32 LOCATIONS FOR, PATCHES.
A gradual slope is often to be met with, coming
down to the edge of a pond. When such inclines are
properly prepared and planted, they make the best of
yards; and such locations generally have a soil in
which the vine will do excellently; and there is not
so much trouble with them, as the gravel chokes the
weed. '
Sheltered and protected positions should be sought
after; situations in which the plants are not likely to
receive* and meet with the force of the fiercest and
stormiest weather.
Sandy patches of land, or plats, that are near to
the sea-shore, which are not liable to be overflowed
with the salt water, on Cape Cod, stand high. We
have examined many yards that are situated within a
few rods of the ocean, only protected from the hardest
weather by a small rising in the land, which forms a
bank to resist the waves; and these yards are among
the handsomest in the county of Barnstable; and
every year these situations are becoming of more value
and consequence to the cultivators of the cranberry.
There are on Long Island, and in New Jersey, vast
tracts of beach land which are available, and admirably
adapted to the growth of cranberries. Likewise, in
the South and West, there are thousands of acres
which are better adapted for the production of this
fruit than anything else.
32 LOCATIONS FOR, PATCHES.
A gradual slope is often to be met with, coming
down to the edge of a pond. When such inclines are
properly prepared and planted, they make the best of
yards; and such locations generally have a soil in
which the vine will do excellently; and there is not
so much trouble with them, as the gravel chokes the
weed. '
Sheltered and protected positions should be sought
after; situations in which the plants are not likely to
receive* and meet with the force of the fiercest and
stormiest weather.
Sandy patches of land, or plats, that are near to
the sea-shore, which are not liable to be overflowed
with the salt water, on Cape Cod, stand high. We
have examined many yards that are situated within a
few rods of the ocean, only protected from the hardest
weather by a small rising in the land, which forms a
bank to resist the waves; and these yards are among
the handsomest in the county of Barnstable; and
every year these situations are becoming of more value
and consequence to the cultivators of the cranberry.
There are on Long Island, and in New Jersey, vast
tracts of beach land which are available, and admirably
adapted to the growth of cranberries. Likewise, in
the South and West, there are thousands of acres
which are better adapted for the production of this
fruit than anything else.
