152 HOME FRUIT GROWER 



loose, rather small. Berries "white," small to medium, soft, sweet, 

 excellent. 



WORDEN. The best and most favorably known seedling of Concord, 

 which it excels in its larger clusters of large berries, better quality and 

 earliness a week or ten days earlier. In hardiness, healthiness, vigor 

 and prolificacy it equals its parent, but it is somewhat more particular 

 as to soil. 



HUCKLEBERRY AND BLUEBERRY 



Attempts have been made to grow Huckleberries and Blueberries 

 under garden conditions but have almost always been disappointing. 

 The main reasons for failure have not been known until very recently. 

 Through the investigations of Mr. F. V. Goville, Botanist of the 

 Department of Agriculture, it has been proved that success in grow- 

 ing these and several other plants depends upon acidity of the soil 

 and the presence of certain kinds of fungi or bacteria which perform 

 a function akin to that of the various species of bacteria which aid 

 Alfalfa, Glover, Beans and related plants to secure nitrogen from 

 the air. This is perhaps the most important horticultural discovery 

 of the century, since it indicates the kind of soil and situation in which 

 success may be expected and just as clearly indicates where no attempts 

 should be made to grow such plants. 



Since home gardens rarely possess such conditions these fruits 

 should be excluded unless the grower is willing to stand the expense of 

 making conditions favorable. For full information on this crop the 

 reader should secure publications of the Department of Agriculture. 



JAPONIGA 



Few people know the Japonica Cydonia or Japan Quince as 

 more than a beautiful, ornamental, hardy shrub which blazes with 

 scarlet blossoms before the leaves appear. Some of these few value 

 it for its hard, green, fragrant fruits which they place in closets and 

 chests of drawers to impart perfume to clothes, a role which it plays 

 until it shrivels to a mummy. But very few know that these fruits 

 make a distinct and delicious conserve and jelly when treated the 

 same way as ordinary Quinces. Unfortunately, for this purpose it is 

 not very prolific, but where the bushes are used as a hedge enough 

 should be obtainable to make a home supply. 



The popular scarlet variety generally sets more fruit than the 

 pink or the white kinds, so where jelly making is an object this one 

 should be preferred for planting. Besides, it is the most beautiful. The 

 shrubs thrive in almost all soils, but require sunny positions in order 

 to bloom freely. 



