50 The Tingle Nursery Co., Pittsville, Md. 


Delicious Blueberries 
For several years experts have been working on and im- 
proving the old-fashioned Blueberries. Wonderful results have 
been obtained. Just imagine the old-fashioned Blueberry or 
“Huckleberry” three-quarters of an inch in diameter with these 
improved varieties and the increase in the amount of fruit has 
been multiplied several times. Impossible! you will say. 
Then go to the big city market next July and see for yourself. 
The plants we are offering should bear the second year after 
planting and in four years you should be getting several quarts 
from each plant. They will do better if more than one variety 
is planted as they will cross pollinate. Try them this season. 
These blueberry plants are a source of superlatively fine 
fruit, but also are ornamental shrubs of rare beauty. They 
may well be used in association with their close relatives, 
laurel and rhododendron. In pleasant contrast to the rich, 
evergreen masses of the latter blueberries give lightness, grace 
and color. 
In spring, the dainty new leaves of blueberries with their 
pinky, bronze tones are very lovely. Even more charming 
are the carmine-tipped buds and myriads of waxy, white 
flower bells. The berries, at first green flushed pink on : 
the sunny side then ripening to a lovely soft blue, are exceed- 
ingly beautiful till past midsummer. To no foliage does autumn 
bring a more glorious and lasting crimson. When the gorge- 
ous leaves drop there remain all winter bright red twigs, knob- 
by with the fat buds enfolding the promise of next spring's 
flowers. 
Blueberries require an acid soil containing an abundance of peat 
or other partially rotted vegetable matter. They need a moderate 
supply of soil-moisture, and good drainage so that the roots can 
get air during the growing season. Space the plants about 3 feet 
apart if planted in a row. Setting the plants in beds 3 feet apart 
one way and 4 to 5 feet the other way has also been found satis- 
factory. 
Planting instructions sent with each order. 
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CABOT. The earliest variety to fruit. Plants seldom exceed 3 feet 
in height, making a broad low bush. The leaves are compara- 
tively slender and a very dark green. In winter the new growth 
is light red, over olive. Berries have a delicious sub-acid flavor. 
CONCORD. The bush is of upright habit and at maturity exceeds 
six feet in height. The young growth is bright red in winter. 
The berries are large, frequently reaching three-quarters of an 
inch in diameter. They usually ripen a few days earlier than 
Rubel and are fine in flavor and appearance. 
JERSEY. The bush is of vigorous habit and grows very large. The 
winter color of the young growth is of a light red over golden 
brown. The berries are the largest of any here listed, are of a 
very light blue color and ripen about the same time as Rubel. 
JUNE. A bush of slender, vigorous, upright habit with winter 
twigs of dark red. A very large and early berry. 
PIONEER. A very fine variety ripening about one week later than 
Cabot. The bushes are stocky, seldom exceeding 4 feet in height, 
with a tendency to be broad rather than high. Its stems are 
stout and stiff, and the winter color of the new growth is a de- 
lightful red. Pioneer produces heavy crops of berries close set 
in the cluster. They are larger than Rubel, of a medium blue 
color and fine flavor. 
RANCOCAS. The bush of slender, vigorous, upright habit rarely 
surpasses five feet in height. The winter twigs are a dark red. 
The berries are somewhat larger than those of Rubel and begin 
to ripen several days earlier. 
RUBEL. Well-developed bushes stand 6 feet or more high, vigorous 
and beautiful. The stems are slender, but sturdy, the older ones 
covered with smooth, gray bark, while the winter color of the 
young wood is a rich red. The large berries are of fine blue 
color. Can be depended on for a good crop every year. Ripens 
about two weeks later than Cabot. 






