Cranberry Word Search



Cranberry Word Search

R J A S P E R W Y M A N W R R C Y L

A W C N X U Z V I T A M I N C H S K

K O R L P O C T O B E R U C K E T Z

E W E I O L T Y P R Q X H H L R C B

L K S W O L P S A N D C O D E R U R

K L H A R V E S T L P N S M O Y D U

W T I O N V A E P K R B F H E F O N

N T T H A N K S G I V I N G U I R N

S M H Y R L D E I E E N P U O E P E

W A T E R E I T A U P R I G H T S R

W I N O L W K O N H D E L C O D O S

T N E T O S W C N C N K G T Y F G K

K E Y O W E N N I N I B R Y O O N T

M W C R A N B E R R Y E I X R O I A

B I E O L I L N H H I D M D E D M R

N L X T I V O H N W E S S Q D S B T

D N O R T H E A S T E R N D M D U E

Clues for the Words to Find:

• Unit of measurement describing the size of a cranberry farm or any other plot of land (plural – more than one): _ _ _ _ S

• A word that describes how cranberries taste (hint: rhymes with HEART): _ _ _ _

• Another word for cranberry bogs (word is used mostly when the bogs are built in an upland setting versus a natural bog). You also sleep on them: _ _ _ _

• An edible berry that is in the same genus as the blueberry: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• Early Massachusetts colonists who learned about cranberries from the Native Americans: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• A holiday during which people reflect on their many blessings. It also coincides with the time of the year when cranberries are plentiful: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• The largest state in New England, and one which saw a rebirth of its cranberry industry starting in 1990: _ _ _ _ _

• Cranberries are very high in this compared to most other foods; Also suspected to be vitally important for the prevention of the common cold: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _

• The color of a fully ripe cranberry: _ _ _

• A word that describes the nonberry part of cranberry plants. Grapes have them as well: _ _ _ _ _

• A word describing the horizontal stems of a cranberry plant that grow along the ground and occasionally root themselves. Also, joggers in a race are called: _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• A word describing the vertical stems of a cranberry plant: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• Cranberries grow well in this natural, low-nutrient substance and most other plants do not. It also gets in your shoes when you’re at the beach: _ _ _ _

• Cranberries and human beings are both comprised primarily of this substance: _ _ _ _ _

• The month during which the vast majority of cranberries in Maine are harvested: _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Additional/bonus cranberry words that can be found:

HARVEST

RAKE

Plus these cranberry farms:

RICKER HILL (in Turner, ME)

MINGO’S PRODUCTS (in Calais, ME)

JASPER WYMAN (in Cherryfield, ME)

Prepared by Charles Armstrong, Cranberry Professional, University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Revised 2019.

Answers:

ACRES

TART

BEDS

CRANBERRY

PILGRIMS

THANKSGIVING

MAINE

VITAMIN-C

RED

VINES

RUNNERS

UPRIGHTS

SAND

WATER

OCTOBER

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