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swamp blueberry. The pasture usually contains Vacdnium Penn- 

 sylvanicum and varieties, V. vacillans, and Vcif^cinium corymhosum 

 var. amoenum. The High Bush Blueberry does not come into 

 bearing so soon after the fire as the others mentioned. Further 

 north Vacdnium Canadense takes the place of s^me of the others. 



Of the Ga^'lussacias, the common Huckleberry, G. resinosa, ia 

 hai'der to establish than the Dangleberry, but when once estab- 

 lished grows well. But under cultivation it dees not come up to 

 the blueberry as a fruiting plant. 



The speaker had never tried any special fertilizers, but thought 

 a mulch of leaves would be better than stable manure unless well 

 decomposed. He believes the time will come when these fruits 

 will be found in every garden, the same as the strawberry, rasp- 

 berry, and other small fruits, and in as many varieties. 



In Northern New York and Pennsylvania a white form of the 

 Huckleberry is plenty. Sixty-five bushels of these were once 

 sent to the New York market, and, it is said, sold at eight dollars 

 per bushel, while the common blueberries were sold at three 

 dollars. A small patch of this White Huckleberry has been 

 known for a long time at Concord, Mass., and a white form of 

 Vacdnium vacillans was found in Plymouth, Mass., several 

 years ago. 



Edmund Hersey had experimented in a small way many years, 

 aiming to discover the best method of treatment, and has found 

 that the Low-Bush Upland Huckleberry takes kindly to cultiva- 

 tion, which greatly improves the fruit in size and number. It 

 bears fertilizing well. He found that a portion of muck in the 

 soil, and mulching were good for the plants. The High Bush 

 Blueberry can be cultivated, but it takes less kindly to it than 

 does the first mentioned. The bushes can be transplanted from 

 low lands to high sandy ground, but need shade, as the fruit, if 

 exposed to the sun, is quickly scorched and dried up. 



By grafting, better results maj^ be secured. It is easily done, 

 and by marking wild plants which bear the finest fruit, and taking 

 scions from them, superior fruit will soon be had in abundance. 

 Mr. Herse3^ practices cleft-grafting, in stocks not as large as one's 

 thumb, which are then set out. In this way fine varieties may be 

 propagated. The great drawback is the ravages of birds. The 

 bushes must be covered with netting from the time the fruit 

 begins to turn or the birds will take them. Thus protected, it is 



