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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"For all its tasty charms, the cranberry is hardly the sort to attract attention," Cox and Walker say in their book.
The tart, colorful cranberry's native habitat around the Pilgrim settlement in Plymouth, and its ascension to a uniquely vibrant place on America’s Thanksgiving dinner table, are something of a coincidence — and a 20th-century phenomenon.
Credit cranberry king Marcus Urann, a true innovator of American agriculture.
"When the Pilgrims first set foot on Cape Cod … they may have well stepped on the American cranberry."
Urann, most notably, invented cranberry sauce — at least the commercial canned cranberry jelly central to Thanksgiving celebrations nationwide today.
The bookish boy from Maine became an influential college scholar and then a Boston attorney before giving up the bar for the bogs.
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The tart, colorful cranberry's native habitat around the Pilgrim settlement in Plymouth, and its ascension to a uniquely vibrant place on America’s Thanksgiving dinner table, are something of a coincidence — and a 20th-century phenomenon.
Credit cranberry king Marcus Urann, a true innovator of American agriculture.
"When the Pilgrims first set foot on Cape Cod … they may have well stepped on the American cranberry."
Urann, most notably, invented cranberry sauce — at least the commercial canned cranberry jelly central to Thanksgiving celebrations nationwide today.
The bookish boy from Maine became an influential college scholar and then a Boston attorney before giving up the bar for the bogs.
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Credit cranberry king Marcus Urann, a true innovator of American agriculture.
"When the Pilgrims first set foot on Cape Cod … they may have well stepped on the American cranberry."
Urann, most notably, invented cranberry sauce — at least the commercial canned cranberry jelly central to Thanksgiving celebrations nationwide today.
The bookish boy from Maine became an influential college scholar and then a Boston attorney before giving up the bar for the bogs.
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Credit cranberry king Marcus Urann, a true innovator of American agriculture.
"When the Pilgrims first set foot on Cape Cod … they may have well stepped on the American cranberry."
Urann, most notably, invented cranberry sauce — at least the commercial canned cranberry jelly central to Thanksgiving celebrations nationwide today.
The bookish boy from Maine became an influential college scholar and then a Boston attorney before giving up the bar for the bogs.
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The bookish boy from Maine became an influential college scholar and then a Boston attorney before giving up the bar for the bogs.
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann purchased cranberry farms in Massachusetts early in the 20th century. He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
He introduced a way to put cranberries in a can in 1912.
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to the northern United States. But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
But they have only a brief autumn harvest from late September to early November and a short shelf life.
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct. 3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Fresh cranberries were known only in a few areas of the nation that possess the right combination of sandy soil, long summers days and long winter dormancy.
SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN ON THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS, INCLUDING FAMILY, FOOD, COUNTRY: ‘TIME TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE’
Urann turned this hyper-local fruit into an international industry — and changed the flavor of gratitude in the United States.
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct. 3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct. 3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter. He attended the University of Maine, where he became an undergraduate scholar of great renown and great vision.
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"Marcus Urann was very influential in expanding the cranberry market," Brian Wick, executive director of Massachusetts Cranberries, told Fox News Digital.
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct. 3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter. He attended the University of Maine, where he became an undergraduate scholar of great renown and great vision.
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age. He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"And that influence is still felt today."
His influence is also felt today far from the soil and of the cranberry bog — in the halls of American academia.
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct. 3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter. He attended the University of Maine, where he became an undergraduate scholar of great renown and great vision.
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age. He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
He founded a society of elite students at the University of Maine to charge the school's best and brightest with using their intellect for the wider good.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
‘Let the love of learning rule humanity’
Marcus Libby Urann was born on Oct. 3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter. He attended the University of Maine, where he became an undergraduate scholar of great renown and great vision.
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age. He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
He founded a society of elite students at the University of Maine to charge the school's best and brightest with using their intellect for the wider good.
