Thanksgiving Cranberries

CBBC

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We?ve spent the last few weeks Dry Picking fresh cranberries
for the stores and markets. Here are some pictures of the
picker and the fruit.
Next week we are on to flooding the fields for wet / processed
harvest.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Grant
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So funny when you see how they sort them with the "bounce" test. There are a huge amount of Cranberry farms here in SJ. At some of the flea markets now and then a Cranberry hand cradle or comb shows up. Maybe someday I need to buy one. Some that show up are ancient.
 
CBBC,

Love your cranberry pis in the fall - they are beautiful!

Mmmm-mmm. Love cranberries! Munch 'em raw, and I make the raw ground cranberry/apple/orange relish for Thanksgiving each year (using Grandma's old hand-crank grinder).

Also like jellied cranberries and love the low-sugar dried ones to munch or bake with.
 
I?ll reply in one and add a couple pictures.
Bob we have about 25 acres growing over here where I live and another 45 in Richmond at my parents.

Sweet Feet, thanks for the comments. I?m glad you like the pictures. I was looking back over the last couple years pictures that I posted, my kids are growing up pretty fast. It?s nice having them help out a bit. My daughter is 15 next weed so is really good at the markets.

Jeff, yes there are lots of cranberries in NJ, Pine Barrons area. A lot of research and development into the new varieties has come from Rutgers.
The bounce test you mentioned is the basis of this cleaning machine we use. It?s called a Bounce Board Separator. Basically the hopper is filled at the top and as the berries drop down they bounce over a series of shelves and baffles. The higher the berry bounces the better it is.

I?ll try to post a video to YouTube next week with it cleaning the fruit.

Thanks, Grant.
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