LY BIG PROFIT!^ 



rofits for growers; often returning $500.00 or more per acre annually, 

 lay enjoy these big profits. 



PLANTING — For commercial planting, plants are yield and size of fruit. Applications up to 600 lbs. 

 set every four feet in rows eight to ten feet apart. per acre have been very profitable, and indicate 

 Where mulching is to be practiced, the wider row that even heavier applications would pay. A mix- 

 is desirable, as many varieties of blueberries reach ture of 100 lbs. nitrate of soda, 100 lbs. dried blood, 

 a height of six to seven feet and a width of five to 400 lbs. rock phosphate and GG lbs. sulphate of pot- 

 six feet. Plants should be set slightly deeper than ash has given good results on soils with a p. h. 

 they grew in the nursery, with the roots well value below 5.0. On less acid soils, sulphate of 

 spread out. When planting, we place a thin layer ammonia should be used in place of nitrate of soda, 

 of pulverized peat and sand, which has been soak- In Michigan, a standard 5-10-12 fertilizer has been 

 ed and mixed half and half, below and above the used successfully, 

 roots. We feel this makes an ideal root- 

 ing medium, and will keep the plant well 

 supplied with moisture until it becomes es- 

 tablished. So far, we have never lost a 

 plant. Before planting, one-half to two- 

 thirds of the top growth should be pruned 

 off. Blueberry plants have beautiful fol- 

 iage and, when dormant, the bright color- 

 ed wood is very attractive, making them 

 very desirable as ornamental plants. This, 

 plus their large delicious fruit, should gne 

 them a place in every home planting. 

 Blueberries are tolerant to partial 

 shade. For the home planting. 

 plants may be set in whatever 

 manner is convenient, giving them 

 about thirty-two square feet of 

 space to each plant. M^M^'^^^^^M^ i^^i^^^^*^^^^^l^^l^^jg^PC" I 



aiULCHING— On all but natur- 

 al blueberry soil, mulch should be 



applied as soon as the plants are ^ f ^<m«m^Kgiami^m^ ■'^ww'-'wwwmmr.nimm'm^- r .^'^wn^T^'mmmmmrnr 



set. Such materials as straw, salt mus^s&f^^^^^^m s^mmM^m^^^^^Wm^^^^^^?^ 



hay, Sudan grass, pine needles, or 



leaves may be used, applied at the ^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^Wf^-^^- 



rate of six to eight tons per acre. f^^^^Bi'^^ml^Mfmm^ /a' 



Further applications should be 



made each year in such quantities 



as are required to maintain the ^^ 'jX/'S*^^^ ^^^^^^^^ "^^T^ IWE' \ 



mulch. With individual plants, ^^"^B^^fe^t -^^^^^wM^^I^>«M)*' ^^^^^ ^ 



mulch should be applied over an ^^!<^^mi^wmn0^^ ^*W.^MJm^mmL>^ _^^r^ \ 



area six to eight feet square. 



POLLINATION— It is generally 

 conceded that many or all of the 



cultivated blueberries tend to be i^-#j#^|^p^^8te;^j||£^^^CTp^;s^aB^^M J^^^^^Tf^^^ 



self-sterile. Therefore, two or more ^^^M^^^^^^^^^^^^^^flH^^^^^^^^^^^Lt 'l*^^ 

 varieties should be planted to in- ;^^^^^^^^^P^h^^^^^^^^^M ^^^^^^^^ffiK< ^"'4^^ 

 sure good pollination ; usually one "^^^M^ ,^ ^^^^P^^^^^^^^^^vV^^M^^'^ 

 or two rows of each variety, al- I^^W ^W -^W^ VWR^B^^""/!^^^^ 

 ternating across the field. ^ % - 



YIELDS— Cultivated blueberries f^ 

 are very productive. According to 

 observations by one Experiment 

 Station, yields that may be ex- 

 pected after the first two years are 

 as follows : 



3rd year 960 qts. per acre 



4th year 1,920 qts. per acre 



5th year &. thereafter 2,560 qts. per acre 



We have reports of yields of 4,000 quarts per acre, Four Year 01(1 Rubel Bush. 

 Dut this was made on very good soil in the eighth 



year, and weather was very favorable. Given pro- _, . . • . i 



per care, a blueberry planting will be profitable r rmt OTI ^"V^TV TTATlCr Tn^ 



and productive for fifty to seventy-five years, and " " 1 ■■■ *"^*' ^^^ XJ - i^- Jl • iS^-J" , ^ 



possibly longer. A field of selected plants pro- viilA txri+Vi K A Y MP K Q 



duced 2,336 quarts in its twenty-third year, and as X UiC WllXL iTL jTI. JL X^ J^ JTL k^ 



the present hybrids and selections are far more ^-^„^-v-«4.1*» ^-^^—m-,-^ T31ii ^"U^-^-^i** 



productive and the fruit much larger, better yields COrreCtiV QXOVfXV D\.\XBuBXXY 



than this could be expected. 1 j. 



FERTILIZER — The application of commercial pAa-XllS. 

 fertilizer has given a very marked increase in the Prices and Varieties on Next Page 



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