. Bulletin. Agriculture. Fig. 3.—Alfalfa seedlinjrs in rich garden soil. (Oue-lialf natural size.) Fig. 4. -Alfalfa seedlings in peat mixture. (One-half natural size.) illustrated in figures 5 and G, from photographs taken November 22, 1909, after the leaves had fallen. The garden-soil pot contained only a few stray roots, and the slender stems were only 2 inches high. The pot containing blueberry soil was filled with a dense mass of roots, and although the plant had not been repotted when it needed repotting, the largest stem was nevertheless 11 inches long and the weight of that part of the
. Bulletin. Agriculture. Fig. 3.—Alfalfa seedlinjrs in rich garden soil. (Oue-lialf natural size.) Fig. 4. -Alfalfa seedlings in peat mixture. (One-half natural size.) illustrated in figures 5 and G, from photographs taken November 22, 1909, after the leaves had fallen. The garden-soil pot contained only a few stray roots, and the slender stems were only 2 inches high. The pot containing blueberry soil was filled with a dense mass of roots, and although the plant had not been repotted when it needed repotting, the largest stem was nevertheless 11 inches long and the weight of that part of the plant above ground was fifty-one times that of the corresponding part of the garden-soil plant. (2) The swamp blueberry does not thrive in a heavily manured soil. In May, 1909, two healthy and vigorous blueberry seedlings were sent for trial to one of the agricultural experiment stations. They were set out in a soil that was known to be suitable for these plants, for old blueberry bushes had been growing there for several years. 54708°—Bull. 193—10 2. 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. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington : G. P. O.
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