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be able to stand a temperature of thirty degrees 

 Fahrenheit and should not be affected by a sudden 

 change of temperature. 



BLUEBERRIES 



Blueberries are far more delicious than the 

 blackberry or dewberry, and preferred by many 

 people to the strawberry or raspberry. Now that 

 so much is known with regard to their demands 

 in cultivation, it is becoming more and more a 

 cultivated plant. Blueberry bushes thrive best in 

 soils that are too acid for other plants. Leaf peat and 

 sand form an excellent combination. 



The blueberry plant has on its roots a very minute 

 fungus which cannot be detected without the aid 

 of a microscope. This fungus furnishes nitrogen- 

 ous food to the plant which nourishes it and makes 

 it thrive. 



Blueberry bushes under favorable conditions 

 will live for fifty years. Cold stimulates the growth 

 of the plant and stems that are not exposed to the 

 cold will be dormant when spring comes whether 

 they are nourished or not. 



Blueberries require cross pollination. Berries 

 self-pollinated or pollinated from other pollen 



