Date of Award

1925

Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Geography

Department

Geography

Chief Instructor

Wallace Atwood

Keywords

cranberries, cranberry industry, Massachusetts, crops, weather, climate, farming

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to set forth the essential conditions for cranberry growing, to point out the distribution of cranberry bogs in southeastern Massachusetts, to show the adjustment of the industry to natural conditions, to trace the development of the industry in relation to its physical and economic environment, and to predict the future of the industry.

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