Huckleberries or Blueberries 369 



erably that which has grown in exposed situations and 

 well stored with starch. These may vary in size from one- 

 fourth inch to an inch, in diameter, and are cut 3 to 4 

 inches long. They are stored over winter in boxes of clean 

 moist sphagnum moss, at a temperature of about 40 F. 

 Early in spring they 

 are pressed into beds 

 of clean sand, in a 

 coldframe, to about 

 the depth of their own 

 thickness. The sand 

 is then covered with 

 a one-inch layer of 

 sifted peat two parts, 

 and sand one part. 



The frames are shaded Fi S- 53. " Tubered " cutting with young 



shoots developing. 



by a muslin frame- 

 work about seven feet from the ground. No ventilation 

 is given until most of the plants are rooted, about midsum- 

 mer. The shades and sash are removed early in October. 

 Late in autumn they are removed from the frames, the 

 stronger ones going directly to field plantations. The 

 weaker ones are set in nursery rows for another season's 

 growth before being planted. 



Shading the frames is considered important in all 

 methods. Locating them on the north side of buildings 

 may reduce the need for shade but even then it will be 

 needed morning and afternoon in summer, when the sun 

 may reach them. Figs. 53 and 54 show tubered cuttings 

 in different stages of development. 



Winter cuttings. These are ordinary stem-cuttings, 



