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5/18/1914 "Brooks Seedling from Washington"
Photograph
Photograph from May 18th, 1914. The black and white photograph depicts a Brooks variety of Blueberry with a white sheet held behind it, so the branches of the bush are distinct. The back has cursive writing.
"May 18, 1914
One of the Brooks seedlings sent from Washington to Whitesbog, Spring of 1911."
The seedling shows three years of growth, from 1911 when it was planted to May of 1914.
2025.8.1914-5-18.2
Iris Marie Coville Thompson Ortner
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Whitesbog Preservation Trust (501(c) (3) non profit) is the caretaker of Whitesbog Historic Village, a small cranberry farming village founded in 1857.
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