3. Remove many of the slender small branches which have few of the 
larger fruit buds. 
4. Cut back fruit buds leaving about 4 large buds per branch. (Some 
varieties which do not have more than 4 or 5 fruit buds per branch do 
not require bud pruning.) 
YIELDS 
In southern Pennsylvania berries ripen the end of June and picking continues 
through July. Berries are picked at 5 to 7 day intervals. Each bush has 3 to 6 
pickings depending upon the variety. When fully ripe and ready to pick, the 
berries should be completely blue at the stem end and not showing a reddish 
color. Immature berries do not have the sweet blueberry flavor. 
Although only two plants of different varieties are needed to insure cross 
pollination, 12 plants in the family garden will supply an abundance of berries 
throughout the blueberry season. The first year after transplanting, a bush will 
produce a few berries. Commercial production starts about the third year after 
planting, with six year old plants yielding up to 3000 quarts per acre. Full bear- 
ing age is reached in 8 or 10 years. The life of a blueberry plant is from 50 to 
73 years. 
Cultivated Blueberries are the size of grapes, measuring from 4 inch to *4 inch 
in diameter. They may easily be distinguished from huckleberries by their 
frosty blue color and their very few fine soft seeds—huckleberries are a blue- 
black and have large hard seeds. With prices ranging from 40 cents to 70 cents 
a quart, blueberries are by far the most profitable of bush fruits. There is a 
strong demand for these plump, delicious, supersize berries that present pro- 
duction cannot satisfy. 
ASK FOR CURRENT PRICE LIST 
BRINTON FRUIT FARM 
James H. Brinton 
Grower 
HANOVER, R. D. 3, PENNSYLVANIA 
