swings back for the bouncy return trip home. 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Barnstable, Ma. 02668 Phone 362-6018 CRANBERRIES November 1988 Page 7 stands his ground in the near black Wisconsin twilight as Jim opens a shed to start an electrically operated water pump for three acres of new beds. "How about the Warren Falls Festi- val?" I inquire. "They have adopted the 100 year theme," Nodji explains, "for the parade and fest units. There will be the low- boy with the antique machinery and past officers of the association on a float. We hope to send a unit to the Eagle River and Stone River fest, too." What about concluding activities? That is, if anyone still has enough energy. "At our winter meeting, there will be a few culminating activities," Mrs. Van Wychen says. "But one thing your readers should know" — and she pauses significantly — "is in a year fi-om now we'll be completing a huge, 100 year heritage book. And we hope that every cranberry grower's family will have an article to contribute about themselves and their marsh." THE WARM, coffee black of night- time in swamp country reminds eve- ryone that it's time for the interview to end. We linger for a moment by the van. The aroma of red pine and rough- sawn cedar pours out to us from the rectEingle of light that is the doorway to the handmade Van Wychen home. "The heritage book is due out in August, 1989," Nodji points out. "We didn't want to rush it — we want to do it well!" . . . the book will be a great success I decide as the porch light dims and I maneuver my car around for a try at locating the highway. If the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association makes its book even half as well as it selects dedicated people to run its organizaton, there should be no problem at all. Wanted Wisconsin Cranbeny Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh. 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For additional information, please contact us at: Tel.: (508) 369-3002. All orders are 100% refundable. Page 2 CRANBERRIES December 1988 Question Arises atACGA Meeting Who Knows Best When It Comes To Pinelands' Environment? By ELIZABETH CARPENTER Remember how easy it was to tell right from wrong when you were just a kid? Mom and Dad made the rules and you abided by them. If you didn't, punishment was swift and, most likely, fair. AGE has a way of turning those black and white rules into gray, espe- ciedly when it comes to matters envir- onmental. Suddenly, there are many "Moms and Dads"— state and federal agencies — and, too often, each has its own set of rules. If you're a cranberry grower in "New Jersey's Agricultural Game," you'll soon discover that a lot of your time can be spent "taking 10 steps backwards," because you didn't post your property correctly, and "missing a turn," because you fell into a water hazard. The confusion and frustration pro- duced by a potpourri of state and fed- eral regulations was again apparent among growers at last summer's American Cranberry Growers Associ- ation (ACGA) meeting. It is obvious that there's no such thing as "father knows best" or one government agency clearly defining and then enforcing environmental regulations. In fact, there appears to be an incredibly uneven understanding among regulators about the needs of cranberry agriculture. Some of the knottiest problems that confront New Jersey growers are related to water usage and agricultural devel- opment of wetlands. Without question, when the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve was established 10 COVER BELIEVE it or not, inside that "Crananimal," mascot of the Mayflower Cooperative Bank, is a pretty 11-year-old girl. Revel Gilmore. Revel donned the outfit for the delight of vis- itors to the lOlst annual meet- ing of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association. (CRANBERRIES photo by Kirby Gilmore) years ago by section 502 of federal Pub- lic Law 95-625, challenges to this state's cranberry agricultural community increased. Yes, the law says the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan wiU "adequately protect the significant . . . agricultural . . . resources of the Pine- lands National Reserve." However, the second to last paragraph of this section says: Nothing in this section (502) shall be construed to limit or prohibit any Federal action ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or directed by a Federal agency as essential for the protection of pub- lic health or safety, for national security or defense, or for the maintenance of environmental values within the Pinelands National Reserve or the Federal Project Review Area. But who is to say what is necessary to maintain "environmental values within the Pinelands National Reserve?" OUT of this Pandora's box