2007-12-08 09:56:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Because they float
2007-12-08 09:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by ╣♥╠ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cranberries grow wildly in bogs, however, they are not grown in flood fields; the fields are flooded with a half foot at harvest time. The berries are removed from the vines by a machine and the ripe berries float to the top of the water and are then easily collected.
2007-12-08 18:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by capt.harkness 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cranberries are harvested in water because when they are good enough to eat they will float to the top of the water.
2007-12-08 17:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by shelby 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To avoid damage to the cranberries the plants are flooded and then a machine agitates the water so they come loose from the plant. Then they float to the top and are harvested.
2007-12-08 17:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by MIKEnJAPAN 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
they flood the bogs and the ripe cranberries come off the bush and float easy to harvest then rather that picking individual berrys
2007-12-08 17:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They float. This makes water the easiest method for harvesting.
2007-12-08 17:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they float to the top when they are harvested and ripe.
2007-12-08 17:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the most efficient way to harvest them.
2007-12-08 17:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Dntcrosthline 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
harvesting using water is the best, cheapest, most inexpensive way to harvest them.
2007-12-08 17:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by JustPeachy !!! 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they flood the fields and the ripe ones are the ones that float to the top.
2007-12-08 17:59:44 · answer #10 · answered by mrs_pipesmoker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They float when ripe and that is the easiest way to get them
2007-12-08 17:59:09 · answer #11 · answered by danceshorty04 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