The wild blueberry tamed - the new industry of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

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The wild blueberry tamed - the new industry of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

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Included is a definitive account of the history of the New Jersey blueberry and how it was taken from the wild to be cultivated by farmers to produce a profitable crop. Information on how cross-pollination between two types of wild blueberry helped produce a better berry is shown through pictures and comparisons.

12 p.

The Library of Rowan College at Burlington County

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The Library of Rowan College at Burlington County

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Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937

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Frederick V. Coville (1867-1937), a botanist for the United States Department of Agriculture, was considered an authority on North American rushes, wild currents, and blueberries. His "Botany of the Death Valley Expedition" was a classic study. He participated in the 1899 Harriman expedition to Alaska. Coville was the first curator of the National Herbarium and was chairman of the research committee of the National Geographic Society from 1920 to 1937. From the description of Papers,...