Published: November 3rd 2009October 17th 2009
October marks the Cranberry Harvest season in Massachusetts, the world's second largest producer of Cranberries! Cranberries are harvested in a rather unique way. A cranberry field is flooded with water leading to the creation of a cranberry bog! The cranberries then float up on top of the water surface and can be collected. Thus, it is a rather interesting sight to watch. The largest cranberry producer in MA, AD Makepeace and company has an annual harvest festival which we decided to visit ..
We decided to end the day with a trip to the charming town of Sandwich. This town has a still functioning corn mill, by a pretty pond. It also has a very interesting glass museum which catalogs the history of Sandwich as one of the erstwhile glass blowing centers of the US. It has fascinating displays - such as uranium glass which glows fluorescently under UV light. It also has other very artistically crafted glass work.
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