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Cranberries: Bogs
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"Quite often, when you would get into late October or the first of November, there would be an inch or two of ice on the bogs when it was time to harvest the cranberries. And that was not a rare occurrence – that was a common occurrence," says Mr. Beaton, outgoing president of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association (CCCGA). He can't recall a time once during the past 10 years when the cranberry harvest was delayed because of ice. The CCCGA, founded in 1888, represents 87 percent of the cranberry growers in Massachusetts.
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Because cranberries initiate flower buds in late summer, the plants need protection for the buds to survive. Thus, cranberry vines are flooded and layered with sand during the winter months to protect them from the cold. In spring, the bogs are drained. The plants flower in late spring and early summer on short, vertical shoots called uprights. The forthcoming fruit take the rest of the growing season to ripen.
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A lot of people think that cranberries grow under water. Probably because a common image of a bog is one with cranberries floating on top of water. But as you've already learned, cranberries grow on vines. But water does play an important role in the way they're harvested.
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