It's known today as Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society of the nation's best students.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
3, 1873, to Marcus M. and Chestina Urann in Sullivan, Maine, a tiny Downeast town on Bar Harbor.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter. He attended the University of Maine, where he became an undergraduate scholar of great renown and great vision.
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age. He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
He founded a society of elite students at the University of Maine to charge the school's best and brightest with using their intellect for the wider good.
It's known today as Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society of the nation's best students.
"An analysis of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society … than their ability justified."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN LEGION, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., PRIVILEGED TO FIGHT AND TO SERVE
He described himself as a "bookworm" in one letter. He attended the University of Maine, where he became an undergraduate scholar of great renown and great vision.
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age. He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
He founded a society of elite students at the University of Maine to charge the school's best and brightest with using their intellect for the wider good.
It's known today as Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society of the nation's best students.
"An analysis of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society … than their ability justified." — Marcus Urann
"Under the leadership of student Marcus L. Urann, who created the bylaws and constitution for the organization, the group formed the Lambda Sigma Eta Society," Phi Kappa Phi states today — recognizing Urann, more than 125 years later, as the father of the program while a student.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
He was apparently aware of the gift of his intellect at a young age. He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
He founded a society of elite students at the University of Maine to charge the school's best and brightest with using their intellect for the wider good.
It's known today as Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society of the nation's best students.
"An analysis of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society … than their ability justified." — Marcus Urann
"Under the leadership of student Marcus L. Urann, who created the bylaws and constitution for the organization, the group formed the Lambda Sigma Eta Society," Phi Kappa Phi states today — recognizing Urann, more than 125 years later, as the father of the program while a student.
"Upon Urann's graduation, the school's president Abram Harris led the way for promoting the Society."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
He was also raised to believe, or grew to believe by college, that those born with great gifts were also born with great responsibility to the nation.
He founded a society of elite students at the University of Maine to charge the school's best and brightest with using their intellect for the wider good.
It's known today as Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society of the nation's best students.
"An analysis of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society … than their ability justified." — Marcus Urann
"Under the leadership of student Marcus L. Urann, who created the bylaws and constitution for the organization, the group formed the Lambda Sigma Eta Society," Phi Kappa Phi states today — recognizing Urann, more than 125 years later, as the father of the program while a student.
"Upon Urann's graduation, the school's president Abram Harris led the way for promoting the Society."
His society was renamed Phi Kappa Phi in 1900, from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn – "Let the love of learning rule humanity."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
It's known today as Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society of the nation's best students.
"An analysis of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society … than their ability justified." — Marcus Urann
"Under the leadership of student Marcus L. Urann, who created the bylaws and constitution for the organization, the group formed the Lambda Sigma Eta Society," Phi Kappa Phi states today — recognizing Urann, more than 125 years later, as the father of the program while a student.
"Upon Urann's graduation, the school's president Abram Harris led the way for promoting the Society."
His society was renamed Phi Kappa Phi in 1900, from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn – "Let the love of learning rule humanity."
‘BEST HOMEMADE’ THANKSGIVING TURKEY GRAVY THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE: TRY THE RECIPE
The group soon found advocates at Pennsylvania State College (now University) and the University of Tennessee, before spreading nationally and internationally.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
— Marcus Urann
"Under the leadership of student Marcus L. Urann, who created the bylaws and constitution for the organization, the group formed the Lambda Sigma Eta Society," Phi Kappa Phi states today — recognizing Urann, more than 125 years later, as the father of the program while a student.
"Upon Urann's graduation, the school's president Abram Harris led the way for promoting the Society."
His society was renamed Phi Kappa Phi in 1900, from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn – "Let the love of learning rule humanity."
‘BEST HOMEMADE’ THANKSGIVING TURKEY GRAVY THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE: TRY THE RECIPE
The group soon found advocates at Pennsylvania State College (now University) and the University of Tennessee, before spreading nationally and internationally.
Phi Kappa Phi chapters are found at more than 325 campuses in the U.S.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"Upon Urann's graduation, the school's president Abram Harris led the way for promoting the Society."