of legis- lation has "popped" the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Today, their mission in New Jersey's cranberry country— the Pinelands— is to protect wetlands, the wetlands long used for cranberry bog development. ACGA's president, Joseph Darling- ton, and his family, owners of the Joseph J. White Company, have wrestled with the challenge of bog development in their privately owned wetlands for over a year. When asked, Darlington estimated be has spent roughly $50,000 in labor trying to comply with the Army Corps of Engineers' regulations. Meanwhile, a team of growers, headed by William S. Haines Jr., has traveled to Washington, D.C., to plead the growers' case. Very simply, in their view, it doesn't make sense to develop bogs in uplands as has been recom- mended. A GROWING competition for water resources could be seen in a New Jersey State Planning Commission projection that 1.5 million people will be added to the state's population by the year 2,000. Without question, some of these new- comers will join the half million people currently living in the Pinelands National Reserve. Most will settle in designated Regional Growth Areas that ring the core of the Pinelands, the cen- CRANBERRIES December 1988 Page 3 WILLIAM PARKHURST talks with William S. Haines Jr., Henry Mick and Kevin McClurg about weather monitoring equipment, including this anemometer. (CRANBERRIES photo by Elizabeth G. Carpenter) ter of this state's cranberry industry. Robert Zampella, science coordina- tor for the Pinelands Commission, explained to growers his agency's efforts to prepare for the region's future water consumption. Studies evaluating the Cohansey aquifer's ability to meet long-range sewer and water demands, as well as to continue cranberry agri- culture, will be undertaken, he explained, by the U.S. Geological Survey, the New Jersey Geological Survey and the state's Department of Environmental Protec- tion (DEP), in conjunction with the Pinelands Commission. Zampella assured growers that no water would be drawn from the Sleeper Branch or the Lower Atsion, two Mul- lica River tributaries that are vital to the cranberry industry. Additionally, projected growth in the Camden County municipalities of Winslow, Waterford and Chesilhurst has been reduced by 25 percent and Cohansey aquifer exportation to Camden City has ceased, he said. Despite these reassurances, growers' questions reflected skepticism stimu- lated by this summer's record breaking heat and drought. Grower Haines sug- gested Dr. Ferdows Ali, N.J. Depart- ment of Agriculture water specialist, be added to the commission's Cohansey aquifer study team. Page 4 CRANBERRIES December 1988 RAY FERRARIN, assistant direc tor of the DEP pest control program, reviewed the department's pesticide application guidelines with growers. He told growers that the U.S. Envir- onmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed proposed pesticide regulations affecting farm workers. However, he added, "New Jersey has a head start with the development and Vm Ben Lear $5,000 a ton Stevens $4,000 a ton Crowley $4,000 a ton Bergman $4,000 a ton Prices are F.O.B. $500 a ton less with 50% payment before cutting Richberry Farms Ltd 11280 Mellis Drive Richmond, B.C. V6X 1L7 Canada Res. (604) 273-4505 Bus. (604) 273-0777 DR. PAUL ECK explains his effort to control heat stress in cranberries by using sprinkler irrigation. (CRANBERRIES photo by Elizabeth G. Carpenter) implementation of such regulations." The advisory board to the DEP bureau of pesticide control will review New Jersey's regulations with EPA officials in an effort to show that this state's farmers are already complying with proposed federal guidelines. TTie consensus was that, overall, New Jersey farmers are adhering to pesti- cide applicator/application rules. There has been a downward trend in com- plaints within the past two years and many of these, when checked, have not constituted a violation. Without question, home owners mis- apply chemicals more frequently than does the agricultural community. To combat this problem, the Bureau of Pesticide Management has developed a public outreach program in which staff members speak to civic and ser- vice groups about safe home gardening techniques. Federal groundwater testing for pes- ticide pollution will begin in New Jer- sey in 1989, Ferrarin said, as part of EPA's effort to encourage each state to implement a groundwater strategy program. Aquifers will be monitored to determine if pollution is occurring. Ferrarin reminded growers that many DEP agencies are already monitoring groundwater in an effort to identify pollution problems. He said that "farmers should not regard the monitoring process as a threat. It may work to agriculture's advantage," especially if it is found that