Gleaning Cranberries

For thousands of years, Wampanoags have gleaned sassamanash, as the tribe calls cranberries. The harvest tradition continues this week at the cranberry bog on Lambert's Cove Road in West Tisbury. The bog's more than hundred-year-old processing barn and Hayden Cranberry Separator have been carefully restored and put back into operation. Pick your own or buy a bag of organic cranberries for $5.

The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket ~ Eastman Johnson, 1880