Inside every cranberry, there are four tiny air pockets. These air pockets provide enough buoyant force to lift the lightweight cranberry to the water’s surface.
Despite what a lot of people think, cranberries do not grow in water. When the bogs are flooded each for fall for wet harvest, all the cranberries float to the surface.
A totally plausible once upon a time story…
If we had to guess the history, a farmer from long ago probably stumbled upon a natural cranberry bog flooded by rain. This breathtaking sight must have caught the eye of this curious farmer. The farmer then made his way down to the water’s edge. After easily scooping up a few loosely floating cranberries from water a light bulb went off! I should grow cranberries and flood the bogs on purpose!0 Likes