FALL VERSUS SPRING PLA?JTING OF SmAVlTBERRIES 



As a follow-up on the item in the July issue of FRUIT NOTES concerning time of 

 planting, the reader may be interested in the results of our recent tests at the 

 University, 



Two similar tests were conducted, one fruiting in 19^1, the other in 19^2, 

 Howard and Catskill plants were set about October Ijth and April l^th, both years, 

 in small replicated plots. The average yields for the two tests vrere as follows: 



In every instance the fall set plot outyielded the spring set plot nearest to 

 it and \Yith which it was being compared. Doubtless, the earlier formation of 

 runners is the main reason for the better performance of the fall set plants. If 

 fall setting is to succeed, the newly set plants must be mulched that first vfinter. 

 Two quarts of sawdust over each plant T/as used in these tests but doubtless other 

 types of mulch material would be satisfactory vfhere sawdust is not available, 



— A, P, French 



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Ideas vs . Dollars You have a dollar; I have a dollar, we exchange. 

 Now you have a dollar; I have a dollar; neither is benefitted. 



But you have an idea; I have an idea; we exchange. 

 Now you have two ideas; I have two ideas; both have benefitted. 



That's co-operation, 



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RANDOM NOTES ON S!/IALL FRUITS 



An Old Cuthbert Planting A few days ago a member of the Mount Hermon 

 School ^taff dropped in with an exceptionally fine branch of raspberries for 

 identification. They were apparently of the Cuthbert variety and were from a 

 planting more than 30 years old, Just why this planting has not succumbed to 

 mosaic is a mystery. In fact, it isn't even seriously infected with spur blight. 

 The owner says he gets big yields year after year and the berries are of good size. 

 There is every reason to believB that the soil is quite ideal, - with no shortage 

 of moisture, ample fertility and an opportunity for deep rooting. 



Blueberries and Huckleberries These two terms, like many other common names 

 of plants, are used very loosely. They fail to identify specific plants because 

 they have different meanings in different states. In Michigan, the term 

 "huckleberry" refers to v/hat we, in New England, call the low-bush blueberry. This 

 suggests a need for scientific names, vfhich are the same the world over, Gray's 

 Manual of Botany includes in the Genus Vaccinium the various species of blueberries, 

 whether lowbush or highbush, all of i/vhich have many small seeds. The term 

 "huckleberry" is applied to another Genus (Gaylussacia), the fruit of which has 

 10 hard, nut-like seeds. The reader may recall picking berries with hard seeds, 



