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11/01/2006 02:09:20 AM · #1 |
Wonder no longer :-)
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11/01/2006 02:16:24 AM · #2 |
| wow.. *blink* thats so cool |
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11/01/2006 03:05:28 AM · #3 |
| You learn something new everyday... |
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11/01/2006 03:08:19 AM · #4 |
| you mean cranberries dont grow on trees?! |
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11/01/2006 03:30:40 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by crayon:
you mean cranberries dont grow on trees?! |
Nope... They grow on very low, spreading bushes. They are planted in bogs, which have dikes to control water flow. A little water is let in every now and then for irrigation, and then for harvesting they flood the bogs and the berries release and float to the surface.
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11/01/2006 03:32:49 AM · #6 |
Now that's different and educational!
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11/01/2006 03:35:21 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Now that's different and educational! |
"go bite that that ignorant guy, Karma" hehe :p
(Karma just bit me) |
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11/01/2006 03:40:32 AM · #8 |
| I've heard of it but it's very cool to actually see it in action. : ) |
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11/01/2006 03:44:30 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by chispa:
I've heard of it but it's very cool to actually see it in action. : ) |
Cape Cod is Cranberry Central. We have a LOT of bogs under cultivation here. It's by far one of the least mechanized of all major farming/growing operations; they still do it basically the way they always have, except now they "vacuum" the berries up instead of raking them into baskets and hand-carrying them to shore.
As far as I know coffee growing still has the title for least-mechanized, incidentally; apparently they have to hand-pick the fruits individually at exactly the right moment in their growth; with berries right next to each other at different stages of ripeness.
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11/01/2006 06:41:44 AM · #10 |
Having lived 20 years in New England, I knew this! :)
Btw, super shot there Bear.
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11/01/2006 01:45:13 PM · #11 |
Yah, should have entered in October Free Study instead of my "artistic" shot that's tanking big-time. The reason I didn't is because to my eyes the image is flawed by seeing only the backs of the heads of two of the three harvesters. I tried so hard to get a dynamic shot that showed all three working and faces or profiles of all, but I had a friend with me and her patience would only stretch so far...
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11/01/2006 01:51:44 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Wonder no longer :-)
R. |
Too funny. I got a bunch of similiar shots in Wisconsin a few weeks back and was toying around with entering one in the free study as well. |
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11/01/2006 01:54:33 PM · #13 |
havent you guys ever seen the Ocean Spray commercials? :)
//www.oceanspray.com/ <---video on front page of the guys standing in a cranberry "field"
Message edited by author 2006-11-01 13:54:47. |
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11/01/2006 01:55:26 PM · #14 |
| It would have gotten a 10 from me!! Beautiful shot!! |
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11/01/2006 01:56:06 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
As far as I know coffee growing still has the title for least-mechanized, incidentally; apparently they have to hand-pick the fruits individually at exactly the right moment in their growth; with berries right next to each other at different stages of ripeness.
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Strawberry-picking faces the same issues, plus you can't bruise the fruits, and you have to bend down rather than reach up. It's probably one of the most physically-demanding harvesting jobs around.
Oh yeah, I knew about it but hadn't seen any recent photos; I really like the photo and its "oversaturated" colors : )
Message edited by author 2006-11-01 13:57:25. |
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11/01/2006 02:16:34 PM · #16 |
| I hate to think of the juice in my glass coming from a place where burly guys in old workboots have been stomping around. Thanks for the visual. :/ |
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11/01/2006 02:19:31 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I hate to think of the juice in my glass coming from a place where burly guys in old workboots have been stomping around. Thanks for the visual. :/ |
Ever eat a carrot, mushroom, or egg? |
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11/01/2006 02:20:27 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I hate to think of the juice in my glass coming from a place where burly guys in old workboots have been stomping around. Thanks for the visual. :/ |
Ever eat a carrot, mushroom, or egg? |
Shhh...I just had lunch and don't want to get sick. ;) |
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11/01/2006 02:35:52 PM · #19 |
MMmmmm cranraspberry juice....my favorite!! Very popular in NW....not so much here in the south :(
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11/01/2006 03:09:50 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by slide12345678:
havent you guys ever seen the Ocean Spray commercials? :)
//www.oceanspray.com/ <---video on front page of the guys standing in a cranberry "field" |
Thats exactlly what came to my mind when I saw Bears photo.
First time I wathced the commercial, I thought they were short people, kinda like the Tim Conways character "Dorf"..
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11/05/2006 07:56:06 AM · #21 |
That's a great picture..and yea, I didn't realize that's how they were harvested! When I was 8 or 9 me and a friend went into the berry picking business here in Newfoundland. We're in berry-central for Canada. We spent days crawling around picking blueberries and partridgeberries (also known as Lindonberries) that we sold to producers. Blueberries grow on really low bushes too, sometimes in bogs and sometimes just right on rock.
Too much work though so we went back to making boxes at the fish plant.
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11/05/2006 08:19:31 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
That's a great picture..and yea, I didn't realize that's how they were harvested! When I was 8 or 9 me and a friend went into the berry picking business here in Newfoundland. We're in berry-central for Canada. We spent days crawling around picking blueberries and partridgeberries (also known as Lindonberries) that we sold to producers. Blueberries grow on really low bushes too, sometimes in bogs and sometimes just right on rock.
Too much work though so we went back to making boxes at the fish plant. |
But you still kept the berry in your name. ;>þ |
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11/05/2006 11:12:29 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Wonder no longer :-)
R. |
Too funny. I got a bunch of similiar shots in Wisconsin a few weeks back and was toying around with entering one in the free study as well. |
Yep, WI & MA together produce more than 80% of the US supply of cranberries! Y'all go out and buy lots of 'em for Turkey Day! |
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