I3<J MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOI. 



L. A. and A. R. Logie, Columbia Falls, 



J. A. Coffin, Columbia Falls, 



A. L. Stewart and Son, Cherryfield, 



Lawrence Bros., Jonesboro, 



L. A. and A. R. Logie, Yanceboro. 

 The value of these factories is about $50,000. Those at Jones- 

 boro and Vanceboro were erected in 1900. 



The number of hands employed in the various factories would 

 aggregate about a hundred, but including the pickers, there are 

 from one thousand to two thousand men, women and children 

 employed in the blueberry- packing industry during the canning 

 season. About $30,000 are distributed among the pickers each 

 year. 



The total canned product of the "blueberry barrens" in 1899 

 was about 50,000 cases and the price per case was S2.20. making 

 the value of the blueberry crop in this one small section con- 

 siderably more than $100,000. 



In northern Michigan large quantities of fruit are shipped each 

 year but there is no systematic management of the blueberry 

 lands. The Western Express Company, through the courtesy of 

 the Superintendent, Mr. S. A. Davis, records the following ship- 

 ment of blueberries in northern Michigan for 1900 : Saulte Ste. 

 Marie, 650 cases (16 quarts each) ; Sturgeon River, 38 cases; 

 Ispheming, 544 cases; Wetmore, 220 cases; Marquette, 20c 

 cases; Seney, 1,719 cases. 



The last season was a very poor one for blueberries in upper 

 Michigan, the crop having been largely destroyed by late frost. 

 Large quantities are usually shipped from Baraga, whereas none 

 were shipped last year. From Wetmore, which reports 220 

 cases, the normal shipment is about 3,000 cases, and Sturgeon 

 River which reports but 38 cases is usually one of the best ship- 

 ping points. 



WHITE BLUEBERRIES. 

 White or pinkish fruits, instead of the usual deep blue colored 

 berries, are not uncommon in certain localities. In some cases 

 these are simply albino forms; in others the color is due to a 

 fungous growth. In the gardens of the Maine Experiment 

 Station some of the albino forms are now fruiting, and, aside 

 from the color, they are perfectly normal. 



