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economist suntribune thursday december 11 1997 p1 cranberries used for more than a christmas sauce as holiday preparations become frenzied i debated over which christmas plant to write about this week should i remind you that cycla men and azalea prefer a cool room while poinsettias resent the slight est chill i could describe all the new poin- settia varieties and colours have you seen the new variegated one with green and white foliage 1 might remind you yet again that cutting a live evergreen for christmas is actually an environ mentallysound practice it has been grown where other agricultural crops would have failed it has prevented erosion cleaned the air provided homes for animals and will be immediately replaced by the tree farmers there by aiding the economy after it is your christmas focal point its branches become an excellent mulch for your garden but no ive chosen to write about a plant which is more closely asso ciated with the christmas dinner namely vaccinium macrocarpon the cranberry the early settlers discovered this native plant growing from new foundland to manitoba south to virginia and west to minnesota it is a matforming evergreen shrub of the heath family eri- canceae closely related to the blue berry and european lingonberry it prefers moist acidic soils and would make a carpet under rhodo dendrons and azaleas or a good bog plant pinkish white flowers on short upright stems become the lets get growing marjorie mason hogne familiar shiny red fruit in autumn i planted a cranberry in a damp spot this spring and in october it produced three large shiny fruit the settlers used cranberries as food both fresh and dried high in vitamin c they prevented scurvy and relieved dropsy the accumula tion of fluid in tissues by pro moting urination they were also taken to cure fevers and diarrhea and used as a poultice fon wounds commercial production began nearly 200 years ago cranberries were shipped to europe in the 1800s packed in small kegs filled with water today theyre grown in manmade bogs surrounded by dikes which allows them to be flooded this provides a mantle of ice during the winter which believe it or not pro tects the plants from extreme cold for many years the cranberry was used only as a sauce or jelly to accompany the christmas turkey but the last 20 years has seen the cranberry reach its full potential theyre cooked in pancakes and waffles baked in muffins cakes pies and cookies and eaten as snacks in salads and stuffings the juice is consumed as a breakfast drink in sparkling punches and hot tea we have also rediscovered some of their medicinal properties partic ularly in the prevention of urinary tract infections by ridding the sys tem of e coli bacteria between 5 to 20 ounces of cranberry juice daily is considered adequate if you dont appreciate the refreshing tangy flavour it is also available in concentrated form as pills or syrup the cranberry is yet another example of a plant which is taking our synthetic 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