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The cranberry, which belongs to the same plant family as the blueberry, has drooping, pink flowers; small, thick evergreen leaves; and shiny scarlet berries. Cranberries often grow in huge, sandy bogs as low, trailing vines. The plants grow wild in northern Europe and in the northern climes of North America, where they are also extensively cultivated — mainly in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon.
The annual harvest that begins in late September is accomplished by flooding the beds with water and using mechanical harvesters. The floating berries are then corralled by wooden float boards and conveyed onto waiting trucks.
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