2006-11-20 12:10:55 · 8 answers · asked by mathwiz46 1 in Environment
One of the few food crops that is native to New England (Cape Cod) is the cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), which grows in acid bogs. A bog is a water-logged depression filled with sphagnum moss (peat moss), and is so acid and poor in available nitrogen that typical plants cannot grow there. Many members of the heath family, such as blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) and azaleas (Rhododendron spp.), also grow well in acid, peat soils.
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2006-11-20 12:12:25 · answer #1 · answered by DanE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cranberry bog and they can be wet or dry harvested.
Cranberries are grown in the northeastern United States, Wisconsin, Washington and Oregon, as well as in Canada. Massachusetts has the oldest cranberry story -- some vines date to the time of the Pilgrims. When colonists arrived in North America, they found a cranberry that was twice the size of the berries they were used to back in Europe, though just as tasty. (America has been super-sizing portions from the very start.) Today, Wisconsin is the country's leading cranberry producer.
Natural bogs evolved in Massachusetts from glacial deposits, which, over time, filled up with water and decaying matter. The resulting layers of sand and organic material comprise the ideal soil for cranberries.
2006-11-20 20:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carnberries are grown in a bog. A bog is an area that is planted and then covered in water. Cranberries are grown in and harvested in water.
2006-11-20 20:13:22 · answer #3 · answered by Handsome's Wife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are grown in a bog (water) So the environment would be water. Don't you watch tv? the ocean spray commercial.
2006-11-20 20:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by lilmissnippy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grown in a bog, then the bog is flooded to harvest the cranberries.
2006-11-20 20:23:12 · answer #5 · answered by justcurious 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are grown in bogs; lots of water.
2006-11-20 20:12:08 · answer #6 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wetlands like a pond
2006-11-20 20:13:44 · answer #7 · answered by jaws65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cranberries
2006-11-20 20:15:34 · answer #8 · answered by Sheltered.By.Shadows. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