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not do much, but now it is one. of the handsomest
yards in the county. Everything seems to be favorable—soil, situation, and water—and the resultis, heavy
yields of theberry. In this, as many as three bushels
have been'picTEed off a square rod. And so well is it
now known that situations where beach sand abounds
are the best, that the most practical men are buying up
such locations with the view Of converting them into
cranberry yards.
We are acquainted with one cultivator, whose yards
produce from two to three hundred bushels of cranberries annually, who has the greatest proportion of
his vines planted in the beach sand, and some few in
loam. The difference between the two is marked. Those
injand_are friutfiJj those in loam are but small producers. He therefore carts off the loam, or carts upon
it beach sand.
We could produce a vast body of evidence to demonstrate that beach sand is better adapted to develop the
cranberry than any other soil; but the cases adduced
are sufficient.
There is another reason, though, which should not
be lost sight of, why this sand is so much better than
any other soil. It is light, porous, and is^lm£stjnfiai_
pable of supporting weeds. It admits the atmosphere
freely to jhe roots of the vine, and is found to be the
only soil in which, the rank weeds can be effectually
PREPARING SOILS. 37
not do much, but now it is one. of the handsomest
yards in the county. Everything seems to be favorable—soil, situation, and water—and the resultis, heavy
yields of theberry. In this, as many as three bushels
have been'picTEed off a square rod. And so well is it
now known that situations where beach sand abounds
are the best, that the most practical men are buying up
such locations with the view Of converting them into
cranberry yards.
We are acquainted with one cultivator, whose yards
produce from two to three hundred bushels of cranberries annually, who has the greatest proportion of
his vines planted in the beach sand, and some few in
loam. The difference between the two is marked. Those
injand_are friutfiJj those in loam are but small producers. He therefore carts off the loam, or carts upon
it beach sand.
We could produce a vast body of evidence to demonstrate that beach sand is better adapted to develop the
cranberry than any other soil; but the cases adduced
are sufficient.
There is another reason, though, which should not
be lost sight of, why this sand is so much better than
any other soil. It is light, porous, and is^lm£stjnfiai_
pable of supporting weeds. It admits the atmosphere
freely to jhe roots of the vine, and is found to be the
only soil in which, the rank weeds can be effectually
