El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29

out in the field. where. with proper
SOIL. they VIII attain height Of two
ieet by the end Of the first year The
bushes are 50 hardy as to need no win
ter protection. but in summer slar
shade IS a help enabling them to keep
on growing right along. because the
not sun cannot wither the tips of the
twigs
Ordinary garden soil. however WON'T
serve for BURBERRY culture Rich
loan IS slow death TO the plant What
II REQUIRES IS an acid soil. stuff that
IS literally poison 10 nearly all other
kinds Of vegetation And there r,usr
ne neither lime nor manure mixed with
Miss White uses for her coIdframes
an upland peat, which she obtains from
hillside laurel thickets. where leaves
OF laurel and OF oak trees have ac-
Cumuiated and rotted for many wear.
forming a mass interlaced by stirfacs
LootletS INTO tough mat three or
four inches thick This mat rinns5
from the ground and allowed 10 rot
IN neap for few months. is IDEAL
stuff for Young burberry plants to
Grows In Cranberry Boys.
Inc BURBERRY is nearly related TO
the cranberry. and thrives in the same
Alhd OF soil II Is a frequent intruder
IN cranberry bOgs. and F. V Covilfe-
the governments bOtanist in chief who
invented the cultivated bIueberrv sac
that one OF the most promising dis
ava ftFf us IL Is the Gran herrrs
region OF New Jersey. The soil there
is ideal for The purpose. the ripenine-
season IS early. and shipping facilities
70 the markets or Philadelphia and
New York are excellent
The idea of cultivatins the blua-
perry IS wholly new. and there is
hound 10 be money in the business
lor mere IS always a good market de-
mand even for the wild fruit Miss
mites garden grown blueberries are
very light blue in color. the tint being
due 20 thick bloom that covers the
darker skin. firm but juicy. delicious
IN flavor and with seeds so small a.
10 be hardly visible 70 the naked eve.
How small the seeds of the blueberrv
are may be judged from the fact that
IL takes 250.000 Of them to make one
ounce. BY masking the biggest Der
ries she could find. rubbing the seeds
out OF the pulp under water. and
spreading them on a sheet Of paper to
dry. Miss White has been able to plant
and rear great many Seeding blue
berries. improving the stock by pre-
serving the best of them and throw
Ing away the others She starts her
seedlings i'm glass pots sunk in moist
sand. Thus She can see them grow:
and the moisture prevents the drying
or the rootlets that attach themselves
10 the sides Of the pots.
In southeastern Maine there are ex-
tensive areas. covering something like
250 square miles. which. known as
"hlueberry barrens-" furnish a rather
important annual crop When the sea
son arrives. people flock TO hundreds
10 that part OF the country for the
BURBERRY picking, the pay for the work
being commonly at the rate Of five
cents a quart Part OF the product
is shipped to Portland and Boston. but
the bulk OF il Is handled by the can
neries- one o. which alone puts up
$500 cases Of blueberries. Of two dozen
cans each. yearly
IL viii he understood. OF course. that
this IS a wild crop The time is surely
coming before long when blueberriss
viii be cultivated crop. and very
widely cultivated al that There are
in this country wide areas highly
suitable for the purpose that are Of no
value whatever for anything else
Cultivated Fruit Soon.
Now that TIE wild burberry has been
tanned. not many years VIII elapSe be-
fore the cultivated fruit appears in
quantity on The market Its attrac-
tiveness 10 the eve and delicious flavor
VIII give rise to a rapidly increasing
demand for il. and the business OF
rival in Importance the culture OF the
Gran berry
Everybody has heard Of burberry
pie. one OF the most delicious of all
pie. outside Of New England, know
w hat IL tastes like Huckleberrv pie
is a poor and cheap imitation There
are many other ways in which this
admirable fruit may be prepared; and
when. as a cultivated product, il is
available TO the every day housewife.
IL may be expected to add Importantly
-o her specially prized culinary re
sources. whether purchased fresh picked
Or I'm cans.
Maj Charles Hines. formerly vice
president and general manager of the
Pacific railroad. and the only
graduate of West Point who has filled
an railway opcratinE positions from