THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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life? To another, beautiful shade trees, ornamental trees, 
roses, flowering shrubs, making the world more beautiful and 
bringing the lives of men and women in closer touch with 
God, creating from generation to generation an atmosphere of 
good cheer, of fellowship, and of brotherly love. Again, let 
me ask, what is the worth of such a life ? If, as I have stated, 
man’s worth is judged according to the service he has ren¬ 
dered the world—yours is not a mean or despised service. 
HUCKLEBERRY CULTURE IN INDIANA 
By Alvia G. Gray 
Owing to the delicious flavor and high quality of the 
huckleberry, it has been selling for extremely high prices on 
all of the large city markets. It is now commanding the 
attention of commercial growers. This berry grows wild in 
many of the states, being found as a rule on high rocky ridges 
cultivated state this mulch must be su])plied by using leaves, 
straw, pine needles, chaffy manure or litter of any kind free 
from seeds. 
To start w'ith, make sure that you get good, well rooted 
plants that have been kept in a good moist condition. It is 
far best to plant in early fall, soon after killing frost. Have 
ground well cultivated and set ten inches apart and rows 
thirty inches apart. They do best set close together. Do 
not set too deeply as they grow almost on the top of the 
ground. We consider two inches deep enough. Press soil 
firmly and cultivate at once. Keep cultivation up until cold 
weather and mulch heavily. Don’t expect a full crop of fruit 
at one year. It is well worth waiting two years for. They 
ripen here at my nursery at Salem, Indiana, during the 
second and third weeks of July. They are easily picked. 
Fruit is so solid that they will bear shipment across the 
United States and will keep for days. 
BLUElBERRYiPLANTATION J 
and in rather light soil. In this wild state many kinds 
are found ranging in size from very small to as large as 
Gooseberries. Only in recent years has it been demonstrated 
that they will respond to cultivation. Even then care must 
be taken to keep conditions as near as possible to its natural 
element. When wild they are mulched with leaves andjn a 
Abilene, Kansas, August jib, 1913 j 
Gentlemen: 
I have been away in the East. Just returned. Send Nurseryman, 
August number' at once. Can’t run the nursery business without it. 
Inclosed find check. Yours truly' 
W. T. Gough, & Co. 
THE MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE” FOR JULY, 1913, GIVES THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF 
IMPORTS OF PLANTS, TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES. 
ARTICLES 
Plants, trees, shrubs and vines: 
Fruit plants, tropical and semi- 
tropical, for propagating 
purposes’^.free.. 
Bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms, 
cultivated for their flowers or 
foliage.M.. dut.. 
All other.dut.. 
Total. 
JULY- 
1912 
Quantities Values 
38,620 
8,181 
46,808 
1913 
Quantities Values 
3,815 
7,415 
40,868 
5.12 
53,295 
SEVEN MONTHS ENDING JULY— 
1 1911 
: Quantities 
Values 
2 
228,467 
690,952 
919,421 
1912 
1913 
Quantities 
21,571 
Values 
Quantities 
12,891 
150,117 
722,869 
12,181 
885,8771 
Values 
12,867 
117,098 
794,751 
924,716 
