A BLUEBERRY BUSH OF THE ERECT TYPE 



Blueberry bushes vary in habit of growth. The one here shown is of the erect type; 

 others are compact, spreading, and even drooping in form. This is considered by M. A. 

 Sapp to be the most desirable type. A bush like this may yield 20 quarts of fruit in a 

 single season. (Fig. 5.) 



berries remain in good condition for 

 several days and can be shipped without 

 difficulty. They are sold on the farm 

 at 10 to 123^ cents per quart. Up to 

 the present Mr. Sapp has not attempted 

 to ship to distant markets, as the local 

 demand has exceeded the supply. 



In diameter the berries vary from 10 

 to 14 mm. They contain seeds like 

 those of other vacciniums, and in about 

 the same quantity as the average blue- 

 berry of the north. The color is blue to 

 black, the flavor sweet, pleasant, so 

 agreeable that the fruit is satisfactory 

 for eating out of hand as well as cooked. 

 The unusually large size which is 

 characteristic of Mr. Sapp's blueberries 

 makes them of great interest. 



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The land upon which they are being 

 grown is typical of thousands of acres 

 of pine land found in the South Atlantic 

 and Gulf states. The surface is sandy 

 loam, the subsoil a sandy clay, with the 

 water table 10 to 15 feet below the 

 surface. 



Stimulated by the success of the Sapp 

 plantation, several other plantings have 

 been made by people in the same sec- 

 tion of Florida. D. T. Finlason, at 

 Laurel Hill, some distance north of 

 Crestview, is making a serious study of 

 the matter, and has brought together 

 on his place an extensive collection of 

 varieties. In • transplanting suckers 

 from the swamps into the home garden, 

 it has been found that thev should be 



