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but very similar to blueberries, from upright plants about two feet tall. 

 Technically, these are Gaylussacia baccata, vrhile the highbush blueberries, both 

 wild and cultivated, and Vaccinium corjrmbosum. But there is no use to argue about 

 common names, It all depends on vrfiere you live. 



Are Yfild or Cultivated Blueberries Sweeter ? About the time we feel sxire every 

 blueberry grower knows the facts in the case, we find one willing to debate the 

 relative sweetness of blueberries, cultivated and wild. He insists tliat the 

 cultivated are sour, and that's that. So we repeat our firm conviction, based on 

 raany observations, that it is a question of maturity. liVhen vie pick wild blueberries, 

 !;in),y of the individual berries have been blue for tvfo weeks or more, and all this 

 time tney have been increasing in sugar content. But as soon as berries turn blue 

 on those plants in the back yard, we are tempted to pick them. Maybe vie have to 

 pick them promptly to get ahead of the birds. But the fact remains that the average 

 box of cultivated berries is considerably less mature, and consequently less sweet, : 

 than the average box of vfild berries. If we leave a cultivated bush unpicked for 

 two or three weeks after the berries turn blue, as the writer has done, thanks to a 

 protective covering of tobacco cloth, the berries are surprisingly sweet. It is 

 true that the cultivated varieties vary among themselves in flavor and svfeetness, 

 but they differ from the wild in sweetness mainly as suggested above. 



Raspberry Cane Borer This is an easily noticed pest of raspberries, the 

 wilted tips of ne\Y canes being of fairly common occurrence. The beetles appear 

 in June, girdle the cane at two points, and the eggs are laid singly in the pith 

 about six inches from the tip. The second season the grub continues its burrow 

 tlirough what is now the bearing cane, reaching the base by fall and passing the 

 second winter in its burrovir below the surface of the ground. This pest seldom does 

 severe damage but might be more abundant were it not for the practice of cutting 

 off and destroying tlie vdlted tips and cutting out and burning all old canes and 

 thus destroying many of tiie nearly mature borers. 



Other less conspicuous ailments of raspberries causing much more damage are 

 spur blight aiid cane blight. They get started in obscurity on the new canes. And 

 when they are finally noticed, it is about a year late to do anything. Thorough 

 applications of ferbam before the new canes are half grown are very effective. 



Everbearing Strawberries Anyone interested in growing an everbearing varietj 

 should know some of the shortcomings of everbearers, in general. Among them are: 

 (l) Tlie June crop is inferior in quantity and quality to that of the June-bearing 

 varieties. (2) The yield is seriously reduced by hot, dry weather, (3) The late 

 summer crop ripens over a long period, thus increasing the cost of harvesting, 

 (li) More hand labor is involved than with regular season varieties. (5) I'iorc 

 plants are requii-ed in setting a bed. Vfe should also bear in mind that a good fall| 

 crop involves the removal of all blossom clusters up to about July 1. Unless this 

 is done, the June crop is likely to be disappointing and the fall crop will be 

 delayed. Beginners vdll do well to confine their efforts to the old standbys which] 

 mature their crop in June, and leave to the specialist who caters to a special 

 market, the finicky, time consuming everbearers 



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Increase Your Vocabulary Clone - The aggregate of individual 

 organisms decended by asexual reproduction, used in referring 

 to such animals as aphids and to plants propagated by vegetative 

 means, as cuttings, (Hailing stocks are true clones . ) 



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