Smithsonian Report, 1919.— Coville. 
Plate 15. 
Abnormal Spring Growth on a Blueberry Stem. Due to Lack of Chilling. 
This photograph was taken on May 19, 1013. Growth is takmg place from only o^^^j^d the third 
from the tip The uppermost bud is a flowermg bud, the second a leaf bud. f ff.'V'i^.® j'J^r.^; 
dying. This plant has stood in the warm greenhouse all winter and ^P"ng. If 1 1 had had t^e 
usual two or three months of chilling, its starch would have -ocn ',;>";:f«™f.^^^"\?^X sam^ 
the stem would have flowered and put out new twig growth from numerous buds in tne same 
manner as the stem sho\vn in Plate 14. (Natural size.) 