agricultural practices have little or no impact on groundwater. DR. GEORGE HAMILTON, Rutgers University extension specialist in pesticides, reviewed the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, sec- tions 302 and 304, with growers. He explained that these regulations help protect the sur- rounding community if a pesticide related accident occurs on a farm. A listing of pesticides currently consi- dered by EPA as extremely hazardous sub- stances, along with the threshold planning quantity and reportable quantity of each, was distributed to growers by Hfunilton. If growers have extremely hazardous substan- ces in amounts above the threshold plan- ning quantities, they are to file a compliance form with the DEP's Division of Environ- mental Quality. Growers were reminded that accidents resulting in off-site exposure caused by spill or drift can be minimized when materials are used according to label directions. Hamilton then reviewed the extensive proposed EPA farmworker pesticide appli- cation standards, standards that — when approved — will be enforced by this federal agency. Noting that the state's cranberry growers already adhere to New Jersey's strict pesti- cide application regulations, Abbott Lee, ACGA representative to the advisory board for DEP's Bureau of Pesticide Control, moved that an ACGA resolution be forwarded to EPA. The resolution states: "ACGA members currently promote a posting system compatible with the state regulations, regulations as strict as those proposed by the EPA. Further, growers want the state system to remain as is with- out federal intervention." Edward V. lipman seconded Lee's motion. Growers unanimously concurred in the belief WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HEADQUARTERS FOR SEVINXLR DEVRINOL 10G • EVITAL • GUTHION DIAZINON 14G • PARATHION * ETHREL Cole/Grow^er Service 537 Atlas Ave., P.O. Box 721 1 , Madison, Wl 53707 (608) 221-6204 or 1-800-362-8049 CRANBERRIES December 1988 Page 5 that duplication of regulations will lead to confusion and unnecessary paperwork. DR. DUKE ELSNER, entomologist at Rutgers Blueberry/Cranberry Research Center, reviewed with growers the proce- dures used in the center's first year of an integrated pest management (IPM) scout- ing program. Economic thresholds for pes- ticide application in New Jersey will be established over time, he said. Eisner explained that the center doesn't "have a product to sell yet. We need at least one more season of testing." ACGA president Darlington said the IPM program's benefits will outweigh its cost. In the future, the eunount and kind of pesticide apphcations made to bogs will be directly related to scientifically established economic thresholds, he said. This should lead to an overall financial saving, as well as public awareness of the fact spraying is taking place only when needed, he added. THOMAS DARLINGTON, a member of the board of directors of the Cranberry Institute, concluded the morning session by introducing Chfurles Ehrhart, the Institute's recently appointed executive director. Ehrhart, who is with the Robert H. Kellen Companyof Atlanta and Washington, D.C., explained to growers how his concern could assist the cranberry industry in effectively communicating with the general public and makers. The company has successfully served food and beverage associations nearly 25 years and plans to assist the Institute in resolving horticultural and environmental issues related to cranberry agriculture. DURING the afternoon session, growers toured the Rutgers Research Center bogs, where they had an opportunity to see weather and harvesting equipment and to hear Dr. Eck describe the most recent results of his irrigation research. To date, irrigation appears to have little or no impact on the center's half acre bogs. However, future monitoring of sprinkler irrigation aimed at controlling excessive temperatures on larger commercial bogs is expected to show a cooling influence, Eck explained. SERVICES Herbicides Applied Custom Pruning Custom Ditching West Wareham, Massachusetts Sanding Wiping Wet Harvesting Mowing (Mowing includes Hydraulic Arm Flail Mower.) Ask for Rick at 295-5158 Page 6 CRANBERRIES December 1988 The Boston Globe Gives Background Fruit Juice Labeling is Dead For at Least a Year In a carefully researched piece Oct. 19, The Boston Globe revealed that at least two U.S. senators who slipped a last minute mea- sure opposing fruit juice labeling into a congressional report had earlier received "speech fees" from an Ocean Spray lobbyist. The lobbyist, Gerald Cassidy of Washington, D.C., told the Globe, "That's the way Washington works." Cassidy said he advised the cranberry cooperative to pay a number of $2,000 speech fees to key politicians and to contribute more than $50,000 to various