His society was renamed Phi Kappa Phi in 1900, from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn – "Let the love of learning rule humanity."
‘BEST HOMEMADE’ THANKSGIVING TURKEY GRAVY THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE: TRY THE RECIPE
The group soon found advocates at Pennsylvania State College (now University) and the University of Tennessee, before spreading nationally and internationally.
Phi Kappa Phi chapters are found at more than 325 campuses in the U.S. and at schools as far away as the Philippines.
It remains true to Urann's mission to "engage the community of scholars in service to others."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"Upon Urann's graduation, the school's president Abram Harris led the way for promoting the Society."
His society was renamed Phi Kappa Phi in 1900, from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn – "Let the love of learning rule humanity."
‘BEST HOMEMADE’ THANKSGIVING TURKEY GRAVY THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE: TRY THE RECIPE
The group soon found advocates at Pennsylvania State College (now University) and the University of Tennessee, before spreading nationally and internationally.
Phi Kappa Phi chapters are found at more than 325 campuses in the U.S. and at schools as far away as the Philippines.
It remains true to Urann's mission to "engage the community of scholars in service to others."
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
His society was renamed Phi Kappa Phi in 1900, from the letters of the Greek words forming its motto, Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn – "Let the love of learning rule humanity."
‘BEST HOMEMADE’ THANKSGIVING TURKEY GRAVY THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE: TRY THE RECIPE
The group soon found advocates at Pennsylvania State College (now University) and the University of Tennessee, before spreading nationally and internationally.
Phi Kappa Phi chapters are found at more than 325 campuses in the U.S. and at schools as far away as the Philippines.
It remains true to Urann's mission to "engage the community of scholars in service to others."
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Phi Kappa Phi chapters are found at more than 325 campuses in the U.S. and at schools as far away as the Philippines.
It remains true to Urann's mission to "engage the community of scholars in service to others."
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Phi Kappa Phi chapters are found at more than 325 campuses in the U.S. and at schools as far away as the Philippines.
It remains true to Urann's mission to "engage the community of scholars in service to others."
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
and at schools as far away as the Philippines.
It remains true to Urann's mission to "engage the community of scholars in service to others."
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"An analysis … of the men in my class convinced me that some of our brightest men were in danger of contributing less to society, to the university and to the state, than their ability justified us in expecting," Urann wrote of his endeavor in 1924.
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"I wanted the ability of the high-rank man to be made most useful to society; also, I was looking for something which would be an inspiration to all students to work for high rank and I believed that uniting those men who were interested would be helpful."
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann himself became an attorney in Boston after graduation. But in 1906, he decided to give it up to buy cranberry bogs in and around Cape Cod and Plymouth.
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
'Simple, insignificant-looking plant’
Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided our only contemporary account of the first Thanksgiving. He mentions only fowl and deer, and "our harvest being gotten in."
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The harvest certainly included corn, scholars believe.
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The rest of the "harvest" upon which they feasted is unknown.
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"But there is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving," said Wick of Massachusetts Cranberries, despite the fact they are one of the few fruits native to North America that grow in the northern United States.
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
It might have just been overlooked — as authors Cox and Walker suspect.
"There is no evidence the Pilgrims had cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." — Brian Wick
They cite colonial settler John Josselyn, who wrote in 1672 that the cranberry is nothing but "a small trailing plant" and a humble vine "that grows over Salt Marshes that are overgrown with moss."
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Benjamin Eastwood, touted by Cox and Walker as one of the cranberry’s "greatest promoters," spoke only in humble terms of his beloved fruit.
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
He called the cranberry a "simple, insignificant-looking plant" and a "stunted barren thing."
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann saw the cranberry differently. He saw a global industry crawling along the bogs of Massachusetts.
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"After he set up cooking facilities at a packinghouse in Hanson, Massachusetts, he began to consider ways to extend the short selling season of the berries," Smithsonian Magazine reported in a 2013 history of cranberries.
