THE CRANBERRY.
CHAPTER I.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CRANBERRY
If the traveller over Cape Cod will now and then
turn his eye toward the borders of the many ponds
which abound in that region, or occasionally examine
the margin of swampy tracts, he will frequently perceive patches, as they are technically termed, of a
strange-looking, and at first sight, a seemingly stunted
vegetation, presenting very different appearances to
those exhibited by fields of stately Indian corn; or
tracts of farm land, where the tall stalks of the rye
wave, and ears of wheat look golden in the sunshine
$f summer.
A certain preciseness of planting, and regularity of
disposition, convinces even the most careless observer,
that thece patches are by no means unproductive.
And if he chooses to inquire of the next person he
meets, he will learn that these, to him singular-looking
specimens of farming, are cranberry grounds.
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THE CRANBERRY.
CHAPTER I.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CRANBERRY
If the traveller over Cape Cod will now and then
turn his eye toward the borders of the many ponds
which abound in that region, or occasionally examine
the margin of swampy tracts, he will frequently perceive patches, as they are technically termed, of a
strange-looking, and at first sight, a seemingly stunted
vegetation, presenting very different appearances to
those exhibited by fields of stately Indian corn; or
tracts of farm land, where the tall stalks of the rye
wave, and ears of wheat look golden in the sunshine
$f summer.
A certain preciseness of planting, and regularity of
disposition, convinces even the most careless observer,
that thece patches are by no means unproductive.
And if he chooses to inquire of the next person he
meets, he will learn that these, to him singular-looking
specimens of farming, are cranberry grounds.
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