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Improvement and propagation 80 



(37) The parent plant of the swamp blueberry seedlings, the culture 



of which has been described, bore berries over half an inch in 

 diameter 80 



(38) There is every reason to believe that the blueberry can be 



improved by breeding and by selection 82 



(39) The swamp blueberry has b?en propagated by grafting, by bud- 



ding, by layering, by twig cuttings, and by root cuttings 83 



(•10) The most desirable method of propagating the swamp blueberry 



is by cuttings 84 



Field culture 86 



(41) Experiments have been begun in the field culture of the swamp 



blueberry - 86 



Conclusion -■ 88 



Index 91 



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