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO INVENTED THE SHOPPING CART, SYLVAN GOLDMAN, OKLAHOMA SUPERMARKET MOGUL
"Canning them, in particular, he knew would make the berry a year-round product."
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
In 1912, Urann began processing gelled cranberries in cans — cranberry sauce.
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"As modest as this seems, Urann's maneuver was revolutionary," write Cox and Walker. "For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Most importantly, cranberries could now be sold to consumers far from where they were grown.
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann pioneered other innovations in cranberry farming, too, including the process of wet-harvesting cranberries.
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"For a fruit that had been marketed almost exclusively as a fresh product, it was a radical proposal to cook and to can."
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The tiny berries were usually plucked from dried vines by migrant workers. But cranberries, each filled with four chambers of air, float easily.
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Urann realized the bog could be floated, the berries agitated from their vines, and easily rounded up while floating in the water.
Urann teamed up with fellow leaders of cranberry farming John Makepeace and Elizabeth Lee to create Ocean Spray, still headquartered in Massachusetts to this day.
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
He lived by that example throughout his life.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The name is synonymous with cranberry juice and cranberry sauce.
Ocean Spray is one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
He lived by that example throughout his life.
"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
It's helped spread cranberry farming around the country and around the world — and put cranberry juices and sauces in international markets.
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
He lived by that example throughout his life.
"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
He lived by that example throughout his life.
"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906. During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce remains its signature product. The company first sold its cranberry sauce nationally in 1941 — its ridged cranberry gel a familiar site on Thanksgiving tables around the United States.
‘Everything in life is what you do for others'
Marcus L. Libby died on April 1, 1963 in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he rests in a family plot in Fernhill Cemetery.
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
He lived by that example throughout his life.
"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906. During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST PLANTED APPLES IN THE COLONIES: WILLIAM BLAXTON, ECCENTRIC SETTLER
The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"I do believe that anyone can do anything that he really desires to accomplish," Urann wrote as a young man 1924, explaining the history of Phi Kappa Phi.
He lived by that example throughout his life.
"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906. During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST PLANTED APPLES IN THE COLONIES: WILLIAM BLAXTON, ECCENTRIC SETTLER
The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
He lived by that example throughout his life.
"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906. During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST PLANTED APPLES IN THE COLONIES: WILLIAM BLAXTON, ECCENTRIC SETTLER
The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
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"A recognized giant of the cranberry industry," The Boston Globe wrote in his April 4 obituary, dubbing Urann the "Cranberry King."
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906. During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
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The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
"He bought his first cranberry bog on [Cape Cod] in 1906. During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST PLANTED APPLES IN THE COLONIES: WILLIAM BLAXTON, ECCENTRIC SETTLER
The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
During the next 30 years, he built his bog holding into a complex throughout southeastern Massachusetts."
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST PLANTED APPLES IN THE COLONIES: WILLIAM BLAXTON, ECCENTRIC SETTLER
The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
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American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
MEET THE AMERICAN WHO FIRST PLANTED APPLES IN THE COLONIES: WILLIAM BLAXTON, ECCENTRIC SETTLER
The report of his death added, "He formed a cooperative which eventually dominated the industry, and organized a canning operation which grew into the industry’s single biggest buyer and distributor."
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Cranberries were available only in the autumn and only fresh when Urann bought his first cranberry bog in 1906.
Ocean Spray reports today that fresh cranberries account for only 5% of the fruit's production — a testament to the exponential explosion of the industry inspired by Urann.
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
They are sold internationally as sauce in juice, much as Urann first conceived in 1912.
