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Growers Bounce Cranberries To Your Thanksgiving Table
A national look at cranberries notes New Jersey as a major grower and industry worth about 50 million dollars with 100000 workers. Harvest runs September to November with bogs in Cape Cod Massachusetts Wisconsin New Jersey and parts of Oregon Washington. Cranberries are pollinated by bees and most berries go to canneries after washing pulping and cooking in a quick eight minute process. Elizabeth F. Lee of Trenton sparked commercial interest in 1917 by giving grocers free sauce samples. now her nephew Enoch F. continues the line.
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Trenton, N. J
Elizabeth F. Lee