con- gressional campaigns. The measure forbids the Food and Drug Administration from spending funds that would force companies to disclose how much pure juice is in their drinks. Ocean Spray has long opposed such a requirement, saying that highly acidic, low moisture con- tent cranberry juice requires lots of dilution to make it palatable. To be forced to disclose the amount of juice content, the coop- erative argues, would give an unfair advantage to other com- panies that produce drinks from juices that already contain a great deal of water. Apple juice is an example. The byline Globe story by Michael Kranish said the measure was submitted by Sen. Robert Kasten (R-Wisc.) to House Appro- priations Committee chairman Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-Miss.), who offered it into the congressional report. A Kasten aide said the speech fee had nothing to do with the senator's pushing hard for the measure. The Globe said Kasten accepted $2,000 in speech fees and Whitten accepted at least $4,000, which they can keep for personal use. Some juice companies want the labeling requirement, figuring it will give them a competitive edge. Gk)rdon Crane, president of Apple and Eve, declared: "It's one thing to openly argue the merits of hon- est juice labeling and to permit the FDA to exercise its judgment as required by law. But at the last minute to sneak in one sentence to forbid the FDA from going for- ward with this regulation is poli- tical skullduggery." Mitch Zeller, a staff attorney for the Center for Science in the Pub- lic Interest, said the last minute political maneuver made it impossible for opponents to say anything. "Of course there was no opposi- tion at the meeting because it was done in secret and the opponents didn't know about it." The Globe quoted John Llewel- lyn Jr., Ocean Spray president as saying: "Isn't that what govern- ment is all about? Aren't we sup- posed to be able to go to our con- gressmen and stop something?" Ocean Spray has favored man- datory labeling that would dis- close the nutritional value of its drinks. Such labeling, the cooper- ative attests, would show that its drinks compare highly favorably with those of its competition. The congressional report — hence the measure— is good for only one year. Thus, the battle over fruit juice labeling will be renewed next year, with opponents girded against a last minute political maneuver. Chain, Cable and Accessories Used for Making Mats All Types of Fasteners (BulK & Packaged) HandTools Pumps Power Tools Motors Cfiemicals Abrasives Lubricants Cutting Tools Safety Equipment Ricfiards Rd Plymouth Industrial Park 747-0086 Plymouth, MA 02360 CRANBERRIES December 1988 Page 7 igk 'a 'j 'a I* S S *?! ^■?=rq^««"g»?»g^"g«««ssa»iSMi«ssa;ssM«^s«ss5SsagS8g«.^^^ =tf!S!Sig!ggS;Si^;««g«^«^!g««g«gssigiSiSffi^^ Labeling Likely to Come Seems to this corner that maybe both proponents and opponents are making too much of the proposal that would force fruit drink companies to label the amount of juice con- tent in their cans and bottles. Proponents fall into two categories: fruit drink companies whose fruits are watery to begin with and consumer advo- cate groups. Foes are producers of drinks made from fruits with low moisture content who have to add water to make them palat- able to the general consumer. Ocean Spray is, of course, an example. Companies in favor of labeling— such as apple juice producers— think they'll gain a competitive edge. Consu- mers, they think, will go gaga over "100 percent fruit juice," giving them a competitive edge over, for example, cranberry juice cocktail producers, who have to 'fess up to using large quantities of aqua. The cranberry industry is afraid that the general pubUc won't appreciate that cranberry juice has to be cut to be tasty and that that will leave them at a competitive disadvantage. Well, we think the general public is brighter than that and will judge juices on an individual basis and continue to buy on the strength of what pleases their palate. And, besides, quite aside from whether labeling is practi- cal, consumer advocacy groups are likely to force juice con- tent disclosure eventually. We think that efforts are better directed toward getting the kinds of labels desired rather than trying to suppress labels all together. For example. Ocean Spray would prefer to see mandatory nutrition labeling. Why not push for that? We're not offering specific language. But might there not be a way to word a label so that the reason for dilution is spelled out? Simply opposing labeUng could be counterproductive by negatively affecting the good image of Ocean Spray. H'anted Wisconsin Cranberry Grower wishes to purchase an existing cranberry marsh STEVE (715)421-0917 (715)593-2385 ^ CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E, Sandwich, Mass 