Cranberry Cultivation
Description
Cranberry cultivation had its beginning on Cape Cod when in 1816, Henry Hall, a Dennis village citizen, discovered that wild cranberry plants covered by winter's wind blown sand produced bigger and more plentiful berries. The practice of covering cranberry bogs with sand soon caught on. Early cranberry harvesting was by hand using scoops.Artifacts
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Group of Legal-Sized Sheets Sewn Together Containing a Verse
(Undated)This is a group of legal-sized sheets sewn together and containing a verse. It is in the same hand of the author of the previous poems, one concerning the rally of the Civil War troops and the preservation of the Union, ... -
Receipt from the Boston Cultivator to Samuel Hawes
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Undated Envelope - Written Upon It: Certificates Cranberry Ground, Stock and a List
(Dennis Historical Society Inc., Undated) -
Letter from William Crowell to his Brother, Aaron Crowell Jr.
(Dennis Historical Society Inc., 1867-10-05)Letter from William Crowell to his brother, probably Aaron Crowell Jr.