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The United States is easily the world’s largest grower of a fruit essential to the flavor of its national holiday dinner table.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER
American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others." — Marcus Urann
"For Massachusetts and for this region, they’re so much a part of our history and our culture," said Wick.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
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American farmers grow twice as many cranberries as No. 2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others." — Marcus Urann
"For Massachusetts and for this region, they’re so much a part of our history and our culture," said Wick. "They’ve been part of a fabric of our region from Indigenous people until today."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
2 Canada and about 20 times the production of third-place Chile, according to data from the Cranberry Institute in Carver, Massachusetts, next to Plymouth.
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others." — Marcus Urann
"For Massachusetts and for this region, they’re so much a part of our history and our culture," said Wick. "They’ve been part of a fabric of our region from Indigenous people until today."
Urann saw what cranberries could be far beyond the land of the Pilgrims.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
The state of Wisconsin, meanwhile, surpassed Massachusetts decades ago as the nation’s top cranberry grower.
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others." — Marcus Urann
"For Massachusetts and for this region, they’re so much a part of our history and our culture," said Wick. "They’ve been part of a fabric of our region from Indigenous people until today."
Urann saw what cranberries could be far beyond the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England," Urann told the Associated Press in a story that ran around the nation on Thanksgiving in 1959.
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Six out of 10 Americans say that cranberry sauce has and always will be on their Thanksgiving table, while more than one third say they "can’t live without" cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, according to Ocean Spray.
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others." — Marcus Urann
"For Massachusetts and for this region, they’re so much a part of our history and our culture," said Wick. "They’ve been part of a fabric of our region from Indigenous people until today."
Urann saw what cranberries could be far beyond the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England," Urann told the Associated Press in a story that ran around the nation on Thanksgiving in 1959.
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"You know, everything in life is what you do for others."
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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit
Cranberry bogs remain a signature of the landscape in the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England. You know, everything in life is what you do for others." — Marcus Urann
"For Massachusetts and for this region, they’re so much a part of our history and our culture," said Wick. "They’ve been part of a fabric of our region from Indigenous people until today."
Urann saw what cranberries could be far beyond the land of the Pilgrims.
"I felt I could do something for New England," Urann told the Associated Press in a story that ran around the nation on Thanksgiving in 1959.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
"You know, everything in life is what you do for others."
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Cranberries, a recent addition to agriculture, were domesticated around 200 years ago in the U.S.
Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables?
Compared to many valuable plant species that were domesticated over thousands of years, cultivated cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a young agricultural crop, just as the U.S. is a young country and Thanksgiving is a relatively new holiday. But as a plant scientist, I’ve learned much about cranberries’ ancestry from their botany and genomics.
The Domestication of Cranberries
Humans have cultivated sorghum for some 5,500 years, corn for around 8,700 years, and cotton for about 5,000 years. In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables?
Compared to many valuable plant species that were domesticated over thousands of years, cultivated cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a young agricultural crop, just as the U.S. is a young country and Thanksgiving is a relatively new holiday. But as a plant scientist, I’ve learned much about cranberries’ ancestry from their botany and genomics.
The Domestication of Cranberries
Humans have cultivated sorghum for some 5,500 years, corn for around 8,700 years, and cotton for about 5,000 years. In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
is a young country and Thanksgiving is a relatively new holiday. But as a plant scientist, I’ve learned much about cranberries’ ancestry from their botany and genomics.
The Domestication of Cranberries
Humans have cultivated sorghum for some 5,500 years, corn for around 8,700 years, and cotton for about 5,000 years. In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
is a young country and Thanksgiving is a relatively new holiday. But as a plant scientist, I’ve learned much about cranberries’ ancestry from their botany and genomics.
The Domestication of Cranberries
Humans have cultivated sorghum for some 5,500 years, corn for around 8,700 years, and cotton for about 5,000 years. In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
The Domestication of Cranberries
Humans have cultivated sorghum for some 5,500 years, corn for around 8,700 years, and cotton for about 5,000 years. In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
In contrast, cranberries were domesticated around 200 years ago – but people were eating the berries before that.