02537 (617)888-1288 CRANBERRIES THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO: P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 (203) 342-4730 PUBLISHER & EDITOR: BOB TAYLOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR: CAROLYN GILMORE (508) 763-5206 ADVISORS & CORRESPONDENTS MASSACHUSETTS — Irving E Demoranville, Director, Cranberry Experiment Station. NEW JERSEY— Phillip EMarucci, Cranberry & Blueberry Specialist, Buddtown: Elizabeth G, Carpenter, Chatsworth. NOVA SCOTIA — Robert A Murray, Horticulturist, Berry Crops, Research Station, Truro OREGON — Arthur Poole, Coos County Extension Agent. Coquille. WASHINGTON — Azmi Y, Shawa, Horticulturist and Extension Agent in Horticulture, Coastal Washington Research & Extension Unit, Long Beach WISCONSIN — Tod D Planer, Farm Management Agent, Wood County CRANBERRIES Is published monthly by DIversllled Periodi- cals. Wellwyn Drive. Portland CT 06480. Second class pos- tage Is paid at the Portland, Conn. Post Olllce. Price Is $1 5 a year, $28 lor two years, $2 a copy In the U.S.; $17 a year In Canada; $20 a year In all other countries. Back copies: $2.50, Including postage. Copyright 1 988 by DIversllled Periodicals. ISSN: 0011-0787 Postmaster, send Form 3749 to: CRANBERRIES P.O. BOX 249 COBALT CT 06414 Page 8 CRANBERRIES December 1988 At Warrens Cranfest Uncommon Scents By FREDERICK M. POSS "God woke me one morning — showed me how to take the fragrance of the cranberry at harvest — helped me find the essence!" That's how Dennis Anderson claims he gained the knowledge, wisdom, inspiration or just plain common sense to turn out what others throw away into a cranberry- related business. And just what products are we talking about? As he grabbed a minute here and there between a pleasantly brisk amount of business at the recent Warrens, Wise, Cranfest, this genial man with an intense belief in his product was kind enough to pro- vide a few answers. "A natural cranberry potpourri which can be steamed, simmered or used dry is one product," Dennis explained. "The other is a natural cranberry aerosol which is like an air freshener — but won't hurt skin, fabrics, lungs and is ozone safe." BUT what part of the cranberry do you use to make these products? we asked. "The potpourri is a delightful medley of precious cranberry leaves, vines, fragrances and colors," the Giftware ir No one is more qualified to serve your Crop Insurance needs than THE BUTLER GROUP 1. Crop Hail policies on any commercial crops— Hail, Fire, Vandalism and Transit. 2. Federal Crop Insurance Policies for Apples, Potatoes, Tobacco, Corn, Cranberries and others. 3. Home, Auto, Business, Life, Health Call us for a quote or details BUTLER Florists' & Growers' Insurance Agency of New England, Inc. 20 South Street Westborough, MA 01581 (508)366-1512 ENTREPRENEUR Dennis Anderson found a highly desirable use for the vines and leaves that are normally discarded after a cran- berry harvest. (CRANBERRIES photo by Frederick M, Poss) Business Journal says in an ad featur- ing the "Cranourri" scent packet and spray Dennis and his wife have been selling since the idea took root, so to speak, nine years ago. "I grew up working on Potter's marsh (a well-known cranberry marsh near Warrens)," Mr. Anderson said. "And I could see all the trucks with the waste products of vines and leaves after the harvest was done. In the back of my mind, I always thought there had to be a way to put that waste to use." And use he does! A short stroll across Warrens to a second commercial stand operated by his equally pleasant and enthusiastic wife, Paulette, revealed some rather startling information. "This is our business — it is what we do for a living for ourselves and our two children," Mrs. Anderson told me. "We sell over 300,000 packages of the pot- pourri each year." And Paulette Anderson knows how to let her fingers do the walking, too. "Yes, I spend my day on the phone," she said. "I make connections for our products with five to 10 new stores per week." And just a hint of the kind of pride developed by hard work sneaks into her voice when she explains, "We've done it (the business) just on our own." One tip for would-be entrepreneurs that Mrs. Anderson was willing to share was to try to get into direct sales for the product. "We get on mailing lists which we CRANBERRIES December 1988 Page 9 buy from a company that develops them," she said. "That way we have been able to sell our product to about 15,000 stores." "People," Mrs. Anderson continued as she made change from another sale, "love the cranberry. We started out making cranberry candles and we had lots of different gift ideas before Den- nis came up with his two scent products. " Then real pride steps forward and takes a bow when she tells about "the machine" the Andersons use to pack- age their potpourri. "Dennis made a packaging machine all by himself," she tells me. "To buy one would cost $19,000. But he was able to make one for us on his own for a whole lot lessF' But certainly you don't make the aerosol at home, do you? "No," Dennis told me. "I dry the vines and send the material to a com- pany down South, which breaks it down into essential oils. Then they super- condense it and put the scent back into a can." Dennis pauses dramatically before he continues: "If I could market this stuff (on a universal scale), we could make a million a year!" Well, a little more common scents and maybe the Andersons will have their wish. like the ad for one of the brokerage houses, Dennis Anderson has "seen the future and he likes it." "I'd like to purchase a quality site in Wisconsin Rapids," he confided to me. "Use the place for my business and a museum for the cranberry industry. It would be something where the growers themselves could each own a portion of it." . . . unlikely, you say? 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"And we think that this year there will be a lot more people because we handed out flyers for parades," said Ami Matson, one of two cranberry princesses, shortly before this year's fest. This was the 16th year for the annual festival in Warrens and every year the crowds have increased significantly. But what "big" really means and how it is measured in north country bragging rights sometimes depends on who you talk to, of course. Sue Walheim, the other teen cranberry princess, had even larger ideas. Noting that the 1987 festival attracted 40,000 people, she figured the centennial would draw even more. The centennial she referred to is the 100 year anniversary celebra- tion by the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association, which has been taking place throughout 1988. BUT just what are "the facts, ma'am?" as Joe Friday might ask. A parking lot and bus check does tend to support the idea there could be a real lode of iron ore which pops to Warrens' surface every fall, just in time to point everyone's compass in the same direction. By 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, the first day of the cranfest, 1,500 cars and 25 tour buses had already arrived for the /esi-ivities. Figuring four people per car and 50 people per bus, that's 7,250 people who dropped by for a social call — and that's before anyone had lunch. Speaking of which, just what could visitors enjoy foodwise? One of the longest lunch lines formed behind a food stand operated by the LaCrosse- Monroe County Pork Producers who were offering two-fisted grilled pork sandwiches for a modest $2 each. Other long rows of food stands temp- ted tourist taste buds with such delights as Indian tacos, barbecued steak-cheese- and-onion sandwiches, foot long hot dogs, charcoaled burgers and brats and — lest one forget — cranberry food A ROYAL WELCOME to the more than 30,000 visitors to the Warrens Cranfest was given by the two Cranberry Princesses, Sue Walheim, left, and Ami Matson. (CRANBERRIES photo by Frederick M. Poss) items in the forms of pies, muffins, breads, juice, honey, wine, and just plain cranberries themselves. The Van Wychen family, very active in the growers' association and fest activities, was selling bottles of Van Wychen Cranberry Wine and boxes of fresh cranberries from a flat-bed truck at the end of the farmers market sec- tion. The daunting lines of eager cus- tomers inspired even them to caution shoppers, thusly: "Better buy the ber- ries now, for by four this afternoon they'll be gone." A FULL schedule of events Satur- day and Sunday made it easy for anyone to find fun and excitement — with or without a compass. A Scarecrow Con- test, for example, featured both tradi- tional and "theme" type scarecrows, with the blue ribbon going to one made out of giant-sized cranberries. Ken Derringer seemed to especially enjoy bis role in the contest. He explained that he was the chairman of the straw- man contest, "but that is understated because I'm the entire committee." Other Saturday attractions included the Biggest Cranberry and Vegetable Contest, where a whopping 185 lb. pumpkin took first prize. A photography contest, a cranfest band, a gospel var- iety hour, cranberry marsh tours and even fireworks after dark were all part of day one of this year's festival. Sunday's schedule included a church service highlighted by the Mid Iowa Men of Song, a five member gospel group, who added their voices to tradi- tional services. And, as always, a gigantic , 150 unit parade topped off the fest weekend. BUT both days visitors bad their heads and compass needles spinning about, for many claim that the festival CRANBERRIES December 1988 Page 11 is the largest