HUCKLEBERRY OR WHORTLEBBRRT. 



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fciiral experiment. 



Seed maybe secured. 



by crushing the ber- 

 ries and mixing them 



with some fine sand. 



This may be sown 



in a bed of finely 



pulverized soil, cov- 

 ering with very fine 



mould, to the depth 



of not more than a 



quarter of an inch. 



The bed should be 



kept moist, screened 



from the direct rays 



of the sun, and when 

 the seedlings are a 



year old, they will 

 require to be trans- 

 planted to where 

 they win have room 

 to grow and bear 

 finiit. From these, 

 selections could be 

 made of the finest 

 and most desirable, 

 which coiild be pro- 

 pagated by layering, 

 or grafting, or bud- 

 ding, upon those 

 which were of infe- 

 rior quality. Fio. 55. 



Fig. 55 represents a branch of the Huckleberry laden with 

 fruit. 



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