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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> Dan was grafting improved blueberry varieties onto the established 
> sparkleberry plants already growing and doing well (though with low 
> fruit production) on his property.

This reminds me of a question that might, or might not, be pertinent. 
When it comes to soil requirements - acid soil for blueberries, for 
example - is it the rootstock or the fruiting part of the plant that has 
these requirements. In other words, could you grow blueberries in an 
alkaline soil if they were grafted onto a rootstock that would do well 
there?

Just curious. I've never done any grafting (yet - since it certainly 
sounds fascinating), but I was wondering how that works.

Bill

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America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies 
the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human 
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