3 All About Cranberries

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All About Cranberries by Annie St. Michael Table of Contents Chapter 1 What Is a Cranberry? page 2 Chapter 2 Where Do Cranberries Grow? page 4 Chapter 3 Who Likes Cranberries? page 10 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

Chapter 1 What Is a Cranberry? A cranberry is a small fruit. Cranberries have clear, shiny skin. Most cranberries are a deep shade of red. If you cut a cranberry in half, you would see its tiny seeds. Cranberries are small berries. berry leaf stem Cranberries grow on vines with tiny leaves that curl up on the stems. Cranberry vines are evergreen plants. Evergreens stay green through all the seasons. Their leaves do not change colors or die in the winter.

Chapter 2 Where Do Cranberries Grow? Cranberries grow in the northern part of the United States. Some grow wild, but most are planted and grown by farmers for food. United States of America The states that grow the most cranberries are Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. You can see the sandy soil in this cranberry bog in New Jersey. Cranberries grow in bogs. A bog is a place where the ground is soft and wet. Cranberries need a lot of rain to grow, about an inch of water every week. Bogs are wonderful places for cranberries because they get a lot of rain. The ground in a bog has sandy soil, which is also good for growing cranberries.

Cranberry Seasons • In spring, the vines start to grow. • Then beautiful white or pink flowers open up on the vines. • In summer, petals fall from the flowers. Tiny green buds are left on the vines. The cranberry fruits start to grow from those tiny buds. • Then the cranberries grow larger and turn a deep red color. • In fall, cranberries are ready to be picked. These cranberry buds are about to open into pink flowers.

To pick cranberries, growers flood the bog with water. The cranberries are lighter than the water and float to the top. Soon the bog is crowded with huge amounts of cranberries. The cranberries in this bog have floated to the top of the water. These cranberries are ready to be shipped to markets. The grower uses a machine to pick cranberries from the water. Then trucks carry the cranberries in boxes to markets all over the country. After the fall, growers keep the bogs flooded during winter months. The water helps to protect the vines from the cold of winter.