| Show I Agriculture in Industry By FLORENCE C. C V ED Cranberries Good news for cranberry growers Is the discovery of or acid which Is derived from skins discarded discard discard- ed oed in the making of cranberry sauce The acid is an so emulsifying agent which helps make oil and water water wa wa- ter nix mix and Is so rare that It Is valued at al 80 an ounce From the oil of 01 cranberry seeds is obtained vitamin A which can be added to other foods lacking in this vital element Until this discovery cranberry seeds were ere discarded in canning It may be some time before either of these new products products prod prod- will be manufactured commer commer- dally Meanwhile the canning of cranberries cranberries cranberries cran cran- berries and bottling of cranberry juice are Bre growing industries Experiments Experiments Experiments Ex Ex- Ex- Ex are under way to find ause ause a m muse use for lor the he wax like coating of the cranberry The best land for the cultivated berry are the bogs and marshes of Massachusetts Wisconsin and New Jersey where the bush once grew wild The land Is flooded to prevent prevent pre pre- vent drouth to protect the bushes from frost and destroy insects It Itis Itis Itis is drained for tor the ripening and picking picking pick pick- ing season Cranberries got their name from the trailing branches and stems curved like the neck of a crane and the tiny flowers shaped like a cranes crane's bill The original name was shortened to cranberry cran cran- berry |
