Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: 100 Years Ago: "New Jersey Cranberry King's Daughter Produces Super-Blueberries at Whitesbog” Evening Public Ledger, March 7, 1917.

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100 Years Ago: "New Jersey Cranberry King's Daughter Produces Super-Blueberries at Whitesbog” Evening Public ledger, March 7, 1917.

For the past 6 years, in the little town of Whitesbog, New Jersey, a "remarkable woman" has been doing remarkable work in the quietest sort of way. By applying eugenic principles, Elizabeth White produces the first crop of cultivated “super-blueberries.”   Read more about it in Philadelphia's Evening Public Ledger and follow us on Twitter @librarycongress #ChronAm!