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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
Title | A complete manual for the cultivation of the cranberry |
Creator | Eastwood, B. |
Publisher | Orange Judd |
Place of Publication | New York |
Date | 1856 |
Language | eng |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Title | 00000049 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 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 |
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