Ocean Spray’s BrianMauzawas on


hand during the field tours to discuss production trends, and the benefits of some of the newcranberry varieties that are available. “Overall, our yields across all acres


were low, butwith all producing acres, the total harvest for the year is up, and we have a chance of beating our record,” he says. “It’s the newfields, small producers and old varieties that are bringing our numbers down.” Mauza points to some of the other


newvarieties available fromtheRutgers University breeding programas bright lights in the future of the sector. Growerswere able to tour the 2011 CrimsonQueen plantings side by side with Stevens. “CrimsonQueen has four to five times


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similarly-named cranberry tipworm. Cranberry fruitwormmoth emerges


in late June or early July, and lays eggs on green fruit in July. The larvae hatch and burrowinto developing fruit, infesting 3-4 pieces before exiting to find somewhere to overwinter. “Right nowthis pest is not showing


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up in blueberries here, but it is a pest in both crops in easternNorth America,” she says, stressing the importance of monitoring early formoths and eggs. “B.C. cranberry fields aremostly monitored, butwe need to incorporate trapping into the protocol to control this.”


the yield potential, and 30 percent better year in and year out than Stevens,” saysMauza, noting that the cost to plant CrimsonQueen is nearly double that of Stevens. “Unless you are planting a newbed it doesn’tmake sense to tear out old varieties, but if you are starting newand have the choice, these newvarieties should jump out of the page at you.”


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