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dry sandy or rocky hillsides and open woodlands. The charac- 

 ters given in the key serve to distinguish it from the next named 

 form, but the important thing from the berry-pickers' standpoint is 

 that this is the earliest blueberry we have, ripening in late June 

 and July. It is extremely prolific and the berries are large, very 

 sweet and of fine flavor, making it the favorite early market 

 berry. Indeed it supplies the bulk of the blueberries in all 



Early Low Blueberry. X %. 



eastern markets. Although common in Vermont it is still more 

 plentiful in adjacent sections of northern New York and Can- 

 ada, so that large quantities of berries from these points are 

 shipped into Vermont and to other and larger markets. When 

 mowed the new shoots produce the following year long spike-like 

 masses of bloom and fruit which may be stripped ofif by the hand- 

 ful. This species stands next to the high-bush berry in pos- 

 sibilities of cultivation and improvement. 