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Wild cranberries are native to North America. They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
They were an important food source for Native Americans, who used them in puddings, sauces, breads and a high-protein portable food called pemmican – a carnivore’s version of an energy bar, made from a mixture of dried meat and rendered animal fat and sometimes studded with dried fruits. Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Some tribes still make pemmican today, and even market a commercial version.
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Cranberry cultivation began in 1816 in Massachusetts, where Revolutionary War veteran Henry Hall found that covering cranberry bogs with sand fertilized the vines and retained water around their roots. From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
From there, the fruit spread throughout the U.S. Northeast and Upper Midwest.
Today, Wisconsin produces roughly 60% of the U.S. cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
cranberry harvest, followed by Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey. Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Cranberries also are grown in Canada, where they are a major fruit crop.
Botanical Features of Cranberries
Cranberries have many interesting botanical features. Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Like roses, lilies and daffodils, cranberry flowers are hermaphroditic, which means they contain both male and female parts. This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
This allows them to self-pollinate instead of relying on birds, insects or other pollinators.
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
A cranberry blossom has four petals that peel back when the flower blooms. This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant’s pollen. The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
The flower’s resemblance to the beak of a bird earned the cranberry its original name, the “craneberry.”
When cranberries don’t self-pollinate, they rely on bumblebees and honeybees to transport their pollen from flower to flower. They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
These pockets serve a biological role: They enable the berries to float down rivers and streams to disperse their seeds.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
These pockets serve a biological role: They enable the berries to float down rivers and streams to disperse their seeds. Many other plants disperse their seeds via animals and birds that eat their fruits and excrete the seeds as they move around.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
They can also be propagated sexually, by planting seeds, or asexually, through rooting vine cuttings. This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
These pockets serve a biological role: They enable the berries to float down rivers and streams to disperse their seeds. Many other plants disperse their seeds via animals and birds that eat their fruits and excrete the seeds as they move around. But as anyone who has tasted them raw knows, cranberries are ultra-tart, so they have limited appeal for wildlife.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
This is important for growers because seed-based propagation allows for higher genetic diversity, which can translate to things like increased disease resistance or more pest tolerance.
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
These pockets serve a biological role: They enable the berries to float down rivers and streams to disperse their seeds. Many other plants disperse their seeds via animals and birds that eat their fruits and excrete the seeds as they move around. But as anyone who has tasted them raw knows, cranberries are ultra-tart, so they have limited appeal for wildlife.
Genetic Insights and Breeding
For cranberries being such a young crop, scientists already know a lot about their genetics.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Asexual reproduction is equally important, however. This method allows growers to create clones of varieties that perform very well in their bogs and grow even more of those high-performing types.
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
These pockets serve a biological role: They enable the berries to float down rivers and streams to disperse their seeds. Many other plants disperse their seeds via animals and birds that eat their fruits and excrete the seeds as they move around. But as anyone who has tasted them raw knows, cranberries are ultra-tart, so they have limited appeal for wildlife.
Genetic Insights and Breeding
For cranberries being such a young crop, scientists already know a lot about their genetics. The cranberry is a diploid, which means that each cell contains one set of chromosomes from the maternal parent and one set from the paternal parent.
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Cranberries: A Thanksgiving Staple With a Rich History and Unique Biology
Every cranberry contains four air pockets, which is why they float when farmers flood bogs to harvest them. The air pockets also make raw cranberries bounce when they are dropped on a hard surface – a good indicator of whether they are fresh.
These pockets serve a biological role: They enable the berries to float down rivers and streams to disperse their seeds. Many other plants disperse their seeds via animals and birds that eat their fruits and excrete the seeds as they move around. But as anyone who has tasted them raw knows, cranberries are ultra-tart, so they have limited appeal for wildlife.
Genetic Insights and Breeding
For cranberries being such a young crop, scientists already know a lot about their genetics. The cranberry is a diploid, which means that each cell contains one set of chromosomes from the maternal parent and one set from the paternal parent. It has 24 chromosomes, and its genome size is less than one-tenth that of the human genome.
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