Bui. 334, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XVII. 



Hybrid Blueberries of Large Size. 



These berries, shown in their natural size, reached a diameter of 1S.6 millimeters, nearly 

 three-quarters of an inch. They were produced in the greenhouses at Washington on 

 a plant 12 months old, in a 4-inch pot. One of the parents of this hybrid was itself a 

 selected hybrid, of selected hiq-h-bush and low-bush New Hampshire parentage, and 

 the other parent was a selected wild swamp blueberry from New Jersey. It is not yet 

 known what results these hybrids will yield in field plantations. Many thousand 

 hybrids will be fruited in the trial plantation at Whitesbog in the pine barrens of New 

 Jersey, and from these a few of the best bushes will be selected for final propagation 

 and distribution. 



