Cranberry: Basic Information

General

• Frequently Asked Questions

Questions AskCranberry has been asked several times, and their answers
 
• USDA PLANTS National Database

You will be shown a query form. Enter "vaccinium macrocarpon" for Scientific Name or "cranberry" for Common Name. Information includes plant synonyms, distribution map, wetland information, and references.

• Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association -- Cranberry Information

Massachusetts cranberry history and cultivation, plus a four-season guide to the activities of cranberry growers

• Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Fisheries -- Cranberry Facts and Pointers

Botany and history of cranberry cultivation in the US and Canada, including both major and hybrid cultivars, production statistics for Canada and composition data

• British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries -- Cranberries

Facts about cranberries and cranberry production in British Columbia

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Horticulture -- Terminology for Cranberry Bud Development and Growth

Standardized terminology for cranberry bud development, for communication between researchers and growers

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Horticulture -- Cranberry Production in Wisconsin

History, distribution, botany, site selection and preparation, cultivation, cultivar selection, pest management, water management, winter management, marketing and economics

• Culinary Sleuth -- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cranberries

History, cranberry trivia, and recipes

• University of Saskatchewan, Department of Horticulture -- The Christmas-Cranberry Connection

Origin of the word cranberry, harvesting

• University of Massachusetts Boston, Conservation New England -- As American as Vaccinium macrocarpon ... Cranberry Cultivation in Massachusetts

Cranberry botany, harvesting wild cranberries, history of cranberry cultivation, and current issue
 
• University of Maine Cooperative -- Cranberry Agriculture in Maine

Harvest, weather, pest and other information for growers; cranberry timeline, pictures, and bibliography
 
• Cranberry Creations -- Growing Information

Advice for growing cranberries as a house or garden plant, especially in the northeastern United States
 
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- Cranberry Growers Roll Out the Red Carpet for Fall Color Fans

Article on "Cranberry Highway" fall tourism near Wisconsin Rapids, including facts about cranberries, from September 10, 2000

• Wisconsin Public Television -- Ho-Chunk Cranberry Harvest

Includes a one-minute quicktime movie depicting 1924 cranberry harvest by Ho-Chunk Native Americans, as narrated by Edmund Lincoln Cranmoor, Ho-Chunk Nation
 
• Burlington County Library (New Jersey) -- Cranberries in New Jersey 

Cultural and technological history of cranberries in New Jersey
 
• The Story Must Be Told -- A Story of Cape Verdeans

A multi-generational, illustrated history of the Cape Verdean men and women who worked in the Massachusetts cranberry industry, by Querino Kenneth Joseph Semedo
 
• The 'Cranberry Scare' of 1959
  An overview of the herbicide panic of 1959, from the American Council on Science and Health