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territory he has mauy natural plantations of berry bushes, and 

 employs a forester all the j'ear round to assist in the care of these 

 areas. They burn over some of these plantations every year, and 

 two years later gather from such portions an immense crop of 

 superior fruit. By this system a great yield is secured every year 

 from some parts of this land. The berries are almost as large as 

 cherries. The}' will burn over, this j'ear, about one thousand 

 acres of berry bush lands. 



William E. Endicott was ready to say that blueberries can be 

 grown as easily as currants, and more easily than many varieties 

 of the raspberry. He has had no experience with Black Huckle- 

 berries. Dangleberr}' seed has always failed to grow with him, 

 but he had been successful in transplanting that species from the 

 woods. He had cultivated the Low Black Huckleberry and 

 thought more highly of it than of the High Bush Blueberry. 

 White Huckleberries are not uncommon in his neighborhood ; he 

 had repeatedly found them, but they are generally deficient in 

 flavor. 



Mr. Hove}' said that it takes a great deal to kill blueberry 

 bushes, especially the high bush blueberry. 



Mr. Dawson believed that most people, in taking up plants 

 from the woods or pastures, are so eager to have their berry 

 bushes bear that they select the largest plants. Unless they are 

 taken up with the greatest care, these large plants invariably die, 

 whereas if plants of one or two feet in height were selected and 

 carefully planted they would take hold at once, and in a j'ear or 

 two would be far ahead of the larger plant even if that should 

 struggle through. 



Mr. Hersey said that when he transplants large bushes he cuts 

 off the tops. 



Notice was given that Professor G. H. Whitcher, Director of 

 the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, Hanover, 

 N. H., would read his paper on the " Growth and Nutrition of 

 Plants," on Saturday, February 22. 



The Chairman of the Committee on Publication and Discussion 

 announced for the nest Saturday, a paper on the " Fruits and 

 Flowers of Japan," by William P. Brooks, Professor of Agricul- 

 ture, in the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst. 



