HORTICULTURAL STATUS OF THE GENUS VACCINIUM. 



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right of owners of public lands to sell "stumpage" for blueberry 

 or other fruits being established once for all. Mr. Freeman's 

 action not only benefited other owners of wild lands, as well as 

 himself, but it resulted in the perfect system of management 

 already detailed. 





A BLUEBERRY CANNING FACTORY. 



The financial importance of the blueberry industry is very 

 difficult even to estimate at the present time. In Maine the 

 canning of blueberries is largely in the hands of a few leading- 

 packers. The largest of these factories has a daily capacity of 

 700 bushels and the average annual output is 8,300 cases of two 

 dozen cans each ; representing 6,250 bushels of fresh fruit. The 

 average price per case for the canned fruit is $1.90. In other 

 words, the value of the annual product of this one factory is 

 not far from $ 1 5,000. 1 



There were in 1900 seven factories in Maine which engaged 

 in canning blueberries. These were as follows : 

 J. and E. A. Wyman, Cherryfield, 

 Burnham and Morrill, Harrington, 



1 This is the Wyman factory which handles Mr. Freeman's fruit. As will be 

 seen, Mr. Freeman's royalty will amount to $1,000,— anil this from land which is 

 otherwise worthless. 



