On Monday we went to the Cranberry Capital of Michigan. We went to a cranberry bog. I don’t believe it has been in harvest for awhile; however, we got to see the equipment they use and watched a video. It costs $5.00 each to go through on a self-guided tour. Dad bought some cranberry syrup and some cranberry sauce. He had the syrup on pancakes on Monday morning.
Cranberries are harvested in late fall. The cranberry bogs are flooded and then they use a machine that vibrates the berries off the plants and then they usea boomboard and boom them together. They are then put on a conveyor belt to get them out of the bog.
Centennial Cranberry Farm has a water reel beater that was constructed by a talented neighbor. The berries they harvest for juice and sauce are sold to Cliffstar Crporation of Dunkirk, New York. Cliffstar is the largest private label processor in this country and processes cranberry, grape and apple juice for Walmart, Sam's brand.
The Centennial Cranberry Farm was purchased by John Clarke from the U.S. Government in 1876 and has been in the same famiy for 130 years.
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