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Harvest Middleboro, MA |
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The early settlers in Massachusetts discovered cranberries growing on the sandy hills near the coast. Cranberries need a lot of water to survive, which is why they grew near the shore. The settlers found that they could grow them in bogs, away from the coast. Some of the bogs in this area are more than 100 years old, and some of them have been in the same family for generations.
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These machines are just like big rakes, with rotating bars across the front that knock the berries off the vine. |
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When the berries are all rounded up, they rake them into a big vacuum that sucks them up and cleans them, then puts them in a big truck. |
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These cranberries will be sold to Ocean Spray, to make juices, or cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner. |
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