2020年10月22日 · Cranberry bogs make up quite a bit of the scenery on Cape Cod, but within those acres lies a rich history both agriculturally as well as commercially. The fruit is a native …

Left behind by melting glaciers, used by indigenous peoples, and first cultivated on Cape Cod in the 1800s, cranberries have a rich history in Massachusetts. Tens of thousands of years ago, …

2018年11月23日 · To celebrate National Eat a Cranberry Day, let’s dive a little deeper into the history of America’s original superfruit on The Cape! How the Cranberry Bogs Formed on …

2024年7月28日 · By the mid 1800s, Cape Cod's fishing industry was in decline. As a lucrative alternative to seafaring, Cape Codders began a new industry cultivating cranberries as a cash …

2019年7月18日 · 1838 was the first year on record of flooding and freezing of the bogs on Cape Cod. This process helped to control insects and prevent frost damage. Also the easiest way to …

2022年9月17日 · In 1846, Captain Alvin Cahoon is credited with producing the first such crop from a bog near Pleasant Lake. The venture spread quickly, with others in other towns, counties …

2024年12月10日 · Cranberries were first cultivated on Cape Cod in the 1800s after Capt. Henry Hall, a Revolutionary War veteran, started transplanting cranberry vines and spreading sand …

The late 1800s and early 1900s were prosperous times for cranberry farming. In 1888 the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association was formed, with a goal of standardizing barrel size, …

Cranberries are a wild native fruit to Cape Cod. It is well known that Native Americans introduced cranberries to early Cape Cod settlers and taught them how to use cranberries for medicinal …

Native Americans had harvested cranberries from natural freshwater bogs throughout southeastern New England for centuries and European colonists followed their example. …