Elizabeth C. White picking blueberries.
Source
Click Here to read Mr. Root's letter regarding his visit toWhitesbog to see The blueberry operation.
Click Here to read the 1916 article "The Blueberry Lady."
Showing posts with label Triangle Field. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Triangle Field. Show all posts
Mar 16, 2012
Nov 6, 2011
2007 Aerial View of Triangle Field and North Whitesbog Road
The birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
The Triangle Field is located behind the Cranberry Substation.
Click Here for a 1923 Vintage Photograph showing workers picking blueberries in the Triangle Field and the Cranberry Substation in the background.
Click Here for a 1923 Vintage Photograph showing workers picking blueberries in the Triangle Field and the Cranberry Substation in the background.
Nov 5, 2011
1930 Aerial view of the Triangle Field at Whitesbog.
The Triangle Field and Blueberry Propagation Area
View of Triangle Field as entering Whitesbog Village from Florence
The Pioneer high bush blueberry was discovered here by Elizabeth C. White and Frederick V. Coville. This bush was the first commercially available domesticated plant that produced uniform blueberries.
December 3, 2011
Berries from the offspring from the cross between the Sooy and the Brooks grown here were harvested starting in 1916 and sold commercially. These berries were not uniform in taste, color or size. Among the offspring the Pioneer bush was selected because of its characteristics that were desirable to the grower and the consumer.
Click below on the Triangle Field to explore the birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
Berries from the offspring from the cross between the Sooy and the Brooks grown here were harvested starting in 1916 and sold commercially. These berries were not uniform in taste, color or size. Among the offspring the Pioneer bush was selected because of its characteristics that were desirable to the grower and the consumer.
Click below on the Triangle Field to explore the birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
Nov 4, 2011
1923 July ---- Picking Blueberries in the Triangle Field with Miss Lizzy's Franklin in the background
The birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
In 1916 bushes grown from seed by F.V. Coville in greenhouses located in Washington D.C. produced a crop of blueberries that we're sold to the public. The parents of these bushes were the same species Vaccinium corymbosum, but from different States. One from down the road called the Sooy named after Zekel Sooy who found it and the other found by Coville called the Brooks after the owner of the farm where it was found. Click Here to meet Zekel Sooy.
Miss Lizzy's Franklin and the packing shelter are in the upper right hand corner of the picture.
In 1916 bushes grown from seed by F.V. Coville in greenhouses located in Washington D.C. produced a crop of blueberries that we're sold to the public. The parents of these bushes were the same species Vaccinium corymbosum, but from different States. One from down the road called the Sooy named after Zekel Sooy who found it and the other found by Coville called the Brooks after the owner of the farm where it was found. Click Here to meet Zekel Sooy.
1917 F.V.Coville evaluating blueberry bush.
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Click Here for 1878 attempt to cultivate the high bush blueberry.
1919 Prize Offered by Elizabeth C. White for Fine Blueberry Plants.
Click Here to see the blueberries Coville grew from seed in the greenhouses of Washington DC which were planted in the triangle field.
Nov 3, 2011
1921 Triangle Field with the blueberry packing shed in the background.
The birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
1921 Blueberry Culture
F. V. Coville
Click Here to read about blueberry hybrids supplied to Alaska Experiment Station
by F.V. Coville.
Click Here to read about Blueberry Plants supplied to Washington Agriculture Experiment Station in 1922 by J.J. White Inc.
Elizabeth C. White and Frederick V. Coville evaluating high bush blueberry hybrid in the Triangle Field.
The birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
Click Here to read about Blueberry Culture as described by Elizabeth C. White in 1917.
Rows are labeled with letters. The cheese cloth in the background shield the flowering blueberry plant from unwanted pollinators.
Click Here to read about Blueberry Culture as described by Elizabeth C. White in 1917.
Triangle Field with livestock in the background.
The birthplace of the domesticated high bush blueberry.
Beyond the open field is where Suningive, Elizabeth White's Home will be built in 1923.
Click Here to visit Suningive.
Mar 15, 2010
Jan 14, 2010
Dec 1, 2001
Most of the thousands of high bush blueberry hybrids were destroyed because they did not meet the high standards set by Elizabeth C. White and Frederick V. Coville
1921 Blueberry Culture
F. V. CovilleB
Click Here for More On Blueberry Varieties.
Click Here for 1930 Blueberry Investigations by USDA at Whitesbog and Double Trouble.
Click Here for USDA Blueberry hybridization work at Whitesbog and Weymouth in 1931.
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