CRANBERRIES

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as to Canada and to some European countries. Since first marketing in 1993, Northland has gained a 22% market share of the seasonal domestic fresh cranberry business and as of October 29, 1996 Northland's stocks were going at 17 ½ a share up a ¼ from the day before.
are a native species to Wisconsin. Commercial farming of began near the town of Berlin in 1860 and were grown in ditches.
are Wisconsin's largest fruit crop and are being grown on about 12,000 acres in 18 of Wisconsin's 72 counties. Besides the 12,000 acres for growing Wisconsin has over 100,000 other acres. 23,000 of these are shallow water reservoirs, over 32,000 acres are wetlands with grasses and sedges as the main types or ground cover, and 19,000 acres are forests. The state also produces a third of the nation's total cranberry crop.
A good site to grow cranberries has a pH of about 4.0 to 5.5 and large amounts of water and sand. Cranberries grow on an evergreen vine that can grow horizontally or ...

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