THE CRANBERRY. 13
cranberry grounds. The only difficulty experienced
by those who are inclined to enter this field of agri
cultural industry, is the difficulty experienced by every
other new enterprise,—the want of knowing how to
begin,—and when begun, how to carry it on to a successful issue. Hitherto, no reliable instructions have
appeared in print, but in the following pages, the subject will be so fully treated of, in all its bearings, that
any intelligent agriculturist will, by following the
hints thrown out, and the directions given, find no
difficulty whatever in securing decent crops of this increasingly popular berry.
The cranberry has long been known to naturalists
as a berry possessing certain properties and peculiarities, although but comparatively few years have
elapsed since its use as a culinary fruit has been extensively known. Long years ago, it was used by the
Indians, who in their way were extensively acquainted
with the products of the soil; they gathered, and-
roasted the unripe berries and used them as. poultices,
believing that when applied to the wounds made by
poisoned arrows, they had the power of drawing
the venom forth. Many a squaw of the Pequods on
Cape Cod, if we may credit the statements of some of
the early settlers, made a mess of cranberries to give a
relisli to the venison they killed and cooked; thus anticipating the more elaborate jelly of our own times,
THE CRANBERRY. 13
cranberry grounds. The only difficulty experienced
by those who are inclined to enter this field of agri
cultural industry, is the difficulty experienced by every
other new enterprise,—the want of knowing how to
begin,—and when begun, how to carry it on to a successful issue. Hitherto, no reliable instructions have
appeared in print, but in the following pages, the subject will be so fully treated of, in all its bearings, that
any intelligent agriculturist will, by following the
hints thrown out, and the directions given, find no
difficulty whatever in securing decent crops of this increasingly popular berry.
The cranberry has long been known to naturalists
as a berry possessing certain properties and peculiarities, although but comparatively few years have
elapsed since its use as a culinary fruit has been extensively known. Long years ago, it was used by the
Indians, who in their way were extensively acquainted
with the products of the soil; they gathered, and-
roasted the unripe berries and used them as. poultices,
believing that when applied to the wounds made by
poisoned arrows, they had the power of drawing
the venom forth. Many a squaw of the Pequods on
Cape Cod, if we may credit the statements of some of
the early settlers, made a mess of cranberries to give a
relisli to the venison they killed and cooked; thus anticipating the more elaborate jelly of our own times,
