Family harvest
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Cranberry grower Tim Johnson washes and sorts berries. Good berries go to the left into an 18-wheeler, bad ones go into the red container on right.
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First photographer Paul Parmelee shooting video of Tim Johnson sorting berries.
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Boom corrals cranberries in bog
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The knocker "knocks" the cranberries loose and the buoyant berries float on the surface.
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Cranberries are buoyant and float on the surface once knocked off the vines.
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Cranberries are buoyant and float on the surface once knocked off the vines.
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Once all of the berries are corralled, this arm sucks the cranberries up into the washer/sorter.
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Once all of the berries are corralled, this arm sucks the cranberries up into the washer/sorter.
Delaware is one of only 10 states that grows and harvests cranberries for Ocean Spray. This year was Johnson Farm’s 13th harvest, a process that only happens once a year.
Have you ever eaten a cranberry picked off the vine? Now you can, vicariously through Shirley. See for yourself.
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