94 EXPERIMENTS IN BLUEBEERY CULTURE. 



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Fruit, pollination necessary for production 76 



ripening process, description 78-79 



See also Berry. 



Fruiting of swamp blueberry 68, 81, 87 



Fungi, growth on organic matter containing no nitrates.. 48 



mycorrhizal, study by Charlotte Ternetz 49-50 



Fungus, beneficial in rootlets'. 42-45, 48-50, 89 



injurious, found in roots of feeble blueberry plants 64-65 



Garden soil. See Soil, garden. 



Gaylussacia dumosa, reproduction by rootstock cuttings 86 



frondosa, a blue-fruited huckleberry 13 



Germination of seeds 14, 51, 53 



Glass for covering seed flat, advantages 52-53 



pots. See Pots, glass. 



Goucher, Edward, grafting of swamp blueberry 83 



Grafting, use in propagation 83, 84-85 



Greenfield, N. H., field plantings of blueberries 80, 87 



Growth, check after transplanting, forms and causes 55-57 



large, attained in pot culture 68-71 



peculiarities, in the blueberry plant 14-50 



root, under various conditions 15, 17-21, 23, 24, 28, 36, 41, 57, 66, 76 



spring, in blueberry plants after wintering outdoors 74-76 



stem, termination 58-59 



twig, under various conditions 70, 76 



vigorous under certain cultural methods 68-71 



Hairs, root, absence from blueberry 40^1, 50 



ordinary agricultural plants, description and function 40-41 



Hardiness of blueberry plants, winter exposure 74-76 



Heather, avoidance of limestone soils 19 



root fungus, study 49 



Heaths, propagation, cultivation etc., citations from William McNab 63, 69, 70 



Honeysuckle, swamp, occurrence in bogs and on sandy uplands 35 



Huckleberry and blueberry, means of distinguishing 13 



avoidance of limestone soils 19 



dwarf, reproduction by rootstock cuttings ; 86 



name applied in New England to genus Gaylussacia 13 



Humate. See Calcium humate and Magnesium humate. 



Humification, definition 47 



Hummocks in peat bogs 36, 39, 40 



Humus, definition, source of nitrates, extraction 46-47 



Improvement of blueberry, discussion of methods. 80-86 



Indoor plants. See Plants, outdoor. 



Inoculation with the mycorrhizal fungus not necessary 44 



Insects, capture by bog* plants, nitrogen supply _ 50 



injurious to blueberry -" 79-Sp 



larvae, hastening decomposition of leaves 33, 



making tunnels in clay soil ^ 24 



pollen-carrying, in pollination of blueberry 76-78, 82 



Introduction to bulletin 11-14 



Kalmia latifolia, avoidance of limestone soils 19 



See also Laurel, 

 peat. See Peat, kalmia. 



Kellerman, K. F., on bacteria content of peat and manure 64 



formulas for nutrient solutions 28-29 



kalmia peat, nitrates and nitrification 46, 47 



Kentucky limestone soil. See Soil, Kentucky limestone. 

 Klamath Lake, Lower. See Lower Klamath Lake. 



Lady's-slipper, occurrence in bogs and on sandy uplands 35 



Larvae. See Insects, larvae. 



Laurel, avoidance of limestone soils Ip 



leaf deposits in formation of Maryland peat 33 



root fungus similar to blueberry fungus 43, 44 



See also Kalmia. 



Layering, method of propagation of swamp blueberry 84-85 



Leaf buds. See Buds, leaf, 

 mold. See Mold, leaf. 



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