North American Cranberry Harvesters Assocation
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Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General) North American (US Mid-Atlantic) North American (US New York, New Jersey, Bronx, Brooklyn)Transcript
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every fall and only a select few locations on this planet. A unique and visually spectacular harvest occurs as the air gets cooler and the leaves start to fall cranberry slowly ripen in the sun cultivated in boggy fields that are intentionally flooded at harvest time, Cranberries are carefully dislodged from their bushes by pickers or by machines, Then they float up and cover the surface of the water to create an amazing mosaic of color. This simple but effective technique, called wet harvesting has been around for quite some time. Historically. The technique of dry harvesting involved the use of wooden comb like scoopers used by harvesters who would navigate through the fields toiling to free the berries from their gnarled branches. Historians believe that the algonquin native americans first taught the early settlers about the cranberry, and it is for this reason we love to include it at our thanksgiving feasts In the United States. Cranberries are grown commercially in only five states massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon Washington and Wisconsin from the bogs. The cranberries are brought to processing stations like this. One here, a state of the art machine employs several methods to cull out berries that do not meet the high standards of the grower and his customers. One of these methods, however, used a surprisingly simple approach. Legend has it that the technique was accidentally discovered by a gentleman by the name of john peg leg web, evidently peg leg had trouble going up and down the stairs on his storage locker and one day he dropped a load of berries, watching as they tumbled down each step, he noticed that the only berries that made it to the bottom, we're the ripest ones. This gave him the idea to separate the good from the bad by bouncing so the idea much like a really bad berry stuck. The technique, built into our modern machines takes the sorting process to another level. For example, a camera scans for the colors of the berry cranberries that are white, although often just as flavorful, are less desirable and therefore diverted to special bins. The darker berries continue to move on. Lasers are used to measure the berry density. When a mushy berry is detected, a quick blast of air will remove it from the line. But the tried and true method of human inspection, as with the carefully trained workers, is still the best form of quality from peg legs, bounce two laser beams to the keen eyes of workers, from our colorful bogs, to the grocer's shelves, to your ice filled glass. The north American cranberry harvesters Association is proud to serve you the best cranberry products on the planet.