BKANCHING OF THE SEEDLINGS. 



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vigorous development. Out of fifty-nine normal cases observed prior 

 to the second transplanting of the seedlings, the length of the new 

 shoot, or when more than one the longest of them, at the time of 

 termination of growth on the old stem varied from 0.4 of an inch to 

 5 inches, with an average of 1.8 inches. It would appear that the 



Fig. 24. — Blueberry seedling with diffuse 

 type of branching. This will become a 

 low; many-branched bush. (One-third 

 natural size.) 



Fic. 2't. — Blueberry seedling of the type 

 with few branches. The branch is more 

 than twice as tall as the original main 

 stem. (One-third natural size. 1 



immediate cause of the termination of growth on the old stem is the 

 diversion of food materials into the new vigorous growth. 



(24) WlIKN THE PLANTS AEE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS OLD AND FOUR TO SIX INCHES IN 

 HEIGHT THEY ARE POTTED IN FOUR-INCH POTS IN THE BEST PEAT OR PEAT 

 .MIXTURE. 



On February 17, when the plants Avere 4 to inches high, they were 

 transplanted into 4-inch pots in the same soil mixture as was used in 

 the transplanting of October 24 (peat 8, sand 1, loam 1). As stated 

 19:5 



