the blueberries 



Planting Blueberries 



Cultivated blueberries should be set at least 

 four feet apart each way. Where cultivation 

 is to be employed, four by eight or ten feet 

 is about right. 



Plants should be set in early spring or in 

 late August. If they are to be shipped far, 

 spring planting is preferred. Care must be 

 taken to keep the plants from drying out be- 

 fore they are set. 



At least two varieties should be planted to- 

 gether for cross pollination. Single varieties 

 when isolated have set light crops. Since there 

 are a number of good varieties it is as well 

 to plant several of them. 



Pruning 



Blueberries are borne on terminal growth 

 formed late in the preceding season. It is im- 

 portant therefore to maintain a clean, strong 

 growth, and pruning helps to do it. 



The finest fruit is borne on young shoots. 

 As these shoots grow older they decline in 

 vigor and the berries fail to attain the size 

 desired. When this condition is reached by 

 blueberry bushes, the New Jersey Experiment 

 Station advises the following treatment: keep 

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