The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . keep it covered with water throughout the winter and for a short time at other seasons of the year,to protect it from frost, to drown out undesirable weeds and insect pests or prevent a fungous disease called scald,* A bog may be flooded at any time without Injury to the vines, except when in.blossom Inclearing a bog the slumps are usually removed, but not always. The whole is turfed with a cranberry orboghoe, which has a wider blade than the

The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . keep it covered with water throughout the winter and for a short time at other seasons of the year,to protect it from frost, to drown out undesirable weeds and insect pests or prevent a fungous disease called scald,* A bog may be flooded at any time without Injury to the vines, except when in.blossom Inclearing a bog the slumps are usually removed, but not always. The whole is turfed with a cranberry orboghoe, which has a wider blade than the

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The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . keep it covered with water throughout the winter and for a short time at other seasons of the year,to protect it from frost, to drown out undesirable weeds and insect pests or prevent a fungous disease called scald,* A bog may be flooded at any time without Injury to the vines, except when in.blossom Inclearing a bog the slumps are usually removed, but not always. The whole is turfed with a cranberry orboghoe, which has a wider blade than the ordinary grub-hoe. Ditches are dug throughout the wholebog, and sometimes the surface is sanded. It is planted in a simple manner with a suitable variety ofwild-berry from the woods or from another bog. Usually the vines are mown down with scytheijThtse pieces are dropped over the area ready for planting and pushed into the soft soil with a woodendibble. They soon take root, and in the course of a couple of years their vigorous stolons have completepossession of the soil. utui^UUlLJAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEYREPORT ON FORESTRY Plate No. XX.. A WMITR-CnnAR SWAAP