
BEST VARIETIES OF FRUITS FOR 
HOME FREEZING 
Everybody is interested these days in the home quick freeze method of preserving 
fruit. Not all varieties of fruits make a good frozen product. A new bulletin, The 
Home Freezing of Farm Products, published at Cornell University, gives detailed 
information on the best varieties of vegetables and fruits for home freezing. The 
best varieties are designated as “Excellent” and ‘“Good”’. ‘Throughout our catalog 
(with the exception of grapes, which do not freeze well) we are listing the best 
fruits for home freezing. For full information write for Bulletin No. 611, New 
York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. 

BLUEBERRIES 
NEW LARGE CULTIVATED VARIETIES 
The Blueberry requires a rather 
light textured, acid soil. Also the 
soil should be very fertile and re- 
tentive of moisture. Most soils 
are lacking in acidity for success- 
ful culture of the Blueberry and 
materials must be added to the 
soil to make it more acid. For- 
merly peat moss, sawdust, were 
recommended but the latest sci- 
entific data released by the New 
York State Experiment Station is 
that powdered sulphur applied 
at the rate of 114 pounds per 
100 sq. ft. will bring the soil acid- 
ity up to the proper level for 
successful Blueberry culture. 
The new cultivated varieties 
grow in large clusters, the berries 
are large, juicy, sweet, with the 
distinctive flavor of the wild 
fruit. Three year plants usually 
bear a few berries the first year 5 : 
after planting. A fruiting branch of Blueberries 

CABOT — Early. First berries are ready to pick in late June. Berries are large, of excellent quality. 
Plants low, spreading. The standard early variety. 
PIONEER — Midseason. Berries light blue, large, firm, very good quality. Bush grows to medium 
height, hardy, productive. Ripens about ten days to two weeks after Cabot. 
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