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38 PREPARING SOILS. kept down. It will thus be clear to the reader, that in such a situation, the plant can throw out its runners in every direction, and having no weed to contend against, will therefore spread rapidly, and soon become matted, a condition of the yard towards which the prac- ti cal man looks with anxiety. If you are about to make the attempt to cultivate the cranberry, if possible, obtain beach sand in which to set out your vines; or coarse sand when the former cannot be obtained, but the white is preferred. Peat is found to be excellent, in fact, nexJLilLvalne andTlmpoftance to the beach sand, for the growth of cranberries. But peat wants management and care in its preparation, in orderlo"be~made useful to the vine. In selecting a peat swamp to be converted into a cranberry patch, it is necessary to take off the top turf, or grass, and if possible give the yard a little incline. When this is done, it is unsafe to plant at once. If you do so, you will find that the peat will in the following summer cake and crack. It will be hard on the surface, and some few inches below stiff and dry. The veriest tyro in cranberry cultivation knows that such a condition is very bad for the vine. How is this difficulty obviated? Prepare the surface as we have stated above, and leave the yard exposed to the frost and weather for one year. When the frost is thawed out of it, it will crumble and be powdery.
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 | 00000050 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 38 PREPARING SOILS. kept down. It will thus be clear to the reader, that in such a situation, the plant can throw out its runners in every direction, and having no weed to contend against, will therefore spread rapidly, and soon become matted, a condition of the yard towards which the prac- ti cal man looks with anxiety. If you are about to make the attempt to cultivate the cranberry, if possible, obtain beach sand in which to set out your vines; or coarse sand when the former cannot be obtained, but the white is preferred. Peat is found to be excellent, in fact, nexJLilLvalne andTlmpoftance to the beach sand, for the growth of cranberries. But peat wants management and care in its preparation, in orderlo"be~made useful to the vine. In selecting a peat swamp to be converted into a cranberry patch, it is necessary to take off the top turf, or grass, and if possible give the yard a little incline. When this is done, it is unsafe to plant at once. If you do so, you will find that the peat will in the following summer cake and crack. It will be hard on the surface, and some few inches below stiff and dry. The veriest tyro in cranberry cultivation knows that such a condition is very bad for the vine. How is this difficulty obviated? Prepare the surface as we have stated above, and leave the yard exposed to the frost and weather for one year. When the frost is thawed out of it, it will crumble and be powdery. |
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