Monday, November 05, 2012

Lee Brothers (Cranberries), Speedwell NJ


The second cranberry grower that I visited was Lee Brothers with 130 acres.

updated on July 18, 2013: video that I had embedded here  about the Lee Brothers operation is no longer available. :-(

I got an opportunity to see a little of the Lee Brother's cranberry harvest when I visited. I understand that the Lee Brothers uses different harvesting techniques from Pine Island. I got to see them deploy the yellow crane-boom, it is on the large spool you will see being pulled by the green tractor. The harvest crew rakes the cranberries with the aid of a large blower into the crane-boom in one corner of the bog.

It was pretty cool to watch them work. I would like to thank the Lee family for taking a few moments out of their busy day to describe what I was seeing.

Enjoy these photos that I took the day of my visit to the Lee Brothers.

Lee Brothers Cranberry Bog

Lee Brothers Cranberry Bog

Cran-boom is on the large spool behind the tractor

Tractor with blower

Cran-boom being deployed

Raking cranberries

Cran-boom being deployed, tractor is moving.

Cran-boom being deployed, tractor is moving.


Cran-boom being deployed, tractor is moving.

Cran-boom being deployed, tractor is moving.

Raking and blowing

Raking and blowing

Blowing cranberries




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