Cranberries be extra
It’s weird how cranberries just sit around in a body of water and just chill waiting to be harvested. Well that’s not actually true, cranberries don’t grow in bodies of water. They grow from plants which are perennial vines. The vines are grown in an area that is a wetlands and are grown in bogs that consist of sand, peat, gravel, clay, and of course a source of freshwater. The vines begin to sprout flowers but by late June the flowers fall off and the cranberries start to grow. As they grow water is filled into the bogs. Harvest then happens between September and October. When they are ready a berry picking machine goes into the bogs and churns up the vines and drops the berries. The 4 air sockets that are in the cranberries are the reason that they float in the water. A boom is then used on the berries to move them to one side of the bog then they rake the berries into a vacuum that puts them onto a truck. Then the trucks take them to a facility like Ocean spray where they can be turned into many different items like juice and cranberry sauce.
Cranberries saved all
Cranberries are native to the North America region. Native Americans lived off of them for many of years
Blog by Celeste Robertson
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Cranberry production in top-producing states to increase modestly in 2021. USDA ERS – Chart Detail. from https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=102649
How cranberries grow. How Cranberries Grow | Massachusetts Cranberries. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://www.cranberries.org/how-cranberries-grow
Whitman-Salkin, S. (2021, May 4). Cranberries, a Thanksgiving staple, were a Native American superfood. Science. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/131127-cranberries- thanksgiving-native-americans-indians-food history#:~:text=The%20berry%20was%20called%20sassamenesh,dyes%20for%20textiles%20to%20medicines.