The cranberries are corralled towards the berry pump and moved by an elevator to get loaded in the trailer.
Loading Cranberries
Picture of the Day for October 6, 2023
The cranberries floating as they make their way across the water to get loaded on a truck.
Sea of Red
Picture of the Day for October 5, 2023
The cranberry harvest is happening around the state and the machine is stripping the cranberries from the vines and then float to the water surface.
Cranberry Harvest
Picture of the Day for November 24, 2021
The Thanksgiving Day meal tomorrow might include a turkey as the main course but cranberries may also be the table. Most of the cranberries in the state were harvested last month before freezing temperatures. These cranberries, after being stripped from the vines, float on the water as they are rounded up near the pump to load them unto trucks.
Floating Cranberries
Picture of the Day for November 22, 2018
For many people, the Thanksgiving meal included turkey as the main course but another common item is cranberries in a variety of forms. It’s debatable whether or not there were cranberries at the first Thanksgiving, but due to the importance of cranberries as a native fruit in early North America it is believed that they would have been at the first Thanksgiving. These cranberries were harvested last month, when the temperature was much warmer than it was today.
Cranberries for Thanksgiving
Picture of the Day for October 17, 2017
Most of the cranberry beds that I saw this morning while exploring the area had been harvested but there were several beds which the cranberries had been stripped from the vines and the cranberries were floating on the water waiting to be corralled and loaded on trucks.
Cranberries Floating Around
Picture of the Day for October 11, 2016
The soybean and corn harvest continues, but there are other crops being harvested like cranberries. These cranberries have been stripped off the vines and are floating on water waiting to be corralled and loaded on trucks.
Cranberries Floating
Picture of the Day for November 25, 2015
Legend has it that Pilgrims may have served cranberries at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth. American recipes containing cranberries date from the early 18th century. Today some people may have been making cranberry sauce for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal. In September and October, you can see cranberry beds in Wisconsin turn to a red color as the cranberries float on the water during harvest.
Sea of Red
