Cranberry Bog

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by Lyric Lucas

Original - Not For Sale

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

10.000 x 8.000 inches

Title

Cranberry Bog

Artist

Lyric Lucas

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

Description

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Medford Art Center - “Small Works” Medford NJ 11/9/18 - 1/5/19

“The Whitesbog Gallery” exhibit (Harvest Time and Cranberries), Browns Mills NJ August - September 2018.



The painting is of a cranberry bog.
Cranberries are harvested in the fall when the fruit takes on its distinctive deep red color. Berries that receive sun turn a deep red when fully ripe, while those that do not fully mature are a pale pink or white color. This is usually in September through the first part of November. To harvest cranberries, the beds are flooded with six to eight inches of water above the vines. A harvester is driven through the beds to remove the fruit from the vines. Harvested cranberries float in the water and can be corralled into a corner of the bed and conveyed or pumped from the bed. As fresh cranberries are hard, sour, and bitter, about 95% of cranberries are processed and used to make cranberry juice and sauce. They are also sold dried and sweetened. Cranberry juice is usually sweetened or blended with other fruit juices to reduce its natural tartness. There are several alcoholic cocktails, including cranberry juice. Usually cranberries as fruit are cooked into a compote or jelly known as cranberry sauce. The berry is also used in baking (muffins, scones, cakes and bread.

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August 13th, 2018