art and crafts show in the Midwest, with over 600 booths grab- bing up every inch of lawn space in town. And that shakes out to 170 booths just for flea market items and another 80 booths for the farm market. Al Huotari of Spencer, Wise, was busy peddling his handmade, child- size buildings — churches, barns, cot- tages and such. "People like this type of thing," he said. "There are a greater number of people interested in crafts." Another entrepreneur, Ron Mroch of Sparta, Wise, was selling pumpkins attractively decorated with big eyes and smiling faces. "My daughter is the artist," he was quick to explain. "But it is a good market here for this kind of product." And people like Ron and Al ought to know what they were talking about. By b;30 a.m. of the first day of the fest, a mile long hne from the parking lot to the farmers' market had materialized. . . . so whether you measure the size and direction of this year's Warrens Cranberry Fest by the estimates of cars, buses, people or food and mer- chandise consumed— it still points north to the same true pole: SUCCESS. Speaker Stresses The Need For Information About Biotechnology The U.S. competitive position in biotech- nology is threatened by a communications vacuum at the national level. That's what John F. Hussey, executive vice president of Hill and Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide, told a conference of bio- technology company executives in Washing- ton, D.C. "We see no evidence of a groundswell of national political support for or commit- ment to the biotechnology industry," said Hussey. "This commitment is a prerequisite for the United States to compete success- fully in the worldwide biotechnology industry." 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AT nearby Philadelphia, which has to be one of the oldest weather record- ing stations in the country, record heat waves were recorded. According to the National Weather Service, dur- ing the summer of 1988 the tempera- ture reached 90° or higher 49 times (a record) and soared to 100° or higher five times (also a record). The summer was 80 severe that some are giving it the same legendary status as the sto- ried Great Blizzard of 1888. Tempera- ture during the summer averaged 77.1" F, which tied the record hot summer of 1900. In the Continental United States, only two summers-those which gave us the Great Dust Bowl days of 1934 and 1936— were hotter. The Pemberton, N.J., weather sta- tion dates back to 1929. In this com- paratively short history, several bona- fide records were established. Several individual days had the highest temperatures ever attained for spe- cific dates. In June there were two such dates: 95"? on June 21 and 98"? on June 22. In July, usually the hottest month, there were three record days: 96°F on July 6 (tied the records of 1934 and 1939), 970F on July 8 (tied the record of 1971) and 980F on July 30. In August there were three record days: Aug. 13_970F (tied the record of 1935), Aug. 14— 97''F (tied the record of 1935), and Aug. 15— 990F, the hottest day of the summer. This was one of the hot- test three day periods at Pemberton, but was not even close to the record of 105°, 107" and 104" which occurred from Aug. 9 thru Aug. 11, 1936. ALTHOUGH 100" days have occurred many times at Pemberton, there were no such scorchers in 1988. (In the 59 year history at Pemberton, 100° days were recorded at least once in four years in June, in 15 years in July and three years in August.) Unoffi- cial readings of reliable thermome- ters placed in vine sheltered spots on Pump Repairs & Sales All Types • Field Service • Chemlgation Equipment Sold • Demonstration by Appointment AAA Industrial Pump Service Inc. 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July was the third hottest, with an average of 77.2''F, behind the 1955 average of 79.2" and the 78.2° of 1949. August's average of 76.6 was tied for second, only 0.4 cooler than the record of 1955. Perhaps the most destructive mani- festations of hot weather in terms of human suffering as well as agricultu- ral losses are the persistent, unrelent- ing successive days of heat— the heat waves. David Ludlum defines a heat wave as two or more consecutive days with the temperature rising to or above BQOF. ( The New Jersey Weather Book, Rutgers University Press, 1983). In citing horrible examples, Ludlum points out the 10 consecutive days in New York City in August 1 986 and the 12 days which Philadelphia endured in July 1901. The summer of 1988 at Pemberton and many other stations in New Jersey had heat waves which greatly exceeded these. Previous to this year, the previous record heat wave at Pemberton was that of 13 days in July 1952. This was belittled by the heat wave this summer of 20 days, from July 29 through August 1 7. Another heat wave of nine days in July was the sixth longest at Pemberton. The frequency of 90" days was also remarkably high. There were 48 such days, barely surpassing the previous record of 47 day s in 1 944, but appreciably above the 40 recorded in the Great Dust Bowl year of 1936. A DEFICIENCY of rainfall accompanied the extreme heat of summer, compounding the damaging effects of weather. In June, the total rainfall was only 1.89 inches, which is 1.99 inches below normal. There was a period of 28 days in June during which only 0.88 inches of rain fell. A period of 21 days from June 18 to July 8 with only one day of light rain of only 0. 