When and how did the New Jersey State Entomologist John Berhardt Smith work with Elizabeth C. White?
Integrated Pest Management uses a variety of techniques to control organisms that adversely effect Vaccinium macrocarpon. John Bernhardt Smith prescribed to cranberry growers a number of these techniques to control the cranberry pests that were threatening their bogs. Describe several of the techniques that the State Entomoloist prescribed.
Compare and contrast cranberry scoop designs. What evidence can be found showing how different types of scoops were used in certain locales and by specific individuals? Develop a chronology of when and by who scoops were used in the United States.
How is each part of the Cranberry Plant vulnerable to pests? Which part of the cranberry plant is least vulnerable to pests.
Trace the travels of the cranberry through the cranberry packing house.
Associate the production of cranberries with environmental conditions over a twenty year period in one or more states.
Compare and contrast the different types of containers used to hold cranberries.
Why do wholesome cranberries bounce? Describe how bouncing cranberries are processed in the
J. J. White Cranberry sorting machine.
Compare the production of cranberries in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Mass.,Michigan and Oregon.
How did and why did cranberry production change over time?
How did the harvesting of cranberries change over time?
Compare five varieties of Vaccinium macrocarpon.
