. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. -Plantation of 2-Year-Old and 3-Year-Old Hybrid Blueberries AT Whitesbog, N. J. The soil is a wliite sand mixed with upland peat and is strongly and permanently acid. The rows are 8 feet apart, the plants 4 feet apart in the row. The row at the left consists of 3-year-old plants; the others are 2 years old. Each of these plants is a seedling hybrid, and although of carefully selected pa'rentage its own qualities can not be kaown until it fruits. The photograph'was taken August 2, Fig. 2. From ( -Plantat
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. -Plantation of 2-Year-Old and 3-Year-Old Hybrid Blueberries AT Whitesbog, N. J. The soil is a wliite sand mixed with upland peat and is strongly and permanently acid. The rows are 8 feet apart, the plants 4 feet apart in the row. The row at the left consists of 3-year-old plants; the others are 2 years old. Each of these plants is a seedling hybrid, and although of carefully selected pa'rentage its own qualities can not be kaown until it fruits. The photograph'was taken August 2, Fig. 2. From ( -Plantation of 5-Year-Old and 6-Year-Old Hybrid Blueberries AT Whitesbog, N. J. rom (lie .same point as figure I, ahi)\o, but from a photograph taken three years later, on .hilv 2(1, I'.lJO. The ]ilants in ll\e U-fl-hand row are now G years old. the otlie'rs .t. In tlie liaelc- ground a blueberry packing shed lias been erected. "At the right in the background are shown the gauze screens that aro placed over selected bushes which are to be kept luider special Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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