BUSH FRUIT PRODUCTION 



may be said in truth that the blueberry has 

 now taken a place among the cultivated fruits. 

 This is the high bush blueberry, Vaccinium 

 corymbosum. The plantation at Whitesbog, 

 New Jersey, where most of the work was done, 

 has become internationally famous and every 

 gardener has at least heard of it. 



Blueberry Soils 



The blueberry requires an acid soil which 

 is well aerated during the growing season yet 

 abundantly supplied with moisture. This is 

 a peculiar soil preference but one which must 

 be met by many soils or the high bush blue- 

 berry would not be so widely distributed in 

 nature. 



The soil which has been found so satisfac- 

 tory for the culture of blueberries in New Jer- 

 sey has a three-inch topsoil consisting of a 

 mixture of peat and coarse sand. The sub- 

 soil is sand underlain with hardpan, usually 

 within three or four feet of the surface. The 

 natural growth on such land in New Jersey 

 is a mixture of pine, white cedar, and red 

 maple, and it grows blueberries to perfection. 

 Unfortunately most of the cultural directions 

 now available have been developed for this 

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