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Posted: 17 Oct 2013


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Coralling the cranberries

Coralling the cranberries
Harvesting cranberries, Wareham, MA.

To "wet harvest" cranberries, the bogs are flooded with water from nearby ponds. A harvesting machine is then driven through. This machine knocks the cranberries off the plant and they float to the surface. Workers pulling booms corral the cranberries and they are sucked by hose onto a truck to take them to the processing plant. Whole cranberries that are not destined to be immediately processed are picked in dry fields in a labor intensive and weather dependent process.

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Jan Klimczak, , , Philippe_28 and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 RHH
RHH
We were out picking native cranberries Monday. Beautiful shot and great info.
10 years ago.
 Philippe_28
Philippe_28
Awesome shot, never seen anything like this
10 years ago.
 Fantasyfan
Fantasyfan
Not too delicious looking at that point :)
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
10 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thank you, Graham.
10 years ago.

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