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• The first known recipe for cranberry sauce was in “The Pilgrim Cookbook” in 1633. Wild cranberries were probably on the table for the first Thanksgiving in 1621. Cranberries have been a traditional side dish for Thanksgiving meals in Canada and the United States since their discovery so many years ago. By the way, Thanksgiving Monday, the second Monday in October, is celebrated this week in Canada. In the United States, Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. • The first recorded cranberry cultivation was in 1816 in Dennis, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Commercial harvesting began in Harwich, also on the Cape, in 1847. The cranberry industry is still a major source of income for Cape Cod today, totaling over $100 million annually. Nine hundred cranberry bogs taking up 14,000 acres (5,665.6 ha) are located in southeastern Massachusetts, with over half of them on Cape Cod. • So, what exactly is a bog? It is “an area of wet, marshy ground, largely consisting of accumulated decomposing plant material.” Bogs provide a fertile, moist habitat that is perfect for cranberries. • Many people think cranberries grow on top of the water, but it is only at harvest that the “sea of red” is evident, and the berries float. During harvest time, two different methods are used. For “wet” harvesting, bogs are flooded at night, and the next day, water reels, sometimes called “egg beaters,” beat the vines to loosen the berries. Since the berries are hollow, containing pockets of air, they float to the surface. The berries are then gathered and loaded into trucks. The wet-harvested berries are used for sauces, juices and other products. • Dry harvesting is used for berries sold fresh. For this type of harvest, the berries are combed off the vines by mechanical pickers and bagged carefully to prevent damage. • Approximately 5 percent of cranberries are sold fresh, while the other 95 percent are used for juices, sauces, “Craisins®” and more. Craisins® are sweetened, dried cranberries made by Ocean Spray that started hitting the shelves in 1993. • Cranberry farms are mostly family owned operations that have been handed down for generations. Cranberries are grown commercially in five states: Wisconsin, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington and Oregon. They are also grown in Chile and several Canadian provinces, including Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia. • Canada’s oldest commercial cranberry farm is in Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Indian Garden Farm was started in the late 1800s and has been passed down through four generations by the family of William Webb.
• Wisconsin is the leading cranberry-producing state in the United States. The cranberry is the official state fruit; it is the number one fruit crop, both in acres planted and in its contribution to the state economy. The tart berries are grown in 18 counties in central and northern Wisconsin. • Visitors to Wisconsin can enjoy five festivals associated with cranberries. In June, the Wisconsin Rapids Cranberry Blossom Festival displays the beauty of the cranberry blooms, dressed in pink. Manitowish Waters hosts the Cranberry Colorama in September, which includes harvest tours. Warrens, Stone Lake and Eagle River host Cranberry Festivals in late September or early October. The Warrens Festival is the largest and oldest of the festivals. (The festivals are all over for this year, but check the Internet for next year!) • Wisconsin is home to the 50-mile (80-km) Cranberry Highway that traverses Wisconsin Rapids to Warrens and goes between Pittsville and Nekoosa. It goes through Cranmoor, the largest inland cranberry area in the world. The 29-mile (47-km) Cranberry Biking Trail is also in the area. • The beauty of cranberry bogs and marshes can be observed first in the blooms and later, when the ripe, red berries shine on the vines or float as they wait for harvest. Pink flowers develop in June and July with small, green fruit developing behind the flowers. The green changes to white before transforming to dark red in August and September. • While much cranberry history and many commercial operations are in the Northeast, Wisconsin and Eastern Canada, commercial growing in Washington State was started in the late 1800s. A visitor from Massachusetts noticed that the area was similar to Cape Cod when he found wild berries growing. Entrepreneurs purchased around 1,600 acres (647.5 ha) on the Long Beach, Washington, peninsula between 1872 and 1877 and began developing cranberry beds. They used vines brought over from the East Coast, and many pests caused problems in the new environment. • In the 1920s, scientist D.J. Crowley helped to solve the problems faced by cranberry production in the Pacific Northwest. The Cranberry Research Station was started and recommendations helped growers improve their crops. Today, the Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation continues to support about 250 growers from British Columbia to Oregon. • Native Americans knew it many years ago, and now, research has proven that cranberries have many health benefits. They are a tasty, nutritious fruit that should be enjoyed year round. ■
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