There will be plenty of cranberry sauce to accompany the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner in American households this week despite a New Jersey cranberry harvest that did not rival a record crop last year.
Weather is being blamed for the reduced October harvest of some New Jersey cranberry growers, including the state’s largest. Still, other growers reported a bumper harvest despite the weather. Most cranberry bogs in the state are in the Pinelands of spacious Burlington County.
Al Murray, assistant secretary of agriculture for the state, said New Jersey remains competitive in the cranberry industry and a solid third in production after Wisconsin and Massachusetts. In New Jersey cranberry production is a $32 million crop industry — about the same as the Jersey tomato and more than peaches
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20111120/NEWS01/311200026/Berries-remain-staple-state
Weather is being blamed for the reduced October harvest of some New Jersey cranberry growers, including the state’s largest. Still, other growers reported a bumper harvest despite the weather. Most cranberry bogs in the state are in the Pinelands of spacious Burlington County.
Al Murray, assistant secretary of agriculture for the state, said New Jersey remains competitive in the cranberry industry and a solid third in production after Wisconsin and Massachusetts. In New Jersey cranberry production is a $32 million crop industry — about the same as the Jersey tomato and more than peaches
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20111120/NEWS01/311200026/Berries-remain-staple-state