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Tour of the Lee Bros. Cranberry Farm

Tour of the Lee Bros. Cranberry Farm

October 18, 2006

Photo: Visitors gather to hear Abbott Lee explain how cranberries are grown and harvested at his family's 2,000-acre cranberry, nursery, and forestry farm in the Pinelands.

Visitors gather to hear Abbott Lee explain how cranberries are grown and harvested at his family's 2,000-acre cranberry, nursery, and forestry farm in the Pinelands.


Photo: With a wet harvest, cranberry bogs are flooded with water once the berries are ripe, and a beater is used to separate berries from the vine.

With a wet harvest, cranberry bogs are flooded with water once the berries are ripe, and a beater is used to separate berries from the vine.


Photo: Berries that have been separated from the vine are corralled with floating booms to one corner of the bog.

Berries that have been separated from the vine are corralled with floating booms to one corner of the bog.


Photo: Executive Dean Goodman rakes cranberries toward a berry pump. The Lee brothers employ the industry's largest floating harvester.

Executive Dean Goodman rakes cranberries toward a berry pump. The Lee brothers employ the industry's largest floating harvester.


Photo: The cranberries are separated from the bog water and deposited into a waiting truck. The berries will then be transported to the Ocean Spray processing plant just a few minutes' drive from the farm.

The cranberries are separated from the bog water and deposited into a waiting truck. The berries will then be transported to the Ocean Spray processing plant just a few minutes' drive from the farm.


Photo: Senior Associate Dean Art Brown and Executive Dean Goodman watch as berries are vacuumed from the bog, rinsed, and lifted into the truck.

Senior Associate Dean Art Brown and Executive Dean Goodman watch as berries are vacuumed from the bog, rinsed, and lifted into the truck.


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