1 1 inch made the soil so dry and impervious to moisture that ensuing short thunderstorms in July and August did not soak into the soil but ran off. The total rainfall for the summer (June— 1.89,July— 4. 12, August— 4.32) totaled 10.33 inches, 2.43 inches below normal. However, these figures do not reflect accurately on the acute drought conditions which existed . The extreme heat with strong winds on many days has caused abnormally excessive evapotranspiration. Frequent irrigation would have been needed even with normal rainfall. Some heat damage is apparent even on a few irrigated bogs. Weather severity and attempts to alleviate its adverse effects has brought about a great increase in the use of sprinklers on cranber- ries in New Jersey. Little is known about the precise use of sprinklers to prevent blossom blast and scald of berries, but sprinkling is generally considered to be very helpful. The intensive use of sprinklers in 1988 was justified, but may have caused some undesirable results. On some bogs, exces- sive growth has been stimulated. 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(916)666 2493 Regional Notes MAINE In a recent interview, Nancy Holmes said she and her husband, Brooks, owners of R.B. Bogs in Massachusetts, are starting construc- tion of 32 to 40 acres of bog just outside Columbia Falls. She and Brooks have been interested in the development of cranberry- ing in Maine since the idea first was broached and both took part in the cranberry forum organized by the Maine Department of Agri- culture, Food and Rural Resources and held in Augusta last July. I n another development. Bob Perry of Perry Cranberry Farm in Massachusetts has agreed to provide funds to establish a pilot wetlands project, if the project is large enough to pro- duce economic returns. Thus, he said, state and federal monies would be freed up for research work. Dr. Jerome Carr, Bay State wetlands specialist, will prepare the neces- sary paperwork required for federal and state permits to alter a wetland. Also proposing a pilot project is the Cham- pion International paper company. With all the activity going on, including a recent meeting of the Downeast Cranberry Committee with a host of state and federal agencies, it appears that the introduction of cranberries to Maine definitely Is getting underway. MASSACHUSETTS By IRVING E. DEMORANVILLE It is a pleasant duty to announce that Dr. Anne Averill has joined the Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station staff as our cranberry entomologist. Dr. Averill, who received her doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, comes to us from Cornell University. Some dry harvesting began on Sept. 12, wet about a week later. Color was excellent and quality very good. The first frost warning was on Sept. 15. Size was generally good, with a few growers complaining about small berries. The crop was about 50 percent harvested by Oct. 7 and there were some heavy yields around. There appeared to be an excellent crop of Howes. We will probably make the August estimate and exceed it. 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Keenly interested in a harvest expected to be the best in 10 years were Malcolm McPhail, chairman of the Ocean Spray Advisory Board, and the other members of the board: Dave Aase, Jim Chabot, Lee Crowley, Frank Glenn III and Dave Thissell. More than 90 percent of the berries grown locally are McFarlin. Paul Bauge, Ocean Spray processing plant manager, told the Chinook Observer that the large yield can be attributed to: "... outside acres of cranberries coming into the coopera- tive. Two, there are some plantings of new bogs which will enter production this year. And, three, there was a good set." Local berries are highly favored for their dark red color. Weather Watch MASSACHUSETTS September was cool and dry. Tempera- tures averaged 1 .6 degrees a day below nor- mal. Maximum temperature was 81 degrees on the 10th, minimum 38 degrees on the 30th. There were no unusual extremes in daily temperatures. Rainfall totaled 2.13 inches, about 1% inches below normal. 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