Cranberry Beds Increasingly Cropping Up in Maine

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I'm thinking of growing cranberries. Having failed at corn, peas, peppers, beans and garlic, it is time to branch out into something new.

The idea - which probably won't happen in the next decade, if at all - is not as far-fetched as it might seem. Maine has a growing cranberry industry, John Harker of the Maine Department of Agriculture said, with 32 growers cultivating 250 acres of cranberries.

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Cranberry Beds Increasingly Cropping Up in Maine

And several people, including Harker, already are growing cranberries in their home gardens.

"The bed I have is about 5 by 10 feet," he said, "and the rule of thumb is that you get a po...

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